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Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey

You're reading from   Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey Unleash the full potential of the FMX framework to build exciting cross-platform apps with Embarcadero Delphi

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788624176
Length 546 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Delphi GUI Programming Frameworks
2. Introducing the FireMonkey Framework FREE CHAPTER 3. Exploring Similarities and Differences with VCL 4. Section 2: The FMX Framework in Depth
5. Mastering Basic Components 6. Discovering Lists and Advanced Components 7. Using FireDAC in FMX Applications 8. Implementing Data Binding 9. Understanding FMX Style Concept 10. Divide and Conquer with TFrameStand 11. Building Responsive UIs 12. Orchestrating Transitions and Animations 13. Section 3: Pushing to The Top: Advanced Topics
14. Building Responsive Applications 15. Exploring Cross-Platform Services 16. Learning about FMX 3D Capabilities 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Approaching the TStyleBook component

In this section, we are going to discuss how style definitions can be stored, embedded, and manipulated both at design time and runtime.

The StyleBook component has exactly this aim. It is a non-visual component you usually drop onto a form and edit through its component editor (double-click on the component to activate it), that is, the Style Designer we have seen previously. All functionalities related to style persistence (load/save from/to a file) are available at design time and at runtime. If you load one or more styles in TStyleBook at design time, data will be stored within the FMX file of the form the component is on. Keep in mind that styles (especially bitmap styles) can be large in size and they actually get compiled into the binaries of your application.

Every FMX form has a StyleBook property that you can use to instruct the style selection mechanism to look up in a specific StyleBook when looking for style definitions of components on...

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