Componentes.Terceros.jvcl/official/3.32/archive/JvUtils.pas

{-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either expressed or implied. See the License for
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The Original Code is: JvUtils.PAS, released on 2002-07-04.

The Initial Developers of the Original Code are: Andrei Prygounkov <a dott prygounkov att gmx dott de>
                       Roman Tkachev <whiteman@infa.ru>
Copyright (c) 1999, 2002 Andrei Prygounkov, Roman Tkachev
All Rights Reserved.

Contributor(s):

Last Modified: 2002-07-04

You may retrieve the latest version of this file at the Project JEDI's JVCL home page,
located at http://jvcl.sourceforge.net

Description : common routines

Known Issues:
  * Some functions are also in JvStrUtil
  * Some russian comments were translated to english; these comments are marked
    with [translated]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------}

{$I JVCL.INC}
{$I WINDOWSONLY.INC}

unit JvUtils;

interface

{$DEFINE INCLUDE_RAUTILSW}

uses
  Windows, Forms, Controls, Graphics, SysUtils, Classes,
  StdCtrls, ExtCtrls, Dialogs, Menus, Clipbrd,
  {$IFDEF COMPILER3_UP}
  ShlObj,
  {$ENDIF}
  {$IFDEF COMPILER3_UP}
  ActiveX,
  {$ELSE}
  Ole2,
  {$ENDIF}
  {$IFDEF COMPILER6_UP}
  Variants,
  {$ENDIF}
  TypInfo;

{$IFNDEF COMPILER4_UP}
type
  Longword = Integer;
{$ENDIF}

type
  TTickCount = Cardinal;

{**** string handling routines}

const
  Separators: set of Char = [#00, ' ', '-', #13, #10, '.', ',', '/', '\', '#', '"', '''',
  ':', '+', '%', '*', '(', ')', ';', '=', '{', '}', '[', ']', '{', '}', '<', '>'];
 {const Separators is used in GetWordOnPos, JvUtils.ReplaceStrings and SubWord}

{$IFDEF DELPHI}
type
  TSetOfChar = set of Char;
{$ENDIF DELPHI}
{$IFDEF BCB}
type
  TSetOfChar = string;
{$ENDIF BCB}

{ GetWordOnPos returns Word from string, S, on the cursor position, P}
function GetWordOnPos(const S: string; const P: Integer): string;
{ GetWordOnPosEx working like GetWordOnPos function, but
  also returns Word position in iBeg, iEnd variables }
function GetWordOnPosEx(const S: string; const P: Integer; var iBeg, iEnd: Integer): string;
{ SubStr returns substring from string, S, separated with Separator string}
function SubStr(const S: string; const Index: Integer; const Separator: string): string;
{ SubStrEnd same to previous function but Index numerated from the end of string }
function SubStrEnd(const S: string; const Index: Integer; const Separator: string): string;
{ SubWord returns next Word from string, P, and offsets Pointer to the end of Word, P2 }
function SubWord(P: PChar; var P2: PChar): string;
{ NumberByWord returns the text representation of
  the number, N, in normal russian language. Was typed from Monitor magazine }
function NumberByWord(const N: Longint): string;
//  function CurrencyByWord(Value : Currency) : string;
{ GetLineByPos returns the Line number, there
  the symbol Pos is pointed. Lines separated with #13 symbol }
function GetLineByPos(const S: string; const Pos: Integer): Integer;
{ GetXYByPos is same to previous function, but returns X position in line too}
procedure GetXYByPos(const S: string; const Pos: Integer; var X, Y: Integer);
{ ReplaceString searches for all substrings, OldPattern,
  in a string, S, and replaces them with NewPattern }
function ReplaceString(S: string; const OldPattern, NewPattern: string): string;
{ ConcatSep concatenate S and S2 strings with Separator.
  if S = '', separator don't included }
function ConcatSep(const S, S2, Separator: string): string;
{ ConcatLeftSep is same to previous function, but
  strings concatenate right to left }
function ConcatLeftSep(const S, S2, Separator: string): string;
{ MinimizeString trunactes long string, S, and appends
  '...' symbols, if Length of S is more than MaxLen }
function MinimizeString(const S: string; const MaxLen: Integer): string;
{ Next 4 function for russian chars transliterating.
  This functions are needed because Oem2Ansi and Ansi2Oem functions
  sometimes works sucks }
procedure Dos2Win(var S: string);
procedure Win2Dos(var S: string);
function Dos2WinRes(const S: string): string;
function Win2DosRes(const S: string): string;
function Win2Koi(const S: string): string;
{ Spaces returns string consists on N space chars }
function Spaces(const N: Integer): string;
{ AddSpaces add spaces to string, S, if it Length is smaller than N }
function AddSpaces(const S: string; const N: Integer): string;
{ function LastDate for russian users only }
//  { returns date relative to current date: '<27><><EFBFBD> <20><><EFBFBD> <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>' }
function LastDate(const Dat: TDateTime): string;
{ CurrencyToStr format currency, Cur, using ffCurrency float format}
function CurrencyToStr(const Cur: currency): string;
{ Cmp compares two strings and returns True if they
  are equal. Case-insensitive.}
function Cmp(const S1, S2: string): Boolean;
{ StringCat add S2 string to S1 and returns this string }
function StringCat(var S1: string; S2: string): string;
{ HasChar returns True, if Char, Ch, contains in string, S }
function HasChar(const Ch: Char; const S: string): Boolean;
function HasAnyChar(const Chars: string; const S: string): Boolean;
function CharInSet(const Ch: Char; const SetOfChar: TSetOfChar): Boolean;
function CountOfChar(const Ch: Char; const S: string): Integer;
function DefStr(const S: string; Default: string): string;

{**** files routines}

{ GetWinDir returns Windows folder name }
function GetWinDir: TFileName;
{ GetTempDir returns Windows temporary folder name }
function GetTempDir: string;
{ GenTempFileName returns temporary file name on
  drive, there FileName is placed }
function GenTempFileName(FileName: string): string;
{ GenTempFileNameExt same to previous function, but
  returning filename has given extension, FileExt }
function GenTempFileNameExt(FileName: string; const FileExt: string): string;
{ ClearDir clears folder Dir }
function ClearDir(const Dir: string): Boolean;
{ DeleteDir clears and than delete folder Dir }
function DeleteDir(const Dir: string): Boolean;
{ FileEquMask returns True if file, FileName,
  is compatible with given dos file mask, Mask }
function FileEquMask(FileName, Mask: TFileName): Boolean;
{ FileEquMasks returns True if file, FileName,
  is compatible with given Masks.
  Masks must be separated with comma (';') }
function FileEquMasks(FileName, Masks: TFileName): Boolean;
procedure DeleteFiles(const Folder: TFileName; const Masks: string);
{ LZFileExpand expand file, FileSource,
  into FileDest. Given file must be compressed, using MS Compress program }
function LZFileExpand(const FileSource, FileDest: string): Boolean;
{ FileGetInfo fills SearchRec record for specified file attributes}
function FileGetInfo(FileName: TFileName; var SearchRec: TSearchRec): Boolean;
{ HasSubFolder returns True, if folder APath contains other folders }
function HasSubFolder(APath: TFileName): Boolean;
{ IsEmptyFolder returns True, if there are no files or
  folders in given folder, APath}
function IsEmptyFolder(APath: TFileName): Boolean;
{ AddSlash add slash Char to Dir parameter, if needed }
procedure AddSlash(var Dir: TFileName);
{ AddSlash returns string with added slash Char to Dir parameter, if needed }
function AddSlash2(const Dir: TFileName): string;
{ AddPath returns FileName with Path, if FileName not contain any path }
function AddPath(const FileName, Path: TFileName): TFileName;
function AddPaths(const PathList, Path: string): string;
function ParentPath(const Path: TFileName): TFileName;
function FindInPath(const FileName, PathList: string): TFileName;
{$IFNDEF BCB1}
{ BrowseForFolder displays Browse For Folder dialog }
function BrowseForFolder(const Handle: HWND; const Title: string; var Folder: string): Boolean;
{$ENDIF BCB1}
{ DeleteReadOnlyFile clears R/O file attribute and delete file }
function DeleteReadOnlyFile(const FileName: TFileName): Boolean;
{ HasParam returns True, if program running with specified parameter, Param }
function HasParam(const Param: string): Boolean;
function HasSwitch(const Param: string): Boolean;
function Switch(const Param: string): string;
{ ExePath returns ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)) }
function ExePath: TFileName;
function CopyDir(const SourceDir, DestDir: TFileName): Boolean;
function FileTimeToDateTime(const FT: TFileTime): TDateTime;
function MakeValidFileName(const FileName: TFileName; const ReplaceBadChar: Char): TFileName;

{**** Graphic routines }

{ TTFontSelected returns True, if True Type font
  is selected in specified device context }
function TTFontSelected(const DC: HDC): Boolean;
{ TrueInflateRect inflates rect in other method, than InflateRect API function }
function TrueInflateRect(const R: TRect; const I: Integer): TRect;

{**** Windows routines }

{ SetWindowTop put window to top without recreating window }
procedure SetWindowTop(const Handle: HWND; const Top: Boolean);

{**** other routines }

{ KeyPressed returns True, if Key VK is now pressed }
function KeyPressed(VK: Integer): Boolean;
procedure SwapInt(var Int1, Int2: Integer);
function IntPower(Base, Exponent: Integer): Integer;
function ChangeTopException(E: TObject): TObject;
function StrToBool(const S: string): Boolean;

{$IFNDEF COMPILER3_UP}
{ AnsiStrLIComp compares S1 to S2, without case-sensitivity, up to a maximum
  Length of MaxLen bytes. The compare operation is controlled by the
  current Windows locale. The return value is the same as for CompareStr. }
function AnsiStrLIComp(S1, S2: PChar; MaxLen: Cardinal): Integer;
function AnsiStrIComp(S1, S2: PChar): Integer;
{$ENDIF}
function Var2Type(V: Variant; const VarType: Integer): Variant;
function VarToInt(V: Variant): Integer;
function VarToFloat(V: Variant): Double;
{ following functions are not documented
  because they are don't work properly sometimes, so don't use them }
function ReplaceStrings1(S: string; const Word, Frase: string): string;
{ ReplaceStrings1 is full equal to ReplaceString function
  - only for compatibility - don't use }
{ GetSubStr is full equal to SubStr function
  - only for compatibility - don't use }
function GetSubStr(const S: string; const Index: Integer; const Separator: Char): string;
function GetParameter: string;
function GetLongFileName(FileName: string): string;
{* from unit FileCtrl}
function DirectoryExists(const Name: string): Boolean;
procedure ForceDirectories(Dir: string);
{# from unit FileCtrl}
function FileNewExt(const FileName, NewExt: TFileName): TFileName;
function GetComputerID: string;
function GetComputerName: string;

{**** string routines }

{ ReplaceAllStrings searches for all substrings, Words,
  in a string, S, and replaces them with Frases with the same Index.
  Also see RAUtilsW.ReplaceStrings1 function }
function ReplaceAllStrings(S: string; Words, Frases: TStrings): string;
{ ReplaceStrings searches the Word in a string, S, on PosBeg position,
  in the list, Words, and if founds, replaces this Word
  with string from another list, Frases, with the same Index,
  and then update NewSelStart variable }
function ReplaceStrings(S: string; PosBeg, Len: Integer; Words, Frases: TStrings; var NewSelStart: Integer): string;
{ CountOfLines calculates the lines count in a string, S,
  each line must be separated from another with CrLf sequence }
function CountOfLines(const S: string): Integer;
{ DeleteEmptyLines deletes all empty lines from strings, Ss.
  Lines contained only spaces also deletes. }
procedure DeleteEmptyLines(Ss: TStrings);
{ SQLAddWhere addes or modifies existing where-statement, where,
  to the strings, SQL.
  Note: If strings SQL allready contains where-statement,
  it must be started on the begining of any line }
procedure SQLAddWhere(SQL: TStrings; const Where: string);

