I have already spent too much time to make my site compliant with GDPR rules. I have disabled comments on all pages (also deleted existing comments) track backs options to like pages direct links to "social" media JetPack features, including site stats I have also tried to find and remove any requests my site sends … Continue reading Comments and lots of other features disabled
Nussecken-Rezept (German only)
Meine Frau hat vor kurzem ein altes Familienrezept ausgegraben, das nicht nur ich sondern auch meine Arbeitskollegen sehr lecker fanden. Leider kann ich das für die derzeit in sog. Bäckereien verkauften Nussecken nicht sagen. Die sind in der Regel viel zu süß und werden dazu noch in Schokolade ertränkt (Löbliche Ausnahme: Die Nussecken der Bio-Bäckerei … Continue reading Nussecken-Rezept (German only)
I’m moving my projects from SourceForge to OSDN
Since the service at SourceForge has declined to a point where it becomes unbearable (Timeouts on SVN commits? Come on!) I will be moving all my projects to OSDN. So far dzLargeTextViewer, dzlib+tools and (today) the Delphi Ide Explorer Expert have been moved.
Remote access to the Embarcadero License Center via SSH tunnel
Once you have set up an Embarcadero License Center (ELC) for your company (with network named user or concurrent licenses) you will need network access to it in order to start the Delphi IDE. Usually the server will only be accessible from within your intranet (I for one would not trust the ELC security to … Continue reading Remote access to the Embarcadero License Center via SSH tunnel
TThread is not a normal class
In Delphi, threads have traditionally been implemented as classes descending from TThread. While there have been quite a few improvements to multithreading, TThread is still the most compatible way. But TThread is not a normal class. In a normal class, the constructor and destructor usually look like this: [delphi] constructor TSomeClass.Create; begin inherited; FSomeList := … Continue reading TThread is not a normal class
If your Samba logon script does not get executed
... even though you can open and read it fine in an editor: You should check its Linux access permissions. If it is not marked as executable, this might be the cause. Change it with chmod like this: [bash] root@server:/home/netlogon$ ls -la total 12 drwxrwxr-x+ 2 root root 4096 Apr 13 09:04 . drwxr-xr-x 46 … Continue reading If your Samba logon script does not get executed
how to get a dump of your remote svn repository
Recently SourceForge's service has declined to a point where it gets really annoying. Basically every time I tried to commit a change to the svn repository of one of my projects, I run into timeouts and other errors. I want to spend my time working on my projects, not convincing their infrastructure to accept my … Continue reading how to get a dump of your remote svn repository
Specifying the msbuild configuration for a Delphi project on the commandline
Starting with Delphi 2007 EmBorCodera switched to msbuild for the build system. The newly introduced .dproj file used since then is a valid build script for msbuild but unfortunately the format has changed between Delphi 2007 and 2009. This means that there is a difference if you want to make command line builds and specify … Continue reading Specifying the msbuild configuration for a Delphi project on the commandline
GExperts Usage Statistics
Have you ever wondered which functions of GExperts you have used the most? Or how often at all? How much time it has saved you? Now you can find out: I just added Usage Statistics to GExperts which tells you exactly how often you have called each of the experts, in the current session and … Continue reading GExperts Usage Statistics
When an exception is nil in the exception handler
A colleague of mine asked me today, how this could be: Given this exception handler: [delphi] try // some code that calls methods except on e: Exception do LogError(e.Message); end; [/delphi] How could e be nil? (and e.Message result in an Access Violation?) It turned out to be an error in one of the methods … Continue reading When an exception is nil in the exception handler