The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
One more of the “Missed Schedule” series, this time it was originally scheduled for October 1st, (2013 that is).Delphi XE2 and up introduced the FrameworkType and FormType elements in the .dproj files...
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
There are a few more messages in the “Missed Schedule” backlog, and I really hope that WordPress is going to address this really annoying bug soon as I have to recheck my blog multiple times a day...
View ArticleDaniel Magin's Logfile: Delphi XE5 Android Send Mails with Attachments over...
Customer asked my how to send with a Delphi XE5 Android Application a Mail from the Delphi App with attachment.Why not to share?Here is the code:unit u_frmMain; interface uses System.SysUtils,...
View ArticleBehind the connection: What is ProcessMessages?
Sometimes, when you browse some application source code, you find loops calling Processmessages. What’s this? Well, it is a “Message pump” which retrieves and process messages from Windows message...
View ArticleDelphiTools.info: Flush Windows File Cache
Here is a small utility I made whose purpose is to flush (empty) the Windows file cache. It can also flush and purge memory working sets, standby and modified lists. It can be useful to reduce memory...
View ArticleDelphi Code Monkey: A Code for Software Professionals
Robert Martin defined "Professionalism" in the context of "professional software engineering" as the "disciplined wielding of power". You can catch the talk at a ruby conference in 2009 which is...
View ArticleBehind the connection: Mandelbrot Fractal Explorer
I wrote a nice Mandelbrot fractal explorer application. It is written using Delphi XE5 and use extended precision floating point calculation to be able to produce ultra high zoom images. You can create...
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
StackOverflow user User Sertac Akyuz posted a small Delphi snippet showing how to switch the Windows JIT debugger.I’ll need to complete it somewhere, but since the concept is interesting, here is his...
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: What is Hydrogene ? Asked and Answered
Over the past few weeks there has been some speculation as to what the mysterious “Hydrogene” that RemObjects have been working on may or may not be. Well, that particular feline has slipped it’s...
View ArticleDaniel Magin's Logfile: Embarcadero Special Offer XE5
For Developer working with a previous version of Delphi/RadStudio XE5, Embarcadero have a great offer !Only a limited time you can update any earlier Delphi/RadStudio Product to XE5 !!!!!!!!More...
View ArticleFirebird News: Firebird ActiveRecord gem is updated to version 0.8.2 with a...
Firebird ActiveRecord gem is updated to version 0.8.2 with a few fixes Improved FbColumn#initialize so that limit, precision & scale get set only for correct column types. Fixed “singleton can’t be...
View ArticleFirebird News: Perl driver DBD-Firebird 1.16 is released
New version for Firebird Perl driver Changes for version 1.12 Implement event objects as blessed scalar refs Include event creation/destruction in 60-leaks.t Fix for the reference test for softcommit...
View ArticleFirebird News: Short videos from Firebird seminars in Prague and Siegburg
Here are short videos from Firebird seminars Firebird Seminar in Siegburg, Nov 22, 2013 and Firebird seminar Prague, Nov 25, 2013
View ArticleDelphiTools.info: DWScript Mandelbrot Explorer (with a twist)
The twist is that the computations are handled server-side, using DWScript JIT compiler, so exploration can be fairly fast and comfortable even on low-powered hardware, be it an iPad, a Smartphone or...
View ArticleBehind the connection: Upgrade your old Delphi version to XE5, any version
Sometimes Embarcadero is promoting his latest Delphi and C++ builder by allowing customer to upgrade from ANY older version. This is just happening now! I'm really convinced that any Delphi user MUST...
View ArticleDaniel Magin's Logfile: Delphi (Mobile world): One Code for multiple Platforms
Wow we finished with Delphi XE5 a great final. One Code to multiple Platforms.Our Product HarleyMobile is a Application for Harley Bikers (like me) to stay in contact between Dealers and Customer.With...
View ArticleThe Podcast at Delphi.org: My Favorite Quote from the XE5 Tour
I am just finishing up my last few stops on the RAD Studio XE5 tour. I’ve met lots of great developers, both existing Delphi developers, and many developers new to Delphi and Embarcadero’s tools....
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
This was originally scheduled for December 1st at noon and therefore made it to the “Missed Schedule” list as well:Two interesting sites I found recently:OwlyCI – package manager for Delphi, CI...
View ArticleFirebird News: pyfirebirdsql Version 0.8.0 released
pyfirebirdsql Version 0.8.0 is released with following changes ============= - refactoring - buf fix - add ‘role’ parameter to connection - fetch right striped string if CHAR type - fetch string if...
View ArticleFirebird News: LibreOffice 4.2 International Bug Hunting Session
The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 4.2 International Bug Hunting Session, which will start on December 6th and will end on December 8th. During the three days, volunteers from all over the...
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