{**** files routines - }

{ ResSaveToFile save resource named as Name with Typ type into file FileName.
  Resource can be compressed using MS Compress program}
function ResSaveToFile(const Typ, Name: string; const Compressed: Boolean; const FileName: string): Boolean;
function ResSaveToFileEx(Instance: HINST; Typ, Name: PChar;
  const Compressed: Boolean; const FileName: string): Boolean;
function ResSaveToString(Instance: HINST; const Typ, Name: string;
  var S: string): Boolean;
{ Execute executes other program and waiting for it
  terminating, then return its Exit Code }
function Execute(const CommandLine, WorkingDirectory: string): Integer;
{ IniReadSection read section, Section, from ini-file,
  IniFileName, into strings, Ss.
  This function reads ALL strings from specified section.
  Note: TIninFile.ReadSection function reads only strings with '=' symbol.}
function IniReadSection(const IniFileName: TFileName; const Section: string; Ss: TStrings): Boolean;
{ LoadTextFile load text file, FileName, into string }
function LoadTextFile(const FileName: TFileName): string;
procedure SaveTextFile(const FileName: TFileName; const Source: string);
{ ReadFolder reads files list from disk folder, Folder,
  that are equal to mask, Mask, into strings, FileList}
function ReadFolder(const Folder, Mask: TFileName; FileList: TStrings): Integer;
function ReadFolders(const Folder: TFileName; FolderList: TStrings): Integer;

{$IFDEF COMPILER3_UP}
{ TargetFileName - if FileName is ShortCut returns filename ShortCut linked to }
function TargetFileName(const FileName: TFileName): TFileName;
{ return filename ShortCut linked to }
function ResolveLink(const hWnd: HWND; const LinkFile: TFileName;
  var FileName: TFileName): HRESULT;
{$ENDIF COMPILER3_UP}

{**** Graphic routines - }

{ LoadIcoToImage loads two icons from resource named NameRes,
  into two image lists ALarge and ASmall}
procedure LoadIcoToImage(ALarge, ASmall: TImageList; const NameRes: string);
{ RATextOut same with TCanvas.TextOut procedure, but
  can clipping drawing with rectangle, RClip. }
procedure RATextOut(Canvas: TCanvas; const R, RClip: TRect; const S: string);
{ RATextOutEx same with RATextOut function, but
  can calculate needed height for correct output }
function RATextOutEx(Canvas: TCanvas; const R, RClip: TRect; const S: string; const CalcHeight: Boolean): Integer;
{ RATextCalcHeight calculate needed height for
  correct output, using RATextOut or RATextOutEx functions }
function RATextCalcHeight(Canvas: TCanvas; const R: TRect; const S: string): Integer;
{ Cinema draws some visual effect }
procedure Cinema(Canvas: TCanvas; rS {Source}, rD {Dest}: TRect);
{ Roughed fills rect with special 3D pattern }
procedure Roughed(ACanvas: TCanvas; const ARect: TRect; const AVert: Boolean);
{ BitmapFromBitmap creates new small bitmap from part
  of source bitmap, SrcBitmap, with specified width and height,
  AWidth, AHeight and placed on a specified Index, Index in the
  source bitmap }
function BitmapFromBitmap(SrcBitmap: TBitmap; const AWidth, AHeight, Index: Integer): TBitmap;
{ TextWidth calculate text with for writing using standard desktop font }
function TextWidth(AStr: string): Integer;
{ DefineCursor load cursor from resource, and return
  available cursor number, assigned to it }
function DefineCursor(Identifier: PChar): TCursor;

{**** other routines - }
{ FindFormByClass returns first form with specified
  class, FormClass, owned by Application global variable }
function FindFormByClass(FormClass: TFormClass): TForm;
function FindFormByClassName(FormClassName: string): TForm;
{ FindByTag returns the control with specified class,
  ComponentClass, from WinContol.Controls property,
  having Tag property value, equaled to Tag parameter }
function FindByTag(WinControl: TWinControl; ComponentClass: TComponentClass; const Tag: Integer): TComponent;
{ ControlAtPos2 equal to TWinControl.ControlAtPos function,
  but works better }
function ControlAtPos2(Parent: TWinControl; X, Y: Integer): TControl;
{ RBTag searches WinControl.Controls for checked
  RadioButton and returns its Tag property value }
function RBTag(Parent: TWinControl): Integer;
{ AppMinimized returns True, if Application is minimized }
function AppMinimized: Boolean;
{ MessageBox is Application.MessageBox with string (not PChar) parameters.
  if Caption parameter = '', it replaced with Application.Title }
function MessageBox(const Msg: string; Caption: string;
  const Flags: Integer): Integer;
function MsgDlg2(const Msg, ACaption: string; DlgType: TMsgDlgType;
  Buttons: TMsgDlgButtons; HelpContext: Integer; Control: TWinControl): Integer;
function MsgDlgDef(const Msg, ACaption: string; DlgType: TMsgDlgType;
  Buttons: TMsgDlgButtons; DefButton: TMsgDlgBtn; HelpContext: Integer;
  Control: TWinControl): Integer;
{ Delay stop program execution to MSec msec }
procedure Delay(MSec: Longword);
procedure CenterHor(Parent: TControl; MinLeft: Integer; Controls: array of TControl);
procedure EnableControls(Control: TWinControl; const Enable: Boolean);
procedure EnableMenuItems(MenuItem: TMenuItem; const Tag: Integer; const Enable: Boolean);
procedure ExpandWidth(Parent: TControl; MinWidth: Integer; Controls: array of TControl);
function PanelBorder(Panel: TCustomPanel): Integer;
function Pixels(Control: TControl; APixels: Integer): Integer;
procedure SetChildPropOrd(Owner: TComponent; PropName: string; Value: Longint);
procedure Error(const Msg: string);
procedure ItemHtDrawEx(Canvas: TCanvas; Rect: TRect;
  const State: TOwnerDrawState; const Text: string;
  const HideSelColor: Boolean; var PlainItem: string;
  var Width: Integer; CalcWidth: Boolean);
  { example for Text parameter :
    'Item 1 <b>bold</b> <i>italic ITALIC <c:Red>red <c:Green>green <c:blue>blue </i>' }
function ItemHtDraw(Canvas: TCanvas; Rect: TRect;
  const State: TOwnerDrawState; const Text: string;
  const HideSelColor: Boolean): string;
function ItemHtWidth(Canvas: TCanvas; Rect: TRect;
  const State: TOwnerDrawState; const Text: string;
  const HideSelColor: Boolean): Integer;
function ItemHtPlain(const Text: string): string;
{ ClearList - clears list of TObject }
procedure ClearList(List: TList);

procedure MemStreamToClipBoard(MemStream: TMemoryStream; const Format: Word);
procedure ClipBoardToMemStream(MemStream: TMemoryStream; const Format: Word);

{ RTTI support }
function GetPropType(Obj: TObject; const PropName: string): TTypeKind;
function GetPropStr(Obj: TObject; const PropName: string): string;
function GetPropOrd(Obj: TObject; const PropName: string): Integer;
function GetPropMethod(Obj: TObject; const PropName: string): TMethod;

procedure PrepareIniSection(SS: TStrings);
{ following functions are not documented because
  they are don't work properly, so don't use them }
{$IFDEF COMPILER2}
function CompareMem(P1, P2: Pointer; Length: Integer): Boolean; assembler;
{$ENDIF}

type
  TMenuAnimation = (maNone, maRandom, maUnfold, maSlide);

procedure ShowMenu(Form: TForm; MenuAni: TMenuAnimation);

type
  TProcObj = procedure of object;

procedure ExecAfterPause(Proc: TProcObj; Pause: Integer);

const
  NoHelp = 0; { for MsgDlg2 }
  MsgDlgCharSet: Integer = DEFAULT_CHARSET;

// (rom) from JvBandWindows to make it obsolete
function PointL(const X, Y: Longint): TPointL;
// (rom) from JvBandUtils to make it obsolete
function iif(const Test: Boolean; const ATrue, AFalse: Variant): Variant;

implementation

uses
  Math,
  JvCtlConst;

function GetLineByPos(const S: string; const Pos: Integer): Integer;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  if Length(S) < Pos then
    Result := -1
  else
  begin
    I := 1;
    Result := 0;
    while I <= Pos do
    begin
      if S[I] = #13 then
        Inc(Result);
      Inc(I);
    end;
  end;
end;

procedure GetXYByPos(const S: string; const Pos: Integer; var X, Y: Integer);
var
  I, iB: Integer;
begin
  X := -1;
  Y := -1;
  iB := 0;
  if (Length(S) >= Pos) and (Pos >= 0) then
  begin
    I := 1;
    Y := 0;
    while I <= Pos do
    begin
      if S[I] = #13 then
      begin
        Inc(Y);
        iB := I + 1;
      end;
      Inc(I);
    end;
    X := Pos - iB;
  end;
end;

function GetWordOnPos(const S: string; const P: Integer): string;
var
  I, Beg: Integer;
begin
  Result := '';
  if (P > Length(S)) or (P < 1) then
    Exit;
  for I := P downto 1 do
    if S[I] in Separators then
      Break;
  Beg := I + 1;
  for I := P to Length(S) do
    if S[I] in Separators then
      Break;
  if I > Beg then
    Result := Copy(S, Beg, I - Beg)
  else
    Result := S[P];
end;

function GetWordOnPosEx(const S: string; const P: Integer; var iBeg, iEnd: Integer): string;
begin
  Result := '';
  if (P > Length(S)) or (P < 1) then
    Exit;
  iBeg := P;
  if P > 1 then
    if S[P] in Separators then
      if (P < 1) or ((P - 1 > 0) and (S[P - 1] in Separators)) then
        Inc(iBeg)
      else
      if not ((P - 1 > 0) and (S[P - 1] in Separators)) then
        Dec(iBeg);
  while iBeg >= 1 do
    if S[iBeg] in Separators then
      Break
    else
      Dec(iBeg);
  Inc(iBeg);
  iEnd := P;
  while iEnd <= Length(S) do
    if S[iEnd] in Separators then
      Break
    else
      Inc(iEnd);
  if iEnd > iBeg then
    Result := Copy(S, iBeg, iEnd - iBeg)
  else
    Result := S[P];
end;

function GetWinDir: TFileName;
var
  WinDir: array [0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
begin
  WinDir[GetWindowsDirectory(WinDir, MAX_PATH)] := #0;
  Result := WinDir;
end;

function GenTempFileName(FileName: string): string;
var
  TempDir: array [0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
  TempFile: array [0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
  STempDir: TFileName;
  Res: Integer;
begin
  TempDir[GetTempPath(260, TempDir)] := #0;
  if FileName <> '' then
  begin
    if Length(FileName) < 4 then
      FileName := ExpandFileName(FileName);
    if (Length(FileName) > 4) and (FileName[2] = ':') and
      (StrLen(@TempDir[0]) > 4) and
      (AnsiCompareText(TempDir[0], FileName[1]) <> 0) then
    begin
      STempDir := ExtractFilePath(FileName);
      Move(STempDir[1], TempDir, Length(STempDir) + 1);
    end;
  end;
  Res := GetTempFileName(
    TempDir, { address of directory name for temporary file}
    '~RA', { address of filename prefix}
    0, { number used to create temporary filename}
    TempFile); { address of buffer that receives the new filename}
  if Res <> 0 then
    Result := TempFile
  else
    Result := '~JVCLTemp.tmp';
  DeleteFile(Result);
end;

function GenTempFileNameExt(FileName: string; const FileExt: string): string;
begin
  Result := ChangeFileExt(GenTempFileName(FileName), FileExt);
end;

function GetTempDir: string;
var
  TempDir: array [0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
begin
  TempDir[GetTempPath(260, TempDir)] := #0;
  Result := TempDir;
end;

function ClearDir(const Dir: string): Boolean;
var
  SearchRec: TSearchRec;
  DosError: Integer;
  Path: TFileName;
begin
  Result := True;
  Path := Dir;
  AddSlash(Path);
  DosError := FindFirst(Path + '*.*', faAnyFile, SearchRec);
  while DosError = 0 do
  begin
    if (SearchRec.Name <> '.') and (SearchRec.Name <> '..') then
    begin
      if (SearchRec.Attr and faDirectory) = faDirectory then
        Result := Result and DeleteDir(Path + SearchRec.Name)
      else
        Result := Result and DeleteFile(Path + SearchRec.Name);
      // if not Result then Exit;
    end;
    DosError := FindNext(SearchRec);
  end;
  FindClose(SearchRec);
end;

