Michael Riley
Sometimes all you need is a little motivation.Everyday is an Etch-A-Sketch.Sometimes, every hour is an Etch-A-Sketch.And sometimes, every minute is an Etch-A-Sketch.Happy New Year,Gunny Mikehttps://www.zilchworks.com … Read more
3 days ago in tip-of-the-day0
Michael Riley
The Frog in the Beaker Parable:If a frog is placed in a beaker of boiling water, it will immediately jump out to save itself. However, if the frog is placed in a beaker of lukewarm… … Read more
1 week ago in musings0
Michael Riley
I’m always looking for ways to improve my Delphi skills. Sometimes, this takes me down a rabbit hole. And each time, these little side trips never answer “Yes” to the question “Will this help me… … Read more
4 months ago in tip-of-the-day0
Michael Riley
OMG! I wish I had known this years ago. The Marine Corps taught me the Xerox Personal Selling Skills 3 (PSS3 = Needs Satisfaction) method. They turned me into a “regurgitator”. If I had seen… … Read more
4 months ago in sales0
Michael Riley
I like the “Code Folding” feature of Delphi. However, I noticed that every time I reopened a project in Delphi 12 where I had previously folded the code, the code was no longer folded.To keep… … Read more
4 months ago in Delphi, IDE, tip-of-the-day0
Michael Riley
A couple months ago, I watch the video replay “The fundamental secrets of good UI design” done by Ian Barker. Around the 33:15 mark, Barker talks about supporting “dark mode”, have a listen: Transcript:”One of… … Read more
6 months ago in FMX, tip-of-the-day0
Michael Riley
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase, at no extra cost to you. Your support helps keep this blog running… … Read more
10 months ago in Delphi, FMX, Mac OSX, Printing0
Michael Riley
Working with Date data can be very tricky. I recently encountered an “Invalid argument to date encode”, error while trying to update a SQLite database table.This placed a value of 0000-00-00 into the date field… … Read more
1 year ago in Delphi, SQLite, tip-of-the-day0
Michael Riley
I’m currently updating an old Delphi 5 Desktop VCL application to to Delphi 11.3 FMX. And one of the capabilities I want to provide is the ability to launch several webpages from within the application…. … Read more
1 year ago in Delphi, FMX, Source Code0
Michael Riley
I’m in the process of converting an old Delphi 5 VCL application to Delphi 11 FMX. Yeah, I have Delphi 12 but I’m waiting for the first bug release before I start using it. Well,… … Read more
1 year ago in Delphi, Source Code, tip-of-the-day0
Michael Riley
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase, at no extra cost to you. Your support helps keep this blog running… … Read more
1 year ago in tip-of-the-day0
Michael Riley
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase, at no extra cost to you. Your support helps keep this blog running… … Read more
1 year ago in Books, ChatGPT, Delphi, oop0
Michael Riley
I just discovered an unlisted YouTube video Ray Konopka did in 2018 for Embarcadero’s CodeRage called “Mobile View Management with Ray Konopka from RodeRage 2018. Although the demo and source code for this presentation is based… … Read more
2 years ago in Delphi0
Michael Riley
I have just started to explore Personal Knowledge Management (PKM). Didn’t know it was a thing until a few days ago. Obsidian (https://obsidian.md) seems to be one of the most popular tools being used. This… … Read more
2 years ago in obsidian, pkm, zettelkasten0
Michael Riley
Just finished working out the logic for handling file logic:File OpenFile NewFile SaveFile Save AsThis assumes you are keeping track of the following:Current FilenameChanges to file dataI’ve been wrestling with this one for a few… … Read more
2 years ago in Delphi, tip-of-the-day0