In this version the formatter now uses unicode strings for all Delphi versions that support them. The previous versions converted native Delphi strings to AnsiString before formatting and converted the result back from AnsiString to native Delphi strings. In rare cases this resulted in some special characters being replaced by '?' after the formatting. Thanks … Continue reading Experimental GExperts Version 1.37 2015-05-30 released
Author: dummzeuch
Splitting and joining tar archives
This is just a note to myself about splitting a tar archive into multiple smaller files on the fly and joining them again. It's based on this answer to this question on stackoverflow. # create archives $ tar cz . | split -b 100GiB - /mnt/8TB/backup.tgz_ This uses the tar command to create a gzip-ed … Continue reading Splitting and joining tar archives
Input validation in dzLib
In a recent Google+ post Andrea Raimondi was mentioning the JVCL's JvValidators components and asked whether we use/know them or not. Daniela Osterhagen mentioned that she preferred the input validation from my dzlib which led to a short discussion about how I implemented it. I added input validation functionality to dzlib because I didn't like … Continue reading Input validation in dzLib
Experimental GExperts Version 1.37 2015-04-11 released
The latest version is the first version that supports Delphi XE8. There is nothing really new about the formatter code. But the new release can be installed even if you don't have the official GExperts installer (yet). This is an extract from the readme file: ** Installing without an official installer ** With two Delphi … Continue reading Experimental GExperts Version 1.37 2015-04-11 released
Andy’s Blog and Tools added to DelphiPipe
I had forgotten one important blog: Andy's Blog and Tools. No longer.
Running SyncThing as a Windows service
Yesterday I blogged about SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync. Today a business partner asked me whether it is possible to run SyncThing as a service. The answer is definitely yes, but it requires an additional tool. As per this StackOverflow answer you can use NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager to create a service … Continue reading Running SyncThing as a Windows service
SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync (btsync)
A while ago I blogged about using BitTorrentSync as a privacy conscious alternative to the more popular cloud services like Google Drive or DropBox. BitTorrent recently released btsync version 2 which, apart from trying to sell you a so called PRO version, changed the user interface yet again and also changed the way you set … Continue reading SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync (btsync)
Windows annoyance number 3 gazillion and 4
We all know, that Microsoft software is great and that they are constantly striving to improve the user experience (best example: Windows 8 (Yes, that's sarcasm)). Windows 7, the best Windows of all times, has a great feature which is an improvement of the universally loved desktop cleanup we know from Windows XP. It regularly helps … Continue reading Windows annoyance number 3 gazillion and 4
Delphi Pipe
Since Delphi Feeds doesn't list my blog any more and generally isn't very fast in responding to requests for adding or removing feeds, I have created my own aggregated feed: Delphi Pipe. It's done with Yahoo Pipes and currently contains the following feeds in no particular order (*1): [wp-rss-aggregator limit="100"] Many of these are also … Continue reading Delphi Pipe
When const doesn’t mean const
Consider this code: procedure SplitAt(const _Input: string; _Position: integer; out _Head, _Tail: string); begin _Head := Copy(_Input, 1, _Position-1); _Tail := Copy(_Input, _Position); end; It's meant to split a given string into two parts at the given position. Nothing fancy, really, isn't it? Now, consider this call to the procedure above: var s1: string; s2: … Continue reading When const doesn’t mean const