Mastering Delphi Programming: A Complete Reference Guide

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in the text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "A string parameter value is present in a string list."

A block of code is set as follows:

function IsPresentInList(strings: TStrings; const value: string): Boolean;var  i: Integer;begin  Result := False;  for i := 0 to strings.Count - 1 do     if SameText(strings[i], value) then       Exit(True);end;

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Go to Options ...