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March 2011
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WordPress 3.1 Endless Redirect Bug and Solution
Olaf Monien
– I have upgraded several WordPress sites to WordPress Version 3.1 during the past couple of days. Such as this blog and www.delphi-tage.de. It appears that there is a bug with WordPress 3.1 running on Windows servers in combination with certain permalink styles. You are affected by this bug if you ...
December 2010
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Xcode and InterfaceBuilder out of sync? Check you project path!
Olaf Monien
– I was just testing some Delphi Prism/MonoTouch/Xcode integration stuff, which I wanted to talk about at our upcoming Developer Solutions Conference (Feb 8-10, 2011, Las Vegas), when I ran into some weird issue with Xcode and InterfaceBuilder. Usually, when you create an iOS user interface with ...
November 2010
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Who really bought Novell? Embarcadero.
Olaf Monien
– You might have noticed the announcement, that Novell (Netware, SuSE Linux, Mono, MonoTouch etc) is finally to be sold. Finally – because they where looking for a buyer for a while (VMWare was in the rumors to be interested). Now who is this buyer called Attachmate? They are obviously an IT ...
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Microsoft to drop Drive Extender technology
Olaf Monien
– Michael Leworthy of Windows Home Server Blog today announced, that Microsoft will remove its Drive Extender technology from the Home Server product. Microsoft Home Server is an easy to use solution for backing up your home or small business computers. It is usually sold as ready to use box – ...
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MakingApps für iPhone und iPad 11.-16. Nov. Hamburg und München
Olaf Monien
– Zusammen mit der MacWelt bieten wir in der kommenden Woche in Hamburg und München eine Intensivveranstaltung zum Thema Programmieren mit iOS 4 an. Noch sind einige Plätze für Spätentschlossene frei! Termin: 11./12. November Hamburg, 15./16. November München Wo: München: Maritim Hotel, Hamburg: ...
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Is Silverlight dead? MS seems to let it die…
Olaf Monien
– About 3 months ago I asked “Is Silverlight dead?“. Main point was that there are almost no substatial SL app – besides some video streaming ones. And MS does not even use it itself where it could – I mentioned the Office for the Web application, which is done with standard ...
July 2010
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Update: VAT ID Validation with Delphi
Olaf Monien
– If you are doing cross border business in the European Union, then will have to deal with so called “VAT IDs”. I’ve written a small example how to validate VAT ID’s from a Delphi 2010 program. A while ago I posted a small tool that validates a VAT ID through an official Web ...
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Creating multiple objects using try-finally
Olaf Monien
– One of the most used object-oriented patterns is probably this one: foo := TFoo.create; try //do something with foo finally foo.free; end; It basically means, that if you create an instance of some class and if there is no “owner” who takes care of the new instance’s life ...
June 2010
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Is Silverlight dead?
Olaf Monien
– Silverlight is browser plugin-based Microsoft technology for developing applications that run in your Web browser. Silverlight was basically invented to overcome certain limitations that Javascript/HTML/CSS based solutions may have. Microsoft emphasizes esp. on better interactivity, better offline ...
April 2010
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DelphiExperts Workshop in Zürich, Köln & Hamburg: 18.5. / 7.6. / 17.6. – Subversion, Debuggen, iPhone & iPad mit Delphi Daten
Olaf Monien
– Wir, die DelphiExperts gehen mal wieder mit Embarcadero auf DevTracks Reisen und bieten jeweils am Tag danach oder davor einen unserer gewohnt pragmatischen Delphi Workshops an. Wir werden diesmal gewissermassen das Thema “Sauberkeit am Arbeitsplatz” behandeln, d.h. wir zeigen Ihnen ...
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Our first iPad App is available: Rugby Magazine
Olaf Monien
– Daniel and I are happy to announce that our first iPad application is availble since today. Actually it was already available yesterday, but without an iPad it wasn’t that much fun It’s an iPad only application – it’s a magazine. So it really makes use of the large iPad ...
March 2010
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iPhone Workshop in Munich a great success
Olaf Monien
– The ongoing iPhone workshop with Daniel Magin, Evan Doll and my self is apparently going to be a great success. We are basically sold out, the audience is very interested and motivated and we try to get them onto the iPhone development train in our renowed practical style. We are going to repeat ...
January 2010
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Leitender Delphi Job in München anzubieten
Olaf Monien
– Wir suchen für einen Kunden im Raum München einen Delphi Entwickler für die Position des Entwicklungsleiters. Die Postion ist zur Festanstellung ausgeschrieben und es wird eine branchengerechte Bezahlung geboten. Neben Delphikenntnissen und Führungsqualitäten sind Kenntnisse in Betriebswirtschaft ...
December 2009
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Postives Feedback der letzen DelphiExperts Veranstaltungen
Olaf Monien
– Die Auswertung der Teilnehmer-Feedbacks für unsere letzen beiden DelphiExperts-Veranstaltungen in Berlin und Stuttgart liegt vor. Wir freuen uns über die ausgesprochen positive Resonanz und bedanken uns bei allen Teilnehmern für ihr Interesse! Die Ergebnisse finden sich hier: ...
November 2009
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Oups – I deleted the Internet
Olaf Monien
– I hit "Yes" on the dialog below, which basically says: "Are you sure you want to delete the Internet?". Please don’t bash me if you cannot get to the Internet anymore – I am working on restoring a backup
