selectedword := words[random(high(MAX_WORDS))];

Assuming words array is 0 based like :

words : array [0..MAX_WORDS] of string;

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One of the best resources on Delphi is the built-in help itself. It is more than a simple language reference.
http://www.crimsonksoft.com/delphihelp.GIF
Same is also valid for Visual...

Writeln -> Write Line (to the console which is screen)

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You can use Lazarus as an IDE with freepascal instead of dev-pascal (although I really like and recommend the bloodshed products and dev-c++). Lazarus is a pretty much Delphi like IDE with a...

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try this :

edit6.text := edit1.text + edit2.text + edit3.text + edit4.text + edit5.text;

or even beter this :

edit6.text := '(url=' + edit2.text + '(b)' + edit4.text +...

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Randomize just seeds the Random Number Generator (RNG) of Pascal/Delphi with the current time. You better put it as the first line of the code or before the first call to random() function....

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It might sound off-topic too but all modern IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) incorporate a powerfull help which not only includes reference but also all kinds of tutorials. i.e. :...

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You need a resource editor like "Resource Hacker" which can show you the resource section (where icons, cursors and strings are stored in an EXE,DLL file) of an exe or a DLL file. Actually...

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Unless you need native (unmanaged) code support right now, there is no point in stopping your c# studies. Keep an eye on .Net 3 codename WinFX

Loren Soth

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1.Try this :
writeln('Shopping List');
writeln('Product Price');
writeln(prod+' '+price);

2.Instead of :
read([something]);
readln;

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FLV is a proprietary format and there isn't any component or API around to work with them natively although the format specs are published to some extend. You can convert the FLV to AVI...

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1. It is possible. 2. Manually set the selection property to the text part for which you want to adjust font and use font property of selection of richedit. 3. Check the RichEdit Demo on...

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I pretty much agree with borthwis. The Delphi line after version 7 and Kylix should be evaluated as a different family of IDEs and compilers. Although they support native code too, Delphi 7...

Based on http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/geometry/insidepoly/
Converted to Delphi by Lord Soth

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Attached is a Delphi code (Pascal Syntax) for checking wether a point lies within a polygon. You can also check my code snippets from the code snippets link or by clicking Lord Soth's...

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a: array[1..1000] of ^integer; is an array of pointers to integer
a: array[1..1000] of integer; is an array of actual integers;
x: ^a; this would give an error unless those are all defined...

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You can use the FormatDateTime function to convert a TDateTime structure to a string with a formatting of your choice. While accessing database record fields use AsDateTime then FormatDateTime...

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http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/Scancode.mspx
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~nsw/ench250/scancode.htm

Loren Soth

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You can either create a text file and write the date as a string or you can create a typed file with type of a record you create with date and other related fields and write directly those...

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On the case of C vs C++ remember that you can't code time critical code with full object orientation, that's why Linux and Windows kernels and drivers are both written in C without OO.
...

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I generally don't advocate technologies, companies or solutions but in the case of Delphi and Pascal, I have some arguments to present :
First off all languages are only as restrictie as...

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Do you want to know how to obtain scan codes from keyboard or how to translate them to ASCII ?

Loren Soth

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Does your input file contain each field in a separate line or each record in a single line with some kind of delimiter (comma, semicolon, tab, space) ? If the former then you can't read it...

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Unmanaged (non .Net) Delphi (Delphi 7 and below) has no automatic garbage collection at all. If you are referring to COM objects automatic disposing when ref count reaches zero, the...

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Try this :


type sample = record
_type,arg1,arg2 : integer;
{ type is a reserved word in Delphi, and integer type is 32 bit wide; for 16 bit unsigned you can use Word or for 8 bit...

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Delphi's TXMLDocument class isn't coded by Borland but is a wrapper to MSXML COM object. You might try "XMLReader := TXMLDocument.Create(self);" or if the code isn't in a method of the form...

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To prevent it from crashing put the conversion code in a try except block, if there will be a problem Delphi will throw an exception and you can handle it on the except part. To prevent...

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Do you need to create Palindromes or check wether the word entered by user is a palindrom ?

Loren Soth

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As Micheus stated in his post you should put the nick and client version ending with #0 instead of Delphis own String type. The MSG_CHAT_CLIENT_LOGIN structure you provided doesn't seem to...

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Ths last " IF (Choice = 'Y') OR (Choice = 'y') THEN " is unnecessary, the while loop's conditional takes care of that. You seem to have implemented the queue correctly but why is you...

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I don't think your problem is the packet length, because there isn't a length field in the MSG_CHAT_CLIENT_LOGIN structure; and when you use " TcpClient1.Sendln (Length(#... " you just send...

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You can post here or PM me with a link to current application and I would look what I can do.

Loren Soth

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Is the application you mention a WebApplication (like .aspx pages) or a WinForms application (Desktop application) which communicates with a WebService ? You might pass variables to a HTML...

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Does the tool send the request automatically or whet you hit copy request it put's it on the clipboard and then you send it by post (or e-mail) pasting the generated text ? With out the...

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Use Application.Terminate; as suggested by previous post (or Halt; ). Never call ___.Destroy; call ___.Free; to release an instance of an object that you created.

Loren Soth

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Just set one Win XP as dial-up server (Control Panel->Network Connections) and create a secure dial-in account. Create a dial-up connection from the other to this ones phone number. Dial-in...

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There is no standarts specification or .dat extension so it is hard to tell anything without seeing their contents but you have to parse the data from .dat to your records. I can help you...

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You can use a TChecklistbox to show out videos by a check; you can use TListview to assign different icons near items or you can set normal TListbox to ownerdraw and render the text for each...

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just delete the "{$APPTYPE CONSOLE} uses SysUtils;" and put "uses Dos;". It must compile then as there is nothing delphi specific there. If it still won't compile post the error message...

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Unless this is a prank to make me code a computer proof of Fermat's little theorem, please read my previous post and explain me the things I stated as I didn't get and answer the questions I...