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msbuild build events can inherit, but not add in addition to inherited build events (so projects in Visual Studio, Delphi and others cannot do that either)

jpluimers jpluimers Bummer: I tried to inherit the build events from a base configuration, then add some extra steps for some of the inheriting configurations. Those configurations just executed the extra steps, not the inherited steps. This… … Read more 4 years ago in .NET, continuous integration, Delphi, Development, MSBUILD, Software Development, Visual Studio and tools 0

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Figure out access violation in Dsmtoolwindow.GetPreferences

jpluimers jpluimers Access violation when loading the Delphi IDE Got the below error on Delphi 10.2 Tokyo with ODAC trial from DevArt at Delphi startup time (Error: Access violation at address 188F3528 in module ‘DataSetManager250.bpl’. Read of address… … Read more 4 years ago in Delphi, Delphi 10.2 Tokyo (Godzilla), Development, Software Development 0

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Delphi: creating copies of installed components to repositories for portability across use cases

jpluimers jpluimers 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… … Read more 4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Delphi 10.2 Tokyo (Godzilla), Development, Event, Software Development 0

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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 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… … Read more 4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, History, Software Development, Windows Development 0

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ODAC default install paths for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo

jpluimers jpluimers A few notes on the ODAC install: Download of x.x.x is at [WayBack] www.devart.com/odac/odac25.exe via [WayBack] www.devart.com/odac/download.html The 25 is DllSuffix minus trailing zero for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo, or the “real” Delphi version; see Delphi… … Read more 4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development 0

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Much Turbo Pascal history (via What is a Delphi DCU file? – Stack Overflow)

jpluimers jpluimers 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… … Read more 4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, CP/M, Delphi, Development, Event, History, MS-DOS, pascal, Power User, Software Development, Turbo Pascal, UCSD Pascal, Z80 0

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Delphi: EInvalidOp exception, might just mean you have a use-after free scenario, or an out-of-bounds value

jpluimers jpluimers Quite sometime I was researching spurious exceptions in a Delphi application, then finally replicated them in a unit test suite. One of them was occurring almost all of the time: EInvalidOp. It is one of… … Read more 4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development 0

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FastMM4: turn warnings W1047 and W1048 off

jpluimers jpluimers 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]… … Read more 4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development 0

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file – String format procedure similar to writeln – Stack Overflow

jpluimers jpluimers 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… … Read more 4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development 0

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Delphi 10.2 Tokyo introduced a “with” warning: for most “with” statements, W1048 is raised ([RSP-17326] with statements generate W1048 unsafe typecast warning – Embarcadero Technologies)

jpluimers jpluimers A cool feature introduced in Delphi 10.2 Tokyo: often [RSP-17326] with statements generate W1048 unsafe typecast warning – Embarcadero Technologies. Only 2 upvotes, so I assume the “anti with camp” people are finally winning (:… … Read more 4 years ago in Delphi, Delphi 10.2 Tokyo (Godzilla), Development, Software Development 0

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Questions Count

Brad Brad I’m letting the QuestionsCount domain expire as I’ve moved on to other side projects,.so posting a screenshot of the last day. … Read more 4 years ago in Development 0