DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that was originally developed to run old DOS games that had problems with the standard DOS emulations of Windows. It does have some additional uses though. We have got an old DOS program that still hasn't been fully ported from Borland Pascal to Delphi. Since Windows 7 64 Bit does no … Continue reading Printing from DOSBox
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Accessing legacy operating systems remotely via Virtual Box
In the process of moving forward to Windows 7 we found, that there were still some computers running Windows 2000. The original plan was to get rid of them in the process because they are (and have been for some time) an uncalculable security risk and of course the hardware is quite old as well … Continue reading Accessing legacy operating systems remotely via Virtual Box
Specifying a date in dbase
One of the recurring confusions with databases is how to specify a date value in SQL statements. In the case of dbase, it's not just SQL but also the builtin language. There you specify a date as ctod("<date>") where <date> is the date in the format currently used for output. e.g. if you are using … Continue reading Specifying a date in dbase
“Insufficient Storage Available” and “Unfortunately android keyboard has stopped” on my Samsung Galaxy Note
Yesterday, all of a sudden my smartphone (a Samsung Galaxy Note N7000) started to misbehave. The first thing I noticed was that the battery was down to 1.3 gb go? This answer to a stackverflow question, which interestingly enough is also about a Galaxy Note, offered the solution. Apparently some stupid app writes log files … Continue reading “Insufficient Storage Available” and “Unfortunately android keyboard has stopped” on my Samsung Galaxy Note
Converting from Subversion to Mercurial
Here, I will be posting notes on converting Subversion repositories to Mercurial. NOTE: This is work in progress. I will probably come back and change things as well as adding. Some links on using Mercurial: Hg Init: a Mercurial tutorial by Joel Spolsky QuickStart in the Mercurial Wiki I have got TortoiseSVN 1.8.3 including the … Continue reading Converting from Subversion to Mercurial
Some Batch File Wizardry for Automated Builds
At work and also on my private computer I am maintaining multiple Delphi projects that are (currently) managed in subversion repositories. They have a general structure like this: projectname \- buildtools (-> svn:external) \- src (project sources) \- libs \- dzlib (-> svn:external) \- some other libraries, all svn:external Being a lazy bastard (deutsch: faule … Continue reading Some Batch File Wizardry for Automated Builds
Multiple Batch Files in Pre-/Postbuild Events in Delphi / msbuild
Since version 2007 Delphi supports pre- and postbuild events for projects. If you only want to start programs or one batch file it's a simple matter of adding the call to the respective section of the project options dialog. I use it to manage version numbers in the program resources and manifest files in prebuild … Continue reading Multiple Batch Files in Pre-/Postbuild Events in Delphi / msbuild
Delphi 6 on Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
After getting Delphi 2005/2006 and 2007 working again the last stumbling block was Delphi 6. It used to work fine on Windows 8 but after the update to Windows 8.1 it always started the registration wizard for a new activation. Unfortunately this activation did not work, I tried it twice, just to be sure. So, … Continue reading Delphi 6 on Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
Delphi 2005/2006 on Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
After getting Delphi 2007 to work again I tried to do the same for Delphi 2005 and 2006. Both versions require the dotNET framework 1.1 which is officially no longer supported on Windows 8 (and 8.1). According to Microsoft, you should contact your independent software vendor (ISV) to have the application upgraded to run on … Continue reading Delphi 2005/2006 on Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
Delphi 2007 on Windows 8.1 (64 bit)
When I updated to Windows 8.1 my Delphi 2007 installation broke. I could no longer open projects in the IDE and my command line compilation scripts also stopped working. It turned out that some files that were added by the installer to the dotNET framework were missing. In addition there is a known problem with … Continue reading Delphi 2007 on Windows 8.1 (64 bit)