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Workaround for Delphi 2010 compiler error “E2076 This form of method call...
Generic support in Delphi took a very long time to get stabilised. Which means that compilers older than Delphi XE2 are hardly usable for code using generics. XE did get better, but Delphi 2010 and...
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Using httpbin to test http/https requests
StackOverflow user Kenneth Reitz has written a great on-line and free httpbin tool that responds to many kinds of http/https requests including the standaard http request methods (or verbs) used by...
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Delphi installs: cleaning up space from %ProgramData%
A while ago I asked this on G+: I’ve a VM with many Delphi versions and want to clean up space from %ProgramData% to install more. I think somewhere in the comments it was mentioned what to delete from...
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Delphi 2010: Compiler understands $(platform) but not $(config), but debugger...
If, like Delphi XE and higher, your organise your projects to use output directories like ...Bin\Delphi####\$(Platform)\$(Config), and back-port to Delphi 2010, then The Delphi 2010 compiler puts the...
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Do publish your .dproj/.groupproj in your version control systems (via:...
But I partially agree with the statement that Eric Grange made at DelphiTools as part of his post via Don’t publish your .dproj/.groupproj a few years ago: Ad interim, .dproj are just a kludge by...
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Workaround for Delphi 2010 error Fatal : F2084 Internal Error:...
Often in Delphi 2010, you can get an error like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\7.0\Bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets(136,3): error :...
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A while ago Allen Bauer commented on the working theory of Nullable in Delphi
I missed this last May, but revisiting some old G+ posts I saw Allen Bauer commenting: Current working theory of Nullable<T>. Nullable<T> = record ... property Value: T read FValue;...
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Unless you write an installer with the right manifest, don’t include...
I’ve seen this question coming up a few times, and bumped into this at a client recently: the UAC dialog coming up when debugging a 32-bit executable. This is caused (more details below) by Installer...
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Why Your Code Is So Hard to Understand – via CodeProject
Below are the captions, read the full article as it is very well written. Why your code is hard to understand Problem #1, Overly Complex Mental Models Problem #2, Poor Translation of Semantic Models...
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Hmmm. Castalia for Delphi: Castalia for Delphi is not currently available....
Thanks Uwe Raabe for sharing This sounds interesting: http://www.twodesk.com/castalia/thanks.html </rumours on> As the page then read: Castalia for Delphi Castalia for Delphi is not currently...
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Get the path to the most recent msbuild.exe from the registry.
Get the path to the most recent msbuild.exe from the registry: With help from: .net – Path to MSBuild – Stack Overflow. Where to Find MSBuild.exe : C# 411. TimRayburn.net – Visual Studio 2013 and...
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On Epsilon, MachineEpsilon, and relative differences – via: I was wondering,...
A long time ago, there was an interesting discussion here: I was wondering, that what is the closest value to the Zero floating point can have. Recently I needed to do some calculations on series where...
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Please review your DFM files before you commit to version control
Recently I bumped into it again with one of the more current Delphi XE* versions and Delphi 2007: the IDE changing the DFM files without reason. This time it was in a multi-team environment with many...
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Do not expose properties with writeable fields without a chance to react on...
From a chat with a co-worker a while ago: I’m not against properties. Just something against properties properties that are objects with writeable fields. So even if you expose such a property as...
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Update to “Delphi operator overloading: table of operators”: added the `in`...
Because of Delphi sorcery: New dynamic array type in Spring4D 1.2, I updated this article from 2009: Delphi operator overloading: table of operators, names, and some notes on usage and ‘glitches’. When...
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Stack Exchange – Android Apps on Google Play
I missed when the StackExchange App for Android was finally launched, but I totally agree with Paul Lammertsma: Exceeds expectations This was a long time coming, but it didn’t disappoint. It’s a great...
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Ensure you know the state of an instance.
A while ago, I came across a class having (among other members) two methods named like this: Start Stop Within one of the other members of the class, I had to (temporarily) Stop processing, then Start...
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Interesting game to teach kids to program: Eduka+ | YAPB.
On my research list, by the maker of DeHL: Eduka+ | YAPB. Would be cool to make a mobile version of that some day. –jeroenFiled under: Delphi, Development, Software Development
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Interesting use of an IDE plugin: Copy a string from a “Watch” entry to the…
On the todo list: Interesting use of an IDE plugin: Copy a string from a “Watch” entry to the clipboard without quotes. – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+ Source: delphi – Can I change the display...
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Wish more people named Peter Sollich for what he did in the Pascal world…
A small video reference to the work that Peter Sollich did for the Pascal world is at around 38:20 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btGj-PocjeU#t=2298 It is where Allen Bauer talks about...
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