Index

B

B2B (business-to-business) applications, 875

BabelFish translations, 876–879, 877, 879

background processing, 304

BackPages object, 212

BackTask example, 305–307

band components, 726–728, 727

Band Style Editor, 727–728, 727

Bands property, 231

BandStyle property, 726

banker's rounding, 90

bar code components, 725

BarMenuClick method, 234

base classes, 330–333, 340

base forms

inheritance from, 319–321, 319–320

and interfaces, 330, 333–334

base types, 84

BaseCLX, 110–111

batch updates, 615, 638–642

BDE (Borland Database Engine), 507, 615

BeforeDestruction method, 279

BeforeEdit event, 524

BeforePost event, 546

beginning-of-file cracks, 697

BeginThread function, 84

BeginTrans method, 634

Beveled property, 180

Beyond Compare utility, 11

bi constants, 256–257

BIcons example, 256–257, 257

binary large object (BLOB) fields

in DataSnap, 666

in record viewer, 682

streams for, 136, 139

binding

late. See late binding

resource files into executables, 30

binding interfaces in XML, 846–850, 847

Bitmap component, 724

bitmaps

for Component Palette, 348, 349

for components, 340, 348

for ListView, 188

for Rave, 724

for TabControl, 209

viewer for, 207–210, 207

black box programming, 48

BLOB (binary large object) fields

in DataSnap, 666

in record viewer, 682

streams for, 136, 139

blocking sockets, 738

BlockRead function, 921

BlockWrite function, 921

BMP files, 34. See also bitmaps

BmpSide constant, 210

BmpViewer example, 207–210, 207

Bof tests, 537

BofCracks, 697

BoldExecute method, 215

booking classes, 608–611, 610

Bookmark property, 538, 542

bookmarks, 537–538, 633, 695–698, 696

shortcut keys for, 16

in TDataSet, 687

Boolean conversions, 86

BoolToStr function, 86

border icons, 256–257, 257

BorderIcons property, 255–256

Borders example, 254–256, 254

borders for forms, 254–256, 254

BorderStyle property, 254–255

Borland Database Engine, 507, 615

Borland Registry Cleanup Utility, 33

Borland resource compiler tool, 33

BorlndMM.DLL file, 405–406

BoundsRect method, 159

BPG files, 28, 34

BPL files, 34, 338, 347

BPL folder, 347

BRC32.exe and BRCC32.exe tools, 33

Break property, 174

briefcase model, 645

Bring To Front command, 204

BringToFront method, 302, 328

BrokDemo example, 774–778, 777

BrowseFast example, 756–757, 757

browsers

creating, 756–757, 757

in UDDI, 895–898, 896

browsing in editor, 12–13

bs constants, 255

btnSendClick method, 745

BtnTodayClick method, 56–58

BucketCount property, 133

BucketFor function, 133

buffers and caches

with ClientDataSet, 584

for dataset records, 698–703

in TDataSet, 687

Build Later command, 27

Build Sooner command, 27

building projects, 30–32

Bushakra, John, 899

business rules, 648, 656–657, 711

business-to-business (B2B) applications, 875

BusinessEntity type, 895

BusinessService type, 895

BusinessTemplate type, 895

button wheels, 261

ButtonLoadClick method, 323

ButtonStyle property, 516, 533

Byte type, 478