Behind the connection: Internet Explorer Automation Part 3
Today I will present an Internet Explorer automation which will query Blogger stats page automatically. IE automation is required because Blogger website makes heavy use of JavaScript to dynamically...
View ArticleDelphiTools.info: Immutable strings… in Delphi?
One of the “novelties” of the NextGen Delphi compiler is immutable strings, which I find quite puzzling, for lack of a better word, given that Delphi already had reference-counted copy-on-write...
View ArticleSmart Mobile StudioSmart Mobile Studio: Smart Mobile Studio 1.1 RC (build...
We are very proud to present the release candidate for Smart Mobile Studio version 1.1 (build number v1.1.0.400). If you would like to give this groundbreaking product a test drive before we...
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
I had some notes on Delphi WSDL and SOAP peculiarities somewhere, but I misplaced them.Luckily, I found some links that explain most of my notes well:Passing nil values for simple types As of Delphi...
View Articlewhile true do;: My Delphi STOMP Client is now compatibile with iOS
Thank you to Marco Mottadelli, one of the active contributors to my Delphi STOMP Client open source project. Now the STOMP client is compatibile with: Delphi Win32/Win64 Delphi for iOS FreePascal It...
View ArticleFirebird News: Firebird Python driver FDB 1.1.1 is released
FDB release 1.1.1 is out: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/fdb Bugs Fixed: - http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/PYFB-34 - http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/PYFB-35
View ArticleBehind the connection: Be-Delphi Event 3.0
Be-Delphi Event 3.0 on November 21st in Edegem, Belgium. Stay tuned for more info... Follow me on Twitter Follow me on LinkedIn Follow me on Google+ Visit my website: http://www.overbyte.be
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
It is unwise to pass objects allocated in one framework over a DLL boundary to a different framework.In the case of Using C dll in delphi return nothing, someone tries to pass an Interface to some...
View Articlewhile true do;: Book Review: ZeroMQ (PACKT Publishing)
Introduction Some days ago I was contacted by a representative from PACKT Publishing asking me to write a review for their last book about the ZeroMQ library. In 2009 I was looking for a fast, very...
View ArticleDelphi Code Monkey: A very frustrating issue with Microsoft SQL Express
Recently I had some customers complaining that they could not connect with our Delphi-powered database backed application, to their database. They were new customers and (although I did not know it)...
View ArticleDelphiTools.info: LLVM for DWScript
Very experimental support for LLVM in DWScript is now in the googlecode repository, thanks to the efforts of Christian-W Budde.This is the beginning of the opening of new realms of possibilities for...
View ArticleTPersistent: Time to Jump into the Delphi Pond?
If you’re a new developer and you’re wondering what development tool to adopt you have to decide what pond you want to play in. Don’t be suckered by the vendor offering free conferences, and trial...
View ArticleFirebird News: 10th FDD – Subscriptions are open!
The site of the Firebird Developers Day’s 10th edition is now up and running. Interested people can already subscribe on-line to the conference.Spread the news and come to comemorate the 10th...
View ArticleBehind the connection: Pascal still an advantage for some iOS, Android...
Just read this article. It could also interest you so I share it: http://www.zdnet.com/pascal-still-an-advantage-for-some-ios-android-developers-7000014743/ Follow me on Twitter Follow me on LinkedIn...
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
One of the things you must be careful with is reentrancy in your application through a message loop.The most obvious way is Application.ProcessMessages: it will loop until all messages from the Windows...
View ArticleBehind the connection: Internet Explorer Automation Part 4
I this article, I will explain how to extract statistics from Blogger stats page. This follows the previous article in which you learned how to automate the login process and get the stats page. The...
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
On my research list (Thanks Uwe!): DataSnap in the Cloud – DelphiFeeds.com.It shows you how to do DataSnap from the Azure clound, including getting some of the default Delphi database demos to work on...
View ArticleAndreano Lanusse | Technology and Software Development: Android Studio...
Last week at Google I/O, Google announced Android Studio, their new Android development environment based on IntelliJ IDEA.Android Studio is FREE and can download the early preview version here. I just...
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
So I won’t forget:delphi – How to distinguish flash drives? – Stack Overflow.In that answer, Dan C talks about VID / PID (Vendor ID and Product ID) and how to get some of the serials without...
View ArticleBehind the connection: Programmer picks: 7 must-try mobile dev tools
InfoWorld has selected Embarcadero RAD Studio XE4 in his slideshow about mobile dev tools. Established companies like Intel and Embarcadero Technologies, as well as lesser-known players are continually...
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