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copied!<p>Answers that I frequently refer to:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/5234/">How does accepting an answer work?</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/21403628/">How can I search for Delphi documentation?</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/5308584/">How to return text from Native (C++) code</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/4354071/">How can I allow a form to accept file dropping without handling Windows messages?</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8058745/tlabel-and-tgroupbox-captions-flicker-on-resize">TLabel and TGroupbox Captions Flicker on Resize</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8296784/how-do-i-make-my-gui-behave-well-when-windows-font-scaling-is-greater-than-100/8296833#8296833">How do I make my GUI behave well when Windows font scaling is greater than 100%</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5639531/buffered-files-for-faster-disk-access/5639712#5639712">Buffered files (for faster disk access)</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6128287/tprogressbar-never-fills-up-all-the-way-seems-to-be-updating-too-fast/6128562#6128562">TProgressBar never fills up all the way - seems to be updating too fast?</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8548843/why-shouldnt-i-use-if-assigned-before-using-or-freeing-things/8550628#8550628">Why should I not use "if Assigned()" before using or freeing things?</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14892793/search-for-a-label-by-its-caption/14894296#14894296">Control enumerators to turn recursive parent/child walking into simple for/in loops</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4176328/undefined-behavior-and-sequence-points">Undefined behavior and sequence points</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7398580/reduce-exe-file/7398658#7398658">Reduce exe file</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12953225/how-can-i-make-a-form-that-is-not-disabled-when-another-form-is-shown-modally#answer-12957315">How can I make a form that is not disabled when another form is shown modally?</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14587456/how-can-i-stop-my-application-showing-on-the-taskbar/14587645#14587645">How can I stop my application showing on the taskbar?</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8978177/patch-routine-call-in-delphi#answer-8978266">Simply code hooking</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15027726/how-to-make-a-thread-finish-its-work-before-being-freed/15033839#15033839">Consumer thread / blocking queue</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21636307/how-to-do-one-way-hashing-of-an-ascii-string-using-standard-functions-of-delphi/21638594#21638594">How to do one-way hashing of an ASCII string using standard functions of Delphi?</a></li> </ul> <p>Other useful resources:</p> <ul> <li>Rob Kennedy's <a href="http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~rkennedy/exact-float" rel="nofollow">What is the exact value of a floating-point variable?</a></li> <li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/winsdk/archive/2009/07/14/launching-an-interactive-process-from-windows-service-in-windows-vista-and-later.aspx" rel="nofollow">Launching an interactive process from Windows Service in Windows Vista and later</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163486.aspx" rel="nofollow">Teach Your Apps To Play Nicely With Windows Vista User Account Control</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms632599.aspx" rel="nofollow">Window Features</a></li> <li><a href="http://sscce.org/" rel="nofollow">Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/q/15700193">Raymond Chen's epic series on modality</a></li> </ul>

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