Various people have reported an error message regarding rtl240.bpl not being found when calling the stand alone version of GExperts Grep. I could never reproduce it but my recent insight on SaveLoadLibrary now also solved that one: The stand alone version of GExperts Grep tries to load any GExperts dll, regardless which version. The idea … Continue reading Error regarding rtl240.bpl not found in stand alone version of GExperts Grep
Author: dummzeuch
Do not call SafeLoadLibrary(‘dllname.dll’)
Note to self: Do not call SafeLoadLibrary simply as a replacement for LoadLibrary. It has a second parameter witch is used to call SetErrorMode. That parameter is optional and defaults to SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX which is NOT always what you want. E.g. if the DLL you are loading depends on other DLLs which cannot be loaded, you … Continue reading Do not call SafeLoadLibrary(‘dllname.dll’)
Von wegen “Autofahren ist teuer, fahr doch mit der Bahn!”
Es wird gerne die Behauptung aufgestellt, dass es, wenn man alle Kosten mit einbezieht, teuerer sei mit dem Auto zu fahren als mit der Bahn und öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln. Da ich kein Auto besitze, sollte das auf mich ganz besonders zutreffen, denn ich muss mir ja jedes Mal einen Mietwagen nehmen. Trotzdem ist meine Erfahrung, dass … Continue reading Von wegen “Autofahren ist teuer, fahr doch mit der Bahn!”
Denkzettel Companion 0.0.3 released
I have just released version 0.0.3 of my Denkzettel Companion tool. (It was available from OSDN, but OSDN no longer exists.) This version is nearly feature complete and there are no known bugs.
Denkzettel Companion 0.0.1 released
I have just released an early beta of my Denkzettel Companion tool. (It was available from OSDN, but OSDN no longer exists.) Basic functionality works, but there will be bugs.
dzDebugVisualizers for Delphi 2005, 2006 and 2007
The Delphi Open Tools API introduced Debug Visualizers with Delphi 2010, so people stuck with a pre-Unicode Delphi IDE can not use them. Until now that is. An answer on StackOverflow by MartynA provided me with a starting point, but I used a different approach because I didn't like how getting the value overwrote the … Continue reading dzDebugVisualizers for Delphi 2005, 2006 and 2007
SyncThing for Android
I blogged about SyncThing before, when BitTorrentSync started to annoy the hell out of me. SyncThing is an open source tool for synchronizing directory trees between different devices without requiring a cloud service (it needs a discovery server though in order to actually find these devices). There is also an Android app for it as … Continue reading SyncThing for Android
Denkzettel a simple note taking program
Denkzettel is a simple Android app by Silvio Schurig for writing notes as text files and organizing them into categories (= subdirectories) on an Android smart phone. It can also use these files as check lists. In contrast to most other apps of this type it does not integrate into an online service. The data … Continue reading Denkzettel a simple note taking program
AddOns for Firefox
Just so I can look it up later, if I need it: The following are some interesting addons for Firefox: FireGestures is a Firefox extension which enables you to execute various commands with six types of gestures. Speed Start Speed Dial & Start Page with flexible layout for fast access to sites via visual bookmarks … Continue reading AddOns for Firefox
GExperts RSS feed link now works
Jeroen Wiert Pluimers has notified me in his comment on Google+ that the RSS feed for GExperts related posts doesn't work. I apparently forgot a forward slash in the url: correct: http://blog.dummzeuch.de/category/gexperts/feed/ wrong: http://blog.dummzeuch.de/category/gexpertsfeed/ It's fixed now, sorry about that.