The IDE

When you start Delphi for the first time, you see a couple of windows. You will also notice that there is no parent window which contains all other (child) windows. Instead there is a main window (on top of the screen) that has a menu bar and the icons. It also offers a component palette (which will be discussed later). On the left side of the screen you can see the object inspector. It allows you to change the properties of the current component.

The components

You can find the components you will need most on the first three tabs in the component palette. I am not going to discuss all of them here, refer to the help file if you have specific questions (or mail me if you can't figure something out). Here is an overview over the most important components:

To add a component to your form simply double-click on it. You can move it arround with the mouse and customize its properties in the object inspector. To start your program just press the "play" button in the main window.

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