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Delphi-CoreLib

Contains useful functions.
Lightweight (only 10000 lines of code) alternative to Jedi library.

Simple, crystal clear, non-obfuscated, fully commented code.
No external dependencies.

This library will be expanded if it gets enough Stars. Click the 'Star' button (top-right corner) if you like this library.
Over 100 files are waiting to be cured and added: graphics, simple encryption, internet functions (including file download routines), HTML manipulation, image manipulation, registry, math, and LOTS of visual components!

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Downloading the code

This repository is only a placeholder and source of information. It is not updated since 01.2023. The code should be downloaded now from the LightSaber repository.

Files in this repository:

ccCore.pas
Over 200 functions for:

• String manipulation (string conversions, sub-string detection, word manipulation, cut, copy, split, wrap, etc)

• Programmer's helper

• Form manipulation

• Advanced/easy message boxes

• DateTime utilities

• etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

ccIO.pas
Super useful functions for file/folder/disk manipulation:

• Copy files
• File/Folder Exists
• Get special Windows folders (My Documents, etc)
• Prompt the user to select a file/folder
• List specified files (.jpg for ex) in a folder and all its sub-folders
• Increment the numbers in a filename (good for incremental backups)
• Append strings to file name
• Read text from files to a string variable
• Compare files
• Merge files
• Sort lines in a file
• Drive manipulation (IsDiskInDrive, etc)
• etc

ccAppData.pas
Application-wide functions:

• Get application's appdata folder (the folder where you save temporary, app-related, and ini files)
• Get application's command line parameters
• Detect if the application is running for the first this in a computer
• Application self-restart
• Application self-delete
• etc

ccStreamBuff.pas
Extends TBufferedFileStream.
This class adds new functionality that does not exist in Delphi's original stream classes:

• Read/WriteBoolean

• Read/WriteString (Ansi/Unicode)

• Read/WriteInteger

• Read/WriteCardinal

• Read/WriteDate

• Read/Write Mac files (inverted byte endianness)

• etc
  It may be used as a drop-in replacement for TFileStream.

ccStreamFile.pas
Expansion class for Delphi classical TFileStream.
Allows you to directly read/write bytes, cardinals, words, integers, and strings to (binary) files.
Now replaced by ccStreamBuff.

ccBinary.pas

• String to hex, hex to string conversions (and many others)
• Binary numbers (endianness) swapping
• Data serialization
• Bit manipulation (set bit, etc)
• Reverse bits
• Endianess
• etc

ccWinVersion.pas
This library expands the TOSVersion.
Use it to get the Windows version.
Example of functions:

• IsWindowsXP
• IsWindowsXPUp
• IsWindowsVista
• IsWindowsVistaUp
• IsWindows7
• IsWindows7Up
• IsWindows8
• IsWindows8Up
• IsWindows10
• etc

ccINIFile
Features:

• Extends the capabilities of TIniFile
• Functions for easily accessing the application's default INI file.

Setup:
Before using it you must set the ccAppData.AppName global var.
The class will use that name to automatically determine the INI file name/path which is %AppData%\AppName.Ini.
Example: If the AppName is set to "DelphiLightSaber" the ini file will be "c:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\DelphiLightSaber\DelphiLightSaber.ini"

And... the cherry on top of the cake was left at the end!

Resume application's GUI state via ccINIFileVCL.pas

Do you have applications with forms with lots of controls (like checkboxes/radio buttons) and you want to save its status to disk on shutdown and resume exactly from where you left on application startup with just one function call?
Use SaveForm/LoadForm.

Example:

• Call SaveForm(MySettingsForm) in TMySettingsForm.OnDestroy
• Call LoadForm(MySettingsForm) after the creation of TMySettingsForm

A full demo app that demonstrates how to save/load the GUI with just two lines of code can be found here: github.com/GodModeUser/Dephi-LightSaber-GUI_AutoSave

Filename convention

• 'c' -> The first c stands for 'cubic',
• 'c' -> The second 'c' stands for 'core'. All files I posted in the library/repository are 'core' because other libraries will be based on them.
• 'v'-> visual component
• 'Graph'-> graphic library

Example:

• ccBinary.pas (Cubic core library)
• cvMemo.pas (Cubic visual component)
• cGraphFX.pas (Cubic graphic library)

This library is freeware (see included copyright notice). The library cannot be used in Russia!

Enjoy and "Star" the library if it is useful to you.