function DeleteDir(const Dir: string): Boolean;
begin
  ClearDir(Dir);
{  if Dir[Length(Dir)] = '\' then Dir[Length(Dir)] := #0;}
  Result := RemoveDir(Dir);
end;

procedure DeleteFiles(const Folder: TFileName; const Masks: string);
var
  SearchRec: TSearchRec;
  DosError: Integer;
  Path: TFileName;
begin
  Path := AddSlash2(Folder);
  DosError := FindFirst(Path + '*.*', faAnyFile and not faDirectory, SearchRec);
  while DosError = 0 do
  begin
    if FileEquMasks(Path + SearchRec.Name, Masks) then
      DeleteFile(Path + SearchRec.Name);
    DosError := FindNext(SearchRec);
  end;
  FindClose(SearchRec);
end;

function GetParameter: string;
var
  FN, FN1: PChar;
begin
  if ParamCount = 0 then
  begin
    Result := '';
    Exit
  end;
  FN := cmdLine;
  if FN[0] = '"' then
  begin
    FN := StrScan(FN + 1, '"');
    if (FN[0] = #00) or (FN[1] = #00) then
      Result := ''
    else
    begin
      Inc(FN, 2);
      if FN[0] = '"' then
      begin
        Inc(FN, 1);
        FN1 := StrScan(FN + 1, '"');
        if FN1[0] <> #00 then
          FN1[0] := #00;
      end;
      Result := FN;
    end;
  end
  else
    Result := Copy(CmdLine, Length(ParamStr(0)) + 1, 260);
  while (Length(Result) > 0) and (Result[1] = ' ') do
    Delete(Result, 1, 1);
  Result := ReplaceString(Result, '"', '');
  if FileExists(Result) then
    Result := GetLongFileName(Result);
end;

function GetLongFileName(FileName: string): string;
var
  SearchRec: TSearchRec;
begin
  if FileGetInfo(FileName, SearchRec) then
    Result := ExtractFilePath(ExpandFileName(FileName)) + SearchRec.FindData.cFileName
  else
    Result := FileName;
end;

function FileEquMask(FileName, Mask: TFileName): Boolean;
var
  I: Integer;
  C: Char;
  P: PChar;
begin
  FileName := AnsiUpperCase(ExtractFileName(FileName));
  Mask := AnsiUpperCase(Mask);
  Result := False;
  if Pos('.', FileName) = 0 then
    FileName := FileName + '.';
  I := 1;
  P := PChar(FileName);
  while I <= Length(Mask) do
  begin
    C := Mask[I];
    if (P[0] = #0) and (C <> '*') then
      Exit;
    case C of
      '*':
        if I = Length(Mask) then
        begin
          Result := True;
          Exit;
        end
        else
        begin
          P := StrScan(P, Mask[I + 1]);
          if P = nil then
            Exit;
        end;
      '?':
        Inc(P);
    else
      if C = P[0] then
        Inc(P)
      else
        Exit;
    end;
    Inc(I);
  end;
  if P[0] = #0 then
    Result := True;
end;

function FileEquMasks(FileName, Masks: TFileName): Boolean;
var
  I: Integer;
  Mask: string;
begin
  Result := False;
  I := 0;
  Mask := Trim(GetSubStr(Masks, I, ';'));
  while Length(Mask) <> 0 do
    if FileEquMask(FileName, Mask) then
    begin
      Result := True;
      Break;
    end
    else
    begin
      Inc(I);
      Mask := Trim(GetSubStr(Masks, I, ';'));
    end;
end;

function NumberByWord(const N: Longint): string;
const
  Ten: array [0..9] of string =
    ('zero', 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 'eight', 'nine');
  Hun: array [1..9] of string =
    ('onehundred', 'twohundred', 'threehundred', 'fourhundred', 'fivehundred',
     'sixhundred', 'sevenhundred', 'eighthundred', 'ninehundred');
  OnTen: array [10..19] of string =
    ('ten', 'eleven', 'twelve', 'thirteen', 'fourteen',
     'fifteen', 'sixteen', 'seventeen', 'eighteen', 'nineteen');
  HunIn: array [2..9] of string =
    ('twothousand', 'threethousand', 'fourthousand', 'fivethousand',
     'sixthousand', 'seventhousand', 'eightthousand', 'ninethousand');
var
  StrVsp: string;
  NumStr: string;
  StrVsp2: string;
  I: Byte;

  function IndNumber(Stri: string; Place: Byte): Byte;
  begin
    IndNumber := Ord(Stri[Place]) - 48;
  end;

  function Back(Stri: string): Longint;
  var
    Code: Integer;
    LI: Longint;
  begin
    Result := 0;
    Val(Stri, LI, Code);
    if Code = 0 then
      Result := LI;
  end;

begin
  NumStr := IntToStr(N);
  if Length(NumStr) > 9 then
  begin
    Result := '*****';
    Exit;
  end;
  case Length(NumStr) of
    1:
      StrVsp := Ten[N];
    2: case NumStr[1] of
        '1':
          StrVsp := OnTen[N];
        '0':
          StrVsp := NumberByWord(IndNumber(NumStr, 2));
        '2'..'9':
          begin
            StrVsp := HunIn[IndNumber(NumStr, 1)];
            if NumStr[2] <> '0' then
              StrVsp := StrVsp + ' ' + NumberByWord(IndNumber(NumStr, 2));
          end;
      end;
    3:
      begin
        StrVsp := Hun[IndNumber(NumStr, 1)];
        StrVsp := StrVsp + ' ' + NumberByWord(Back(Copy(NumStr, 2, 2)));
      end;
    4:
      begin
        StrVsp := Ten[IndNumber(NumStr, 1)];
        // (rom) needs translation
        case NumStr[1] of
          '1':
            StrVsp := '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
          '2':
            StrVsp := '<27><><EFBFBD> <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
          '3', '4':
            StrVsp := StrVsp + ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
          '5'..'9':
            StrVsp := StrVsp + ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
        end;
        StrVsp := StrVsp + ' ' + NumberByWord(Back(Copy(NumStr, 2, 3)));
      end;
    5:
      begin
        StrVsp2 := NumberByWord(Back(Copy(NumStr, 1, 2)));
        I := Pos(' <20><><EFBFBD>', StrVsp2);
        if Pos(' <20><><EFBFBD>', StrVsp2) = I then
          I := 0;
        if I <> 0 then
          StrVsp2[I + 3] := 'e';
        I := Pos(' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', StrVsp2);
        if Pos(' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', StrVsp2) = I then
          I := 0;
        if I <> 0 then
        begin
          StrVsp2[I + 3] := '<27>';
          StrVsp2[I + 4] := '<27>';
        end;
        if NumStr[1] <> '1' then
          case NumStr[2] of
            '1':
              StrVsp := ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> ';
            '2'..'4':
              StrVsp := ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> ';
            '5'..'9':
              StrVsp := ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> ';
          end
        else
          StrVsp := ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> ';
        StrVsp := StrVsp2 + StrVsp + NumberByWord(Back(Copy(NumStr, 3, 3)));
      end;
    6:
      begin
        StrVsp2 := NumberByWord(Back(Copy(NumStr, 1, 3)));
        I := Pos(' <20><><EFBFBD>', StrVsp2);
        if Pos(' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', StrVsp2) = I then
          I := 0;
        if I <> 0 then
          StrVsp2[I + 3] := '<27>';
        I := Pos(' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', Strvsp2);
        if Pos(' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', StrVsp2) = I then
          I := 0;
        if I <> 0 then
        begin
          StrVsp2[I + 3] := '<27>';
          StrVsp2[I + 4] := '<27>';
        end;
        if NumStr[2] <> '1' then
          case NumStr[3] of
            '1':
              StrVsp := ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> ';
            '2'..'4':
              StrVsp := ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> ';
            '5'..'9':
              StrVsp := ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> ';
          end
        else
          StrVsp := ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> ';
        StrVsp := StrVsp2 + StrVsp + NumberByWord(Back(Copy(NumStr, 4, 3)));
      end;
    7:
      begin
        StrVsp := Ten[IndNumber(NumStr, 1)];
        case NumStr[1] of
          '1':
            StrVsp := '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
          '2'..'4':
            StrVsp := StrVsp + ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
          '5'..'9':
            StrVsp := StrVsp + ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
        end;
        StrVsp := StrVsp + ' ' + NumberByWord(Back(Copy(NumStr, 2, 6)));
      end;
    8:
      begin
        StrVsp := NumberByWord(Back(Copy(NumStr, 1, 2)));
        StrVsp := StrVsp + ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
        if NumStr[1] <> '1' then
          case NumStr[2] of
            '2'..'4':
              StrVsp := StrVsp + '<27>';
            '0', '5'..'9':
              StrVsp := StrVsp + '<27><>';
          end
        else
          StrVsp := StrVsp + '<27><>';
        StrVsp := StrVsp + ' ' + NumberByWord(Back(Copy(NumStr, 3, 6)));
      end;
    9:
      begin
        StrVsp := NumberByWord(Back(Copy(Numstr, 1, 3)));
        StrVsp := StrVsp + ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
        if NumStr[2] <> '1' then
          case NumStr[3] of
            '2'..'4':
              StrVsp := StrVsp + '<27>';
            '0', '5'..'9':
              StrVsp := StrVsp + '<27><>';
          end
        else
          StrVsp := StrVsp + '<27><>';
        StrVsp := StrVsp + ' ' + NumberByWord(Back(Copy(NumStr, 4, 6)));
      end;
  end;
  if (Length(StrVsp) > 4) and (Copy(StrVsp, Length(StrVsp) - 3, 4) = Ten[0]) then
    StrVsp := Copy(StrVsp, 1, Length(StrVsp) - 4);
  Result := StrVsp;
end;

function GetSubStr(const S: string; const Index: Integer; const Separator: Char): string;
begin
  Result := SubStr(S, Index, Separator);
end;

function SubStr(const S: string; const Index: Integer; const Separator: string): string;
{ Returns a substring. Substrings are divided by Sep character [translated] }
var
  I: Integer;
  pB, pE: PChar;
begin
  Result := '';
  if ((Index < 0) or ((Index = 0) and (Length(S) > 0) and (S[1] = Separator))) or
    (Length(S) = 0) then
    Exit;
  pB := PChar(S);
  for I := 1 to Index do
  begin
    pB := StrPos(pB, PChar(Separator));
    if pB = nil then
      Exit;
    pB := pB + Length(Separator);
    if pB[0] = #0 then
      Exit;
  end;
  pE := StrPos(pB + 1, PChar(Separator));
  if pE = nil then
    pE := PChar(S) + Length(S);
  if not (AnsiStrLIComp(pB, PChar(Separator), Length(Separator)) = 0) then
    SetString(Result, pB, pE - pB);
end;

function SubStrEnd(const S: string; const Index: Integer; const Separator: string): string;
{ The same as SubStr, but substrings are numbered from the end [translated]}
var
  MaxIndex: Integer;
  pB: PChar;
begin
  { Not optimal implementation [translated] }
  MaxIndex := 0;
  pB := StrPos(PChar(S), PChar(Separator));
  while pB <> nil do
  begin
    Inc(MaxIndex);
    pB := StrPos(pB + Length(Separator), PChar(Separator));
  end;
  Result := SubStr(S, MaxIndex - Index, Separator);
end;

function FileGetInfo(FileName: TFileName; var SearchRec: TSearchRec): Boolean;
var
  DosError: Integer;
  Path: TFileName;
begin
  Result := False;
  Path := ExtractFilePath(ExpandFileName(FileName)) + '*.*';
  FileName := AnsiUpperCase(ExtractFileName(FileName));
  DosError := FindFirst(Path, faAnyFile, SearchRec);
  while DosError = 0 do
  begin
    if (AnsiCompareText(SearchRec.FindData.cFileName, FileName) = 0) or
      (AnsiCompareText(SearchRec.FindData.cAlternateFileName, FileName) = 0) then
    begin
      Result := True;
      Break;
    end;
    DosError := FindNext(SearchRec);
  end;
  FindClose(SearchRec);
end;

