Tag Archives: IOTASplashScreenServices

The Open Tools API using C++ Builder – A Fix

By | July 9, 2017

Overview A while ago I wrote an article (The Open Tools API using C++ Builder) on building an Open Tools API (OTA) plug-in using C++ Builder. In the article I mentioned that there was a bug that prevented a DLL from directly referencing the DesignIDE.bpl global variables BorlandIDEServices and SplashScreenServices. I raises this as a… Read More »

Chapter 9: Aboutbox Plugins and Splash Screens

By | August 25, 2011

This time around I’m going to talk about the ability of Delphi 2005 (and above) to display information about your wizard/expert on the splash screen and also in the About dialogue box. First of all we need some global private module variables to hold information that is common between the about box plugin and the… Read More »