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VOTEDUnit with FastMM: Detecting memory leaks in individual tests.
jpluimers
Steps: Add the conditional define FASTMM to your project Ensure you have $(BDS)\source\DUnit\src in your search path in your project (as otherwise Delphi will pick the pre-built TestFramework.dcu file which was compiled without the FASTMM conditional… – Details…
4 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, DUnit, Event, FastMM, Software Development, TestInsight
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“Unexpected Memory Leak” after “MyTestApplication.exe: Memory Leak Detected”
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Sometimes after a regular FastMM memory leak test report you get a dialog like this: ————————— Unexpected Memory Leak ————————— An unexpected memory leak has occurred. The unexpected small block leaks are: 61 – 68… – Details…
4 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, FastMM, Software Development
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console – When is System.IsConsole true in Delphi? – Stack Overflow
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Some highlights from [WayBack] console – When is System.IsConsole true in Delphi? – Stack Overflow: Project/Options/Linking/Generate console application and {$APPTYPE CONSOLE} are two separate things. – [WayBack] Andreas Rejbrand. The -cc commandline parameter for dcc32.exe (which could… – Details…
5 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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Some links for detecting memory leaks from individual DUnit test methods
jpluimers
[WayBack] DUnit: Xtreme Unit Testing for Delphi / SVN / [r44] /trunk/readme-fastmm.txt You have to build your DUnit GUI-testrunner with the FASTMM and ManualLeakReportingControl directive. This will enable the memoryleak items (Take a look in… – Details…
5 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, DUnit, Event, FastMM, Software Development
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Delphi interface generic function – Is there a work around? – Stack Overflow
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The documentation simply states “no”, without explaining why. Luckily, there is [WayBack] David Heffernan at [WayBack] Delphi interface generic function – Is there a work around? – Stack Overflow Interfaces do not support generic parameterized… – Details…
5 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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Delphi: .dproj TargetedPlatforms bit flags in main PropertyGroup, and Platform values in other elements/attributes
jpluimers
For cleanup of .dproj files, I want to know the bit flags that TargetPlatforms can have. TL;DR: .dproj content management in Delphi is a mess For future reference empiric values for the flags that build… – Details…
6 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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Delphi: some notes on HModule while tracking down an access violation in TRegGroups.UnregisterModuleClasses
jpluimers
Too bad the whole mechanism involving TRegGroups.UnregisterModuleClasses is not documented anywhere It is the underlying storage to support TClassFinder, which was introduced in Delphi 6, documented on-line in Delphi 2007, documented slightly in Delphi 2009,… – Details…
6 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, History, Software Development
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Delphi: Passing build variables to batch files; I think the easiest is to use environment variables
jpluimers
A long time ago, I wrote about Delphi prebuild/prelink/postbuild events. In practice, especially that you cannot inherit build events, then add new ones (), it is convenient to put all you need in a script,… – Details…
6 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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Delphi: creating copies of installed components to repositories for portability across use cases
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Often it is useful to have 3rd party components part of a repository so it is easier to increase portability. For instance when you want to include or exclude some of them in certain projects… – Details…
6 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Delphi 10.2 Tokyo (Godzilla), Development, Event, Software Development
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I wanted to know the loaded DLLs in a process like Process Explorer shows, but from the console: Sysinternals ListDLLs to the rescue
jpluimers
In Windows, historically most people approach investigation GUI first. Having turned 50 a while ago, I am no exception. My real roots however are on the command-line and scripting: roughly 1980s Apple DOS, CP/M, SunOS… – Details…
7 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, History, Software Development, Windows Development
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Much Turbo Pascal history (via What is a Delphi DCU file? – Stack Overflow)
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Editing [WayBack] What is a Delphi DCU file? – Stack Overflow for more historic correctness and adding links prompted me to archive some older material and search for some more, basically because while historically very… – Details…
7 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, CP/M, Delphi, Development, Event, History, MS-DOS, pascal, Power User, Software Development, Turbo Pascal, UCSD Pascal, Z80
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FastMM4: turn warnings W1047 and W1048 off
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Delphi 7 introduced introduced warnings for unsafe constructs like W1047 and W1048 so you could prepare your code for the first Delphi .NET compilers . The oldest online documentation on this is in Delphi 2007: [WayBack]… – Details…
7 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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file – String format procedure similar to writeln – Stack Overflow
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Cool Format feature from [WayBack] file – String format procedure similar to writeln – Stack Overflow: The cool thing about using Format is that you use for Format Strings not only to parameterize things like width and precision inside that Format String, but also… – Details…
7 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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Delphi: types you cannot deprecate
jpluimers
Deprecating all types in a unit besides deprecating the unit itself will cause a hint and warning storm. Especially in projects having a lot of hints and warnings (taking over maintenance of a legacy project… – Details…
7 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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Delphi TestInsight: running both DUnitX and DUnit tests in a test project
jpluimers
If you want to run both DUnitX and DUnit tests in a test project using TestInsight as runner encapsulation, then you need to be aware that when there are no DUnitX tests, it will raise… – Details…
8 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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