The Utilities object contains the following methods:
Method List
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| AdjustLineBreaks | Replaces all single carriage return (CR) or linefeed (LF) symbols in the specified string with the carriage return and linefeed pair (CR/LF). |
| AnsiCompareFileName | Compares two file names under control of the current locale. |
| AnsiCompareStr | Compares two strings under control of the current locale. |
| AnsiCompareText | Compares two strings under control of the current locale. |
| AnsiExtractQuotedStr | Converts a quoted string into an unquoted string. |
| AnsiLastChar | Returns the last character in the string. |
| AnsiLowerCase | Converts all the letters of the given string to lowercase. |
| AnsiLowerCaseFileName | Converts all the letters of the given file name to lowercase. |
| AnsiQuotedStr | Encloses the specified string in the specified characters. |
| AnsiSameStr | Compares two specified strings. |
| AnsiSameText | Compares two specified strings. |
| AnsiStrRScan | Searches for the specified character in the specified string. |
| AnsiStrScan | Searches for the specified character in the specified string. |
| AnsiUpperCase | Converts all the letters of the given string to uppercase. |
| AnsiUpperCaseFileName | Converts all the letters of the given string to uppercase. |
| Beep | Generates an informing beep. |
| ChangeFileExt | Changes the extension of the specified file. |
| CompareStr | Compares two specified strings. |
| CompareText | Compares two specified strings. |
| CreateDir | Creates a new folder. |
| CurrToStr | Converts the specified currency value to its string representation. |
| CurrToStrF | Converts the given currency value to its string representation. |
| Date | Returns the current date set on your computer. |
| DateTimeToFileDate | Converts a variant value that stores date and time to an integer value. |
| DateTimeToStr | Converts the variant value that stores date and time to a string. |
| DateTimeToString | Converts a Variant value storing date and time to a string using the format string specified by the Format parameter. |
| DateTimeToSystemTime | Converts a Variant value, which holds date and time, to a TSystemTime value. |
| DateToStr | Converts a Variant value holding a date to a string. |
| DayOfWeek | Returns the day of the week for the specified date. |
| DecodeDate | Splits the specified date value into the year, month and day of the month. |
| DecodeTime | Extracts hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds from the specified time. |
| DeleteFile | Deletes a file from the disk. |
| DirectoryExists | Checks if the specified directory exists. |
| EncodeDate | Converts the date specified by year, month and day to a Variant value. |
| EncodeTime | Converts a time specified by hour, minute, second and millisecond to a Variant value. |
| ExcludeTrailingBackslash | Removes the trailing path delimiter ('\') from the specified path. |
| ExpandFileName | Converts the given relative file name into a fully qualified path name. |
| ExpandUNCFileName | Converts the given relative file name into a fully qualified path name. |
| ExtractFileDir | Extracts the drive and directory parts from the specified file name. |
| ExtractFileDrive | Extracts the drive part from the specified file name. |
| ExtractFileExt | Extracts the extension from the specified file name. |
| ExtractFileName | Extracts the name and extension parts from the specified file name. |
| ExtractFilePath | Extracts the drive and directory parts from the specified file name. |
| ExtractRelativePath | Converts a fully qualified path name into a relative path name. |
| ExtractShortPathName | Converts the specified file name to the short 8.3 form. |
| FileAge | Returns the date and time assigned to the file with the specified name. |
| FileClose | Closes the specified file. |
| FileCreate | Creates a new file with the specified name and path. |
| FileDateToDateTime | Converts an integer value that stores the timestamp of a file to a Variant value storing the date and time. |
| FileExists | Obtains whether the specified file exists. |
| FileGetAttr | Returns attributes of the specified file. |
| FileGetDate | Returns the OS timestamp of the specified file. |
| FileOpen | Opens the specified file. |
| FileRead | Reads the specified number of bytes from the specified file. |
| FileSearch | Searches for the specified file. |
| FileSeek | Sets the file pointer to the specified position within a file. |
