It just took me quite a while to find this information so I'll put it here for future reference. A Firemonkey application can not just access the clipboard, it needs to ask the platform whether it actually has one, then get the service interface and use that. uses Fmx.Platform; [...] function TryGetClipboardService(out _clp: IFMXClipboardService): boolean; … Continue reading Accessing the clipboard in a Firemonkey application
Month: February 2015
Updated dzEditorLineEndsFix
I have just updated dzEditorLineEndsFix to address a small problem: The tool can be too fast so the file is already gone when Delphi tries to access it. It now waits 200 ms after detecting the file creation before moving it. This should solve the issue. It's available for download from the dzEditorLineEndsFix page on … Continue reading Updated dzEditorLineEndsFix
On expiring Dirvish images
Dirvish is a backup solution for Linux (and probably other unixoid OSes). I use it to make a daily backup of one server to a different server located in a different building (it's not the only backup solution we use but the most convenient one because we can access these files easily). Once set up, … Continue reading On expiring Dirvish images