After several weeks trying to get the GExperts UI to look acceptable under Delphi 11 on high DPI monitors, here it is: The first Alpha version of GExperts for Delphi 11. Please keep in mind: This is not even a Beta version! There will be bugs and these will not only be UI glitches but … Continue reading GExperts 1.3.19 Alpha for Delphi 11 →

I'm working on a GExperts release for Delphi 11. But due to the changes for High DPI support in the IDE this might still take a while. If you are adventurous, you can always get the sources and build your own DLL. There is a project and build scripts for Delphi 11 already. But be … Continue reading GExperts for Delphi 11 isn’t here yet →

The Uses Clause Manager in GExperts has an "Identifier" tab that can be used instead of the Find Unit refactoring of the Delphi IDE (which for me doesn't work most of the time and if it does is very slow). And of course the Uses Clause Manager also works for older Delphi versions which simply … Continue reading Separate cache directories per platform in the Uses Clause Manager in GExperts →

The Rename Components expert in GExperts now has separate lists for the names and additional properties for VCL and FMX components. Previously it was a hassle to have additional properties shown in the rename dialog if these have different names in VCL vs. FMX e.g. the Caption vs. Text property of TLabel. Now you simply … Continue reading Separate lists for VCL and FMX in GExperts Rename Components expert →

A few weeks back something happened with my Delphi 6 installation which now results in an access violation every time I start the IDE. I tried for several hours to find and fix the problem to no avail. It's not GExperts related, disabling the DLL was the first thing I tried. Now I'm giving up. … Continue reading Limited GExperts support for Delphi 6 →

GExperts is always compiled with the latest update of any of the supported Delphi versions. That unfortunately means that it may not work if the IDE hasn't been updated to the latest version. E.g. The latest GExperts release will not work with Delphi 10.2, but only with Delphi 10.2.3, the latest update to Delphi 10.2. … Continue reading GExperts and older / unpatched Delphi IDEs →

I got a bug report for GExperts and Delphi 10.4 that's really curious: When a secondary editor window is open in the IDE and the FMX form designer is active, trying to insert a component from the clipboard into the form inserts the textual description of that component into the editor windows instead. I could … Continue reading GExperts bug: CTRL+V on FMX form designer inserts into secondary editor window →

COVID-19 got us all down a bit and even with the vaccines theoretically available now, the light at the end of the tunnel seems very far away. My own turn for a jab will probably not come before fall 2021, so I can only hope that summer will reduce the infection rates as much as … Continue reading GExperts 1.3.18 experimental twm 2021-02-21 released →

The following code looks innocuous but slows down a program significantly: [delphi] type TJCHListSortCompare = function(Item1, Item2: Integer): Integer of object; TCheckListBoxWithHints = class(TCheckListBox) private procedure QuickSort(L, R: Integer; SCompare: TJCHListSortCompare); // [...] procedure TCheckListBoxWithHints.QuickSort(L, R: Integer; SCompare: TJCHListSortCompare); var I, J, P: Integer; tmpObj: TObject; tmpStr: string; tmpChecked: Boolean; begin repeat I := L; … Continue reading When sorting a “StringList” is very costly →

I never understood the benefit of writing the ExplicitLeft / Top / Width / Height properties for TControl and descendants, which were added in Delphi 2007, to the dfm files. They store the control's position and size before its Align property was set to something like alClient or alRight, so they can be restored later. … Continue reading New Explicit Properties Filter expert in GExperts →