No idea why nobody told me about this, but today I discovered that the download links for the GExperts 1.3.10 installers were broken due to a superfluous dash in the date part. It's fixed now. I could have sworn that I tested those links when I released that version. But before you now go to … Continue reading Broken download links for GExperts 1.3.10
Author: dummzeuch
Improved Uses Clause Manager in GExperts
The Uses Clause Manager Expert in GExperts used to look like this: While it was a very useful tool as it was, I have added to it quite a lot in the recent weeks: Let's start with the simple changes: Interface and Implementation uses clauses are now visible at the same time. This allowed me … Continue reading Improved Uses Clause Manager in GExperts
Improved keyboard navigation in the GExperts configuration dialog
The GExperts configuration dialog, while I like the general look, has always been a keyboard navigation nightmare for me. Assume you want to change the configuration of the Formatter Expert: You first open the configuration dialog pressing Ctrl+H + X. Then you press Ctrl+Tab to switch to the Editor Experts tab. You type "form" which … Continue reading Improved keyboard navigation in the GExperts configuration dialog
Selecting alignment and anchors in the Rename Components expert
A few weeks ago I added the option to set the alignment and anchors properties for controls that support them to the GExperts Rename Component expert. After having used it for a while I found that the navigation using arrow keys left something to desire. It just wasn't intuitive, e.g.: Pressing the down arrow key … Continue reading Selecting alignment and anchors in the Rename Components expert
Some information about Embarcadero Licence Center
I switched "my" (meaning the license my employer bought for me) Delphi "Named User License" with subscription to a "Network Named User License" in April 2018. The rationale behind that was, that it happened far too often that I needed yet another Delphi installation to debug a problem. Most of the time that was on … Continue reading Some information about Embarcadero Licence Center
Experimental GExperts feature: Automatically close Messages window
You might have become used to it, but probably every Delphi developer has at one time wondered why the Messages window is still visible (and takes up valuable screen real estate) even if it is empty. And even worse, if you close it manually, it automatically comes back when you compile your project. I too, … Continue reading Experimental GExperts feature: Automatically close Messages window
Some statistics about GExperts downloads
I always wanted to know how many people use my experimental version of GExperts but never came around to actually evaluate the download counts. Today I finally did it. In total there were 9092 file downloads from downloads.dummzeuch.de/GExperts. Since in 2016-05-07 I switched from ZIP files containing all DLLs to installers for each Delphi version … Continue reading Some statistics about GExperts downloads
USB tethering a OnePlus One phone to Windows XP
For whatever reason my old Windows XP netbook doesn't connect to our holiday flat's WIFI while my OnePlus One Android phone does. So I thought I'd simply tether it to the Netbook via USB to get around this problem. I tried that before with other phones and other computers and don't remember ever having a … Continue reading USB tethering a OnePlus One phone to Windows XP
Removing Google Fonts from WordPress driving you crazy?
I just tried to remove all references to Google Fonts from my blog (which is using WordPress) because they can be a issue under the GDPR. There are many descriptions on how to do that and various plugins that claim to do it for you. I tried several ways, but none seemed to work. There … Continue reading Removing Google Fonts from WordPress driving you crazy?
GExperts 1.3.10 experimental twm 2018-06-03 released
Given that the last Delphi release was more than a year ago and that I am about to go on vacation so I won't be able to download and install a new version I would expect a new Delphi release pretty soon. On the other hand this time I actually managed to extend "my" subscription … Continue reading GExperts 1.3.10 experimental twm 2018-06-03 released