(C++ Builder) What does everything mean?

At the start C++ Builder you see the following:

On the top-right, you see the Component Palette.
On the bottom-left, you see the Object Inspector.
On the middle-left, you see the Project Manager
In the center, you see a Form.

Pressing F12 brings us to the code editor. By default there is code created in:

There is no need to understand all three files exactly (you will when you grow wiser). When you press Run or F9, your progam is compiled and executed, yielding an empty TForm.

There are two ways to add functionality to this TForm:

Drag-and-drop Components and fill in their Events. Only what happens in those Events needs to be written.
Add a function declaration at the public or private section of TForm1 in Unit1.h (VCL). Then give its definition in Unit1.cpp (VCL).

last edited (June 29, 2006) by bilderbikkel, Number of views: 1831, Current Rev: 1

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