There are many ways to provide users with information about the state of an application. For example, some components—including TForm—have a Caption property that can be set at runtime. You can also create dialog boxes to display messages. In addition, the following components are especially useful for providing visual feedback at runtime to identify the object.
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TStatusBar |
Display a status region (usually at the bottom of a window) |
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TProgressBar |
Show the amount of work completed for a particular task |
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Hint and ShowHint |
Activate fly-by or "tooltip" Help |
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HelpContext and HelpFile |
Link context-sensitive online Help |
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