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Friday, 6. July 2018
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Hi Linux, again! (Ubuntu 18.04 on Dell XPS 9350)
Yet Another Programming Blog
– Once every N years I give Linux a try. I’ve been a great supporter in the past and I always enjoyed tinkering with my OSes. I gradually lost the appetite due to jobs always requiring a windows PC, making the use of Linux a pain. For my previous attempt to use Linux, in the summer of 2017, I ...
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Tester’s Diary: Rethinking Test Reporting
blog.gurock.com
– With the project I started last year finally behind me and my new project not yet ready, I was able to take some time last week to work on my annual goals. I hoped to start by meeting with the product manager of my next project to discuss the basics of test reporting: what information she needs, ...
Thursday, 5. July 2018
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listview – TListView detecting ESC or unchanged editing – Stack Overflow
The Wiert Corner
– Delphi translation by Thomas Mueller of a C++ Builder fix [WayBack] listview – TListView detecting ESC or unchanged editing – Stack Overflow Via [WayBack] TListView detecting ESC or unchanged editing – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+ –jeroen
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You can use Linux API calls directly from Delphi 10.2 and up
The Wiert Corner
– Paul TOTH figured this out: you can use any Linux API but it’s not trivial. you have to install the “dev” library under Llinux, like “apt-get install xxx-dev” for the xxx API you have to update the Linux DSK in Delphi you can declare the API as externals function as ...
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I totally forgot that Delphi has had a function to get the current executing thread – Stack Overflow
The Wiert Corner
– While updating some old code fiddling with the[WayBack] GetThreadId function, I wanted to have some TThread wrapper around it. I had totally forgotten there has been already a means for this since Delphi 2009 (which initially had a bug, but that was worked around at first and fixed later): [WayBack] ...
Wednesday, 4. July 2018
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Crafting User Stories That Agile Teams Will Love
blog.gurock.com
– A popular term you will come across when working in agile is the “user story.” For the uninitiated, a user story is a technique of expressing software requirements in a specific format, usually: As a < role of user >, I want to < perform an action >, so that < goal of user > This ...
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Delphi – Viewing an array in the Watch Windows starting from a non-zero index
The Wiert Corner
– via [WayBack] Is it possible to range an arrays in Watches view to specific index range? Sometimes I work with arrays that contain 100Ks lines, and Watches limit the view to index 131071… – Mike Torrettinni – Google+ Reminder to check how well this works: Given FInts: array of ...
Tuesday, 3. July 2018
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Delphi – ModelMaker Code Explorer history lists in the registry
The Wiert Corner
– ModelMaker Code Explorer does not allow you to edit the “most recently used” items in that you can use in various places, but luckily these history lists are all in the registry as keys under this base key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ModelMaker\MideX\#.0\Histories There # is the major ...
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Delphi – directives are not conditionals
The Wiert Corner
– Directives are commands to the compiler such as {$D+} or {$WARN xxxx OFF}. Compiler defined conditionals are not “directives”, rather they’re used for conditional directives {$IF Defined(xxxx)} or {$IFDEF xxxx}, where xxxx can be NEXTGEN – Allen Bauer It’s important to ...
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HUGE v8.0.0 Update for ImageEn Imaging Library
NAF Delphi Blog
– We have just released v8.0.0, a huge update to ImageEn, Imaging Editing and Viewing Library for Delphi and C++Builder.Learn more about ImageEn at: www.imageen.comOver 200 compiled demos at: www.imageen.com/demos/Top Fifteen Enhancements 1. Editing of Polyline and Line Points New Polyline and ...
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IEVision, Advanced Imaging Tools Add-In, v4.5.0 Released
NAF Delphi Blog
– We have just released v4.5.0 of IEVision, our advanced imaging tools add-in for ImageEn.Top Five Features1. New Blob Detector to locate shapes within an image2. Template Matching now calculates a confidence value for each match3. Background Subtractor class supports improved selection methods4. ...
Monday, 2. July 2018
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Float And Dock Controls In Delphi – No Dock Sites, No Dragging – Implementing Generic Floating Container
Zarko Gajic
– In one of my applications, a tab on the page control hosts a TWebBrowser displaying PDF (and other supported) documents. Having the “PDF View” tab active, other tabs of the page control are hidden from the user – as this is how the page control functions. One users asked: ...
Sunday, 1. July 2018
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Melbourne Meeting – July 2018
Australian Delphi User Group Members
– Monday 16th July at 6 for 6:15pm start. Grahame Grieve from Health Intersections will present on using Javascript in your application. You can easily embed javascript in your application to allow your customers to write their own business rules. This presentation will show you how to do this using ...
Friday, 29. June 2018
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VM disk sizes
The Wiert Corner
– I forgot to schedule the post below. It is still relevant if you create a machine with lots of Delphi versions on it. Below are some VM disk sizes I have used. Note that for Windows 7+ you need to keep at least 3 gigabyte free space to perform some of the updates. For Delphi XE3 and higher you need ...
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Delphi: formatting uses lists to each unit is on a separate line
The Wiert Corner
– Delphi formatter setting, so I can manually arrange uses lists: –jeroen
