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VOTEThe First Time I Met My Guardian Angel
Michael Riley
The First Time I Met My Guardian AngelI didn’t know it at the time, but that night was the beginning of everything.Sergeant Pete Koutrouba walked through the front door, shook my hand, and said, “Hi,… … Read more
1 month ago in marines
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Delphi Tip of the Day: A Better Way to Center Modal Forms
Michael Riley
Yesterday, I was going through some final aesthetic checks on my FMX desktop software application. I have two modal forms that popup up during click events. One is help about which I set to screen… … Read more
2 months ago in tip-of-the-day
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Delphi DOH! of the Day: Hardcoded Paths in TFDConnection.Params
Michael Riley
I just spent two weeks tracking down an error that very easily, could have been avoided, if I hadn’t been in such a rush.I’m creating an FMX desktop application using Delphi 11.3 professional and a… … Read more
2 months ago in doh!
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Delphi FMX Air.Style Missing ‘scrollboxstyle’ Definition
Michael Riley
I’ve been upgrading my flagship software product Zilch, from Delphi 5 VCL to Delphi 11 FMX. I’m finally in the report development phase. I’m using the FMX version of FastReports.Things have been going along quite… … Read more
4 months ago in Delphi, FMX
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Delphi Tip of the Day: FMX FastReport Text Object (TfrxMemoView)
Michael Riley
I’ve been playing around with FastReport in FMX. To be honest, I’ve been struggling a bit. So, today I decided to go back to square one and work through the FMX documentation on the FastReport… … Read more
5 months ago in Delphi, FMX, tip-of-the-day
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Tip of the Day – Everyday is an Etch-A-Sketch
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
6 months ago in tip-of-the-day
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I Got Complacent—and Here’s What I Learned
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
7 months ago in musings
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Delphi Tip of the Day: The Delphi Magazine Total Collection
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
10 months ago in tip-of-the-day
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Sell Me This Pen!
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
10 months ago in sales
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Delphi Tip of the Day: How to Keep Your Code Folded in Delphi 12
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
10 months ago in Delphi, IDE, tip-of-the-day
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Delphi Tip of the Day: Always Use the MenuBar for FMX Desktop Applications
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
12 months ago in FMX, tip-of-the-day
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Delphi Tip of the Day: Prevent SQLite Date Headaches by using a GetDateAs_YYYYMMDD Function
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
2 years ago in Delphi, SQLite, tip-of-the-day
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How to open URLs with default applications in macOS and Windows
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
2 years ago in Delphi, FMX, Source Code
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Delphi Tip of the Day: Use Your Own Unique Prefix for Types and Constants
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
2 years ago in Delphi, Source Code, tip-of-the-day
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