function HasSubFolder(APath: TFileName): Boolean;
var
  SearchRec: TSearchRec;
  DosError: Integer;
begin
  Result := False;
  AddSlash(APath);
  APath := Concat(APath, '*.*');
  DosError := FindFirst(APath, faDirectory, SearchRec);
  while DosError = 0 do
  begin
    if (SearchRec.Attr and faDirectory = faDirectory) and (SearchRec.Name[1] <> '.') then
    begin
      Result := True;
      Break;
    end;
    DosError := FindNext(SearchRec);
  end;
  FindClose(SearchRec);
end;

function IsEmptyFolder(APath: TFileName): Boolean;
var
  SearchRec: TSearchRec;
  DosError: Integer;
begin
  Result := True;
  AddSlash(APath);
  APath := Concat(APath, '*.*');
  DosError := FindFirst(APath, faDirectory, SearchRec);
  while DosError = 0 do
  begin
    if SearchRec.Name[1] <> '.' then
    begin
      Result := False;
      Break;
    end;
    DosError := FindNext(SearchRec);
  end;
  FindClose(SearchRec);
end;

function TTFontSelected(const DC: HDC): Boolean;
var
  TM: TTEXTMETRIC;
begin
  GetTextMetrics(DC, TM);
  Result := TM.tmPitchAndFamily and TMPF_TRUETYPE <> 0;
end;

function SubWord(P: PChar; var P2: PChar): string;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  I := 0;
  while not (P[I] in Separators) do
    Inc(I);
  SetString(Result, P, I);
  P2 := P + I;
end;

function ReplaceString(S: string; const OldPattern, NewPattern: string): string;
var
  LW: Integer;
  P: PChar;
  Sm: Integer;
begin
  LW := Length(OldPattern);
  P := StrPos(PChar(S), PChar(OldPattern));
  while P <> nil do
  begin
    Sm := P - PChar(S);
    S := Copy(S, 1, Sm) + NewPattern + Copy(S, Sm + LW + 1, Length(S));
    P := StrPos(PChar(S) + Sm + Length(NewPattern), PChar(OldPattern));
  end;
  Result := S;
end;

function ReplaceStrings1(S: string; const Word, Frase: string): string;
begin
  Result := ReplaceString(S, Word, Frase);
end;

function ConcatSep(const S, S2, Separator: string): string;
begin
  Result := S;
  if Result <> '' then
    Result := Result + Separator;
  Result := Result + S2;
end;

function ConcatLeftSep(const S, S2, Separator: string): string;
begin
  Result := S;
  if Result <> '' then
    Result := Separator + Result;
  Result := S2 + Result;
end;

function MinimizeString(const S: string; const MaxLen: Integer): string;
begin
  if Length(S) > MaxLen then
    if MaxLen < 3 then
      Result := Copy(S, 1, MaxLen)
    else
      Result := Copy(S, 1, MaxLen - 3) + '...'
  else
    Result := S;
end;

function TrueInflateRect(const R: TRect; const I: Integer): TRect;
begin
  with R do
    SetRect(Result, Left - I, Top - I, Right + I, Bottom + I);
end;

procedure SetWindowTop(const Handle: HWND; const Top: Boolean);
const
  TopFlag: array [Boolean] of Longword = (HWND_NOTOPMOST, HWND_TOPMOST);
begin
  SetWindowPos(Handle, TopFlag[Top], 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE or
    SWP_NOSIZE or SWP_NOACTIVATE);
end;

{* from unit FileCtrl}

function DirectoryExists(const Name: string): Boolean;
var
  Code: Integer;
begin
  Code := Integer(GetFileAttributes(PChar(Name)));
  Result := (Code <> -1) and (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY and Code <> 0);
end;

procedure ForceDirectories(Dir: string);
begin
  if Dir[Length(Dir)] = '\' then
    Delete(Dir, Length(Dir), 1);
  if (Length(Dir) < 3) or DirectoryExists(Dir) or (ExtractFilePath(Dir) = Dir) then
    Exit; { avoid 'xyz:\' problem.}
  ForceDirectories(ExtractFilePath(Dir));
  CreateDir(Dir);
end;

{# from unit FileCtrl}

function LZFileExpand(const FileSource, FileDest: string): Boolean;
type
  TLZCopy = function(Source, Dest: Integer): Longint; stdcall;
  TLZOpenFile = function(Filename: PChar; var ReOpenBuff: TOFStruct; Style: Word): Integer; stdcall;
  TLZClose = procedure(hFile: Integer); stdcall;
var
  Source, Dest: Integer;
  OSSource, OSDest: TOFSTRUCT;
  Res: Integer;
  Ins: Integer;
  LZCopy: TLZCopy;
  LZOpenFile: TLZOpenFile;
  LZClose: TLZClose;
begin
  Result := False;
  Ins := LoadLibrary('LZ32.dll');
  try
    LZCopy := GetProcAddress(Ins, 'LZCopy');
    LZOpenFile := GetProcAddress(Ins, 'LZOpenFileA');
    LZClose := GetProcAddress(Ins, 'LZClose');
    OSSource.cBytes := SizeOf(TOFSTRUCT);
    OSDest.cBytes := SizeOf(TOFSTRUCT);
    Source := LZOpenFile(
      PChar(FileSource), // address of name of file to be opened
      OSSource, // address of open file structure
      OF_READ or OF_SHARE_DENY_NONE);// action to take
    if Source < 0 then
    begin
      DeleteFile(FileDest);
      Dest := LZOpenFile(
        PChar(FileDest), // address of name of file to be opened
        OSDest, // address of open file structure
        OF_CREATE or OF_WRITE or OF_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE); // action to take
      if Dest >= 0 then
      begin
        Res := LZCopy(Source, Dest);
        if Res >= 0 then
          Result := True;
      end;
      LZClose(Source);
      LZClose(Dest);
    end;
  finally
    FreeLibrary(Ins);
  end;
end;

procedure Dos2Win(var S: string);
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  for I := 1 to Length(S) do
    case S[I] of
      #$80..#$AF:
        S[I] := Char(Byte(S[I]) + (192 - $80));
      #$E0..#$EF:
        S[I] := Char(Byte(S[I]) + (240 - $E0));
    end;
end;

procedure Win2Dos(var S: string);
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  for I := 1 to Length(S) do
    case S[I] of
      #$C0..#$EF:
        S[I] := Char(Byte(S[I]) - (192 - $80));
      #$F0..#$FF:
        S[I] := Char(Byte(S[I]) - (240 - $E0));
    end;
end;

function Dos2WinRes(const S: string): string;
begin
  Result := S;
  Dos2Win(Result);
end;

function Win2DosRes(const S: string): string;
begin
  Result := S;
  Win2Dos(Result);
end;

function Win2Koi(const S: string): string;
const
  W = '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Ũ<EFBFBD><C5A8><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
  K = '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>ţ<EFBFBD><C5A3><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>';
var
  I, J: Integer;
begin
  Result := S;
  for I := 1 to Length(Result) do
  begin
    J := Pos(Result[I], W);
    if J > 0 then
      Result[I] := K[J];
  end;
end;

function Spaces(const N: Integer): string;
begin
  // (rom) reimplemented
  Result := AddSpaces('', N);
end;

function AddSpaces(const S: string; const N: Integer): string;
begin
  // (rom) SLOOOOW implementation
  Result := S;
  while Length(Result) < N do
    Result := Result + ' ';
end;

function KeyPressed(VK: Integer): Boolean;
begin
  Result := GetKeyState(VK) and $8000 = $8000;
end;

{$IFNDEF BCB1}
function BrowseForFolder(const Handle: HWND; const Title: string; var Folder: string): Boolean;
{$IFDEF COMPILER2}
type
  TSHItemID = packed record { mkid }
    cb: Word; { Size of the ID (including cb itself) }
    abID: array [0..0] of Byte; { The item ID (variable Length) }
  end;
  PItemIDList = ^TItemIDList;
  TItemIDList = packed record { idl }
    mkid: TSHItemID;
  end;
  TFNBFFCallBack = function(Wnd: HWND; uMsg: UINT; lParam, lpData: LPARAM): Integer stdcall;
  TBrowseInfo = packed record
    hwndOwner: HWND;
    pidlRoot: PItemIDList;
    pszDisplayName: PAnsiChar; { Return display name of item selected. }
    lpszTitle: PAnsiChar; { text to go in the banner over the tree. }
    ulFlags: UINT; { Flags that control the return stuff }
    lpfn: TFNBFFCallBack;
    lParam: LPARAM; { extra info that's passed back in callbacks }
    iImage: Integer; { output var: where to return the Image Index. }
  end;

  function SHBrowseForFolder(var lpbi: TBrowseInfo): PItemIDList; stdcall; external 'shell32.dll' name
    'SHBrowseForFolderA';

  function SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl: PItemIDList; pszPath: PChar): BOOL; stdcall external 'shell32.dll' name
    'SHGetPathFromIDListA';
  {$ENDIF}
var
  BrowseInfo: TBrowseInfo;
  Id: PItemIDList;
  FN: array [0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
begin
  with BrowseInfo do
  begin
    hwndOwner := Handle;
    pidlRoot := nil;
    pszDisplayName := FN;
    lpszTitle := PChar(Title);
    ulFlags := 0;
    lpfn := nil;
  end;
  Id := SHBrowseForFolder(BrowseInfo);
  Result := Id <> nil;
  if Result then
  begin
    SHGetPathFromIDList(Id, FN);
    Folder := FN;
  end;
end;
{$ENDIF BCB1}

function LastDate(const Dat: TDateTime): string;
const
  D2D: array [0..9] of 1..3 = (3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3);
  Day: array [1..3] of string = ('<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', '<27><><EFBFBD>', '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>');
  Month: array [1..3] of string = ('<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>');
  Year: array [1..3] of string = ('<27><><EFBFBD>', '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', '<27><><EFBFBD>');
  Week: array [1..4] of string = ('<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', '2 <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', '3 <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>', '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>');
var
  Y, M, D: Integer;
begin
  if Date = Dat then
    Result := '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>'
  else
  if Dat = Date - 1 then
    Result := '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>'
  else
  if Dat = Date - 2 then
    Result := '<27><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>'
  else
  if Dat > Date then
    Result := '<27> <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>'
  else
  begin
    D := Trunc(Date - Dat);
    Y := Round(D / 365);
    M := Round(D / 30);
    if Y > 0 then
      Result := IntToStr(Y) + ' ' + Year[D2D[StrToInt(IntToStr(Y)[Length(IntToStr(Y))])]] + ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>'
    else
    if M > 0 then
      Result := IntToStr(M) + ' ' + Month[D2D[StrToInt(IntToStr(M)[Length(IntToStr(M))])]] + ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>'
    else
    if D > 6 then
      Result := Week[D div 7] + ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>'
    else
    if D > 0 then
      Result := IntToStr(D) + ' ' + Day[D2D[StrToInt(IntToStr(D)[Length(IntToStr(D))])]] + ' <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>'
  end;
end;

procedure AddSlash(var Dir: TFileName);
begin
  if (Length(Dir) > 0) and (Dir[Length(Dir)] <> '\') then
    Dir := Dir + '\';
end;

function AddSlash2(const Dir: TFileName): string;
begin
  Result := Dir;
  if (Length(Dir) > 0) and (Dir[Length(Dir)] <> '\') then
    Result := Dir + '\';
end;

function AddPath(const FileName, Path: TFileName): TFileName;
begin
  if ExtractFileDrive(FileName) = '' then
    Result := AddSlash2(Path) + FileName
  else
    Result := FileName;
end;

function AddPaths(const PathList, Path: string): string;
var
  I: Integer;
  S: string;
begin
  Result := '';
  I := 0;
  S := SubStr(PathList, I, ';');
  while S <> '' do
  begin
    Result := ConcatSep(Result, AddPath(S, Path), ';');
    Inc(I);
    S := SubStr(PathList, I, ';');
  end;
end;

function ParentPath(const Path: TFileName): TFileName;
begin
  Result := Path;
  if (Length(Result) > 0) and (Result[Length(Result)] = '\') then
    Delete(Result, Length(Result), 1);
  Result := ExtractFilePath(Result);
end;

