One frequently asked question that still gets asked today goes like this: "How do I create an array of [component] and fill it with existing [component] instances from the form?" Where [component] usually is TLabel, TCheckbox or TEdit. I'm going to outline some solutions here. Let's start by defining some parameters: We have got a … Continue reading Creating an array of controls in Delphi
Author: dummzeuch
dzPrepBuild 1.3.4 for Delphi bugfix release
I found a bug in dzPrepBuild that required a new release: If a .dpr file is passed as parameter the ProjectName placeholder would also have that extension. New feature: Placeholder {Release} added.
dzPrepBuild for Delphi 1.3.3 released
I just released version 1.3.3 of dzPrepBuild The reason for this release was that I wanted to allow automatically updating the ProductVersion when the FileVersion changes. In order to do that, the tool now supports two additional placeholders that an be used in any version string: {MajorVer} and {MinorVer} which, as you might have guessed, … Continue reading dzPrepBuild for Delphi 1.3.3 released
Schedule GMail mails to be sent later
From the "how could I have missed this feature for so long?" department: GMail can schedule the sending of emails to a freely selectable future date and time. (I have no idea when that feature was added, probably a long time ago.). In the browser, just drop down the menu in the Send button: According … Continue reading Schedule GMail mails to be sent later
PascalMagick – MagickDistortImage in Delphi
Playing around with ImageMagick I found that somebody already wrote a Pascal/Delphi import unit for it called PascalMagick. Unfortunately it has been integrated into freepascal which means Delphi support no longer has any priority. So, the first thing to do was getting it to compile with Delphi. It requires the ctypes unit from freepascal which … Continue reading PascalMagick – MagickDistortImage in Delphi
efg’s Computer Lab and Reference Library is being restructured
If you have done graphics processing in Delphi, you know efg's computer lab which contained lots of great documentation and source code for that purpose. Unfortunately today on www.efg2.com you can read the following: This site will be reorganized in the near future. Prior to July 2019, this site contained 180+ pages on a variety … Continue reading efg’s Computer Lab and Reference Library is being restructured
Several bugs regarding the GExperts Uses Clause Manager fixed
A few months ago I added the "Identifiers" tab to the GExperts Uses Clause Manager. It allows you to search for a unit that exports a given identifier. It works a bit like the "Find Unit" refactoring in the IDE since Delphi 2005. That feature starts a background thread that parses all units in the … Continue reading Several bugs regarding the GExperts Uses Clause Manager fixed
All but one known GExperts code formatter bugs fixed
Some long standing bugs in the GExperts code formatter have been fixed. It's great to see nearly all unit tests finally succeed. About 10 new test cases have been added too, so the improvement is significant. The fixed bugs including some that have bugged (sorry 😉 ) me for years, e.g.: [delphi] Msg := Format('%s … Continue reading All but one known GExperts code formatter bugs fixed
Yahoo is closing down Groups
I just read that Yahoo will be closing down Groups and will delete all content there. By the end of October no new content will be accepted, by mid December all content will be deleted. Why am I posting this? The GExperts mailing lists are hosted at Yahoo Groups, so they will be gone shortly. … Continue reading Yahoo is closing down Groups
dzBdsLauncher 1.0.1 released
dzBdsLauncher tries to solve the problem of accidentally opening a Delphi project with the wrong Delphi version. The latest version 1.0.1 now also reads the .DPROJ file to determine the Delphi version. See the dzBdsLauncher page for details.