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VOTEList of Delphi language features and version in which they were introduced/deprecated – Stack Overflow
jpluimers
Especially with the documentation for all versions of Delphi 2010 through the second-last version of Delphi have been killed from the docwiki (see The Delphi documentation site docwiki.embarcadero.com has been down/up oscillating for 4 days… … Read more
3 days ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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Redux: Which Windows Resource Editor do you use?
jpluimers
A long time I wrote about Which Windows Resource Editor do you use? containing a poll to choose between XN Resource Editor, IcoFX, ResEdit and Resource Hacker. In the meantime and betweentime more than 10… … Read more
1 week ago in .NET, 14, 16, 2100, Delphi, Development, Software Development, Windows Development
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When Delphi cannot output the .exe file because it is locked
jpluimers
Sometimes Delphi cannot output the .exe file because it is locked. In even rarer times, Delphi itself keeps the .exe file locked (this has done it for decades and I think this is caused by… … Read more
1 week ago in Delphi, Development, Power User, Software Development, windows, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Development
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The spring (a twig) components – How to improve the use of Delphi Frames – Stack Overflow
jpluimers
In [Wayback/Archive] components – How to improve the use of Delphi Frames – Stack Overflow (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Brian Frost for asking!) I referred to a blog post I wrote more than 15 years ago about registering… … Read more
1 week ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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Not just for Delphi, but any environment: Why You Should Use NowUTC Instead of Now in Delphi: A Quick Guide
jpluimers
The video is from a while back, but very relevant and shows in Delphi what I have been advocating to software developers for a very long time: when timestamping use UTC when storing the timestamp… … Read more
1 month ago in Conferences, Delphi, Development, ekon, Event
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TRURL – Free Pascal wiki: a class library for Object Pascal supporting the creation of virtual calculators with reverse Polish notation
jpluimers
On my list of libraries to play around with: [Wayback/Archive] TRURL – Free Pascal wiki TRURL is a class library for Object Pascal supporting the creation of virtual calculators with reverse Polish notation (RPN). It comes… … Read more
2 months ago in Delphi, Development, Freepascal, object pascal, pascal, Software Development
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GitHub – PascalCorpsman/FPC_DOOM: FPC Port of DOOM
jpluimers
Indeed: DOOM in Pascal. Not Delphi: Free Pascal. Repository: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – PascalCorpsman/FPC_DOOM: FPC Port of DOOM It is based on [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – fabiangreffrath/crispy-doom: Crispy Doom is a limit-removing enhanced-resolution Doom source port based… … Read more
2 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Freepascal, ObjectPascal, pascal, Power User, Retrocomputing, Software Development
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Delphi 10 and up install notes
jpluimers
I try to keep an eye on older Delphi versions as, despite lacking features of newer versions, they do not suffer from issues (hi-dpi, language server, refactoring, stability). Some notes below. Tools to always install… … Read more
2 months ago in 23, Delphi, Delphi 10 Seattle, Development, GetIt, java, Java Platform, Software Development, Web Development
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Of interest – GitHub – t-d-k/LibreCrypt: LibreCrypt: Transparent on-the-fly disk encryption for Windows. LUKS compatible.
jpluimers
Of interest – despite the known issues and LUKS workaround through WSL – mainly as the majority was written in Delphi: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – t-d-k/LibreCrypt: LibreCrypt: Transparent on-the-fly disk encryption for Windows. LUKS compatible. Found… … Read more
2 months ago in Delphi, Development, Encryption, Power User, Software Development, Windows Development
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TFrame – What is the accepted way to use frames in Delphi? – Stack Overflow
jpluimers
From a while ago: [Wayback/Archive] TFrame – What is the accepted way to use frames in Delphi? – Stack Overflow. Besides me referring to my blog post Delphi – Frames as visual Components – don’t… … Read more
3 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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Exceptions and DLL in Delphi – Stack Overflow
jpluimers
Every once in a while I discover an answer I have not yet put on my blog, especially as related answer are always interesting. This is one that didn’t make it until now: [Wayback/Archive] Exceptions… … Read more
3 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development, Undocumented Delphi, Windows Development
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Reminder: see if I can implement megabool in Delphi (or at lest trilean)
jpluimers
Now that I re-wrote my 2012 talk on Class Operators and Helpers and presented it in Delphi at the ITDevCon2024 ([Wayback/Archive] ITDevCon | Home – Rome, 2024), see [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – jpluimers/ITDevCon2024: Temporary ITDevCon2024 repository… … Read more
4 months ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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File scoped namespaces – C# 10.0 draft specifications | Microsoft Learn
jpluimers
Oops, I thought this had been published a long time ago, but oh well: it is never too late to publish reflections on a C# programming language improvement. After recovering from my rectum cancer treatments… … Read more
4 months ago in .NET, 1509, 35690, 36566, 44201, About, C# 10, C++, Cancer, Delphi, Development, java, Java Platform, MSBUILD, pascal, Personal, Rectum cancer, region, Rider from JetBrains, Software Development, Turbo Pascal, UCSD Pascal, Visual Studio and tools, vscode Visual Studio Code
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Anyone any idea on the contributions of Embarcadero to the LLVM project?
jpluimers
With the huge dependency of Delphi on the LLVM project – basically none of their cross-platform support falls apart without LLVL – I wonder how much Embarcadero and their. mother company Idera contributed back to… … Read more
4 months ago in C++, C++ Builder, Delphi, Development, Software Development
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Delphi 2006 Hidden COM Registry Entries
jpluimers
Somewhere in the drafts was a note to refer to an old Chris Bensen blog post on the Embarcadero server: blogs.embarcadero.com/cbensen/2005/12/07/22388 Alas, a lot of Embarcadero stuff is gone, some because of Idera not caring,… … Read more
4 months ago in Delphi, Delphi 2006, Development, Software Development
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