function FindInPath(const FileName, PathList: string): TFileName;
var
  I: Integer;
  S: string;
begin
  I := 0;
  S := SubStr(PathList, I, ';');
  while S <> '' do
  begin
    Result := AddSlash2(S) + FileName;
    if FileExists(Result) then
      Exit;
    Inc(I);
    S := SubStr(PathList, I, ';');
  end;
  Result := '';
end;

function GetComputerID: string;
var
  SN: DWORD;
  Nul: DWORD;
  WinDir: array [0..MAX_PATH] of Char;
begin
  GetWindowsDirectory(WinDir, MAX_PATH);
  WinDir[3] := #0;
  if GetVolumeInformation(
    WinDir, // address of root directory of the file system
    nil, // address of name of the volume
    0, // Length of lpVolumeNameBuffer
    @SN, // address of volume serial number
    Nul, // address of system's maximum filename Length
    Nul, // address of file system flags
    nil, // address of name of file system
    0) // Length of lpFileSystemNameBuffer
    then
    Result := IntToHex(SN, 8)
  else
    Result := 'None';
end;

function CurrencyToStr(const Cur: currency): string;
begin
  Result := CurrToStrF(Cur, ffCurrency, CurrencyDecimals)
end;

function Cmp(const S1, S2: string): Boolean;
begin
  //Result := AnsiCompareText(S1, S2) = 0;
  Result := AnsiStrIComp(PChar(S1), PChar(S2)) = 0;
end;

function StringCat(var S1: string; S2: string): string;
begin
  S1 := S1 + S2;
  Result := S1;
end;

function HasChar(const Ch: Char; const S: string): Boolean;
begin
  Result := Pos(Ch, S) > 0;
end;

function HasAnyChar(const Chars: string; const S: string): Boolean;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  for I := 1 to Length(Chars) do
    if HasChar(Chars[I], S) then
    begin
      Result := True;
      Exit;
    end;
  Result := False;
end;

function CountOfChar(const Ch: Char; const S: string): Integer;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  Result := 0;
  for I := 1 to Length(S) do
    if S[I] = Ch then
      Inc(Result);
end;

procedure SwapInt(var Int1, Int2: Integer);
var
  Tmp: Integer;
begin
  Tmp := Int1;
  Int1 := Int2;
  Int2 := Tmp;
end;

function DeleteReadOnlyFile(const FileName: TFileName): Boolean;
begin
  FileSetAttr(FileName, 0); {clear Read Only Flag}
  Result := DeleteFile(FileName);
end;

function HasParam(const Param: string): Boolean;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  Result := False;
  for I := 1 to ParamCount do
  begin
    Result := Cmp(ParamStr(I), Param);
    if Result then
      Exit;
  end;
end;

function HasSwitch(const Param: string): Boolean;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  Result := False;
  for I := 1 to ParamCount do
    if HasChar(ParamStr(I)[1], '-/') then
    begin
      Result := Cmp(Copy(ParamStr(I), 2, Length(Param)), Param);
      if Result then
        Exit;
    end;
end;

function Switch(const Param: string): string;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  Result := '';
  for I := 1 to ParamCount do
    if HasChar(ParamStr(I)[1], '-/\') and
      Cmp(Copy(ParamStr(I), 2, Length(Param)), Param) then
    begin
      Result := Copy(ParamStr(I), 2 + Length(Param), 260);
      Exit;
    end;
end;

function ExePath: TFileName;
begin
  Result := ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0));
end;

function FileNewExt(const FileName, NewExt: TFileName): TFileName;
begin
  Result := Copy(FileName, 1, Length(FileName) - Length(ExtractFileExt(FileName))) + NewExt;
end;

{$IFNDEF COMPILER3_UP}

function AnsiStrLIComp(S1, S2: PChar; MaxLen: Cardinal): Integer;
begin
  Result := CompareString(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, NORM_IGNORECASE,
    S1, MaxLen, S2, MaxLen) - 2;
end;

function AnsiStrIComp(S1, S2: PChar): Integer;
begin
  Result := CompareString(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, NORM_IGNORECASE, S1, -1,
    S2, -1) - 2;
end;

{$ENDIF}

function CharInSet(const Ch: Char; const SetOfChar: TSetOfChar): Boolean;
begin
  {$IFDEF DELPHI}
  Result := Ch in SetOfChar;
  {$ENDIF DELPHI}
  {$IFDEF BCB}
  Result := Pos(Ch, SetOfChar) > 0;
  {$ENDIF BCB}
end;

function IntPower(Base, Exponent: Integer): Integer;
begin
  if Exponent > 0 then
  begin
    Result := Base;
    Dec(Exponent);
    while Exponent > 0 do
    begin
      Result := Result * Base;
      Dec(Exponent);
    end;
  end
  else
  if Exponent < 0 then
  begin
    Result := 1;
    Inc(Exponent);
    while Exponent < 0 do
    begin
      Result := Result div Base;
      Inc(Exponent);
    end;
  end
  else
    Result := Base;
end;

function ChangeTopException(E: TObject): TObject;
type
  PRaiseFrame = ^TRaiseFrame;
  TRaiseFrame = record
    NextRaise: PRaiseFrame;
    ExceptAddr: Pointer;
    ExceptObject: TObject;
    ExceptionRecord: PExceptionRecord;
  end;
begin
  { CBuilder 3 Warning !}
  { if linker error occured with message "unresolved external 'System::RaiseList'" try
    comment this function implementation, compile,
    then uncomment and compile again. }
  {$IFDEF COMPILER6_UP}
  {$WARN SYMBOL_DEPRECATED OFF}
  {$ENDIF}
  if RaiseList <> nil then
  begin
    Result := PRaiseFrame(RaiseList)^.ExceptObject;
    PRaiseFrame(RaiseList)^.ExceptObject := E
  end
  else
    Result := nil;
//    raise Exception.Create('Not in exception');
end;

function MakeValidFileName(const FileName: TFileName;
  const ReplaceBadChar: Char): TFileName;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  Result := FileName;
  for I := 1 to Length(Result) do
    if HasChar(Result[I], '''":?*\/') then
      Result[I] := ReplaceBadChar;
end;

function Var2Type(V: Variant; const VarType: Integer): Variant;
begin
  if TVarData(V).VType in [varEmpty, varNull] then
  begin
    case VarType of
      varString, varOleStr:
        Result := '';
      varInteger, varSmallint, varByte:
        Result := 0;
      varBoolean:
        Result := False;
      varSingle, varDouble, varCurrency, varDate:
        Result := 0.0;
      varVariant:
        Result := Null;
    else
      Result := VarAsType(V, VarType);
    end;
  end
  else
    Result := VarAsType(V, VarType);
  if (VarType = varInteger) and (TVarData(V).VType = varBoolean) then
    Result := Integer(V = True);
end;

function VarToInt(V: Variant): Integer;
begin
  Result := Var2Type(V, varInteger);
end;

function VarToFloat(V: Variant): Double;
begin
  Result := Var2Type(V, varDouble);
end;

function CopyDir(const SourceDir, DestDir: TFileName): Boolean;
var
  SearchRec: TSearchRec;
  DosError: Integer;
  Path, DestPath: TFileName;
begin
  Result := False;
  if not CreateDir(DestDir) then
    Exit;
  Path := SourceDir;
  DestPath := AddSlash2(DestDir);
  AddSlash(Path);
  DosError := FindFirst(Path + '*.*', faAnyFile, SearchRec);
  while DosError = 0 do
  begin
    if (SearchRec.Name <> '.') and (SearchRec.Name <> '..') then
    begin
      if (SearchRec.Attr and faDirectory) = faDirectory then
        Result := CopyDir(Path + SearchRec.Name, AddSlash2(DestDir) + SearchRec.Name)
      else
        Result := CopyFile(PChar(Path + SearchRec.Name),
          PChar(DestPath + SearchRec.Name), True);
      if not Result then
        Exit;
    end;
    DosError := FindNext(SearchRec);
  end;
  FindClose(SearchRec);
  Result := True;
end;

function FileTimeToDateTime(const FT: TFileTime): TDateTime;
var
  LocalFileTime: TFileTime;
  FileDate: Integer;
begin
  FileTimeToLocalFileTime(FT, LocalFileTime);
  FileTimeToDosDateTime(LocalFileTime, LongRec(FileDate).Hi, LongRec(FileDate).Lo);
  Result := FileDateToDateTime(FileDate);
end;

function DefStr(const S: string; Default: string): string;
begin
  if S <> '' then
    Result := S
  else
    Result := Default;
end;

function GetComputerName: string;
var
  nSize: DWORD;
begin
  nSize := MAX_COMPUTERNAME_LENGTH + 1;
  SetLength(Result, nSize);
  if Windows.GetComputerName(
    PChar(Result), // address of name buffer
    nSize) then // address of size of name buffer
    SetLength(Result, nSize)
  else
    Result := '';
end;

function StrToBool(const S: string): Boolean;
begin
  Result := (S = '1') or Cmp(S, 'True') or Cmp(S, 'yes');
end;

procedure LoadIcoToImage(ALarge, ASmall: TImageList; const NameRes: string);
var
  Ico: TIcon;
begin
  Ico := TIcon.Create;
  if ALarge <> nil then
  begin
    Ico.Handle := LoadImage(hInstance, PChar(NameRes), IMAGE_ICON, 32, 32, 0);
    ALarge.AddIcon(Ico);
  end;
  if ASmall <> nil then
  begin
    Ico.Handle := LoadImage(hInstance, PChar(NameRes), IMAGE_ICON, 16, 16, 0);
    ASmall.AddIcon(Ico);
  end;
  Ico.Free;
end;

procedure WordBreak(Canvas: TCanvas; const S: string; Ss: TStrings);
begin
  Ss.Text := S;
end;

procedure RATextOut(Canvas: TCanvas; const R, RClip: TRect; const S: string);
begin
  RATextOutEx(Canvas, R, RClip, S, False);
end;

function RATextCalcHeight(Canvas: TCanvas; const R: TRect; const S: string): Integer;
begin
  Result := RATextOutEx(Canvas, R, R, S, True);
end;

function RATextOutEx(Canvas: TCanvas; const R, RClip: TRect; const S: string; const CalcHeight: Boolean): Integer;
var
  Ss: TStrings;
  I: Integer;
  H: Integer;
begin
  Ss := TStringList.Create;
  try
    WordBreak(Canvas, S, Ss);
    H := Canvas.TextHeight('A');
    Result := H * Ss.Count;
    if not CalcHeight then
      for I := 0 to Ss.Count - 1 do
        ExtTextOut(
          Canvas.Handle, // handle of device context
          R.Left, // X-coordinate of reference point
          R.Top + H * I, // Y-coordinate of reference point
          ETO_CLIPPED, // text-output options
          @RClip, // optional clipping and/or opaquing rectangle
          PChar(Ss[I]),
          Length(Ss[I]), // number of characters in string
          nil); // address of array of intercharacter spacing values
  finally
    Ss.Free;
  end;
end;

procedure Cinema(Canvas: TCanvas; rS, rD: TRect);
const
  Pause = 30; {milliseconds}
  Steps = 7;
  Width = 1;
var
  R: TRect;
  I: Integer;
  PenOld: TPen;

  procedure FrameR(R: TRect);
  begin
    with Canvas do
    begin
      MoveTo(R.Left, R.Top);
      LineTo(R.Left, R.Bottom);
      LineTo(R.Right, R.Bottom);
      LineTo(R.Right, R.Top);
      LineTo(R.Left, R.Top);
    end;
  end;

  procedure Frame;
  begin
    FrameR(R);
    with Canvas do
    begin
      MoveTo(rS.Left, rS.Top);
      LineTo(R.Left, R.Top);
      if R.Top <> rS.Top then
      begin
        MoveTo(rS.Right, rS.Top);
        LineTo(R.Right, R.Top);
      end;
      if R.Left <> rS.Left then
      begin
        MoveTo(rS.Left, rS.Bottom);
        LineTo(R.Left, R.Bottom);
      end;
      if (R.Bottom <> rS.Bottom) and (R.Right <> rS.Right) then
      begin
        MoveTo(rS.Right, rS.Bottom);
        LineTo(R.Right, R.Bottom);
      end;
    end;
  end;

