[DUG] Making apps look fancy

[Sean Cross]

I use mustang peak http://www.mustangpeak.net/ drop down forms for this.
 
I (conceptually) set a timer when the user starts typing.  Every xxx ms, I
run a query and populate a component on the drop down form.
 
Depending on where I using it, and how slow the search is, I run the search
is in the main thread or a background thread.
 
In my main app, I just run refresh a stored proc component when the user
stops typing for a brief time, and do it in the main thread.  That is plenty
quick enough.  In other apps though, I have run searches in a background
thread and only done the vcl update in the main thread.
 
Sean
 
From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of John Bird
Sent: 12 August 2009 5:39 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Making apps look fancy
 
One thing I would like to be able to do more is the live search boxes, like
the Vista start menu/Firefox Address bar/latest Google search results/etc
which populate the lists as you type.
 
What is others opinion on the best way to do these in Delphi?  (especially
using standard VCL and non-data aware controls).
 
I see Delphi 2010 brings in such a feature to the IDE, it does a simple
non-indexed search behind the scenes apparently.
 
John
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