Using Delphi 5 Forms with Vista

With Vista, Microsoft changed 2 properties related to the display of application windows.

The default font size was changed from 8 to 9
The width of the window borders was changed

While Vista provides an XP compatible mode, neither of these defaults was adjusted in that mode. As a result, applications written with the Borland tools (such as Delphi 5) were guaranteed NOT to work with Vista. Based on the fact that this problem has been known for several years, and the fact that Microsoft has never fixed the "compatibility mode" or added a way to make older Delphi applications work with Vista, I feel justified saying that

Vista sucks

Until recently, Delphi was the major competitor of the .Net languages. Perhaps it is just paranoia, but it seems a bit of unfair for a monopoly to intentionally break applications written with tools from their ONLY real competitor.

Delphi 5 Forms	This shows how Vista mangles Delphi 5 forms
Component Test	These are the test results for the Delphi TmcVistaSucks component
TmcVistaSucks	This is the help file for the Delphi TmcVistaSucks component
Patches	This is how to "patch" a Delphi executable so it will work under Vista .. without recompiling the application
zip files	These zip files are associated with this project The executables with manual fixes The executables with mcVistaSucks The TmcVistaSucks component and all related help files

Author: Robert Clemenzi

Using Delphi 5 Forms with Vista

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