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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Converting SVN repositories to HG isn’t always as straight forward as you want to.GExperts and GExperts-Formatter succeeded a while ago, but DSharp (a very nice library by Stefan Glienke) failed at...
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Firebird News: An update about Firebird on iOS
Based on a comment I made in response to someone asking about the availability of Firebird on IOS (after someone mentioned that the recent release of Delphi XE5 has support for an embedded version of...
View Articlewhile true do;: Sending Android Intents from Delphi (Part 1)
As you probably know, I work for the italian embarcadero representative (www.bittime.it), so last week, I’ve been in Milan (Italy) with the Delphi Product Manager Marco Cantù, to show the new Delphi...
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: Permissions, Parallels and External Volumes – Update
I know after my previous post some people were concerned that upgrading to Parallels 9 might be ill-advised, so I am posting this update in part to alleviate such concerns. Over the past 2-3 days I...
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Firebird News: Database .NET 9.4 released
Database .NET is an innovative, powerful and intuitive multiple database management tool. You can Browse objects, Design tables, Edit rows, Export data and Run queries with a consistent interface....
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Firebird News: Building Firebird client for Android
Here are the steps for Building Firebird Client only for Android (arm)
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Firebird News: Just released JDBC driver : Jaybird 2.2.4-SNAPSHOT version
Just released a Jaybird 2.2.4-SNAPSHOT version with a fix for Netbeans Hibernate driver loading bug: JDBC-325 download at sourceforge New Jaybird 2.2.4 snapshot now also available on the sonatype...
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DelphiTools.info: Which Pascal environments do you use for WORK?
…or at Work if your prefer. This is a small poll to gauge the audience of this site,, try to answer about the environments you use for production, not for experimenting, testing or fiddling. If you use...
View ArticleDr.Bob's Delphi Notes: 4-6 Dec: Delphi Developer Days 2013 in London
A few days ago, Cary Jensen announced the next step (or stop) of the Delphi Developer Days 2013: on December 4-5, 2013 in London, UK.
View Articletwm’s blog: Installing Ubuntu Server
This is just a list of URLs I found useful while installing an Ubuntu 12.04 server.Ubuntu Network Configuration– needed for changing the IP address to static and configuring DNSInstalling Webmin on...
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Firebird News: LazSqlX New Version released with Firebird support
LazSqlX New Version Released (4.0.0.1219) that added Firebird support and with other Bugfixes Already is requested to update the version in Softpedia, it will take a while there, but here it is in...
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Firebird News: Lazarus 1.1.99 pre release available for download
The Lazarus team would like to announce that it has started the release preparations for Lazarus 1.2. The release process will consist of several steps which you can find here.
View ArticleDr.Bob's Delphi Notes: FireMonkey Style Packs and iOS 7 Style Update
Registered users of Delphi / C++Builder / RAD Studio XE3 or higher can download a number of "additional (premium) style packs" for FireMonkey applications.
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: VM’s on External Drives – Update Redux
My previous post declaring a successful resolution to the problems I was experiencing with Parallels 9 VM’s stored on an external USB HDD proved premature. The apparent success of being able to start /...
View ArticleBehind the connection: Where is that MenuItem displayed ?
I had the need to display a form when the user clicks on an item in a menu. Easy! But the form, which is small had to be displayed where the MenuItem was displayed. After Googleling a little bit, I did...
View ArticleThe Podcast at Delphi.org: Sending a URL to Another App on Android and iOS...
Here is the source code for my Open and View URL library from my CodeRage 8 session “Beyond the App”. Here is a download of the example app. I’ll see about posting it to a SVN repository too so it can...
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: VCL Threading – Synchronization
Although I am using Oxygene a lot these days, Delphi remains my tool of choice for Win32 (and x64) development, together with the VCL. Hence this post. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, Delphi...
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: Menu Items, APIs, Crackers and Hackers
Francois Piette recently posted a solution to obtaining the screen position of a menu item involving using a “hacker” class. There is however a safer, more direct mechanism which I hope Francois won’t...
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DelphiTools.info: Chrome Web Apps in Android
Chrome for Android 31 (currently in the beta channel) added the ability to add a web application to the home screen, which iOS fans will notice it had been available for years on their fruity phones....
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: Unit Aliases and Build Configurations
Over on stackoverflow, Ann Gossard had a question about using an $ifdef in the project (DPR) uses list to use one unit in preference over another, specifically in debug builds. In this situation, it...
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