ZylBattery is a visual Delphi component that diplays the charging level of the battery in a chart. You can specify different colors for different charging levels and you can indicate it also in text format in percents.

Beside this, it has many other useful methods to:
- get battery status
- get AC line status
- get battery lifetime
- turn off the computer
- hibernate the computer
- suspend (standby) the computer
- reboot the computer
- turn off monitor
- run screen saver
- log off interactive user
- get Windows version
- enable hibernation
It has more power related events like:
- OnBatteryLow
- OnPowerStatusChange
- onsuspend
- OnQuerySuspend
- OnResumeSuspend
- OnResumeAutomatic and so on.

Supported Operating Systems:
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Server2003/Vista/Server2008/7/8/Server2012
Available for: Delphi XE5 (Win32 & Win64), Delphi XE4 (Win32 & Win64), Delphi XE3 (Win32 & Win64), Delphi XE2 (Win32 & Win64), Delphi XE, Delphi 2010, Delphi 2009, Delphi 2007, Delphi 2006, Delphi 2005, Delphi 7, Delphi 6, Delphi 5, Delphi 4, C++Builder XE5, C++Builder XE4, C++Builder XE3, C++Builder XE2, C++Builder XE, C++Builder 2010, C++Builder 2009, C++Builder 2006, Turbo Delphi, Turbo C++
Remarks:
- The Delphi 2006 version is fully compatible with Turbo Delphi
Installation:
If you have a previous version of the component installed, you must remove it completely before installing this version. To remove a previous installation, proceed as follows:
-Start the IDE, open the packages page by selecting Component - Install Packages
-Select ZylBatteryPack package in the list and click the Remove button
-Open Tools - Environment Options - Library and remove the library path pointing to ZylBattery folder
-Close the IDE
-Browse to the folder where your bpl and dcp files are located (default is $(DELPHI)\Projects\Bpl for Delphi).
-Delete all of the files related to ZylBattery
-Delete or rename the top folder where ZylBattery is installed
-Start regedit (click Start - Run, type "regedit.exe" and hit Enter). Open the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\\\Palette and delete all name/value items in the list related to ZylBattery. ( is either "Delphi" or "C++Builder", is the IDE version you have installed)

-Unzip the zip file and open the ZylBatteryPack.dpk file in Delphi, compile and install it and add to Tools/Environment Options/Library (in older Delphi menu) or Tools/Options/Delphi Options/Library/Library Path (in newer Delhi menu) the path of the installation (where the ZylBattery.dcu file is located). The component will be added to the "Zyl Soft" tab of the component palette. After you have the component on your component palette, you can drag and drop it to any form, where you can set its properties by the Object Inspector and you can write event handlers selecting the Events tab of the Object Inspector and double clicking the preferred event.

-It is indicated to use this component with "Stop on Delphi exception" option deactivated. You can do this from Delphi / C++Builder menu, Tools/Debugger Options/Language Exceptions/Stop on Delphi exceptions in older versions or Tools/Options/Debugger Options/Embarcadero Debuggers/Language Exceptions/Notify on language exceptions in newer versions, otherwise you will have a break at all the handled exceptions., otherwise you will have a break at all the handled exceptions.

64-bit platform:
Delphi 64-bit support is only for runtime, so you have to use it in the folllwing way:
Install the 32-bit version of the component as it described above and add to Tools/Options/Delphi Options/Library/Library Path, selected platform: 64-bit Windows the path of the Win64 subfolder of the component.
Before compiling the host application for 64-bit Windows, right click on Target Platforms, Add Platform and add 64-bit Windows (Make the selected platform active). If you compile the application in this way, it will be a native 64-bit application.

Home:

http://www.zylsoft.com/battery.htm

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