Marco Cantù 1998, Mastering Delphi 4

Project: OVERDEF.DPR


Project Structure


OVERDEF.DPR

program OverDef;

uses
  Forms,
  OverDefF in 'OverDefF.pas' {Form1};

{$R *.RES}

begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);
  Application.Run;
end.

OVERDEFF.PAS

unit OverDefF;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs,
  StdCtrls;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    Button1: TButton;
    Button2: TButton;
    Button3: TButton;
    Button4: TButton;
    Button5: TButton;
    Button6: TButton;
    procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure Button4Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure Button5Click(Sender: TObject);
    procedure Button6Click(Sender: TObject);
  private
    { Private declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}

procedure Test;
begin
  Beep;
end;

// error overload missing in Test (previous version)
{procedure Test (I: integer); overload;
begin
  Beep;
end;}

procedure ShowMsg (str: string); overload;
begin
  MessageDlg (str, mtInformation, [mbOK], 0);
end;

procedure ShowMsg (FormatStr: string;
  Params: array of const); overload;
begin
  MessageDlg (Format (FormatStr, Params),
    mtInformation, [mbOK], 0);
end;

procedure ShowMsg (I: Integer; Str: string); overload;
begin
  ShowMsg (IntToStr (I) + ' ' + Str);
end;

// error: ambiguous call
{procedure ShowMsg (Str: string; I: Integer = 0); overload;
begin
  MessageDlg (Str + ': ' + IntToStr (I),
    mtInformation, [mbOK], 0);
end;}

procedure MessageDlg (str: string); overload;
begin
  Dialogs.MessageDlg (str, mtInformation, [mbOK], 0);
end;

procedure MessBox (Msg: string;
  Caption: string = 'Warning';
  Flags: LongInt = mb_OK or mb_IconHand);
begin
  Application.MessageBox (PChar (Msg),
    PChar (Caption), Flags);
end;

// TForm1 //

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  OverDefF.MessageDlg ('Hello');
end;

procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ShowMsg ('Hello');
end;

procedure TForm1.Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ShowMsg (10, 'MBytes');
end;

procedure TForm1.Button4Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  ShowMsg ('Total = %d.', [100]);
end;

procedure TForm1.Button5Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  MessBox ('Something wrong here!');
end;

procedure TForm1.Button6Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  MessBox ('Something wrong here!', 'Attention');
  // doens't compile
  // MessBox ('Hello', mb_OK);
end;

end.

OVERDEFF.DFM

object Form1: TForm1
  Left = 192
  Top = 107
  Width = 206
  Height = 307
  Caption = 'OverDef'
  Color = clBtnFace
  Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
  Font.Color = clWindowText
  Font.Height = -11
  Font.Name = 'MS Sans Serif'
  Font.Style = []
  OldCreateOrder = False
  PixelsPerInch = 96
  TextHeight = 13
  object Button1: TButton
    Left = 24
    Top = 24
    Width = 145
    Height = 25
    Caption = 'MessageDlg'
    TabOrder = 0
    OnClick = Button1Click
  end
  object Button2: TButton
    Left = 24
    Top = 64
    Width = 145
    Height = 25
    Caption = 'ShowMsg (''Hello'')'
          TabOrder = 1
    OnClick = Button2Click
  end
  object Button3: TButton
    Left = 24
    Top = 104
    Width = 145
    Height = 25
    Caption = '  ShowMsg (10, ''MBytes'');'
          TabOrder = 2
    OnClick = Button3Click
  end
  object Button4: TButton
    Left = 24
    Top = 144
    Width = 145
    Height = 25
    Caption = '  ShowMsg (''Total = %d.'', [100]);'
          TabOrder = 3
    OnClick = Button4Click
  end
  object Button5: TButton
    Left = 24
    Top = 184
    Width = 145
    Height = 25
    Caption = 'MessBox'
    TabOrder = 4
    OnClick = Button5Click
  end
  object Button6: TButton
    Left = 24
    Top = 224
    Width = 145
    Height = 25
    Caption = 'MessBox / Attention'
    TabOrder = 5
    OnClick = Button6Click
  end
end


Copyright Marco Cantù 1998