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EKON 20 link archive – anniversary edition of the famous Delphi related...
My EKON20 link archive so I can refer to it through web.archive.org: [WayBack] EKON 20: The Conference for Delphi & More | 7 – 9 November 2016 in Düsseldorf | presented by Entwickler Akademie and...
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Delphi Continuous Integration: When you get E2202 “Required package ‘rtl’ not...
If when setting up Continuous Integration (CI) with Delphi and you get errors like E2202 "Required package 'rtl' not found" or F1027 "Unit not found: 'System.pas'", then something is wrong with your...
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The SelectiveDebugging plug-in now supports Delphi 10.1 Berlin.
This post is a reminder to myself that this plugin exists at all. Hopefully by this time it supports more recent Delphi versions as well; when scheduling this post, it supported from XE to 10.1: My...
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Locking Is there a good open source MREW lock object out there that – Supports…
Summary of the Locking Is there a good open source MREW lock object out there thread: Don’t use MREW. Too many bugs in any implementation, and too easy to make deadlocks. Use other locking mechanisms...
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Old Google Charting API: tools for still using them
While mocking the ScaleMM documentation, I bumped into a chart that I thought was an image, but is in fact generated by the (now deprecated) Image Charts API from Google. In fact it is generated on the...
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Fixing `Unable to create ModelMaker Tools Shared Directory` and `Cannot...
Like many Delphi 3rd party product, new ModelMaker Code Explorer (often abbreviated as MMX) releases have not been as thick as in the heydays (look at the history for versions 7, 8 , 9, 10, 11 and 12)....
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One of the #EKON20 running gags: Raize condition
When Ray Konopka enters the room you have a Raize condition. Via the EKON20 sessions, it made its way into the workshop If you thought you could do multi-threading, then play “The Deadlock Empire”...
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Oh nice: the compiler settings in your .dproj files are not reflected in what...
I need to test this with other Delphi versions: Oh nice: the compiler settings in your .dproj files are not reflected in what Ctrl-O O emits as it always puts this as first line in your source code for...
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Positive: Delphi 10.1 Berlin Update 2 is out – ISO links
Since I’m lazy and always misplace how to get the ISOs: http://cc.embarcadero.com/item/30652 http://altd.embarcadero.com/download/radstudio/10.1/radstudio10_1_upd2_esd.iso...
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Why I always disable Castalia in Delphi
I wrote about disabling Castalia before. This is yet another reason why I disabled it: on a fresh install it will throw errors at startup like this one in XE8:...
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Hope this doesn’t repeat itself…
Nice error starting Delphi XE8: [Window Title] Error [Content] Registration procedure, Dbexpressentimpl.Register in package c:\program files...
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ReservedWordsOP.txt and ReservedWordsC.txt for use with java2op in Delphi
Since these files got missing again: [WayBack] Does anybody know where to get ReservedWordsOP.txt and ReservedWordsC.txt for java2OP.exe in bin\converters\java2op for Delphi 10.1 Berlin upd2? It also…...
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Delphi: function IsRunningFromNetwork – via Lars Fosdal. I will need this one...
If I ever need it: function IsRunningFromNetwork that is based on WNetGetConnection. Thanks Lars; I copied it to a gist for easier WordPress handling. –jeroen via: [Delphi] How to figure out if .exe...
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The Delphi Vcl.Forms.TApplication.ActionUpdateDelay unit is … milliseconds
Don’t you love relevant documentation… There is no unit defined for the Vcl.Forms.TApplication.ActionUpdateDelay – RAD Studio API Documentation. It is used inside the TAppliation.Idle to fire the...
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Delphi F12 Debug Hotkey for Windows 8.1 and 10 | Andy’s Blog and Tools
Yes. Yes. Yeesssss! [Archive.is] Delphi F12 Debug Hotkey for Windows 8.1 and 10 | Andy’s Blog and Tools [Archive.is] Unsupported Tools | Andy’s Blog and Tools [Arvhive.is] actual download at...
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The curse of the Project.res file.
A long time ago, Lars Fosdal wrote this on the Delphi G+ group: It really is beyond me why there is no Project.rc file which includes Project.version.rc Project.icon.rc Project.themes.rc...
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Can some recommend a good tool to build MSI package? I use Inno Setup…
For my G+ Link archive: Can some recommend a good tool to build MSI package?I use Inno Setup but only to build EXE file.Thanks, – Chris Z. – Google+ Source: Can some recommend a good tool to build MSI...
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Actual source for DisableAlignPropertyEditor
Since Uwe Schuster only published a screenshot, I NewOCR-ed it and created the accompanying .dproj file (only because it’s an easy way for the DLL to require the designide package so you can use the...
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String resources and the $TypedAddress Compiler Directive require a...
Thanks Alexey for answering and Horácio for asking: Use type-cast PResStringRec(@SArgumentNil_NilValue_Collection) –jeroen via: Hey guys, When I switch on $TypedAddress Compiler Directive, it is no...
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WinSCP can be embedded and scripted as can PSFTP but not FileZilla
In a quest to perform SFTP in Delphi next to FTP, I first researched what I was up against. A tiny voice in the back of my head said “SFTP is totally unlike FTP” and it was right: SFTP means SSH File...
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