Once you have set up an Embarcadero License Center (ELC) for your company (with network named user or concurrent licenses) you will need network access to it in order to start the Delphi IDE. Usually the server will only be accessible from within your intranet (I for one would not trust the ELC security to … Continue reading Remote access to the Embarcadero License Center via SSH tunnel
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TThread is not a normal class
In Delphi, threads have traditionally been implemented as classes descending from TThread. While there have been quite a few improvements to multithreading, TThread is still the most compatible way. But TThread is not a normal class. In a normal class, the constructor and destructor usually look like this: [delphi] constructor TSomeClass.Create; begin inherited; FSomeList := … Continue reading TThread is not a normal class
If your Samba logon script does not get executed
... even though you can open and read it fine in an editor: You should check its Linux access permissions. If it is not marked as executable, this might be the cause. Change it with chmod like this: [bash] root@server:/home/netlogon$ ls -la total 12 drwxrwxr-x+ 2 root root 4096 Apr 13 09:04 . drwxr-xr-x 46 … Continue reading If your Samba logon script does not get executed
how to get a dump of your remote svn repository
Recently SourceForge's service has declined to a point where it gets really annoying. Basically every time I tried to commit a change to the svn repository of one of my projects, I run into timeouts and other errors. I want to spend my time working on my projects, not convincing their infrastructure to accept my … Continue reading how to get a dump of your remote svn repository