OS X FullDebugMode support added by Sebastian Zierer (Thanks!) in FastMM /...
I just discovered that almost 2 weeks ago, the FastMM code repository added support for these defines in Mac OS X in Commit [r67].: FullDebugMode LogErrorsToFile LogMemoryLeakDetailToFile This is great...
View ArticleOn turning “W1025 Unsupported language feature: ‘customattribute’” into a...
On turning W1025 into an error: Fabian S. Biehn – Google+ – Why is “W1025 Unsupported language feature: ‘custom…. –jeroenFiled under: Delphi, Delphi 2009, Delphi 2010, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi...
View ArticleSeems Delphi XE6 is welcomed: “Welkom RAD Studio/Delphi/C++Builder XE6!”...
Interesting: didn’t see this on the Embarcadero site yet, so the announcment of Welkom RAD Studio/Delphi/C++Builder XE6! by Barnsten B.V. – Google+ is a bit surprising. Edit: Given the XE6 webinar on...
View Articleknowledge worker tip: adding a Google Group to #Feedly using one of its RSS...
Today I learned that each Google Group has RSS and ATOM feeds. That allows you to add them to Feedly (a great online RSS reader that won a lot of market share when Google Reader got ditched). This is...
View Articledelphi: idioms for building strings (via: my answer on Stack Overflow)
Once every while, one of your StackOverflow answers gets an edit suggestion that is really valuable. This case it was Edwin Yip who suggested to emphasize the difference between TStringBuilder and...
View ArticleAnsi- and RawByteString for Delphi mobile | Delphi stream, Kluug.net (via:...
Since Ondrej is not yet on DelphiFeeds yet: Ansi- and RawByteString for Delphi mobile | Delphi stream, Kluug.net –jeroen via: Ondrej Pokorny – Google+ – My second attempt on “AnsiString on mobile”. It...
View ArticleApril 2014 Project of the Month, Free Pascal | SourceForge Community Blog
Thanks Olivier SCHWAB for pointing me to this nice interview with Florian Klämpfl on SourceForge about April 2014 Project of the Month, Free Pascal | SourceForge Community Blog. Two things I didn’t...
View ArticleQ&A for 2nd Launch Webinar Today for Delphi XE6, C++Builder XE6 and RAD...
I just watched the 2nd Launch Webinar Today for Delphi XE6, C++Builder XE6 and RAD Studio XE6. Below my signature is the Q&A of it. A whole lot of them (: –jeroen Welcome to this Embarcadero...
View ArticleGExperts 1.37 available for Delphi XE6..6.02, but not for Appmethod (via:...
GExperts 1.37 (commit 875, but no tag yet) now supports Delphi XE6 and XE5, and ahost of older Delphi versions. Binary downloads are available at Download | GExperts These were the release news items:...
View ArticleToday I learned… :) I didn’t know about this syntax for properties… (via:...
Interesting: Roman Yankovsky just wrote about a property syntax that I didn’t know about either: Today I learned… :) I didn’t know about this syntax for properties: FStrings: array [0..1] of string;...
View ArticleRaize Components 6 updates for Delphi XE6
Just found out that a new version of Raize Components 6 with Delphi XE6 support got released. Raize Components 6 actually supports Delphi 2009 through XE6 (and C++ Builder and RAD Studio). Older Delphi...
View ArticleMore Raize Software updates for Delphi XE6: CodeSite Studio 5.1.5, Inspex...
After finding out that Raize Components 6 and Raize Components 5 updates for Delphi XE6 I checked Raize Software‘s latest news page and was glad to see that these also got updates: CodeSite Studio...
View ArticleCall for help: Spring4D and Delphi MultiCast events: working for Win32, Win64...
Years after Allen Bauer and a few others wrote about Delphi MultiCast events, the Spring4D framework now supports MultiCast events on 3 platforms: Win32 Win64 Mac OS x86 Depending on the platform, the...
View ArticleInteresting thread on IP geolocation and providers (via: Dan Sohad – Google+)
IP geolocation is hard, and very dependent on where you are in the world. Providers giving different or confusing results are not exceptional. See the struggle at Dan Sohad – Google+ – Hi! I working in...
View Articlepermissions – Delphi – setting Full Control on Registry Key – Stack Overflow
One of those StackOverflow gems: permissions – Delphi – setting Full Control on Registry Key – Stack Overflow. –jeroenFiled under: Delphi, Delphi 2007, Delphi 2009, Delphi 2010, Delphi 7, Delphi XE,...
View ArticleInteresting discussion about generic Dictionaries in Delphi (via: Steve...
There is an interesting G+ discussion thread about generic Dictionaries in Delphi. It covers the stock TObjectDictionary in the Generic.Collections unit, Spring4D, performance characteristics like...
View ArticleDelphi: Design-Time Component Name Limited to 63 characters (via: Vin Colgin...
I learned something new today (thanks Vin Colgin) the Delphi Design-Time Component Name is Limited to 63 characters. Uwe Raabe found out that this an Object Inspector thing due to this constant in...
View ArticleRecommended reads when dealing with Character Encodings in software
Apart from the mandatory Joel on Software article about Unicode and Character sets, these two articles are of great value too: Encodings Before ASCII From a Mechanical Perspective. Character Encodings...
View Articledelphi – Is there a way to get a VCL Control’s name through the windows API?...
Thanks Samaliani for posting a Delphi GetWinControlName function as answer to Is there a way to get a VCL Control’s name through the windows API? The cool thing: it works across processes (as long as...
View ArticleDelphi multithreading and DLL exports: watch your exceptions (via: Stack...
Talking about Dnny Thorpe: he also posted a nice hint on threading methods for ancient Delphi versions that equally applies to DLL exports in any Delphi version, even any programming environment....
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