twm’s blog: Autosave Wizard for Delphi 6 to XE7
Since the stability of some Delphi IDE versions leave something to desire, people have asked for an autosave feature for a long time.Delphi 2010 eventually got “Save on compile” while older versions...
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Nostalgia:dec :: vax :: vaxeln :: 2.0 :: AA-EU39A-TE VAXELN Pascal Language Reference Manual Mar85...
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
I long time ago, I asked about Why doesn’t WINWORD.EXE quit after Closing the document from Delphi?.It turns out that question is a lot harder in .NET than it is in Delphi. I already had a gut feeling...
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Firebird News: EPEL 7 repository left the beta stage
EPEL 7 left the beta stage so you can install Firebird 2.5.3 packages for Centos/RHEL 7 from stable repository sudo yum install...
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The road to Delphi: DITE now supports RAD Studio XE7 and Appmethod 1.15
I just added support for RAD Studio XE7 and Appmethod 1.15 to the Delphi IDE Theme Editor.
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Firebird News: Jaybird will switch to Java Native Access instead of JNI
Mark Rotteveel tweeted about his progress towards using JNA instead of JNI: Continuing my adventure with JNA for Firebird native client and embedded support in Jaybird 3.0, so I can remove existing JNI...
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Firebird News: ADO.NET provider 4.5.1.0 for Firebird is ready
More info here. You can get the bits from NuGet FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient and EntityFramework.Firebird.
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
I’m really happy that Continua CI Version 1.5 got released a few hours ago as per the Continua 1.5 released announcement.It means that my Build Automation Session during the Dutch Delphi 2014...
View ArticleIt's a blong, blong, blong road...: Delphi and NFC on Android
NFC is a neat technology.If you’ve got an NFC sensor on your phone or tablet then there is a reasonable chance you’ve played around with apps like Trigger, which perform various actions on your device...
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Firebird News: A new theme for FirebirdNews?
I think it is time for updating the WordPress’s theme used in FirebirdNews. The actual theme is based in the Firefox theme (old and no more maintained) and doesn’t support well some of the new features...
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Reminder to Self: write Eurekalog article about finding cause for hard to catch Access Violations in Delphi–jeroenvia: web services – Access Violation (Delphi) – except the first run – Stack...
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
For a breaking issue, there has been an important bug fix to Coninua CI. From the downloads...
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Žarko Gajić: Fun: Refactoring a Complex Delphi Boolean Function
Refactoring your own code is, what I guess, something that you do frequently – at least I am. Maybe a better description of the process I went through would be rewriting, but let’s stick with...
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Daniel Magin's Logfile: NFC Android Application with Delphi XE6 and XE7
NFC Android Application with Delphi XE6 and XE7Download Delphi XE6 Example Source CodeFor the German Delphi Days last Weekend in Bonn i prepared a Workshop and a Session how to develop with Delphi a...
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Firebird News: The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5.3 And FreeBSD 10
Here is the guide on installing Firebird 2.5.3 from FreeBSD 10 Ports and creating your first test database; also we show you how to install Flamerobin GUI (administration tool) and the PHP driver for...
View ArticleAndy's Blog and Tools: EditorLineEnds.ttr IDEFixPack users are not affected
With the latest Windows updates (KB2982791, KB2970228) Delphi 8-2010 can’t be started twice without a reboot because the IDE wants to create the file %TEMP%\EditorLineEnds.ttr that is now locked by the...
View Articletwm’s blog: [German only] Fahrradbeleuchtung
Es wird wieder dunkel, und so allmählich braucht man auch zu normalen Radfahrzeiten wieder Licht. Seit einiger Zeit sind laut STVZO batteriebetriebene Lampen auch für normale Fahrräder zugelassen,...
View Articletwm’s blog: dzlib compiles with all Delphi versions from 2007 to XE6
Today I spent some time to make dzlib compile with all Delphi versions from 2007 to XE6 (XE7 to come later). It didn’t take too long since it already supported 2007, XE2 and XE6.It’s interesting to...
View ArticleTe Waka o Pascal: Zombie Apps (not) in the Apple App Store
In the run up to the announcement of the new iPhone 6 and the Apple Watch, Apple also revamped iTunes Connect, the portal through which apps are submitted to the App Store. Unfortunately the new...
View Articletwm’s blog: Custom Container Pack for Delphi XE2 to XE7
I just updated the Custom Container Pack sources to support Delphi XE2 to XE7. It was mostly a matter of creating the packages for the newer versions. I also had to adapt the registration code to...
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