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VOTEBook 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… … Read more
4 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%… … Read more
4 years ago in tip-of-the-day
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FMX Desktop – Restrict Form Size on Windows and macOS
Michael Riley
I’m in the process of porting over an old VCL application to FMX. At this time I’m only concerned with creating a desktop application that will run on Windows and macOS. One of the VCL… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi
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The Biggest Mistake I Made in 2021
Michael Riley
I know this year isn’t over yet but I’m pretty sure I won’t make a bigger mistake between now and January 1st. Mike has been selling a software product written in Turbo Pascal & Delphi for… … Read more
4 years ago in marketing
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Delphi: Inheriting Parent Properties
Michael Riley
The ability to inherit Parent properties is very convenient. Let’s say you have a form with several controls on that form. If you wanted to change the default font from “Tahoma” to “Segoe UI” wouldn’t… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi
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CodeRage 3 Replays – Oldies but Goodies
Michael Riley
This morning I was looking for a video on how to debug an application with the Delphi IDE. I came across a two-minute video on YouTube by Francois Gaillard. It was a teaser video intended… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi
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Mobile Storage Access (Note to Self)
Michael Riley
I am nowhere near creating apps for the mobile community. That doesn’t mean I won’t be in the future. So, I’m writing this as a “Note to Self” so when the time comes I’ll have… … Read more
4 years ago in Mobile
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Delphi Form/Code Separation (CodeRage 9 2014)
Michael Riley
I just re-watched an excellent video by David Schwartz on form/code separation. Schwartz gave this presentation during a 2014 Code Rage 9 session. Schwartz says the majority of Delphi Form-to-Form code he has seen uses what… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi
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Delphi Tip of the Day – Toggle Visibility On/Off
Michael Riley
I’m porting over one of my Delphi 5 VCL, desktop applications to FMX. The target audience are Windows and macOS users. I’m not focused on mobile at this juncture. I’m spending quite a bit of… … Read more
4 years ago in FMX, tip-of-the-day
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Turbo Boost Your Delphi Knowledge – Become a Docwiki Ninja Warrior
Michael Riley
I’ve made a commitment to learn FireMonkey. My flagship software product, Zilch Standard, turned 30 years old in 2021 and I still don’t have a macOS version. I’ve got macOS consumers who buy my Windows® software… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, tip-of-the-day
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Video: What’s New in 10.4.2 – With Timestamp Jumps
Michael Riley
I just watched the “What’s New with 10.4.2” Embarcadero video. It sounds like there was a lot of quality code fixes put in place. One thing that surprised me is the ability to open the… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi
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30 Year Old Delphi/Turbo Pascal App Still Relevant
Michael Riley
Once upon a time there was an enthusiastic, ambitious, twenty-seven year old man who spent sixty dollars on a two-inch thick book with a funny looking floppy-disk measuring exactly five-and-a-quarter inches tucked in the back…. … Read more
5 years ago
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Applications Built With Delphi ( Add yours with 3 clicks )
Michael Riley
Here is a link to a web page I found that lists applications built with Delphi.https://delphi.fandom.com/wiki/Good_Quality_Applications_Built_With_DelphiThe best part about this site… you can add your own software if it’s not listed. It comes with a… … Read more
5 years ago in Delphi
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The question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" is not just for kids.
Michael Riley
Stop your busy life for just three-and-a-half minutes. Watch this video. Answer this question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” in the comments. How I use my “Like Buckets” When I… … Read more
5 years ago in life-hack
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How to create a "Cheat Sheet" of your favorite @Lynda courses
Michael Riley
I finally purchased Camtasia a couple weeks ago so I could create videos in support the upgrade I’m doing of my Zilch Standard software. This is just an interim upgrade that I’m doing using an… … Read more
5 years ago in software
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