Delphi-Assist 1.0 BETA By D. Campbell 1995
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As an ex-VB programmer, using Delphi I found that I missed some of the add-ons
that you could buy for VB. The one I mainly missed was a product called
VB-ASSIST by Sheridan Software - it added a small floating toolbar that
attached itself to the bottom of the main Control window in VB.

Well, I thought, why not have a go at writing a similar thing for/in Delphi.

The result: Delphi-Assist.

All this mini app does is read through your DELPHI.INI file, and makes a
toolbar with a button for each of the apps in your 'TOOLS' menu - you can
click on a button instead of having to go through the menu. It attaches
itself to the bottom of the main Delphi window in the IDE.
D_Assist also copies the ICON from the EXE file of each of those apps. -
My Icon->BMP conversion routine isn't too good so try and put up with
the squashed Pics!

You should set D_ASSIST.EXE as an icon up in Windows to replace your
DELPHI.EXE icon - it launches Delphi after loading itself - the same way that
VB-ASSIST does it! Otherwise, you must launch it after starting delphi
- hardly worth the effort 'cause now you are not saving any time.

I can see future versions allowing you to configure what is on the toolbar,
with it allowing you to put apps from any other menu in there too.

Basically I just want to see if anyone out there thinks this is a good idea -
if so, I will carry on working on it - otherwise I won't!!

EMail me at: duncan@tvl.com if you like this program and want to comment or
would like the source code - it is totally FREE.

As usual, use this program at your own risk - I accept no responsibilities for
anything nasty that happens.
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