I fixed a bug in the dxgettext executable which made it add wrong ressource string names to the po files which in turn made the msgmergePOT tool select wrong translations. You will have to compile your own executable to get this bugfix. The source code is in the project's svn repository on SourceForge. Also I … Continue reading some dxgettext improvements
Author: dummzeuch
GExperts 1.3.21 experimental twm 2022-04-09 released
You may remember that I was forced to reduce GExperts support for Delphi 6 a while ago, because the IDE no longer started on my computer. It turns out that it was a GExperts bug after all. The fix was simple once I knew what the problem was. And I only found out because carrchri, … Continue reading GExperts 1.3.21 experimental twm 2022-04-09 released
Duplicate entries in the identifier list of the GExperts Uses Clause Manager
A long time ago I added the Identifier tab to the Uses Clause Manager in GExperts. It looks like this: In this screen shot, I filtered for TWinControl and the expert found several matching entries, the two top ones in the unit Controls. While this looks like a bug at first (indeed I have received … Continue reading Duplicate entries in the identifier list of the GExperts Uses Clause Manager
libjpeg-turbo and Windows XP
Note to self: The last 32 bit version of the libjpeg-turbo DLL compiled with MS Visual Studio (libjpeg-turbo-x.y.z-vc.exe) that supports Windows XP is version 2.0.6. Later versions apparently need a newer Visual C++ runtime that does not work on Windows XP. A colleague of mine just learned that the hard way. We haven't tested the … Continue reading libjpeg-turbo and Windows XP
dzObjectInspectorFix for Delphi 2007
The Delphi 2007 IDE has an annoying bug that causes the width of the name column in the Object Inspector to shrink over time so that it is no longer possible to actually read the property names. I have no idea what causes this and it doesn't happen in any of the more recent IDEs. … Continue reading dzObjectInspectorFix for Delphi 2007
GExperts 1.3.20 experimental twm 2022-01-30 released
COVID-19 is still going strong, even 2 years after it was first discovered. We're on the Omicron variant now and nobody knows what new variants the near future may bring. I got my vaccination jabs in 2021-06-08 (AstraZeneca), 2021-07-17 (Biontech/Pfizer) and a booster 2021-12-09 (Moderna). As you can see, I survived all of them for … Continue reading GExperts 1.3.20 experimental twm 2022-01-30 released
dzBdsLauncher 1.0.8 released
I just released dzBdsLauncher 1.0.8. It now, in addition to the already existing checks, will also examine the full filename of a .groupproj file for hints on the Delphi version. E.g. it will correctly determine the following file names to mean Delphi 2009: UnitTestsGrp_BDS2009 UnitTestsGrp_D2009 UnitTestsGrp_Delphi2009 UnitTestsGrp_RS2009 It also examines the directories that contain the … Continue reading dzBdsLauncher 1.0.8 released
Per monitor DPI aware stand alone GExperts Grep
I have just finished making the stand alone GExperts Grep to really be stand alone, that is: It no longer needs the GExperts DLL but contains all the functionality in one executable. It has also been compiled with Delphi 11 Alexandria so it should be per monitor DPI aware. Another feature is the ability to … Continue reading Per monitor DPI aware stand alone GExperts Grep
Drag and Drop from the GExperts Grep Results
Another episode from the series "GExperts features that I didn't know about": It's possible to drag an entry from the GExperts Grep to any other Windows program, e.g. to the Explorer, which will copy that file to the directory it was dragged to, or to an editor which will open that file. I just now … Continue reading Drag and Drop from the GExperts Grep Results
User cannot change his Samba AD password from Windows
Note to self: If a user cannot change his password on a Samba AD Domain from a Windows (10) computer getting the following error message: Check that the user didn't already change the password on the same day because the default setting for minimum password age is 1 (day). To change that setting, use samba-tool: … Continue reading User cannot change his Samba AD password from Windows