begin
  PenOld := TPen.Create;
  PenOld.Assign(Canvas.Pen);
  Canvas.Pen.Mode := pmNot;
  Canvas.Pen.Width := Width;
  Canvas.Pen.Style := psDot;
  FrameR(rS);
  R := rS;
  for I := 1 to Steps do
  begin
    R.Left := rS.Left + (rD.Left - rS.Left) div Steps * I;
    R.Top := rS.Top + (rD.Top - rS.Top) div Steps * I;
    R.Bottom := rS.Bottom + (rD.Bottom - rS.Bottom) div Steps * I;
    R.Right := rS.Right + (rD.Right - rS.Right) div Steps * I;
    Frame;
    Sleep(Pause);
    Frame;
  end;
  FrameR(rS);
  Canvas.Pen.Assign(PenOld);
end;

function FindFormByClass(FormClass: TFormClass): TForm;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  Result := nil;
  for I := 0 to Application.ComponentCount - 1 do
    if Application.Components[I].ClassName = FormClass.ClassName then
    begin
      Result := Application.Components[I] as TForm;
      Break;
    end;
end;

function FindFormByClassName(FormClassName: string): TForm;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  Result := nil;
  for I := 0 to Application.ComponentCount - 1 do
    if Application.Components[I].ClassName = FormClassName then
    begin
      Result := Application.Components[I] as TForm;
      Break;
    end;
end;

function FindByTag(WinControl: TWinControl; ComponentClass: TComponentClass; const Tag: Integer): TComponent;
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  for I := 0 to WinControl.ControlCount - 1 do
  begin
    Result := WinControl.Controls[I];
    if (Result is ComponentClass) and (Result.Tag = Tag) then
      Exit;
  end;
  Result := nil;
end;

function ControlAtPos2(Parent: TWinControl; X, Y: Integer): TControl;
var
  I: Integer;
  P: TPoint;
begin
  P := Point(X, Y);
  for I := Parent.ControlCount - 1 downto 0 do
  begin
    Result := Parent.Controls[I];
    with Result do
      if PtInRect(BoundsRect, P) then
        Exit;
  end;
  Result := nil;
end;

function RBTag(Parent: TWinControl): Integer;
var
  RB: TRadioButton;
  I: Integer;
begin
  RB := nil;
  with Parent do
    for I := 0 to ControlCount - 1 do
      if (Controls[I] is TRadioButton) and
        (Controls[I] as TRadioButton).Checked then
      begin
        RB := Controls[I] as TRadioButton;
        Break;
      end;
  if RB <> nil then
    Result := RB.Tag
  else
    Result := 0;
end;

function IniReadSection(const IniFileName: TFileName; const Section: string; Ss: TStrings): Boolean;
var
  F: Integer;
  S: string;
begin
  with TStringList.Create do
  try
    LoadFromFile(IniFileName);
    F := IndexOf('[' + Section + ']');
    Result := F > -1;
    if Result then
    begin
      Ss.Clear;
      Inc(F);
      while F < Count do
      begin
        S := Strings[F];
        if (Length(S) > 0) and (Trim(S[1]) = '[') then
          Break;
        Ss.Add(S);
        Inc(F);
      end;
    end;
  finally
    Free;
  end;
end;

procedure SaveTextFile(const FileName: TFileName; const Source: string);
begin
  with TStringList.Create do
  try
    Text := Source;
    SaveToFile(FileName);
  finally
    Free;
  end;
end;

function LoadTextFile(const FileName: TFileName): string;
begin
  with TStringList.Create do
  try
    LoadFromFile(FileName);
    Result := Text;
  finally
    Free;
  end;
end;

function ReadFolder(const Folder, Mask: TFileName; FileList: TStrings): Integer;
var
  SearchRec: TSearchRec;
  DosError: Integer;
begin
  FileList.Clear;
  Result := FindFirst(AddSlash2(Folder) + Mask, faAnyFile, SearchRec);
  DosError := Result;
  while DosError = 0 do
  begin
    if not ((SearchRec.Attr and faDirectory) = faDirectory) then
      FileList.Add(SearchRec.Name);
    DosError := FindNext(SearchRec);
  end;
  FindClose(SearchRec);
end;

function ReadFolders(const Folder: TFileName; FolderList: TStrings): Integer;
var
  SearchRec: TSearchRec;
  DosError: Integer;
begin
  FolderList.Clear;
  Result := FindFirst(AddSlash2(Folder) + '*.*', faAnyFile, SearchRec);
  DosError := Result;
  while DosError = 0 do
  begin
    if ((SearchRec.Attr and faDirectory) = faDirectory) and
      (SearchRec.Name <> '.') and (SearchRec.Name <> '..') then
      FolderList.Add(SearchRec.Name);
    DosError := FindNext(SearchRec);
  end;
  FindClose(SearchRec);
end;

{$IFDEF COMPILER3_UP}

function TargetFileName(const FileName: TFileName): TFileName;
begin
  Result := FileName;
  if Cmp(ExtractFileExt(FileName), '.lnk') then
    if ResolveLink(Application.Handle, FileName, Result) <> 0 then
      raise Exception.CreateFmt(SCantGetShortCut, [FileName]);
end;

function ResolveLink(const hWnd: HWND; const LinkFile: TFileName;
  var FileName: TFileName): HRESULT;
var
  psl: IShellLink;
  WLinkFile: array [0..MAX_PATH] of WideChar;
  wfd: TWIN32FINDDATA;
  ppf: IPersistFile;
begin
  Pointer(psl) := nil;
  Pointer(ppf) := nil;
  Result := CoInitialize(nil);
  if SUCCEEDED(Result) then
  begin
    // Get a Pointer to the IShellLink interface.
    Result := CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, nil,
      CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IShellLink, psl);
    if SUCCEEDED(Result) then
    begin

      // Get a Pointer to the IPersistFile interface.
      Result := psl.QueryInterface(IPersistFile, ppf);
      if SUCCEEDED(Result) then
      begin
        StringToWideChar(LinkFile, WLinkFile, SizeOf(WLinkFile) - 1);
        // Load the shortcut.
        Result := ppf.Load(WLinkFile, STGM_READ);
        if SUCCEEDED(Result) then
        begin
          // Resolve the link.
          Result := psl.Resolve(hWnd, SLR_ANY_MATCH);
          if SUCCEEDED(Result) then
          begin
            // Get the path to the link target.
            SetLength(FileName, MAX_PATH);
            Result := psl.GetPath(PChar(FileName), MAX_PATH, wfd,
              SLGP_UNCPRIORITY);
            if not SUCCEEDED(Result) then
              Exit;
            SetLength(FileName, Length(PChar(FileName)));
          end;
        end;
        // Release the Pointer to the IPersistFile interface.
        ppf._Release;
      end;
      // Release the Pointer to the IShellLink interface.
      psl._Release;
    end;
    CoUnInitialize;
  end;
  Pointer(psl) := nil;
  Pointer(ppf) := nil;
end;

{$ENDIF COMPILER3_UP}

{
    with memEdit do begin
      Text := ReplaceStrings(Text, SelStart+1, SelLength, memWords.Lines, memFrases.Lines, NewSelStart);
      SelStart := NewSelStart-1;
    end; }

function ReplaceStrings(S: string; PosBeg, Len: Integer; Words, Frases: TStrings;
  var NewSelStart: Integer): string;
var
  I, Beg, Ent, LS, F: Integer;
  Word: string;
begin
  NewSelStart := PosBeg;
  Result := S;
  LS := Length(S);
  if Len = 0 then
  begin
    if PosBeg < 1 then
      Exit;
    if PosBeg = 1 then
      PosBeg := 2;
    for I := PosBeg - 1 downto 1 do
      if S[I] in Separators then
        Break;
    Beg := I + 1;
    for Ent := PosBeg to LS do
      if S[Ent] in Separators then
        Break;
    if Ent > Beg then
      Word := Copy(S, Beg, Ent - Beg)
    else
      Word := S[PosBeg];
  end
  else
  begin
    Word := Copy(S, PosBeg, Len);
    Beg := PosBeg;
    Ent := PosBeg + Len;
  end;
  if Word = '' then
    Exit;
  F := Words.IndexOf(Word);
  if (F > -1) and (F < Frases.Count) then
  begin
    Result := Copy(S, 1, Beg - 1) + Frases[F] + Copy(S, Ent, LS);
    NewSelStart := Beg + Length(Frases[F]);
  end;
end;

{
    with memEdit do
      Text := ReplaceAllStrings(Text, memWords.Lines, memFrases.Lines);
}

function ReplaceAllStrings(S: string; Words, Frases: TStrings): string;
var
  I, LW: Integer;
  P: PChar;
  Sm: Integer;
begin
  for I := 0 to Words.Count - 1 do
  begin
    LW := Length(Words[I]);
    P := StrPos(PChar(S), PChar(Words[I]));
    while P <> nil do
    begin
      Sm := P - PChar(S);
      S := Copy(S, 1, Sm) + Frases[I] + Copy(S, Sm + LW + 1, Length(S));
      P := StrPos(PChar(S) + Sm + Length(Frases[I]), PChar(Words[I]));
    end;
  end;
  Result := S;
end;

function CountOfLines(const S: string): Integer;
begin
  with TStringList.Create do
  try
    Text := S;
    Result := Count;
  finally
    Free;
  end;
end;

procedure DeleteEmptyLines(Ss: TStrings);
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  I := 0;
  while I < Ss.Count do
    if Trim(Ss[I]) = '' then
      Ss.Delete(I)
    else
      Inc(I);
end;

procedure SQLAddWhere(SQL: TStrings; const Where: string);
var
  I, J: Integer;
begin
  J := SQL.Count - 1;
  for I := 0 to SQL.Count - 1 do
    // (rom) does this always work? Think of a fieldname "grouporder"
    if StrLIComp(PChar(SQL[I]), 'where ', 6) = 0 then
    begin
      J := I + 1;
      while J < SQL.Count do
      begin
        if (StrLIComp(PChar(SQL[J]), 'order ', 6) = 0) or
          (StrLIComp(PChar(SQL[J]), 'group ', 6) = 0) then
          Break;
        Inc(J);
      end;
    end;
  SQL.Insert(J, 'and ' + Where);
end;

var
  ProcList: TList = nil;
type
  TJvProcItem = class(TObject)
  private
    FProcObj: TProcObj;
  public
    constructor Create(AProcObj: TProcObj);
  end;

constructor TJvProcItem.Create(AProcObj: TProcObj);
begin
  FProcObj := AProcObj;
end;

procedure TmrProc(hWnd: HWND; uMsg: Integer; idEvent: Integer; dwTime: Integer); stdcall;
var
  Pr: TProcObj;
begin
  if ProcList[idEvent] <> nil then
  begin
    Pr := TJvProcItem(ProcList[idEvent]).FProcObj;
    TJvProcItem(ProcList[idEvent]).Free;
  end
  else
    Pr := nil;
  ProcList.Delete(idEvent);
  KillTimer(hWnd, idEvent);
  if ProcList.Count <= 0 then
  begin
    ProcList.Free;
    ProcList := nil;
  end;
  if Assigned(Pr) then
    Pr;
end;

procedure ExecAfterPause(Proc: TProcObj; Pause: Integer);
var
  Num: Integer;
  I: Integer;
begin
  if ProcList = nil then
    ProcList := TList.Create;
  Num := -1;
  for I := 0 to ProcList.Count - 1 do
    if @TJvProcItem(ProcList[I]).FProcObj = @Proc then
    begin
      Num := I;
      Break;
    end;
  if Num <> -1 then
    KillTimer(Application.Handle, Num)
  else
    Num := ProcList.Add(TJvProcItem.Create(Proc));
  SetTimer(Application.Handle, Num, Pause, @TmrProc);
end;

