As I stated before I prefer good bug reports on GExperts over money any time. Philip von Melle kept testing and providing feedback even after I thought the issue was already solved. The issue was that a Macro Template (%SELECTION) used on this code [delphi] // öäüß procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); begin ShowMessage('TEST'); end; [/delphi] while … Continue reading Bug in Macro Template expert fixed, yet another Unicode issue in GExperts →

Note to self: Do not use a watch entry like this while debugging GExperts: GxOtaReadEditorTextToString(GxOtaGetEditReaderForSourceEditor(nil)) While this might seem very convenient it will sooner or later corrupt the current edit buffer or do something even worse, because, as a comment in ToolsApi states: WARNING!!! A IOTAEditReader should never be active at the same time as … Continue reading Consider side effects if you use debugger watches →

GExperts so far comes with a special stand alone executable GExpertsGrep that does nothing else but load the GExperts dll and call the entry point ShowGrep. Having this additional executable isn't really necessary because Windows already comes with a tool that does exactly that: Load a DLL and call an entry point: rundll32.exe rundll32 path\to\your.dll,EntryPoint … Continue reading Calling GExperts Grep (or an entry point in any Delphi dll) via rundll32.exe →

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 →

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.

I have been asked to provide GExperts for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo, multiple times, via various channels. Apparently not everybody subscribed to the GExperts Community on Google+, where I posted this on 2017-04-01: No April fools' joke: GExperts 1.38 experimental 2017-04-01 for Delphi 10.2. This version should solve several bugs that resulted in Access Violations in … Continue reading GExperts for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo →

Two weeks ago I added the Donations for GExperts page. A few days later I received the first money through PayPal. Thanks for that! I have now used that credit for donations to other open source software that I use daily: VLC Media Player TortoiseSVN Classic Shell QTTabBar (which hasn't seen any activity since 2013, … Continue reading How I used the first donations for GExperts →

If you want to say thank you for my work on GExperts, there are the following options: Contribute to the GExperts quality You can either contribute good bug reports or - even better - bug fixes to GExperts. I'd actually prefer that over getting money. Good bug reports include the Delphi version (and language), the … Continue reading Donations for GExperts →

A while ago I stopped using the formatter branch and officially took over the trunk of the GExperts repository. When I announced that on G+, Stefan Glienke asked me about my plans for GExperts. My answer today is still the same as back then: I will release new GExperts versions when I feel like it. … Continue reading My Future plans for GExperts →

Some people have started pestering me about making a new release (you know how you are!). Don't think that this has done anything to actually make me do it, I simply thought it to be the right time with Delphi 10.2 Tokyo apparently right around the corner. I have created installers for all supported Delphi … Continue reading GExperts 1.38 experimental twm 2017-03-19 released →