Just so I can look it up later, if I need it: The following are some interesting addons for Firefox: FireGestures is a Firefox extension which enables you to execute various commands with six types of gestures. Speed Start Speed Dial & Start Page with flexible layout for fast access to sites via visual bookmarks … Continue reading AddOns for Firefox
Category: Delphi
GExperts RSS feed link now works
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.
GExperts for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo
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
Adding a comment to an XML node
So I don't forget: Adding a comment to an existing IXMLNode is simple, once you find out how: [delphi] var CommentNode: IXMLNode; begin CommentNode := ParentNode.OwnerDocument.CreateNode('comment text', ntComment); ParentNode.ChildNodes.Add(CommentNode); [/delphi] This is documented in the DocWiki
The Delphi Pipe is back
Many months ago I used Yahoo Pipes to create a RSS feed aggregator of Delphi related blogs which I called The Delphi Pipe. Unfortunately shortly after that Yahoo shut down their Pipes service so The Delphi Pipe was rather short lived. Today I revived it using a different technique. You can find all about it … Continue reading The Delphi Pipe is back
How I used the first donations for GExperts
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
Showing graphics in a Delphi StringGrid and switching them by mouse or keyboard
Today I had a need for a grid that looks like this: It mixes text with two different bitmaps, representing an on/off state. In addition it should allow the user to switch the states using the mouse and the keyboard. (If you are an experienced component developer, expect to be bored by this article. 😉 … Continue reading Showing graphics in a Delphi StringGrid and switching them by mouse or keyboard
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
Bugfix for the Build Connection String dialog appearing on the wrong monitor
According to MSDN the window handle passed to IDBPromptInitialize::PromptDataSource will be used this way: hWndParent [in] The parent window handle for dialog boxes to be displayed. The dialog box will always be centred within this window. Unfortunately it doesn't work like this: If the parent form is on a secondary monitor the dialog is shown … Continue reading Bugfix for the Build Connection String dialog appearing on the wrong monitor
tdbf Packages for Delphi 10.2
Since we use it at work, I have had write access to the tdbf repository on SourceForge for a while. And apparently I am the only one who cares about support for the latest Delphi versions. So, now there are packages for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo in the repository. Be warned though: They compile and install … Continue reading tdbf Packages for Delphi 10.2