Creating Applications

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The most common types of applications you can design and build are:

• GUI Applications generally have an easy-to-use interface.
• Console Applications run from a console window.
• Service Applications are run as Windows services (for Windows applications only).

These types of applications compile as executables with start-up code.

You can create other types of projects such as packages and DLLs that result in creating packages or dynamically linkable libraries. These applications produce executable code without start-up code. Refer to Creating Packages and DLLs.

Topics

• GUI Applications
  • User Interface Models
  • SDI Applications
  • MDI Applications
  • Setting IDE, Project, and Compiler Options
• Console Applications
• Service Applications
  • Service Threads
  • Service Name Properties
  • Debugging Service Applications
• Programming Templates

See Also

• Setting IDE, Project, and Compiler Options
• Vcl.Forms.TForm
• Vcl.Forms.TScreen
• Vcl.Forms.TApplication