Delphi has for a while contained two classes that simplify stream compression: TZCompressionStream TZDecompressionStream I had not used them before and when I tried to use them now to compress and decompress some binary data that is stored as part of a large file, I got some inexplicable results. So I wrote this little test … Continue reading Testing zlib compression in Delphi
Warning: Windows Update KB5028166 breaks NT Domains
Just in case we are not the only ones still using Samba with an NT domain: Windows Update KB5028166 which will automatically be installed on Windows 10 today, breaks compatibility with that domain type. After the installation, a login with a domain account no longer works. Removing that update fixes the issue, but of course … Continue reading Warning: Windows Update KB5028166 breaks NT Domains
Some JPEG XL information
This is mostly for me so I can look it up again later: JPEG XL is a new (for appropriate definitions of "new") picture compression algorithm (and much more). One very interesting option is to losslessly recode JPEG files to JXL and back. There is a reference implementation with sources and binary releases on GitHub … Continue reading Some JPEG XL information
Interface unit for the 7zip DLL
Note to self: mORMot2 contains an interface unit for the 7zip DLL: https://github.com/synopse/mORMot2/blob/master/src/lib/mormot.lib.win7zip.pas
I’m leaving Twitter
Just in case anybody was using Twitter to follow my blog: As of today, the API I was using to post to Twitter is no longer available. So my blog posts won't be shared there automatically any more. If you are in the Fediverse you can follow @dummzeuch@mastodon.social. Alternatively various rss feeds are available and … Continue reading I’m leaving Twitter
RIP Alex Mills
I have been using the SyntaxHighlighter Evolved WordPress plugin by Alex Mills for several years. Today I wanted to look up something on the plugin's homepage and was wondering why there are so many spam comments. Turned out that Alex passed away 4 years ago. He died of Leukemia. I didn't know Alex but it's … Continue reading RIP Alex Mills
Syncing a remote SVN repository to the local file system under Windows
I had some bad experience with the hosted SVN repositories of my open source projects (first with SourceForge, now with OSDN) so I decided to sync all of them to a local, read only copy on my hard drive. In the worst case that will keep the history even if the hosting service goes down … Continue reading Syncing a remote SVN repository to the local file system under Windows
Denkzettel Companion 0.0.6 released
I have just released version 0.0.6 of my Denkzettel Companion tool. It is available from OSDN. This version fixes several bugs regarding the file format. I didn't realize that Denkzettel uses UTF-8 encoding and also unix style linebreaks (Linefeed). It also fixes an index out of range error when pressing the down arrow on the … Continue reading Denkzettel Companion 0.0.6 released
Getting the command line parameters of an executable
I'm currently trying to reverse engineer a tool that consists of a frontend with a really dreadful GUI and a command line program as backend, which is called by that frontend and does the actual work. The idea is to write my own frontend that does some additional preparatory work, then calls the backend and … Continue reading Getting the command line parameters of an executable
dzMdbViewer 1.0.4 released
dzMdbViewer is a small tool I wrote, when I was stuck without a MS Access installation but needed to have a look into a .MDB file (and later .ACCDB file, if the Access Database Engine 2012 is installed). It can open these files and display a list of queries and tables stored in them as … Continue reading dzMdbViewer 1.0.4 released