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Windows 7, Delphi 7 and Political Correctness

By Wes Peterson

Posted 41 months ago on 1/19/2010 and updated 1/17/2011

Take Away:

With my installation of Win7 complete, I moved on to installing my favorite software. Delphi 7 was high on my list but, when I went to install it, Win7 went all "politically correct" on me.

This post is about how I dealt with the problem.

A blog topic from Wes's Blog

Tags: Delphi 7 , Windows 7 , XP Compatibility Mode

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Anonymous

Comment 1 of 4

Hi Wes,

My approach is exactly the same you explained in your article "Windows 7, Delphi 7 and Political Correctness ".

Unfortunately, I have found at least one Delphi 7 problem under Windows 7. The OnDrawTab event of the TPageControl component is never called. It looks like the CN_DRAWITEM message is getting lost somewhere.

Do you know anything about this?

Regards,

Alexander

ayarovy@gmail.com

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Alexander

Posted 29 months ago

Wes Peterson

Comment 2 of 4

Hi Alexander,

I'm afraid I can't help. I've never had a reason to handle the OnDrawTab event of the TPageControl.

Have you tried a substitute for TPageControl? I'm pretty sure such components are included in Raize Controls and project JEDI; they might be a little better behaved.

Posted 29 months ago

Mike Prestwood

Comment 3 of 4

Hi Alexander,

There is a fix in the VCLFixes unit for this known bug documented here...

https://forums.codegear.com/thread.jspa?threadID=18535

Try it out and let me know if it fixes the problem for you.

Posted 29 months ago

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Anonymous	Comment 4 of 4 Thanks for the link to VCLFixes - it does what it says: fixes the problem of tabs not getting drawn under win7 (on certain computers, but not mine), which was starting to become an embarrassment! --- nick Posted 29 months ago

Blog Contributed By Wes Peterson:

Wes Peterson is a Senior Programmer Analyst with Prestwood IT Solutions where he develops custom Windows software and custom websites. When Wes is not coding for clients, he participates in this online community. Prior to his 10-year love-affair with Delphi, he worked with several other tools and databases. Currently he specializes in VS.Net using C# and VB.Net. To Wes, the .NET revolution is as exciting as the birth of Delphi.

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