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VOTEDetecting a virtualized environment
Marshall Fryman
CubicDesign on delphi-talk.elists.org recently asked the question: “How do I know/detect if my software is running under Windows [or a virtual environment]?” Well, it turns out that it’s a lot harder to tell than you… … Read more
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Calendar Conversions
Marshall Fryman
Has anyone tried to convert a Western-style calendar to either the Islamic or Hebrew calendar system? I’ve spent a bunch of time looking for a Pascal unit to do just that so I could include… … Read more
16 years ago
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SMTP Mail and Indy (again)
Marshall Fryman
Having spent a lot of time recently working on a ping scanner using Indy, I noticed that there’s a lot of questions still on using SMTP with Indy. Let me first say that I am… … Read more
16 years ago
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Holidays
Marshall Fryman
Anyone else out there ever run into the need for a simple little list of holidays? I do a fair amount of stuff that involves questions like “Are we off on such and such a… … Read more
16 years ago
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Delphi Case with Strings
Marshall Fryman
Zarko Gajic posted about this topic on his Delphi Tips recently showing how one could use a case statement with strings. His solution basically passes in an array on the stack and then iterates through… … Read more
16 years ago
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Another Vista oddity
Marshall Fryman
I’ve assumed, incorrectly apparently, that the Vista “Run as Administrator” function is akin to the sudo or su function in *nix systems. For those not familiar with sudo, it basically provides a one-time elevation of… … Read more
16 years ago
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Vista UAC Manifest
Marshall Fryman
Here’s a couple of interesting little tidbits for those using Delphi 2007 and trying to create manifest files to require your program to run as Administrator. For those who don’t know what this means, we’re… … Read more
16 years ago
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Introduction
Marshall Fryman
This is my first attempt to create a blog of my thoughts on coding and technology. I’ve been developing software for many years now and have an interest in many of the current (and not… … Read more
16 years ago
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