The IOTAComponent.SetPropByName, when used for an integer property, always...
Reminder to self: [WayBack] …The IOTAComponent method SetPropByName, when used for an integer property, always sets that property to 0 instead of the desired value…. – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) –...
View ArticleDelphi sorcery: Loop wars – measuring performance
[WayBack] Delphi sorcery: Loop wars – measuring performance – already showing some nice optimisations that should have been in the RTL into the first place, – sprouted into a nice discussion at...
View ArticleGetting the class from an TRttiProperty by using MetaclassType
Basically I learned that I should not only look for ClassType, but also for MetaclassType: [WayBack] Not a major problem, but given that xProp is a TRttiProperty instance is there a better way to get...
View ArticleIDE Fix pack for Rio development snapshot – via Delphi-PRAXiS [en]
If you dare using Delphi 10.3 Rio instead of waiting for Update 1 to stabalise (and hopefully speed up things), you might want to try the development snapshot of [WayBack] IDE Fix pack for Rio – Page 2...
View ArticleSome interesting bits on interface delegation including a class helper trick...
Every time he finds a new compiler use, I’m all like “wow!”. This time [WayBack] Stefan Glienke – Google+: One of these rare moments when the compiler positively impresses me found a new way to make...
View ArticleGitHub – pyscripter/python4delphi: Free components that wrap up Python into...
Interesting: [WayBack] GitHub – pyscripter/python4delphi: Free components that wrap up Python into Delphi and Lazarus (FPC) Via [WayBack] 【Develope a rabbitmq application with python4delphi】 You can...
View ArticleWhy don’t I get the warning W1036 Variable “‘MyStrings’ might not have been...
Historically, [WayBack] W1036: Variable '%s' might not have been initialized (Delphi) has had a lot of gotchas. The most important still is that it never show for managed types (strings, interfaces,...
View ArticleConvert Indesign Sketch to code: Petra Sketch Plugin | Melbourne | Applying Code
Interesting code generator from 3D models into Xamarin, Delphi or Oxygene code: [WayBack] Petra Sketch Plugin | Melbourne | Applying Code Convert Sketch drawings to iOS, macOS, Android and Windows...
View ArticleOn my research list: Delphi; automatically generate class body from interface...
Still need to research this: [WayBack] I search for way to automatically generate class body from interface definition… – Jacek Laskowski – Google+ –jeroen
View ArticleChuck Jazdzewski links (ex co-architect of the Delphi VCL architecture)
While doing some research, I bumped into Chuck Jazdzewski on Twitter: “Doing some historical posts to resurrect my blog. http://t.co/kSXy3ARUhR” so I decided to archive a few more links about Chuck...
View Article[RSP-10484] GetIt shouldn’t block the IDE – Embarcadero Technologies
I was amazed that this was marked as “Closed; won’t fix” as every respectable IDE I use but Delphi has a package manager that by now can download and update packages in the background without blocking...
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docs.embarcadero.com unreachable – via Docs – EmbarcaderoMonitoring
One reason to monitor your infrastructure is to signal longer outages, or even better review past outages and prevent longer ones. It is not the reason I created [Archive.is] EmbarcaderoMonitoring (it...
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Need to revisit: Grep search crashes with `Invalid class typecast.` · Issue...
One day I need to resivit [WayBack] Grep search crashes with Invalid class typecast. · Issue #1 · jpluimers/GExperts · GitHub. The reason is that I want to be able to: bind shortcut keys for deleting...
View Articledelphi – in Delphi7, How can I retrieve hard disk unique serial number? –...
From long time ago, but since I needed it in Delphi 2007 again: [WayBack] delphi – in Delphi7, How can I retrieve hard disk unique serial number? – Stack Overflow: Following the links in the question...
View ArticleThe G+ GExperts community does no longer accept new members and new posts:...
For GExperts: go to http://en.delphipraxis.net/forum/31-gexperts/ with these RSS feed https://en.delphipraxis.net/forum/31-gexperts.xml/ Via [WayBack] NOTE: This community does no longer accept new...
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Passing the `–symbol-report` to the Delphi compiler gives you a nice XML...
Cool undocumented parameter --symbol-report at the [WayBack] Hatena Diary mid 2017: –jeroen
View Articlekeyman/DevDelphiStarterCompileWrapper.pas at master · keymanapp/keyman
Cool: bds.exe -ns -b projectname.dproj will build a project from the command-line. Should work in Starter Edition (and the now defunct AppMethod). [WayBack] keyman/DevDelphiStarterCompileWrapper.pas at...
View ArticleDelphi Declarations and Statements: Hinting Directives
From [WayBack] Declarations and Statements: Hinting Directives you might remember this: The ‘hint’ directives platform, deprecated, and library may be appended to any declaration. These directives will...
View ArticleDelphi threadvar: TLS thread local storage
Managing TLS correctly with all kinds of dynamic storage seems to be a nightmare. From what I think it’s safe to use a TStopWatch [WayBack] System.Diagnostics.TStopwatch (introduced in Delphi XE2) as...
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Berlin 10.1.2 Vcl.RibbonConsts removed, so now Vcl.ScreenTips compilation...
The Ribbon controls got removed since Delphi 10.1 Berlin, but the dependency in Vcl.ScreenTips remained, so: After installing the official Delphi Berlin Update 2 I have faced nasty problem. One of my...
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