Story Category: Delphi
VOTEDebugging Delphi applications inside a Windows Docker container – yeiei.net
jpluimers
A docker container that pulls the PA server for Windows and steps how to attach to it and a video showing how to do this: [WayBack] Debugging Delphi applications inside a Windows Docker container – yeiei.net… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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In SQL Server use `SET NOCOUNT ON` so tools taking the last modified record count won’t be confused by your trigger.
jpluimers
Interesting read: Time eating bug of the day… – Fabian S. Biehn – Google+. TL;DR: in SQL Server use SET NOCOUNT ON so tools taking the last modified record count won’t be confused by your trigger…. … Read more
6 years ago in Database Development, Delphi, Development, Office VBA, Scripting, Software Development, SQL, SQL Server
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Cool Delphi IDE idea: when moving a project, not just adjust absolute file paths but also search paths
jpluimers
The IDE already owns and modifies your .dproj and .dpr files (of which many users complain, but I think it is a good thing), so this is a great suggestion: [WayBack] Possibly slightly obvious but… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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In case I need JSONPath functionality in Delphi: grijjy/GrijjyFoundation@4ce069a · GitHub
jpluimers
From a while back, but just in case I ever need JSONPath (for JSON, or BSON Path): [WayBack] Added JSONPath functionality · grijjy/GrijjyFoundation@4ce069a · GitHub. Via: [WayBack] Search for and extract data from your JSON documents… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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The Delphi Geek: Data-driven Multithreading
jpluimers
Still on my reading list because it is relevant to many programming environments: [WayBack] The Delphi Geek: Data-driven Multithreading. Related: [WayBack] Lockless Multi-Threading in Delphi – Chapman World [WayBack] video [WayBack] sourcecode [WayBack] julian m… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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Fast-Forward »: My Lazarus External Tools (and Delphi External tools)
jpluimers
For my link archive if I want to make Explorer (for Linux caja) or console shortcuts to source or target directories: [WayBack] Fast-Forward »: My Lazarus External Tools with these XML files from [WayBack] Lazarus External… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Development, Lazarus, Software Development
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Working around [Fatal error] F2084 Internal errors like AV101E53EB-R0000000C-0
jpluimers
A few notes from my response to [WayBack] [Fatal error] F2084 Internal error : AV101E53EB-R0000000C-0 I’m getting this when trying to do some code completion. Any idea ? – Stéphane Wierzbicki – Google+: This compiler… … Read more
6 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, F2084, Software Development
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Bad surprise of the day: SysUtils.TEncoding in XE2+ defaults to ANSI, while in XE it defaulted to UTF-8.
jpluimers
Bad surprise of the day: SysUtils.TEncoding in XE2+ defaults to ANSI, while in XE it defaulted to UTF-8 .Among other things this means that TStringList… – Eric Grange – Google+ Source: Bad surprise of the… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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Introducing Exceptionless support in EurekaLog
GunSmoker
EurekaLog 7 now supports Exceptionless bug tracker software. Exceptionless is a popular crash tracker software. It offers hosting service, as well as freeware self-hosting, and allows external connections via REST/JSON based API. Exceptionless is NOT… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, EL 7.x, external, feature, other tools, Releases
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Implementing SelectDelay for TComboBox – Postpone Event Handler Execution in Delphi
zarkogajic
Delphi’s TComboBox combines an edit box with a scrollable list – with the Style property defining the display style of the combo. When set to csDropDownList there’s no edit box – users can only pick… … Read more
6 years ago in delay, Delphi, interceptor, tcombobox, timers
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How to find out why your application suddenly closes?
GunSmoker
Sometimes there are cases when your application just silently exits, and you have no idea why. How can you diagnose such issues? When can a program close? The application may close: Ordinarily: the application is… … Read more
6 years ago in additional features, debugging, Delphi, EL 7.x, feature, how-to, technical, Tools
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From STUPID to SOLID Delphi code (part 1 of n)
Stefaan Lesage
In my almnost 25 years of programming in Delphi, I have seen a lot of code. A lot of awesome code, a lot of #facepalm code and a lot of… Het bericht From STUPID to… … Read more
6 years ago in coding principles, Delphi, from stupid to solid delphi code, solid code, stupid code
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Multi-parameter FreeAndNil plus InitialiseNil methods – interesting code ceremony reduction by David Heffernan
jpluimers
I’m probably getting a truckload of anti-FreeAndNil folks over me, but there are cases this comes in useful, so having an overloaded version cutting down code ceremony makes sense: [WayBack] interface – Avoiding nested try…finally blocks in… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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Unified Memory Management – Coming with 10.4 Beta
Dalija Prasnikar
As announced on previous roadmaps, the 10.4 release of Delphi is planned to have unified memory management. That means retiring the ARC compiler on mobile platforms, which will now operate under the same good old… … Read more
6 years ago in Beta, Delphi, memory management
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Use SetString if your source memory reagion with characters is not null-terminated…
jpluimers
Too many people forget this (including myself) every now and then) so here is a reminder to use the [WayBack] SetString method when assigning strings from memory regions having characters but no null terminator: Anyway, assuming that… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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