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Recent versions of Delphi (for a suitable definition of “recent”) come with a TZipFile class implemented in the unit System.Zip. This class has the really neat feature that it can not only read the contents… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi0
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The GExperts PE Information tool just got a small improvement: The Exports list can now be sorted by clicking on the column header and filtered on the export name by simply typing text. The Escape… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, GExperts0
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Reminder to self: Exception $406D1388 is the exception used to set a name for a thread, like in: If you encounter this in a debugging session, simply add it to the OS Exceptions and set… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi0
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Just in case I ever need this again: (Delphi 2007 does not have IntToHex for UInt64.) Note: This works only for 32 bit compilers. For 64 bit, you must replace UInt32 with NativeUInt (or UInt64)… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi0
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We recently bought TeeChart 2020.30 VCL/FMX with full source code (of course) and I now tried to install it. Steema provides a “TeeChart Source Code Recompilation Tool” (TeeRecompile.exe) that supposedly does this for you. This… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi0
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I my last GExperts related blog post I wrote about the new “Close Exception Notification” expert which I just had added to GExperts. It was a hack that hooked the Exception Notification dialog. This spawned… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, GExperts0
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Apparently there has been a change in Thunderbird 68 so it no longer displays text attachments inline even though View -> Display Attachements Inline is turned on. There is a solution to this though: Open… … Read more
5 years ago in thunderbird0
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I got into programming because I am lazy, I’d rather have the computer do the boring work than doing it myself. So it’s no wonder that I always liked Delphi and GExperts because both support… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, GExperts0
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Apparently the bug that causes the Delphi IDE to not store its position correctly when placed in full screen on a secondary monitor to the left of the primary monitor (which is my setup at… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi0
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I have updated my Delphi IDE explorer expert to work with Delphi 10.4. The bugfix for the Follow Focus function in Delphi 10.3 still works. … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, DelphiIdeExplorer0
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I revisited my dzBdsLauncher tool again – no idea why, it just occurred to me 😉 – and added quite a few improvements: It now supports .dof (Delphi 6 and 7) and .bdsproj (Delphi 2005… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, dzBdsLauncher0
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David Hoyle just blogged about Adding Menu Items to the IDE Editor’s Context Menu. As always his article is quite insightful, in particular the last part, because many people forget this: That’s it, all done,… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi0
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I just released GExperts 1.3.15 for all supported Delphi versions. There have again been various bug fixes and the following notable changes: There is now a start menu entry for a new stand alone version… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, GExperts0
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dzBdsLauncher tries to solve the problem of accidentally opening a Delphi project with the wrong Delphi version. The latest version 1.0.2 now also detects .DPROJ file from Delphi 10.3.3. See the dzBdsLauncher page for details. … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, dzBdsLauncher0
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Edit: There is now a new release. Before you ask: No, there is no new GExperts release yet for Delphi 10.3.3. I haven’t even downloaded it yet. I might get to it this weekend. In… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi, GExperts0