GExperts FAQ: Why does the Grep Results window not remember size and position?

The Grep Results window (and several other windows) can be docked to the IDE. To allow that GExperts does not save their positions and size but lets the IDE do that, which means these settings are part of an IDE desktop. While this can be convenient in the case of a docked window, it can … Continue reading GExperts FAQ: Why does the Grep Results window not remember size and position?

dzBdsLauncher 1.0.14 released

Unfortunately version 1.0.13 of dzBdsLauncher had a bug when called with a Delphi 2007 .dproj file: It correctly detected (or rather assumed) Delphi 2007 but then said it could not detect the Delphi version. That bug is now fixed in the version 1.0.14.

Configure a svn repository on SourceForge to allow changing a log message

I tend to make typos in the log messages to SubVersion commits and it is always embarrassing when I later come across these typos. Svn can be configured to allow changing log messages by adding a server hook, but that's not the default. The now defunct OSDN, which was based on an old version of … Continue reading Configure a svn repository on SourceForge to allow changing a log message

Autocompletion for TEdits fixed for Delphi 11 and later

I wrote about autocompletion for TEdits before here, here and here. My dzlib contains several helper functions to add TEdit-autocompletion for directories, files (with a filter) and generic strings from a string list. All of them worked fine for me and were used in several our internal programs. But that changed when trying them with … Continue reading Autocompletion for TEdits fixed for Delphi 11 and later

Prevent the Proxmox Terminal UI installer to switch to graphics mode

I wanted to try Proxmox VE on one of the BMAX B6 mini PCs we recently bought - the ones which turned out to not meet the Windows 11 minimum requirements - and ran into an unexpected problem: Regardless whether I selected the graphical or Terminal UI installer, after a few seconds the display went … Continue reading Prevent the Proxmox Terminal UI installer to switch to graphics mode