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Settings Migration Tool – RAD Studio
I totally missed that this was introduced in Delphi XE8: [Archive.is] Settings Migration Tool – RAD Studio. It allows exporting/importing your Delphi settings and migrate them from older Delphi...
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Stop Delphi generating .res files for unit test applications
By default, Delphi always generates .res resource files when compiling a project. There are two things you need to change to turn this off; the first is on by default, the second could be your own...
View ArticleDelphi still doesn’t raise overflow exception on Int64 multiplication…
Thanks to Stefan Glienke for pointing me at the below patch for [WayBack] Why doesn’t raise overflow exception on multiplication example or how to detect in this case?{$RANGECHECKS ON} {$OVERFLOWCHECKS...
View ArticleVM disk sizes
I forgot to schedule the post below. It is still relevant if you create a machine with lots of Delphi versions on it. Below are some VM disk sizes I have used. Note that for Windows 7+ you need to keep...
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Delphi: formatting uses lists to each unit is on a separate line
Delphi formatter setting, so I can manually arrange uses lists: –jeroen Uwe Raabe commented in G+: Also available in MMX Code Explorer in the settings dialog: Pascal -Sorting – Format unit uses clauses...
View ArticleDelphi – directives are not conditionals
Directives are commands to the compiler such as {$D+} or {$WARN xxxx OFF}. Compiler defined conditionals are not “directives”, rather they’re used for conditional directives {$IF Defined(xxxx)} or...
View ArticleDelphi – ModelMaker Code Explorer history lists in the registry
ModelMaker Code Explorer does not allow you to edit the “most recently used” items in that you can use in various places, but luckily these history lists are all in the registry as keys under this base...
View ArticleDelphi – Viewing an array in the Watch Windows starting from a non-zero index
via [WayBack] Is it possible to range an arrays in Watches view to specific index range? Sometimes I work with arrays that contain 100Ks lines, and Watches limit the view to index 131071… – Mike...
View ArticleI totally forgot that Delphi has had a function to get the current executing...
While updating some old code fiddling with the[WayBack] GetThreadId function, I wanted to have some TThread wrapper around it. I had totally forgotten there has been already a means for this since...
View ArticleYou can use Linux API calls directly from Delphi 10.2 and up
Paul TOTH figured this out: you can use any Linux API but it’s not trivial. you have to install the “dev” library under Llinux, like “apt-get install xxx-dev” for the xxx API you have to update the...
View Articlelistview – TListView detecting ESC or unchanged editing – Stack Overflow
Delphi translation by Thomas Mueller of a C++ Builder fix [WayBack] listview – TListView detecting ESC or unchanged editing – Stack Overflow Via [WayBack] TListView detecting ESC or unchanged editing –...
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“Don’t access VCL from a background thread”– how to demo that?
When accessing the VCL from multiple threads at the same time: adopted from …\DEMOS\THREADS\THRDDEMO.DPR Great question a while ago: [WayBack] “Don’t access VCL from a background thread” – how to demo...
View ArticleDelphi – pressing Ctrl-A on a TDBEdit was partially fixed in Delphi 10.2 Tokyo
[WayBack] QualityCentral 110308 – TDBEdit updates wrongly Datalink.Modified when Dataset being in Browse mode and [WayBack] QualityCentral 127300 – Closed Exception When Ctrl+A (select text) on TDBEdit...
View ArticleDelphi TList.Grow and TStringList.Grow perform differently
Just as a reminder to self: the non-generic TStringList and TList grow way less aggressive than the generic TList: TList.Grow and TStringList.Grow: 4, 8, 12, 28, 44, 60, 76, 95, 118, 147, 183, 228,...
View ArticleCodeRage 8 replays: REST stuff
It seems I forgot to schedule this post, as it was still in the drafts.. So here it is for historic purposes. Likely a few links have died by now. Last year I could not make it to CodeRage 8 as I was...
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GExperts “Set Component Properties”
I totally forgot about [Archive.is] GExperts Help: Set Component Properties The main reason is that I hardly use any live connections in Delphi applications any more for mainly two reasons: timing...
View ArticleFrom the bragging “Did you know the IDE starts almost twice as fast in 10.2.2...
An interesting discussion sprouted from the bragging [WayBack] Did you know the IDE starts almost twice as fast in 10.2.2 as it did in 10.1?...
View ArticleColorButton unit with TColorButton saved for posterity as...
Hopefully my blog will last longer than the original delphi.about.org articles. Last year, I noticed yet another path into bit rot: [WayBack] The title reads “Source Code for the TColorButton Delphi...
View ArticleDelphi Community Edition available: good move for Embarcadero, but be careful...
On [WayBack] Delphi Community Edition available: – Uwe Raabe – Google+, the links to the [WayBack] EULA, [WayBack] FAQ and [WayBack] Feature Matrix were shared. In summary (read the G+ thread for...
View ArticleStarting your Delphi VCL app meanwhile your mouse is moving, no accelerators...
Problem (D2007 and up) If you are starting your Delphi VCL app meanwhile your mouse is moving, no accelerators are shown (Menu, button, focus rect missing… etc.) Something similar happens when you...
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