BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Wizard component - opinions needed          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Thirdparty Tools (General) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message jeffc Guest Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:03 pm    Post subject: Wizard component - opinions needed Looking for a really powerful and flexible Wizard component. It does not have to be free. Just looking for the easiest to use and most powerful. I know the Jedi JVCL has the TJvWizard which is the former KWizard which was highly recommended in the newsgroups. But not sure how much development still goes on with it and if its kepts updated. Any opinions on this component are appreciated. I also know LMD has one, but have not had a chance to download their massive collection and look at it. Also if there were any guides/reviews written on Using the old KWizard component or the new JvWizard, please let me know. --- posted by geoForum on http://delphi.newswhat.com Back to top Larry Maturo Guest Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed Hi Jeff, I use JvWizard all the time. When you click on the Pages property in the property inspector it still brings up the K Wizard Page Editor, so they must be pretty closely related. :-) You basically slap a TJvWizard RouteMap and the TJvWizard on the page, and then you use the Pages property to add pages. There are the following events: OnBackButton OnCancelButton OnEnterPage OnExitPage OnFinishButton, OnHelpButtonClick, OnLastButtonClick, OnPage, OnPaintPage, OnStartButtonClick -- Larry Maturo "jeffc" <nospam (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:443d6c5b (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Looking for a really powerful and flexible Wizard component. It does not have to be free. Just looking for the easiest to use and most powerful. I know the Jedi JVCL has the TJvWizard which is the former KWizard which was highly recommended in the newsgroups. But not sure how much development still goes on with it and if its kepts updated. Any opinions on this component are appreciated. I also know LMD has one, but have not had a chance to download their massive collection and look at it. Also if there were any guides/reviews written on Using the old KWizard component or the new JvWizard, please let me know. --- posted by geoForum on http://delphi.newswhat.com Back to top Nathanial Woolls Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:03 am    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed jeffc wrote: Quote: Looking for a really powerful and flexible Wizard component. It does not have to be free. Just looking for the easiest to use and most powerful. What needs do you have that are not satisfied by a page control with hidden tabs/border? Back to top David Perkins Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed Quote: What needs do you have that are not satisfied by a page control with hidden tabs/border? How do you hide the tabs? Back to top OBones Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed jeffc wrote: Quote: I know the Jedi JVCL has the TJvWizard which is the former KWizard which was highly recommended in the newsgroups. But not sure how much development still goes on with it and if its kepts updated. Any opinions on this component are appreciated. Well, it does get updated, as well as all the other components inside the JVCL. In fact, it has even been enhanced and is the component we use in our own installer. Regards Olivier Sannier JVCL Coordinator Back to top Dmitry Arefiev Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed Quote: How do you hide the tabs? TabSheet1.TabVisible := False; TabSheet2.TabVisible := False; TabSheet3.TabVisible := False; PageControl1.ActivePage := TabSheet2; Regards, Dmitry -- Dmitry Arefiev - www.da-soft.com AnyDAC - Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, MSAccess, IBM DB2, Sybase ASA, DbExpress, ODBC freeware data access framework gs-soft AG - www.gs-soft.com SAPx - Delphi to SAP R/3 direct access Saphir - SAP R/3 metadata at your fingertips MetaBase - ERWIN model in Delphi applications Back to top David Perkins Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed Quote: How do you hide the tabs? TabSheet1.TabVisible := False; TabSheet2.TabVisible := False; TabSheet3.TabVisible := False; PageControl1.ActivePage := TabSheet2; Thanks. I remember trying to achieve that just using TabVisible. How do you remove the border? The only border setting I can see is TabSheet::BorderWidth which is already zero. Thanks David Back to top Tim Shields Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed Hello David, Quote: How do you remove the border? The only border setting I can see is TabSheet::BorderWidth which is already zero. You can't. Ah, yet another reason so use a dedicated Wizard component :-) Hmm, thwarted. I thought this would be a way round my usual method of repositioning the control so that the tabs and borders are hidden. In D7 there is a TNotebook component (not on the