A while ago I blogged about Safe event hooking for Delphi IDE plugins. I have used this method in GExperts as well as my Delphi IDE Explorer and it worked fine for both plugins. Today I looked at the code again and didn't like it very much. Yes, it works fine and there aren't any … Continue reading Safe event hooking for Delphi IDE plugins revisited
Month: March 2016
If your OnePlus One won’t turn on but only vibrates
Note to self: If your OnePlus One smartphone won't turn on but only vibrates for a short time when you press the power button, that probably means the battery is dead. If it has already been on the charger for some time, make sure that you didn't plug the charging cable upside down into the … Continue reading If your OnePlus One won’t turn on but only vibrates
Calculating Offsets into the Delphi editor buffer
I have already mentioned the AutoTodo wizard for Delphi when I was trying to contact the Author Peter Laman. He hasn't responded and nobody could give me any contact information. (Peter, if you ever read this, please contact me using my Google+ profile.) The animated GIF in that post shows how the new AutoTodo expert … Continue reading Calculating Offsets into the Delphi editor buffer
Problem accessing a Windows XP share from a Windows 7 PC
Today a problem drove me crazy: I tried to map a share on a PC running Windows XP from another computer running Windows 7. I kept getting the error that the username or password are invalid. On the other hand, accessing a share on the Windows 7 PC from the Windows XP PC worked fine. … Continue reading Problem accessing a Windows XP share from a Windows 7 PC