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Interesting situation now UWP isn’t panacea any more: for Windows development, native is back to center stage

jpluimers jpluimers Summary: UWP (Universal Windows Platform) is dying, long live native Windows development. Source: [Wayback/Archive] Native Windows is Back to Center Stage With the downplay of UWP, native development is again the primary Windows development model,… – Details… 2 months ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development, Windows Development 0

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The Story Of Turbocharged Windows Development Starts With Delphi

Muminjon Muminjon Delphi is technically a development environment powered by and for the Object Pascal programming language along with a suite of tools to enable high productivity and rapid application development. The ideas of the first version… – Details… 4 months ago in Delphi, delphi cross platform development, delphi firemonkey, Delphi Programming, delphi vcl programming, delphi windows automation, firemonkey for windows, native development, programming, RAD Studio, vcl, Windows Development 0

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SetProcessWorkingSetSize: you hardly – if ever – need to call this from your process

jpluimers jpluimers There are quite a few posts that recommend using SetProcessWorkingSetSize to trim your process working set, usually in the SetProcessWorkingSetSize(ProcessHandle, -1, -1) form: [WayBack] SetProcessWorkingSetSize function (winbase.h) | Microsoft Docs Sets the minimum and maximum… – Details… 6 months ago in .NET, C++, Delphi, Development, Software Development, Windows Development 0

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DCOM calls from thread pool threads: CoInitialize/CoUnitialize location and expensiveness?

jpluimers jpluimers Interesting takeaway from [WayBack] DCOM calls from thread pool threads call CoInitialize* at the start, and call CoUninitialize before returning. Expensive, but necessary Related: [WayBack] 123683 – CoInitialize should be called at most once per thread… – Details… 7 months ago in .NET, C++, COM/DCOM/COM+, Delphi, Development, Software Development, Windows Development 0

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c++ – DLL Load Library – Error Code 126 – Stack Overflow: use Process Monitor, search for the first NAME NOT FOUND

jpluimers jpluimers In addition to [WayBack] c++ – DLL Load Library – Error Code 126 – Stack Overflow while debugging LoadLibrary error 126 Windows dll error 126 can have many root causes. The most useful methods I… – Details… 8 months ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development, Windows 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… – Details… 8 months ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, History, Software Development, Windows Development 0

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Automatically closing ABBY Finereader 5.0 windows after scanning is completed

jpluimers jpluimers Both my Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500 and ix100 scanners can be used from Windows to automatically scan to PDF. PDF conversion is done through the included ABBYY FineReader 5.0 software. However, on each scan, it keeps… – Details… 11 months ago in Delphi, Development, Fujitsu ScanSnap, Hardware, ix100, ix500, Power User, Scanners, Software Development, Windows Development 0

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Automated testing Windows applications using Katalon and WinAppDriver

jpluimers jpluimers [WayBack] Top 45 Best Automation Testing Tools Ultimate List • Test Automation Made Easy: Tools, Tips & Training Awesomeness A few notes, partially related to Enable your device for development – UWP app developer | Microsoft… – Details… 1 year ago in .NET, Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development, Windows Development, WinForms, WPF 0

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Delphi XE6 .. 10.1 Berlin truncating non-VCL-control texts to 256 characters when styled

jpluimers jpluimers As of Delphi XE6, the VCL also styles non-VCL controls, but this truncates the texts to 256 characters, for instance in non-balloon hints. This is fixed in Delphi 10.2 Berlin, by making the buffer dynamic… – Details… 1 year ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development, The Old New Thing, Windows Development 0

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Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger – CodeProject

jpluimers jpluimers On my research list is [WayBack] GitHub – DareDevil73/bug-finder: Windows passive debugger.  with an article at [WayBack] Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger – CodeProject: The Bug Finder is a real Win32 debugger, entirely… – Details… 2 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development, Windows Development 0