Lazarus Team Anouncements: Lazarus 1.0.14 Release
The Lazarus team is glad to announce the release of Lazarus 1.0.14.This is a bug fix release, built with fpc 2.6.2. The previous releases from 1.0.8 to 1.0.12 were built with fpc 2.6.2 too, while...
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The Podcast at Delphi.org: New MVPs & Directory
Another round of new Embarcadero MVPsChris RollistonMarcos LizarragaRudy VelthuisChristina Louise WarneBertie BuitendagCHUA Chee WeeWarren PostmaBruce McGeeYou can learn more about them, and our other...
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DelphiTools.info: Moving Hosts – Now Settled
A month ago I started experimenting with various VPS hosting solutions for this website. Well I now consider myself settled for the time being. Here are a few of my findings for those that were...
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: D0/D1/D2 in the IDE
If you an error like below when compiling Delphi XE5 .dproj files using msbuild … then note the documentation for Debug information (Delphi) – RAD Studio. has not been updated yet as it still lists the...
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: Smoketest – Set Me Up / Tear Me Down
In a previous post I demonstrated how the default “pretty name” for a Smoketest test case (derived from the test case classname) can be over-ridden by a test developer by implementing a specific...
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Thanks for the German heise Developer people that reminded me yestarday was a special birthday of Turbo Pascal: 30 Jahre Turbo Pascal: Integrierter Ansatz revolutionierte die Softwareentwicklung |...
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The road to Delphi: Using the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security...
These are a set of useful Delphi snippets to handle the Windows Firewall using the Advanced Security scripting.Note : Some of the below samples requires elevation.Adding a LAN RuleAdding a Per...
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: Smoketest – Interfaces vs Inheritance
A couple of commenters on my previous post have taken issue with my use of interfaces to form contracts between test cases and the test framework, rather than using simple virtual methods and...
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: Smoketest – Performance Case Visualisations
This post is a peek behind the curtain of the next major update to Smoketest which I hope to have completed shortly: Performance Case visualisations. Smoketest has always had two types of test case...
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Firebird News: Release candidate of .Net Provider for OleDb
We are pleased to announce the release candidate of our .NET Provider for OleDb. Now you can use 200% of the ADO.Net power in your projects for Firebird and Interbase: Read sets via OleDbDataReader and...
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Firebird News: Lazarus Release Candidate 1 of 1.2 and Stable 1.0.14
The Lazarus team would like to announce the first Release Candidate for the upcoming Version 1.2. Also a bug fix release Lazarus 1.0.14
View ArticleBehind the connection: OOP design and event driven programming
In a previous article, one of the 3 main design advices was “Use events to free your classes from things that can change”. In this article, I would like to talk a little bit more about it. Following...
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: DUnit Compatibility in Smoketest
To address some odd concerns about differences between DUnit and Smoketest, I thought it would be useful to demonstrate how it is entirely within the gift of a Smoketest user to create their own...
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DelphiTools.info: Efficient File Enumeration
Delphi offers two ways of enumerating files in a directory and its sub-directories, the first is the classic (and buggy) FindFirst/FindNext, the second is IOUtils TDirectory.GetFiles and not very...
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Another one in the “WordPress Missed schedule” series.Below are the Android remote screen monitoring/viewer tools I know about:For a long time, I have used Droid@Screen: an Open Source, Java based...
View ArticleIt's a blong, blong, blong road...: Delphi and Android services (part 2)
It’s been a while now since I posted up the link to my Delphi service example on Google Play.I mentioned at the time that it was not a trivial exercise and was somewhat imperfect in implementation...
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Another instalment in the WordPress Missed Schedule series (:Each version, Delphi gets more features, and grows bigger.Especially in testing environments (where you want to have a cut-down base machine...
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Sometimes a naming convention has been in place for quite a while, then new functionality breaks it.One of the naming conventions in the JVCL is that all Delphi design-time packages follow the naming...
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DelphiTools.info: Möbius: Pascal without begin/end ?
One recent announce of MSELang by Martin Schreiber reminded me of something I’ve been mulling over, code name “Möbius” which would be Pascal without begin and/or end. Before you prepare the tar and...
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Firebird News: Database Workbench 4.4.3 released, 15% autumn discount
Upscene Productions is proud to announce the next version of the popular multi-DBMS development tool: ” Database Workbench 4.4.3 Pro ” For more information, see here. Take advantage of our 15% autumn...
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