TMlSkinNCMessage

Notes

• Text is the message, ActiveScroll starts scrolling, and Speed with Step set how fast and how far it moves.
• LoopMode repeats the scroll; AllowClick makes it clickable and fires OnClick, for example to open the full announcement.

Properties 10

Name	Type	Default	Description
ActiveScroll	Boolean	True	Whether the text scrolls. Turn it off for static text.
AllowClick	Boolean	False	Whether the strip is clickable; when on, clicking the text fires OnClick.
Text	string	—	The text to scroll.
Font	TFont	—	Text font.
HotFont	TFont	—	Font used while the mouse is over the text, usually paired with AllowClick to show it is clickable.
LoopMode	Boolean	True	Whether scrolling repeats. With it off the text scrolls once and stops.
Speed	Cardinal	100	Scroll speed: the interval between steps, so smaller values scroll faster.
Step	Byte	2	How many pixels the text moves each step; larger values look jumpier.
Width	Integer	—	Width of the message strip in pixels.
Cursor	TCursor	crHandPoint	Mouse cursor shape; usually a hand when the strip is clickable.

Events 1

Name	Type	Default	Description
OnClick	TNotifyEvent	—	Fires when the control is clicked.

Properties of TMlSkinNCCtrlBase 6

Name	Type	Default	Description
About	TMlAboutInfo	—	A design-time property: double-clicking it in the Object Inspector opens the MLSkin about box with the component version. It has no effect at run time and is not stored in the .dfm.
PutSide	TSideKind	skdTop	Which edge of the non-client area the control sits on: skdTop, skdBottom, skdLeft or skdRight.
Tag	Integer	0	A spare integer for your own bookkeeping; the component itself does not use it.
Pos	TNCCtrlPos	—	Position along that edge: an alignment plus X/Y offsets. With UseDefault on, the default layout is used.
Hint	string	—	Tooltip text shown when the mouse rests on the control.
Visible	Boolean	True	Whether the control is visible.

Events of TMlSkinNCCtrlBase 5

Name	Type	Default	Description
OnLMouseDown	TNotifyEvent	—	Fires when the left mouse button goes down on the control.
OnLMouseUp	TNotifyEvent	—	Fires when the left mouse button is released on the control.
OnMouseEnter	TNotifyEvent	—	Fires when the mouse enters the control.
OnMouseLeave	TNotifyEvent	—	Fires when the mouse leaves the control.
OnDPIChanged	TMlDPIChangedEvent	—	Fires when the screen DPI changes, for example when the window moves to a monitor with a different scaling — a good place to re-adjust anything you draw yourself.

Only the properties and events MLSkin adds are listed here. Standard VCL properties such as Align, Anchors, Font and OnClick are available too and behave exactly as on the stock controls.