Problem: What are the steps to create an about box? Solution: Go to the Main Menu Click on File | New Form Go to the Object Inspector Click on the Name property & Type: AboutBox Click on the Caption property & Type: About This Program Click on the BorderStyle property and select bsDialog ADD 3 TEXT LABELS Click on the Standard Tab *PROGRAM NAME Click on the Label (giant A in your component palette) and place it on your form. Go to the Object Inspector Click on the Caption property & Type: The name of your program *VERSION Click on the Label (giant A in your component palette) and place it on your form. Go to the Object Inspector Click on the Caption property & Type: The Version of your program *COPYRIGHT STATEMENT Click on the Label (giant A in your component palette) and place it on your form. Go to the Object Inspector Click on the Caption property & Type: Your copyright statement (To type the ? hold down the ALT KEY and type: 0169 and release the ALT KEY) CREATE ICON Click on the Additional Tab in the Component Palette Click on the Image Button (Light Blue Horizon picture) and place it on the left side of your form (You should see an empty square on your form at this point) Go to Object Inspector Click on AutoSize property and change it to True Click on: Picture property Double click: the Value column.- The Picture Editor dialog box is displayed Click: Load button Navigate to: Common Files | Borland Shared | Images | Icons & select an icon Click: OK *OK BUTTON Click on the Additional Tab in the Component Palette Click on the OK Button & place near the bottom of your form Go to Object Inspector Click on Kind — Change to bkok *BEVEL FRAME Click on the Additional Tab in the Component Palette Click on the Bevel Button and carefully move to the form and drag it around the 3 text lines & release Go to Object Inspector Click on the Shape property and change to bsFrame. You now have a 3D frame.
Last Modified: 25-OCT-00