Chapter 1. Delphi Basics

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

• Changing your application's look and feel with VCL styles and no code
• Changing the style of your VCL application at runtime
• Customizing TDBGrid
• Using the owner's draw combos and listboxes
• Creating a stack of embedded forms
• Manipulating JSON
• Manipulating and transforming XML documents
• I/O in the twenty-first century – knowing streams
• Putting your VCL application in the tray
• Creating a Windows service
• Associating a file extension with your application on Windows