The software scene of the early 2000s was a minefield.
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Delphi applications store their GUI layouts in a resource section inside the PE (Portable Executable) file. This is usually a .dfm file. In older Delphi versions, this was stored as binary data. In newer versions, it can be text-based. The software scene of the early 2000s was a minefield