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Michael Riley
I am a big fan of Harry Stahl’s book “Cross-Platform Development with Delphi 10.2 & FireMonkey for Windows, MAC OS X (macOS) & Linux”. I purchased this book in May 2021 and it has helped… – Details…
1 month ago in tip-of-the-day
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Here’s how I will code better in Delphi. How will you?
Michael Riley
When it comes to Delphi, it’s amazing how much I don’t know, once knew but forgot, or just plain skipped over because it was too mind-boggling at the time. I took a break from reading… – Details…
4 months ago in Books, ChatGPT, Delphi, oop
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Blueprint for Creating Delphi FMX Apps
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… – Details…
5 months ago in Delphi
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THE ULTIMATE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO OBSIDIAN NOTES | How to Use Obsidian Notes
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… – Details…
5 months ago in obsidian, pkm, zettelkasten
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Pseudo Code File Logic: Open > New > Save > Save As
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… – Details…
7 months ago in Delphi, tip-of-the-day
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Delphi FMX Desktop Development: Part 1
Michael Riley
Question: Is FMX Desktop Development Worth It?This is part 1 in a series dedicated to Delphi FMX Desktop development. I am in the process of converting an old VCL application to FMX. When I first… – Details…
8 months ago in Delphi, FMX
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DELPHICON 2023: Every APP Trick in Book with Ian Barker
Michael Riley
DELPHICON 2023: Every APP Trick in the Book with Ian Barker Timestamp links have been added to each of the individual sections of this presentation.Every App Trick in the Bookhttps://youtu.be/PJNnCP2JvIY?t=14829https://github.com/checkdigits/Every… – Details…
9 months ago in Delphi
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DELPHICON 2023 – User Interface Design with Actions by Ray Konopka
Michael Riley
Konopka does a fantastic job showing how to streamline the User Interface using Actions. This is a must see video from DELPHICON 2023.He starts out showing the typical way of coding in Delphi by using… – Details…
9 months ago in Delphi
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Use ChatGPT to Convert Other Language Source Code to Delphi
Michael Riley
If you’ve read some of my previous posts you know how much I’ve struggled to make the paradigm shift from being a top-down, procedural programmer to an OOP programmer. I’ve purchased several books on OOP…. – Details…
10 months ago in ChatGPT, Delphi
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The Kinetic Technique by H. A. Overstreet (1925)
Michael Riley
Influencing Human Behavior by H. A. Overstreet was published in 1925. I purchased an old hardcover copy of his book over a year ago because, some other book I was reading referred to it as… – Details…
12 months ago in Books, life-hack, marketing
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Delphi Tip of the Day – Environment Variables used only by the Delphi IDE
Michael Riley
I wanted a quick, down-and-dirty, reference to only those variables used by the Delphi IDE. Inside the IDE you can navigate to Tools > Options > IDE > Environment Variables. This will list all the… – Details…
1 year ago in tip-of-the-day
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Delphi Tip of the Day – Auto Adjust FMX StringGrid Column Widths
Michael Riley
I’ve been playing around with the FMX StringGrid for the past three weeks. And I thought… “Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to automatically resize the column widths based on the values in… – Details…
1 year ago in Delphi
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Book Review: The Hungry Brain
Michael Riley
The Hungry Brain points out how the brain works. The brain (your brain) is conditioned by past food choices and conditions you to make future choices. There are strong cues at play and the stronger… – Details…
2 years ago in Books
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Book Review: Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey (Part 1)
Michael Riley
I purchased the book Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey by Andrea Magni on November 7, 2020. I dove in head first with great enthusiasm only to get derailed early on. It happened when I tried… – Details…
2 years ago in Books, Delphi
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Tip of the Day – How to change the text color of a PDF document.
Michael Riley
I was reading Andrea Magni’s book Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey and realized I am missing pages 105-156. Packt Publishing is having a new print copied sent to me. Anyway, the PDF copy of the book is 100%… – Details…
2 years ago in tip-of-the-day
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