pallette, but you can get it via View-->Component list). This does really well for building a wizard. No tabs at the top to hide, no border etc... Hope that helps some. Regards, Tim. Back to top David Perkins Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed Quote: How do you remove the border? The only border setting I can see is TabSheet::BorderWidth which is already zero. You can't. Ah, yet another reason so use a dedicated Wizard component Hmm, thwarted. I thought this would be a way round my usual method of repositioning the control so that the tabs and borders are hidden. Back to top Martijn Tonies Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed Quote: How do you hide the tabs? TabSheet1.TabVisible := False; TabSheet2.TabVisible := False; TabSheet3.TabVisible := False; PageControl1.ActivePage := TabSheet2; Thanks. I remember trying to achieve that just using TabVisible. How do you remove the border? The only border setting I can see is TabSheet::BorderWidth which is already zero. You can't. Ah, yet another reason so use a dedicated Wizard component :-) -- Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, NexusDB, Oracle & MS SQL Server Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com My thoughts: http://blog.upscene.com/martijn/ Database development questions? Check the forum! http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com Back to top Woody (TMW) Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed "Martijn Tonies" <m.tonies (AT) upscene (DOT) removethis.com> wrote in message news:443e4918$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: How do you hide the tabs? TabSheet1.TabVisible := False; TabSheet2.TabVisible := False; TabSheet3.TabVisible := False; PageControl1.ActivePage := TabSheet2; Thanks. I remember trying to achieve that just using TabVisible. How do you remove the border? The only border setting I can see is TabSheet::BorderWidth which is already zero. You can't. Ah, yet another reason so use a dedicated Wizard component :-) Sure you can. Set the style to tsButtons. Another way to do this is to use the TTabControl instead of the TPageControl and have it dynamically load frames or forms for each tab. Wizards are basically simple to build, at least those with specific goals in mind. General purpose wizards may be a little more difficult but with the right combination of components, they're not that bad either. Most wizards today don't use tabs anyway, they use BACK/NEXT buttons to go between the pages. Woody (TMW) Back to top Martijn Tonies Guest Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed Quote: How do you hide the tabs? TabSheet1.TabVisible := False; TabSheet2.TabVisible := False; TabSheet3.TabVisible := False; PageControl1.ActivePage := TabSheet2; Thanks. I remember trying to achieve that just using TabVisible. How do you remove the border? The only border setting I can see is TabSheet::BorderWidth which is already zero. You can't. Ah, yet another reason so use a dedicated Wizard component :-) Sure you can. Set the style to tsButtons. Another way to do this is to use Oh bugger, that is true. I actually knew that :-) -- Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, NexusDB, Oracle & MS SQL Server Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com My thoughts: http://blog.upscene.com/martijn/ Database development questions? Check the forum! http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com Quote: the TTabControl instead of the TPageControl and have it dynamically load frames or forms for each tab. Wizards are basically simple to build, at least those with specific goals in mind. General purpose wizards may be a little more difficult but with the right combination of components, they're not that bad either. Most wizards today don't use tabs anyway, they use BACK/NEXT buttons to go between the pages. Woody (TMW) Back to top Dennis Landi Guest Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed Woody (TMW) wrote: Quote: Most wizards today don't use tabs anyway, they use BACK/NEXT buttons to go between the pages. Agreed, Its very easy to build a Wizard with tPageCtrl. Back/Next buttons are the way to go. You can also just use a blank form and re-parent other forms into the MainForm according to the "Page Index" you manage with the Back/Next buttons. Or you can just pull all forms into the main form, and use their "z-order" to display one at a time according to the "Page Index" you... Or... Its easy. Many ways to do it. -d Back to top Matthew Jones Guest Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:18 am    Post subject: Re: Wizard component - opinions needed Quote: In D7 there is a TNotebook component FWIW, the standard one isn't frames compatible, but the changes were posted somewhere and it isn't hard. Myself, I use the Raize page control which makes for ease of editing and has a function to HideAllTabs. The advantage of this is that I can flip from being a wizard to being a standard options dialog depending on the purpose. 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