Today I had the "pleasure" to fix a problem in a customer's SQL server database where some records had wrong values in date fields. The theory is quite simple. Find out which records are affected (there were only 7 of them) and correct the problem with a statement like this: update tablename set datefield='2008-02-14' where … Continue reading Specifying a date for MS SQL Server
Month: July 2016
GExperts 1.38 experimental twm 2016-07-24 released
This is another test release before Erik is going to do an official 1.39 release. Please report any bugs you may find (preferentially in the GExperts community on Google+ or the bug tracker on SourceForge) Again, I have built installers for each Delphi version. These installers should install everything that is necessary, including the files … Continue reading GExperts 1.38 experimental twm 2016-07-24 released
Default color of a hint window
Since it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere and at least in Delphi 2007 there is no constant for it: The default background color of a hint window is [delphi] const clHintColor = $80FFFF; [/delphi] (Taken from THintWindow.Create)
Updated GExperts Documentation
I added some new pages to my blog to document all the changes and improvements I have made to GExperts that so far are not in the official documentation. I probably still missed a few...
Opening an explorer window from the folder select dialog
Ever used a program that showed one of the folder select dialogs and you wanted to open a normal explorer window showing that folder? There is no button for that and no entry in the popup menu, but you can add one: Create a new shortcut in C:\Users\≶yourname>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo Enter "Explorer" as the location and name … Continue reading Opening an explorer window from the folder select dialog