| FileSetAttr | Sets the attributes of the specified file. |
| FileSetDate | Sets the date and time attributes for the specified file. |
| FileWrite | Writes the specified number of bytes to a file. |
| FindClose | Closes the specified file. |
| FindFirst | Finds the first instance of the file with the specified name, path and attributes. |
| FindNext | Continues the search initiated by the FindFirst function. |
| FloatToStr | Converts a floating-point value to a string. |
| FloatToStrF | Converts a floating-point value to a string. |
| ForceDirectories | Creates a new folder. |
| Format | Converts the items of the given array to a string using the specified format. |
| FormatCurr | Converts the given currency value to a string using the specified format. |
| FormatDateTime | Converts the given DateTime value to a string using the specified format. |
| FormatFloat | Converts a floating-point value to a string using the specified format. |
| GetCurrentDir | Returns the fully qualified name of the current directory. |
| GetFormatSettings | Resets all of the date and number format variables. |
| IncludeTrailingBackslash | Ensures that the specified path ends with the trailing path delimiter. |
| IncMonth | Increments the given Date value by the specified number of months. |
| IntToHex | Converts the given number into a string that contains the number’s hexadecimal (base 16) representation. |
| IntToStr | Converts the given number into a string. |
| IsDelimiter | Indicates whether the specified character in the given string is one of the delimiters in the string Delimiters. |
| IsLeapYear | Determines whether the given year is a leap year. |
| IsPathDelimiter | Indicates whether the specified character in the given string is a path delimiter. |
| IsValidIdent | Indicates whether the specified string is a valid JScript, C++Script, C#Script or DelphiScript identifier. |
| LastDelimiter | Locates the last delimiter in the specified string. |
| LowerCase | Converts all the letters of the given string to lowercase. |
| Now | Returns the current date and time. |
| QuotedStr | Encloses the specified string in quotes. |
| RemoveDir | Removes the specified directory. |
| RenameFile | Renames the specified file or folder. |
| ReplaceDate | Changes the date part in the DateTime parameter. |
| ReplaceTime | Changes the time part in the DateTime parameter. |
| SameText | Determines whether the specified strings are equal. |
| SetCurrentDir | Sets the specified directory as the current directory. |
| StringReplace | Replaces occurrences of the specified substring in the given string. |
| StrLCat | Adds the given string to the end of another string and cuts the resulting string, if necessary. |
| StrLComp | Compares up to a specified maximum number of characters in two strings. |
| StrLIComp | Compares up to a specified number of characters in the given strings. |
| StrToCurr | Converts the string that represents a floating-point value to the corresponding Currency value. |
| StrToDate | Converts the specified string to a value that encodes date. |
| StrToDateTime | Converts the specified string to a value that encodes date and time. |
| StrToFloat | Converts the specified string to a floating-point value. |
| StrToInt | Converts the specified string to an integer value. |
| StrToIntDef | Converts the specified string to an integer value. |
| StrToTime | Converts the specified string to a Variant value that encodes time. |
| SysErrorMessage | Converts the specified OS error code into the corresponding error message string. |
| SystemTimeToDateTime | Converts a TSystemTime value to a Variant value that encodes date and time. |
| Time | Returns the current time as a Variant value. |
| TimeToStr | |
| Trim | Removes the leading and trailing spaces as well as control characters from the specified string. |
| TrimLeft | Removes the leading spaces and control characters from the specified string. |
| TrimRight | Removes the trailing spaces and control characters from the specified string. |
| TSearchRec | Creates a TSearchRec object and returns it. |
| UpperCase | Converts all the letters of the given string to uppercase. |
| Win32Check | Checks a Windows API call’s return value and raises an appropriate exception when this call fails. |
| WrapText | Splits the specified string into multiple lines if its length reaches the given value or if there are occurrences of any of the specified characters. |