procedure Roughed(ACanvas: TCanvas; const ARect: TRect; const AVert: Boolean);
var
  I: Integer;
  J: Integer;
  R: TRect;
  V: Boolean;
  H: Boolean;
begin
  H := True;
  V := True;
  for I := 0 to (ARect.Right - ARect.Left) div 4 do
  begin
    for J := 0 to (ARect.Bottom - ARect.Top) div 4 do
    begin
      if AVert then
      begin
        if V then
          R := Bounds(ARect.Left + I * 4 + 2, ARect.Top + J * 4, 2, 2)
        else
          R := Bounds(ARect.Left + I * 4, ARect.Top + J * 4, 2, 2);
      end
      else
      begin
        if H then
          R := Bounds(ARect.Left + I * 4, ARect.Top + J * 4 + 2, 2, 2)
        else
          R := Bounds(ARect.Left + I * 4, ARect.Top + J * 4, 2, 2);
      end;
      Frame3D(ACanvas, R, clBtnHighlight, clBtnShadow, 1);
      V := not V;
    end;
    H := not H;
  end;
end;

function BitmapFromBitmap(SrcBitmap: TBitmap; const AWidth, AHeight, Index: Integer): TBitmap;
begin
  Result := TBitmap.Create;
  Result.Width := AWidth;
  Result.Height := AHeight;
  Result.Canvas.CopyRect(Rect(0, 0, AWidth, AHeight), SrcBitmap.Canvas, Bounds(AWidth * Index, 0, AWidth, AHeight));
end;

procedure ShowMenu(Form: TForm; MenuAni: TMenuAnimation);
var
  I: Integer;
  h: Integer;
  w: Integer;
begin
  case MenuAni of
    maNone:
      Form.Show;
    maRandom:
      ;
    maUnfold:
      begin
        h := Form.Height;
        Form.Height := 0;
        Form.Show;
        for I := 0 to h div 10 do
          if Form.Height < h then
            Form.Height := Form.Height + 10;
      end;
    maSlide:
      begin
        h := Form.Height;
        w := Form.Width;
        Form.Height := 0;
        Form.Width := 0;
        Form.Show;
        for I := 0 to Max(h div 5, w div 5) do
        begin
          if Form.Height < h then
            Form.Height := Form.Height + 5;
          if Form.Width < w then
            Form.Width := Form.Width + 5;
        end;
//      CS_SAVEBITS
      end;
  end;
end;

function ResSaveToFileEx(Instance: HINST; Typ, Name: PChar;
  const Compressed: Boolean; const FileName: string): Boolean;
var
  RhRsrc: HRSRC;
  RhGlobal: HGLOBAL;
  RAddr: Pointer;
  RLen: DWORD;
  Stream: TFileStream;
  FileDest: string;
begin
  Result := False;
  RhRsrc := FindResource(
    Instance, // resource-module handle
    Name, // address of resource name
    Typ); // address of resource type
  if RhRsrc = 0 then
    Exit;
  RhGlobal := LoadResource(
    Instance, // resource-module handle
    RhRsrc); // resource handle
  if RhGlobal = 0 then
    Exit;
  RAddr := LockResource(
    RhGlobal); // handle to resource to lock
  FreeResource(RhGlobal);
  if RAddr = nil then
    Exit;
  RLen := SizeofResource(
    Instance, // resource-module handle
    RhRsrc); // resource handle
  if RLen = 0 then
    Exit;
  { And now it is possible to duplicate [translated] }
  Stream := nil; { for Free [translated] }
  if Compressed then
    FileDest := GenTempFileName(FileName)
  else
    FileDest := FileName;
  try
    try
      Stream := TFileStream.Create(FileDest, fmCreate or fmOpenWrite or fmShareExclusive);
      Stream.WriteBuffer(RAddr^, RLen);
    finally
      Stream.Free;
    end;
    if Compressed then
    begin
      Result := LZFileExpand(FileDest, FileName);
      DeleteFile(FileDest);
    end
    else
      Result := True;
  except
  end;
end;

function ResSaveToFile(const Typ, Name: string; const Compressed: Boolean;
  const FileName: string): Boolean;
begin
  Result := ResSaveToFileEx(hInstance, PChar(Typ), PChar(Name), Compressed, FileName);
end;

function ResSaveToString(Instance: HINST; const Typ, Name: string;
  var S: string): Boolean;
var
  RhRsrc: HRSRC;
  RhGlobal: HGLOBAL;
  RAddr: Pointer;
  RLen: DWORD;
begin
  Result := False;
  RhRsrc := FindResource(
    Instance, // resource-module handle
    PChar(Name), // address of resource name
    PChar(Typ)); // address of resource type
  if RhRsrc = 0 then
    Exit;
  RhGlobal := LoadResource(
    Instance, // resource-module handle
    RhRsrc); // resource handle
  if RhGlobal = 0 then
    Exit;
  RAddr := LockResource(
    RhGlobal); // handle to resource to lock
  FreeResource(RhGlobal);
  if RAddr = nil then
    Exit;
  RLen := SizeofResource(
    Instance, // resource-module handle
    RhRsrc); // resource handle
  if RLen = 0 then
    Exit;
  { And now it is possible to duplicate [translated] }
  SetString(S, PChar(RAddr), RLen);
end;

// (rom) a thread to wait would be more elegant, also JCL function available

function Execute(const CommandLine, WorkingDirectory: string): Integer;
var
  R: Boolean;
  ProcessInformation: TProcessInformation;
  StartupInfo: TStartupInfo;
  {$IFDEF COMPILER4_UP}
  ExCode: Cardinal;
  {$ELSE}
  ExCode: Integer;
  {$ENDIF}
begin
  Result := 0;
  FillChar(StartupInfo, SizeOf(TStartupInfo), 0);
  with StartupInfo do
  begin
    cb := SizeOf(TStartupInfo);
    dwFlags := STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
    wShowWindow := SW_SHOW;
  end;
  R := CreateProcess(
    nil, // Pointer to name of executable module
    PChar(CommandLine), // Pointer to command line string
    nil, // Pointer to process security attributes
    nil, // Pointer to thread security attributes
    False, // handle inheritance flag
    0, // creation flags
    nil, // Pointer to new environment block
    PChar(WorkingDirectory), // Pointer to current directory name
    StartupInfo, // Pointer to STARTUPINFO
    ProcessInformation); // Pointer to PROCESS_INFORMATION
  if R then
    while (GetExitCodeProcess(ProcessInformation.hProcess, ExCode) and
      (ExCode = STILL_ACTIVE)) do
      Application.ProcessMessages
  else
    Result := GetLastError;
end;

function TextWidth(AStr: string): Integer;
var
  Canvas: TCanvas;
  DC: HDC;
begin
  DC := GetDC(HWND_DESKTOP);
  Canvas := TCanvas.Create;
  // (rom) secured
  try
    Canvas.Handle := DC;
    Result := Canvas.TextWidth(AStr);
    Canvas.Handle := 0;
    Canvas.Free;
  finally
    ReleaseDC(HWND_DESKTOP, DC);
  end;
end;

function AppMinimized: Boolean;
begin
  Result := IsIconic(Application.Handle);
end;

function MessageBox(const Msg: string; Caption: string; const Flags: Integer): Integer;
begin
  if Caption = '' then
    Caption := Application.Title;
  Result := Application.MessageBox(PChar(Msg), PChar(Caption), Flags);
end;

function MsgDlgDef1(const Msg, ACaption: string; DlgType: TMsgDlgType;
  Buttons: TMsgDlgButtons; DefButton: TMsgDlgBtn; UseDefButton: Boolean;
  AHelpContext: Integer; Control: TWinControl): Integer;
const
  {$IFNDEF COMPILER2}
  ButtonNames: array [TMsgDlgBtn] of PChar =
    ('Yes', 'No', 'OK', 'Cancel', 'Abort', 'Retry', 'Ignore', 'All', 'NoToAll',
     'YesToAll', 'Help');
  {$ELSE}
  ButtonNames: array [TMsgDlgBtn] of string =
    ('Yes', 'No', 'OK', 'Cancel', 'Abort', 'Retry', 'Ignore', 'All', 'Help');
  {$ENDIF COMPILER2}
var
  P: TPoint;
  I: Integer;
  Btn: TButton;
  StayOnTop: Boolean;
begin
  if AHelpContext <> 0 then
    Buttons := Buttons + [mbHelp];
  StayOnTop := False;
  with CreateMessageDialog(Msg, DlgType, Buttons) do
  try
    {$IFDEF COMPILER3_UP}
    Font.CharSet := MsgDlgCharSet;
    {$ENDIF COMPILER3_UP}
    if (Screen.ActiveForm <> nil) and
      (Screen.ActiveForm.FormStyle = fsStayOnTop) then
    begin
      StayOnTop := True;
      SetWindowTop(Screen.ActiveForm.Handle, False);
    end;
    if ACaption <> '' then
      Caption := ACaption;
    if Control = nil then
    begin
      Left := (Screen.Width - Width) div 2;
      Top := (Screen.Height - Height) div 2;
    end
    else
    begin
      P := Point((Control.Width - Width) div 2,
        (Control.Height - Height) div 2);
      P := Control.ClientToScreen(P);
      Left := P.X;
      Top := P.Y
    end;
    if Left < 0 then
      Left := 0
    else
    if Left > Screen.Width then
      Left := Screen.Width - Width;
    if Top < 0 then
      Top := 0
    else
    if Top > Screen.Height then
      Top := Screen.Height - Height;
    HelpContext := AHelpContext;

    Btn := FindComponent(ButtonNames[DefButton]) as TButton;
    if UseDefButton and (Btn <> nil) then
    begin
      for I := 0 to ComponentCount - 1 do
        if Components[I] is TButton then
          (Components[I] as TButton).Default := False;
      Btn.Default := True;
      ActiveControl := Btn;
    end;
    Btn := FindComponent(ButtonNames[mbIgnore]) as TButton;
    if Btn <> nil then
    begin
       // Btn.Width := Btn.Width * 5 div 4; {To shift the Help button Help [translated] }
    end;
    Result := ShowModal;
  finally
    Free;
    if (Screen.ActiveForm <> nil) and StayOnTop then
      SetWindowTop(Screen.ActiveForm.Handle, True);
  end;
end;

function MsgDlgDef(const Msg, ACaption: string; DlgType: TMsgDlgType;
  Buttons: TMsgDlgButtons; DefButton: TMsgDlgBtn; HelpContext: Integer;
  Control: TWinControl): Integer;
begin
  Result := MsgDlgDef1(Msg, ACaption, DlgType, Buttons, DefButton, True, HelpContext, Control);
end;

function MsgDlg2(const Msg, ACaption: string; DlgType: TMsgDlgType;
  Buttons: TMsgDlgButtons; HelpContext: Integer;
  Control: TWinControl): Integer;
begin
  Result := MsgDlgDef1(Msg, ACaption, DlgType, Buttons, mbHelp, False, HelpContext, Control);
end;

procedure CenterHor(Parent: TControl; MinLeft: Integer; Controls: array of TControl);
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  for I := Low(Controls) to High(Controls) do
    Controls[I].Left := Max(MinLeft, (Parent.Width - Controls[I].Width) div 2)
end;

procedure EnableControls(Control: TWinControl; const Enable: Boolean);
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  for I := 0 to Control.ControlCount - 1 do
    Control.Controls[I].Enabled := Enable;
end;

procedure EnableMenuItems(MenuItem: TMenuItem; const Tag: Integer; const Enable: Boolean);
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  for I := 0 to MenuItem.Count - 1 do
    if MenuItem[I].Tag <> Tag then
      MenuItem[I].Enabled := Enable;
end;

procedure ExpandWidth(Parent: TControl; MinWidth: Integer; Controls: array of TControl);
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  for I := Low(Controls) to High(Controls) do
    Controls[I].Width := Max(MinWidth, Parent.ClientWidth - 2 * Controls[I].Left);
end;

function PanelBorder(Panel: TCustomPanel): Integer;
begin
  Result := TPanel(Panel).BorderWidth;
  if TPanel(Panel).BevelOuter <> bvNone then
    Inc(Result, TPanel(Panel).BevelWidth);
  if TPanel(Panel).BevelInner <> bvNone then
    Inc(Result, TPanel(Panel).BevelWidth);
end;

