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Figure 6.11.
The About box with
text labels added.
The C++Builder IDE Explored: Projects and Forms
The copyright symbol (©) has an ASCII value of 169. To create the
copyright symbol, press and hold the Alt key and type the numbers
0169 on the numeric keypad (be sure Num Lock is on). When you let
go of the Alt key, the copyright symbol appears. You can insert the
ASCII value of any character this way. You must type all four numbers,
though. For example, the ASCII value of a capital A is 65. To insert an
A, you would have to hold down Alt and type 0065 on the numeric
keypad.
Next we’ll add an icon to the About box:
1. Click on the Additional tab on the Component Palette and choose the Image
component. Place the component to the left of the text on the form.
2. Locate the AutoSize property for the Image component and change it to true.
3. Locate the Picture property and double-click the Value column. The Picture
Editor dialog box is displayed.
4. Click the Load button. In the File Open dialog box, navigate to the
\CBuilder\Images\Icons directory and choose an icon from the icon files listed.
Click OK. The icon you selected is displayed in the Picture Editor window. Click
OK again to close the Picture Editor. The icon is displayed on the form. Note that
the Image component has sized itself to the size of the icon.
5. Position the icon as desired.
At this point we need an OK button on the form. I’ll be a little creative and show you a new
component:
1. If you’re not already there, click on the Additional tab on the Component Palette.
Select the BitBtn component and place a BitBtn on the form near the bottom and
centered horizontally.
2. Locate the Kind property and change it to bkOK. Notice that a green check mark has
appeared on the button, and the Caption property has changed to OK. That’s all we
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