Uwe Raabe, who took over maintaining MMX Code Explorer is collecting money to pay for a designer who will create new icons for MMX Code Explorer. While I don't think that nice looking icons should be high on the priority list, it's Uwe's decision, not mine. I sent some of the money I got donated … Continue reading New Icons for MMX
Month: May 2019
The 3 different License Types for Delphi
I blogged about the Embarcadero License Center (ELC) and how to use it remotely. But I never went to the trouble of explaining the different kinds of license types that are available for Delphi (after all: I don't sell these licenses, so why bother?). But somebody else just did: CodePartners blogged about Network Licensing in … Continue reading The 3 different License Types for Delphi
Installing dotNet 2.0 on Windows 10
In theory it is simple to install the dotNet 2.0 framework on Windows 10: Just go to "Programs and Features", select "Turn Windows Features on or off", set the checkmark for ".NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)", press OK and let Windows download the necessary files from Windows Update. Unfortunately this only works … Continue reading Installing dotNet 2.0 on Windows 10
Blocking the Windows Screen Saver in Delphi
Sometimes your program needs to block the screen saver from automatically kicking in. My use case was that the program was recording data and whenever the screen saver was active, the data was lost (No idea why, it probably had something to do with the way HID is implemented in Windows.) So I was looking … Continue reading Blocking the Windows Screen Saver in Delphi