Lazarus Team Anouncements: Vote for FreePascal on SourceForge
Free Pascal is candidate for SF project of the month April.http://sourceforge.net/p/potm/discussion/vote/thread/c38203c8/Please support it, and vote (If you haven't voted already).Thanks
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Every once in a while, someone hoses their computer far enough that it has to be reinstalled, but the original Microsoft product keys are misplaced, and some creepy anti-virus tool disallows the...
View ArticleTPersistent: Out of Memory - Solved!
I recently read EMBT’s Delphi RoadMap and was very happy so see that QPS (Quality, Performance, Stability) is item #2 on the Delphi 2014 list. I certainly hope that these items appear in order of...
View ArticleFirebird News: Java needed to run LibreOffice Base Database? No with Firebird...
You can try to use the Firebird Database within LibreOffice which doesn’t need Java. This feature is still marked as experimental. Firebird Databases are available since LibreOffice 4.2. (see the...
View ArticleFirebird News: Firebird in Calligra Office Suite discussion on calligra devel...
Discussion was on kde.devel.calligra there is a need for Firebird driver implementation in Kexi in the future.
View ArticleDelphiTools.info: Using reCAPTCHA in DWS WebServer
We’ve all encoutered reCAPTCHA, as it’s one of the few effective ways to protect form submissions from bots on the internet. Acquired by google in 2009, it comes with multiple plugins for various web...
View ArticleFirebird News: Advanced Solutions How to : Coordinating transactions for...
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View ArticleThe Podcast at Delphi.org: Thought Controlled Quadcopter
Last night I “controlled” my Parrot AR.Drone Quadcopter with my thoughts through my Emotiv EPOC Brain Computer Interface (EEG) via an app written in Delphi XE5. I qualify “controlled” in that my flight...
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
I’m researching the Spring4D build engine to compile and install the packages and sources for the firstAppmethodrelease.These are the registry settings that I’ve...
View ArticleTPersistent: Vote for Me!
Actually I am not running for an office of any kind. I would actually appreciate some votes for my QC items (if that truly counts for anything in terms of prioritization). Specifically, I would like...
View ArticleTPersistent: How to Avoid Getting Upset with OptSets
OptSets are a great thing for using consistent settings across multiple projects and machines (such as a build machine). Although they were introduced in D2009, I have found that there are still issues...
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
A while ago, I had to disable a couple of warnings from legacy code so I could first perform the Unicode conversion, then make time to eliminate the actual warning cause.This post was much helpful...
View ArticleCastle Game Engine news: Hi :) Many news from last month's developments: *...
Hi :) Many news from last month's developments:* Fog works on OpenGLES (Android, iOS) now. This includes simple linear/exponential fog using Fog node in VRML/X3D, and FogCoordinate, and volumetric fog...
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Last week, David M Williams posted a nice question on how can I embed an mp4 video into a Firemonkey app.The resolution – using the Deployment Manager and TPath– was remarkably simple based on my...
View ArticleDelphiTools.info: New DWS WebServer release
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View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
The fixed OpenSSL 1.01g is already available in source and for many platforms.When do they become available anyone using OpenSSL 1.01 or 1.02 must deploy the patched version as fast as possible.Note...
View Articletwm’s blog: Updating Windows Defender signatures (only)
One of my problems with Windows 8 is that Microsoft recommends to keep Automatic Updates on the setting “Install updates automatically” while I prefer the setting “Download updates but let me choose...
View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Recently I pushed two sets ofchanges for Spring4D with packages and test projects that support Appmethod. The test projects are configured to use Firemonkey (conditional define FMX) as that is what...
View ArticleFirebird News: How to patch, build and debug PHP extension : PDO Firebird
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View ArticleThe Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Eric Grange (author of DWS) asked for some interface magic: delphi – Obtaining a sub-interface from an interface – Stack Overflow.–jeroenFiled under: Delphi, Development, Software Development
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