There was a technical problem with the software of the international Delphi Praxis forum which prevented many new user registrations. This has now been solved, so creating new user accounts should be possible again. Here is Daniel's announcement: We have solved a technical problem which was due to a misconfiguration of the software. Some - … Continue reading Registration problems in Delphi Praxis solved
Author: dummzeuch
Small improvements to GExperts
Some of the experts in GExperts have seen small improvements lately: The Goto expert now allows incremental search in the list by typing in the number field. This feature was contributed by Achim Kalwa. The Grep search expert now takes the name of the currently selected control on the form designer if it is opened … Continue reading Small improvements to GExperts
Remember: Windows 10 will automatically restart for updates
Note to self: If you have anything important running on your Windows 10 computer for a longer time (e.g. over night), make sure to prevent Windows Update to become active. It will force a restart of your computer if it fancies so, regardless of the programs that might still be active. Guess what happened last … Continue reading Remember: Windows 10 will automatically restart for updates
Toolbars in GExperts for Delphi 11 dialogs are now scaled
Just a quick info on the state of GExperts for Delphi 11: I went through all the dialogs and now the toolbars and also the icons in the menus should be scaled properly. They don't really look nice because they are simply enlarged using the method Žarko Gajić described, but I don't really want to … Continue reading Toolbars in GExperts for Delphi 11 dialogs are now scaled
GExperts 1.3.19 Alpha 2 for Delphi 11 Patch 2
Embarcadero has released a second patch (called November Patch) for Delphi 11 which seems to fix several issues that blocked further progress on GExperts for Delphi 11. So here it is, fresh out of the compiler: The second Alpha version of GExperts for Delphi 11. Please keep in mind: This is not even a Beta … Continue reading GExperts 1.3.19 Alpha 2 for Delphi 11 Patch 2
There will be no GExperts release for Delphi 11
After wasting days and more days of my valuable spare time on trying to get the high DPI display problems sorted out for GExperts for Delphi 11, I give up now. I'll wait for Delphi 11.1 or at least some additional patches before I spend any more time on this. If somebody else wants to … Continue reading There will be no GExperts release for Delphi 11
GExperts 1.3.19 Alpha for Delphi 11
After several weeks trying to get the GExperts UI to look acceptable under Delphi 11 on high DPI monitors, here it is: The first Alpha version of GExperts for Delphi 11. Please keep in mind: This is not even a Beta version! There will be bugs and these will not only be UI glitches but … Continue reading GExperts 1.3.19 Alpha for Delphi 11
dzEditorLineEndsFix and Windows 10
If you are still using Delphi 2006 to 2010 you have probably heard about my dzEditorLineEndsFix tool. Apparently Microsoft has changed something in Windows 10 so it no longer locks the file EditorLineEnds.ttr after the Delphi IDE has exited. So it's now possible to start the IDE again without moving/renaming this file. This means if … Continue reading dzEditorLineEndsFix and Windows 10
PortableAppsToStartMenu 1.0.1
I wrote the tool PortableAppsToStartMenu in 2020 and have used version 1.0.0 ever since. Today I installed PortableApps on a new computer and found a bug. Hence the new release. The new version handles the case when the section AppsHidden does not exist in the PortableAppsMenu.ini file.
Delphi Known IDE Packages Manager updated to Delphi 11 Alexandria
A while ago, after my post on Known IDE Packages in Delphi I wrote a the KnownIdePackagesManager tool which lists those packages, allows to disable and enable some of them and also set the package description for those packages that don't have a meaningful description. Today, I updated the tool to support Delphi 11 Alexandria. … Continue reading Delphi Known IDE Packages Manager updated to Delphi 11 Alexandria