{$IFDEF COMPILER2}
function CompareMem(P1, P2: Pointer; Length: Integer): Boolean; assembler;
asm
        PUSH    ESI
        PUSH    EDI
        MOV     ESI,P1
        MOV     EDI,P2
        MOV     EDX,ECX
        XOR     EAX,EAX
        AND     EDX,3
        SHR     ECX,1
        SHR     ECX,1
        REPE    CMPSD
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     ECX,EDX
        REPE    CMPSB
        JNE     @@2
@@1:    Inc     EAX
@@2:    POP     EDI
        POP     ESI
end;
{$ENDIF COMPILER2}

{ function DefineCursor was typed from
  book "Secrets of Delphi 2" by Ray Lischner }

function DefineCursor(Identifier: PChar): TCursor;
var
  Handle: HCursor;
begin
  Handle := LoadCursor(hInstance, Identifier);
  if Handle = 0 then
    raise EOutOfResources.Create('Cannot load cursor resource');
  for Result := 1 to High(TCursor) do
    if Screen.Cursors[Result] = Screen.Cursors[crDefault] then
    begin
      Screen.Cursors[Result] := Handle;
      Exit;
    end;
  raise EOutOfResources.Create('Too many user-defined cursors');
end;

procedure Delay(MSec: Longword);
var
  T: Longword;
begin
  T := GetTickCount;
  while GetTickCount - T < MSec do
    Application.ProcessMessages;
end;

function Pixels(Control: TControl; APixels: Integer): Integer;
var
  Form: TForm;
begin
  Result := APixels;
  if Control is TForm then
    Form := TForm(Control)
  else
    Form := TForm(GetParentForm(Control));
  if Form.Scaled then
    Result := Result * Form.PixelsPerInch div 96;
end;

procedure SetChildPropOrd(Owner: TComponent; PropName: string; Value: Longint);
var
  I: Integer;
  PropInfo: PPropInfo;
begin
  for I := 0 to Owner.ComponentCount - 1 do
  begin
    PropInfo := GetPropInfo(Owner.Components[I].ClassInfo, PropName);
    if PropInfo <> nil then
      SetOrdProp(Owner.Components[I], PropInfo, Value);
  end;
end;

procedure Error(const Msg: string);
begin
  raise Exception.Create(Msg);
end;

procedure ItemHtDrawEx(Canvas: TCanvas; Rect: TRect;
  const State: TOwnerDrawState; const Text: string;
  const HideSelColor: Boolean; var PlainItem: string;
  var Width: Integer; CalcWidth: Boolean);
var
  CL: string;
  I: Integer;
  M1: string;
  OriRect: TRect; // it's added
  oldFontStyles: TFontStyles;
  oldFontColor: TColor;

  function Cmp(M1: string): Boolean;
  begin
    Result := AnsiStrLIComp(PChar(Text) + I, PChar(M1), Length(M1)) = 0;
  end;

  function Cmp1(M1: string): Boolean;
  begin
    Result := AnsiStrLIComp(PChar(Text) + I, PChar(M1), Length(M1)) = 0;
    if Result then
      Inc(I, Length(M1));
  end;

  function CmpL(M1: string): Boolean;
  begin
    Result := Cmp(M1 + '>');
  end;

  function CmpL1(M1: string): Boolean;
  begin
    Result := Cmp1(M1 + '>');
  end;

  procedure Draw(const M: string);
  begin
    if not Assigned(Canvas) then
      Exit;
    if not CalcWidth then
      Canvas.TextOut(Rect.Left, Rect.Top, M);
    Rect.Left := Rect.Left + Canvas.TextWidth(M);
  end;

  procedure Style(const Style: TFontStyle; const Include: Boolean);
  begin
    if not Assigned(Canvas) then
      Exit;
    if Include then
      Canvas.Font.Style := Canvas.Font.Style + [Style]
    else
      Canvas.Font.Style := Canvas.Font.Style - [Style];
  end;

begin
  PlainItem := '';
  oldFontColor := 0; { satisfy compiler }
  if Canvas <> nil then
  begin
    oldFontStyles := Canvas.Font.Style;
    oldFontColor := Canvas.Font.Color;
  end;
  try
    if HideSelColor and Assigned(Canvas) then
    begin
      Canvas.Brush.Color := clWindow;
      Canvas.Font.Color := clWindowText;
    end;
    if Assigned(Canvas) then
      Canvas.FillRect(Rect);

    Width := Rect.Left;
    Rect.Left := Rect.Left + 2;

    OriRect := Rect; //save origin rectangle

    M1 := '';
    I := 1;
    while I <= Length(Text) do
    begin
      if (Text[I] = '<') and
        (CmpL('b') or CmpL('/b') or
        CmpL('i') or CmpL('/i') or
        CmpL('u') or CmpL('/u') or
        Cmp('c:')) then
      begin
        Draw(M1);
        PlainItem := PlainItem + M1;

        if CmpL1('b') then
          Style(fsBold, True)
        else
        if CmpL1('/b') then
          Style(fsBold, False)
        else
        if CmpL1('i') then
          Style(fsItalic, True)
        else
        if CmpL1('/i') then
          Style(fsItalic, False)
        else
        if CmpL1('u') then
          Style(fsUnderline, True)
        else
        if CmpL1('/u') then
          Style(fsUnderline, False)
        else
        if Cmp1('c:') then
        begin
          CL := SubStr(PChar(Text) + I, 0, '>');
          if (HideSelColor or not (odSelected in State)) and Assigned(Canvas) then
          try
            if (Length(CL) > 0) and (CL[1] <> '$') then
              Canvas.Font.Color := StringToColor('cl' + CL)
            else
              Canvas.Font.Color := StringToColor(CL);
          except
          end;
          Inc(I, Length(CL) + 1 {'>'});
        end;

        M1 := '';
      end
      else
      // next lines were added
      if (Text[I] = Chr(13)) and Cmp1(string(Chr(10))) then
      begin
                        // new line
        Draw(M1);
        PlainItem := PlainItem + M1;
        Rect.Left := OriRect.Left;
        Rect.Top := Rect.Top + Canvas.TextHeight(M1);
        M1 := '';
      end
      else
                        // add text
        M1 := M1 + Text[I];
      Inc(I);
    end; { for }
    Draw(M1);
    PlainItem := PlainItem + M1;
  finally
    if Canvas <> nil then
    begin
      Canvas.Font.Style := oldFontStyles;
      Canvas.Font.Color := oldFontColor;
    end;
  end;
  Width := Rect.Left - Width + 2;
end;

function ItemHtDraw(Canvas: TCanvas; Rect: TRect;
  const State: TOwnerDrawState; const Text: string;
  const HideSelColor: Boolean): string;
var
  S: string;
  W: Integer;
begin
  ItemHtDrawEx(Canvas, Rect, State, Text, HideSelColor, S, W, False);
end;

function ItemHtPlain(const Text: string): string;
var
  S: string;
  W: Integer;
begin
  ItemHtDrawEx(nil, Rect(0, 0, -1, -1), [], Text, False, S, W, False);
  Result := S;
end;

function ItemHtWidth(Canvas: TCanvas; Rect: TRect;
  const State: TOwnerDrawState; const Text: string;
  const HideSelColor: Boolean): Integer;
var
  S: string;
  W: Integer;
begin
  ItemHtDrawEx(Canvas, Rect, State, Text, HideSelColor, S, W, True);
  Result := W;
end;

procedure ClearList(List: TList);
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  if not Assigned(List) then
    Exit;
  for I := 0 to List.Count - 1 do
    TObject(List[I]).Free;
  List.Clear;
end;

procedure MemStreamToClipBoard(MemStream: TMemoryStream; const Format: Word);
var
  Data: THandle;
  DataPtr: Pointer;
begin
  Clipboard.Open;
  try
    Data := GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, MemStream.Size);
    try
      DataPtr := GlobalLock(Data);
      try
        Move(MemStream.Memory^, DataPtr^, MemStream.Size);
        Clipboard.Clear;
        SetClipboardData(Format, Data);
      finally
        GlobalUnlock(Data);
      end;
    except
      GlobalFree(Data);
      raise;
    end;
  finally
    Clipboard.Close;
  end;
end;

procedure ClipBoardToMemStream(MemStream: TMemoryStream; const Format: Word);
var
  Data: THandle;
  DataPtr: Pointer;
begin
  Clipboard.Open;
  try
    Data := GetClipboardData(Format);
    if Data = 0 then
      Exit;
    DataPtr := GlobalLock(Data);
    if DataPtr = nil then
      Exit;
    try
      MemStream.WriteBuffer(DataPtr^, GlobalSize(Data));
      MemStream.Position := 0;
    finally
      GlobalUnlock(Data);
    end;
  finally
    Clipboard.Close;
  end;
end;

function GetPropType(Obj: TObject; const PropName: string): TTypeKind;
var
  PropInf: PPropInfo;
begin
  PropInf := GetPropInfo(Obj.ClassInfo, PropName);
  if PropInf = nil then
    Result := tkUnknown
  else
    Result := PropInf^.PropType^.Kind;
end;

function GetPropStr(Obj: TObject; const PropName: string): string;
var
  PropInf: PPropInfo;
begin
  PropInf := GetPropInfo(Obj.ClassInfo, PropName);
  if PropInf = nil then
    raise Exception.CreateFmt(SPropertyNotExists, [PropName]);
  if not (PropInf^.PropType^.Kind in
    [tkString, tkLString {$IFDEF COMPILER3_UP}, tkWString {$ENDIF COMPILER3_UP}]) then
    raise Exception.CreateFmt(SInvalidPropertyType, [PropName]);
  Result := GetStrProp(Obj, PropInf);
end;

function GetPropOrd(Obj: TObject; const PropName: string): Integer;
var
  PropInf: PPropInfo;
begin
  PropInf := GetPropInfo(Obj.ClassInfo, PropName);
  if PropInf = nil then
    raise Exception.CreateFmt(SPropertyNotExists, [PropName]);
  if not (PropInf^.PropType^.Kind in
    [tkInteger, tkChar, tkWChar, tkEnumeration, tkClass]) then
    raise Exception.CreateFmt(SInvalidPropertyType, [PropName]);
  Result := GetOrdProp(Obj, PropInf);
end;

function GetPropMethod(Obj: TObject; const PropName: string): TMethod;
var
  PropInf: PPropInfo;
begin
  PropInf := GetPropInfo(Obj.ClassInfo, PropName);
  if PropInf = nil then
    raise Exception.CreateFmt(SPropertyNotExists, [PropName]);
  if not (PropInf^.PropType^.Kind = tkMethod) then
    raise Exception.CreateFmt(SInvalidPropertyType, [PropName]);
  Result := GetMethodProp(Obj, PropInf);
end;

procedure PrepareIniSection(SS: TStrings);
var
  I: Integer;
  S: string;
begin
  I := 0;
  while I < Ss.Count do
  begin
    S := Trim(Ss[I]);
    if (Length(S) = 0) or (S[1] in [';', '#']) then
      Ss.Delete(I)
    else
      Inc(I);
  end;
end;

{:Creates a TPointL structure from a pair of coordinates.
Call PointL to create a TPointL structure that represents the specified
coordinates. Use PointL to construct parameters for functions
that require a TPointL, rather than setting up local variables
for each parameter.
@param  X    The X coordinate.
@param  Y    The Y coordinate.
@return      A TPointL structure for coordinates X and Y.
@example        <Code>
var
  p: TPointL;
begin
  p := PointL(100, 100);
end;
</Code>
}

function PointL(const X, Y: Longint): TPointL;
begin
  Result.X := X;
  Result.Y := Y;
end;

{:Conditional assignment.
Returns the value in True or False depending on the condition Test.
@param  Test    The test condition.
@param  True    Returns this value if Test is True.
@param  False   Returns this value if Test is False.
@return         Value in True or False depending on Test.
@example        <Code>
bar := iif(foo, 1, 0);
</Code>
<br>has the same effects as:<br>
<Code>
if foo then
  bar := 1
else
  bar := 0;
</Code>
}

function iif(const Test: Boolean; const ATrue, AFalse: Variant): Variant;
begin
  if Test then
    Result := ATrue
  else
    Result := AFalse;
end;

end.