Questions tagged [ttaskdialog]

TTaskDialog is a VCL control implementing a task dialog box for Vista and later version. It is defined in the Dialogs.pas unit.

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How to use the TTaskDialog?

How does one use the TTaskDialog class (in Delphi 2009 and later)? The official documentation hasn't helped. In fact, you learn much more by examining the class using CodeInsight or the VCL source code. There are no pedagogical explanations there,…
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How to verify if the checkbox is checked in a Delphi TTaskDialog?

OK, this should be easy, but I do not find the solution, at least not in the not so good documentation.. In a TTaskDialog, you have the option to add one check-box. You can control its initial state by means of the tfVerificationFlagChecked flag in…
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Can the Delphi TTaskDialog be made to use VCLStyles?

Can the Delphi TTaskDialog be made to use VCLStyles?
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Delphi TTaskDialog position on open

Via Delphi 10.2.3: TTaskDialog always opens positioned at screen center, and since it doesn't have a Position property, there doesn't appear to be a straightforward way to override that behavior. I want all my TTaskDialogs to position at…
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Delphi example of using TTaskDIalog for progress indication

I can not find an example of using TTaskDialog in Delphi to show a progress bar. The Embarcadero docs are not helpful at all as far as TTaskDialog is concerned. The best guide I found: http://specials.rejbrand.se/TTaskDialog doesn't contain any…
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Delphi TTaskDialog show/hide or start/stop marquee progress bar

I have a TTaskDialog that has an OnButtonClicked event handler, in which a lengthy process (several seconds) is performed. This works fine, but I'd like some indication to the user that things are happening while that lengthy process is chugging…
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