New year, new GExperts đ I just want to show off the one new feature that resides in the IDE tab of the configuration dialog: (I also fixed the tab order in this dialog.) What does it do? Quite simpple: It shows a little '...' button in the package list dialog(s). You get this dialog … Continue reading Experimental GExperts Version 1.38 2016-01-09 released
Author: dummzeuch
Placing a bookmark in an Excel spreadsheet and jumping to it
Many programs have got a bookmarking functionality that allow you to place a bookmark (optionally give it a name) at a given position. You can then later use that bookmark to jump to that previously marked position. In Excel, a "bookmark" is synonymous to a hyper-link, but that's not what I want, but the same … Continue reading Placing a bookmark in an Excel spreadsheet and jumping to it
Experimental GExperts Version 1.38 2015-12-22 released
Just in time for the holidays, here it is, the Christmas release of my experimental GExperts version. You might already have read my blog posts about the work on some of the new features, but let's start with the "boring" one: I fixed the Unicode support again, this time actually the non-Unicode support because the … Continue reading Experimental GExperts Version 1.38 2015-12-22 released
WinHlp32 for Windows 8.1
Microsoft dropped support for the old WinHelp (*.hlp) file format in Windows 7 (or was it in Vista?). They provided a download that added the missing WinHlp32.exe (and probably quite a few other files) back so we could display .hlp files again. Today I had the need to do that on Windows 8.1. Unfortunately I … Continue reading WinHlp32 for Windows 8.1
Adding an icon to the Delphi IDE splash screen
In a previous blog post I described how to add an entry to the Delpih IDE About dialog. This time it's about the splash screen. Since Delphi 2005 the IDE provides the SplashScreenServices interface that is available even before the other interfaces that make up the ToolsAPI. It allows adding an icon to the splash … Continue reading Adding an icon to the Delphi IDE splash screen
[German only] Universeller Einkaufsgutschein
Mir geht es ziemlich auf den Keks, dass in letzter Zeit alles per Gutschein bezahlt werden soll bzw. immer wieder Einkaufsgutscheine als Geschenk gewĂŒnscht werden. Einkaufsgutscheine haben eigentlich nur Nachteile: Ein Gutschein ist an den Aussteller gebunden und wird nur von ihm eingelöst. Wenn man einen Gutschein nur teilweise einlöst, bekommt man wieder einen Gutschein, … Continue reading [German only] Universeller Einkaufsgutschein
Making a Delphi form sizable without changing BorderStyle
Don't you just hate it when you sit in front of a 24" monitor and have to use a form that is the size of a postage stamp? GExperts has got a nifty feature where it makes forms of the Delphi IDE sizable that aren't by default. This works only for some forms and I … Continue reading Making a Delphi form sizable without changing BorderStyle
Creating animated GIFs from screenshots
I have posted two animated GIFs lately to show features of GExperts or the popup menu entry for Windows Defender. These GIFs were created using ScreenToGif which is an open source tool written by Nike S. Manarin. One feature of it that I particularly like is that it is a "Portable App", that is, it … Continue reading Creating animated GIFs from screenshots
Add a “Scan with Windows Defender” context menu to any folder or file
Windows Defender is the virus scan tool that is included with Windows 8 and later. While it provides basic security it does not have any of the convenience functions that other virus scanners have. In particular I miss a context menu option to scan a file or folder. So I turned to Google and found … Continue reading Add a “Scan with Windows Defender” context menu to any folder or file
Adding an entry to the Delphi IDE’s about dialog
Starting with Delphi 2005 the IDE provides an API for plugins to add an entry to its about dialog. It's pretty simple to use and many plugins and components use it nowadays. But there is one thing that in my opinion most of them get wrong. My first attempt looked like this: [delphi] if Supports(BorlandIDEServices, … Continue reading Adding an entry to the Delphi IDE’s about dialog