Story Category: Software Development
VOTESince when is the PLATFORMTARGETS resource included in non-package binaries?
jpluimers
A while ago, I discovered that most (if not all) Delphi compiled Windows binaries contain the PLATFORMTARGETS resource. This is a resource introduced in Delphi XE2 meant to be included in package binaries only. The… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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Spring4D conference materials
jpluimers
From a while ago, but still very relevant: Materials [WayBack] The Delphi Geek: Spring4D European Conference 2019 sessions [WayBack] The Delphi Geek: Presentations [WayBack] Spring4D Conference: Slides and Materials: Spring4D European Conference 2018 – Bergamo… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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“F2063 Could not compile used unit” can also mean you have a DCU file of that unit for the wrong compiler version
jpluimers
It took me a file to figure out another cause for “F2063 Could not compile used unit“, this was for a 3rd party library that had parts of the units as source files, but other… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development
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Odd error on my Delphi research list: “E2213 Bad packaged unit format”
jpluimers
Just so I remember this did not compile in Delphi XE8 a while ago: [dcc32 Fatal Error] DisableAlignPropertyEditor.dpr(15): E2213 Bad packaged unit format: c:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\16.0\lib\Win32\release\rtl.dcp.System.SysUtils – Expected version: 29.0, Windows Unicode(x86) Found version: 32.0,… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, Delphi XE8, Development, Software Development
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Delphi TestInsight: when supporting it, test if it is running at all. Same library has a deferer pattern.
jpluimers
Interesting idea by Cesar Romero (who has some interesting repositories at [WayBack] cesarliws (Cesar Romero) · GitHub and [WayBack] cesarliws — Bitbucket) when using TestInsight for Delphi: first test if TestInsight is running at all: [WayBack] foundation-4-delphi/Foundation.Test.Utils.pas… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development, Spring4D, TestInsight
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ReturnAddressUnit to provide ReturnAddress to Delphi versions not supporting it, and prevent CallerAddr warnings for Delphi versions having ReturnAddress. See https://bitbucket.org/jeroenp/wiert.me/src/8ae6cf29ffc601fde7c1182dead740adddb13fb8/Native/Delphi/Library/RTL/ReturnAddressUnit.pas
jpluimers
From a check-in a while ago, when some Delphi versions complained about CallerAddr having been replaced by ReturnAddress and other versions not understanding ReturnAddress, but having CallerAddr. The code in the [WayBack] gist and on… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, Development, DUnit, Software Development
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msbuild verbosity is not passed to the Delphi command-line compiler any more, but for found units, you can use /p:DCC_OutputDependencies and for dfm/resource files /p:DCC_OutputDependencies
jpluimers
Last week, I wrote about msbuild verbosity levels. The post was both for my own documentation, but also out of need as I wanted to have way more verbose logging for a Delphi build process… … Read more
4 years ago in continuous integration, Delphi, Development, MSBUILD, 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… … Read more
4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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msbuild verbosity levels
jpluimers
Passing verbosity levels to msbuild on the one hand can help to quickly locate issues that go otherwise unnoticed, but also make your output so large that it is hard to search through. Some build… … Read more
4 years ago in continuous integration, Delphi, Development, MSBUILD, Software Development
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Delphi: got “EOleException with message ‘Microsoft MSXML is not installed’” in a console or test project?
jpluimers
Did you ever get this run-time error in a console or test project? EOleException with message ‘Microsoft MSXML is not installed’ It means that CoInitialize or CoInitializeEx needs to be called in the thread that… … Read more
4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development, Undocumented Delphi
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Getting Started As An InterBase VAR – How To Become An InterBase VAR?
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The InterBase VAR program is here to help you take your ideas from paper to market. We know one size doesn’t fit all and each solution is unique; that is why the VAR Program exists…. … Read more
4 years ago in 2021, database, InterBase, programming, Software Development, VAR, Videos
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Delphi: Any idea why Delphi (At least since Seattle) does this to Dproj files: nodes change places – Tommi Prami – Google+
jpluimers
From a while back, but still so very relevant: [WayBack] Any idea why Delphi (At least since Seattle) does this to Dproj files: <DeployClass …> nodes change places – Tommi Prami – Google+. Luckily most of… … Read more
4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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When your Delphi IDE suddenly skips unsaved changes during compilation(TL;DR: watch early signs your IDE is hosed, then restart without saving)
jpluimers
A while ago, I observed that when compiling, my Delphi IDE would not take into account unsaved changes any more. This ws in a time when I was tracking down some hard to reproduce problems… … Read more
4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development, Undocumented Delphi
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Delphi object instance lifetime demo; do not use AfterConstruction as a poor-mans way to work around non-virtual constructor or undetermined Create hierarchy calls
jpluimers
I think using AfterConstruction is a poor man’s solution that you should only use in exceptional cases, as it is: called only after the last constructor in the chain is called. called outside of the… … Read more
4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development, Undocumented Delphi
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delphi – Invalid floating point operation calling Trunc() – Stack Overflow
jpluimers
I bumped into [WayBack] delphi – Invalid floating point operation calling Trunc() – Stack Overflow, while searching for what might have tests like these fail: TValueRecordTests.Int64_Through_Value_Container_via_Currency_Intermediate_Is_Identity_Operation(9223372036854775807) = 9223372036854775807 EInvalidOp with message ‘Invalid floating point operation’… … Read more
4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development
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