Malcolm forgot to show a really cool feature - one he showed in
Christchurch - the ability to add your own data visualizers for code
debugging. Apparently there are some 3rd party providers already!
2009/10/14 John Bird johnkb...@paradise.net.nz
-It looks like Embarcaero are on a good track
Don't take this the wrong way, but the Internet is really good for drawing
like people together more than people who disagree. All of the social
networking concepts really encourage you to follow people who are
like-minded - blogs, facebook, twitter, etc. I wouldn't be surprised that
people who
My next blaise magazine article will be about creating them. I'm doing
one for TColor, if someone wants to suggest another type or two, let
me know.
Can't remember when the article is due, I should check that out!
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Richard Vowles
rich...@developers-inc.co.nz
Ø Its a less certain thing as its still the future, but its my guess likely
in 5 years netbooks/laptops and mobile and phone OS will largely kill
desktop PCs and in time likely Windows too, as there is not much sign they
will be the leading candidate for mobile devices in 5 years. Hence the more
How about a voice of reason...just give use ALL the featuresNOW !!
J
To be honest tho. I could do with Cross Platform now as well as 64bit now.
But maybe there is a quicker win with cross platform for Embarcadero than
64bit.
Jeremy
From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz
but its my guess
likely in 5 years netbooks/laptops and mobile and phone OS will largely
kill desktop PCs and in time likely Windows too, as there is not much
sign they will be the leading candidate for mobile devices in 5 years.
Hence the more cross platform and new UI (read touchscreen)
Checkout the global ClustrStats.
http://www4.clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://www.deltics.co.nz/blo
g
It may be written in NZ but it is read the world over. J
I think its a bit of a stretch to suggest that visitors of my blog are
somehow part of an unofficial 64-bit club
With all due respect Jolyon, your poll is unscientific and you can't
draw any meaningful conclusions from it.
I can draw more meaningful conclusions from that than from a 10:1 number
plucked seemingly from the air.
shrug
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I'd also add that it wasn't a poll.
I passed on the news (the headline didn't even hint at what the news was,
nor the summary presented by DelphiFeeds). There wasn't much in the way of
any potential pre-qualification of readers of that blog post.
In that sense it was perhaps *more* scientific
re: 64bit vs cross platform
I totally understand why Jolyon and others that want 64 bit are
peeved. Embarcadero has mislead them a number of times now and I was
shocked to here in Auckland that it will be another 2 years.
However I am not one of those people waiting for 64 bit. I think
Interesting.
But if the future is handheld and mobile OSes (which it almost certainly is
in terms of numbers at least) then is Linux and Mac cross platform really
the next stepping stone to take? I don't think so.
Surely the next step to take would be developing a MobileVCL which is a cut
Exactly.
People say they really need a drink. You tell everyone that they ARE going
to get a drink soon.
Then you ask again if there is anything they want. Even if people are
parched as (or beached as ;-) they're more likely to think of what other
things they want than repeating that they need a
Hi David,
But if the future is handheld and mobile OSes (which it almost certainly is
in terms of numbers at least) then is Linux and Mac cross platform really
the next stepping stone to take? I don’t think so.
I agree with you.
My preference would be for a mobile VCL for the platforms you
2009/10/14 Jolyon Smith jsm...@deltics.co.nz
Ø Its a less certain thing as its still the future, but its my guess
likely in 5 years netbooks/laptops and mobile and phone OS will largely kill
desktop PCs and in time likely Windows too, as there is not much sign they
will be the leading
I hadn't seen that ( http://www.10gui.com ) but it makes a lot of sense
I've actually been wondering if Synaptics hadn't already realized that they
could tap a new market by proving a *desk*pad. Imagine a mouse mat which
*is* the mouse - essentially an oversize laptop touchpad.
As you
The Wacom Bamboo is pretty close but something about it doesn't smell
right.. only US$99 ? It also looks just a little bit too small, although
maybe in practice that's not as big an issue as it might appear to me. At
that price it's tempting to get one just to find out!
Hi
After the D2010 presentation yesterday I decided I should actually use
some of the D2007 features I had not gotten around to using.
Specifically the For .. in construct.
I am sure I am missing something but here iss what I want to do
I have the following 'old school code' (note the base
The enumerator for TStringList returns a pointers not the specific
object type so you still need a typecast.
var
CountryAddressFormat: Pointer;
begin
for CountryAddressFormat in Self do begin
Strings.AddObject(
TCountryAddressFormat(CountryAddressFormat).CountryName,
It should read -
FCountryList: TStringListTCountryAddressFormat;
Do you really not prefix your Local, Global, Field and Parameters with nothing?
I'm a L, _, F and A person myself!
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Jeremy North jeremy.no...@gmail.com wrote:
The enumerator for TStringList
Hi
Yeah I read examples of how to add enumerators but since TObjectList
already has one I didn't think I needed to. Guess I do. Seems like it
is a bit too much work for basic (small) classes not frequently used
(such as the one im working on). Will give it a go anyway :)
Thanks
Rob
Hi
I understand the issue now. I will follow Jolyon's recommendation and
create an enumerator for this otherwise its not much use if I need to
typecast anyway (may as well use my original code).
I use f for local class variables. No prefix for local variables.
Don't really use globals. Use a
As has been mentioned you can use the built in enumerator, but that will
only yield Pointer values, so you would then have to typecast the results,
or you should be able to use absolute to achieve the typecast
declaratively in the var declarations:
var
addrFormatEnum: Pointer;
addrFormat:
That worked a charm :)
Cheers
Jolyon Smith wrote:
As
has been mentioned you can use the built in enumerator, but
that will only yield Pointer values, so you would then have to typecast
the
results, or you should be able to use absolute to achieve the
typecast
It's years since I saw anybody use the absolute keyword. The number
of times I've had to explain what it does and why you'd use it:-) What
better example could you find.
Regards
Roger
On 15/10/2009, at 11:11 AM, Robert martin wrote:
That worked a charm :)
Cheers
Jolyon Smith wrote:
Hi all
I tried sending this a couple of days ago, so maybe things have moved on
but...
First, thanks for the event Malcolm, I enjoyed getting the information
and your presentation style. Certainly seems there's life after Borland
in the product. Time morning or afternoon both are fine with me.
If you are using a version of Delphi with generics, you should be able to use a
generic list and it'll work fine.
eg
var myList : TObjectListTMyObject;
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Delphi 2007 was mentioned - no (Win32) generics. And that creates a not
insignificant problem with using generics and other new language features in
code from (or that may be shared with) existing (i.e. pre-D2009) projects:
- They were introduced in Delphi 2009, along with the
John,
I have also been through the same era and agree. They should agressively
pursue the cross-platform verison but make a decent job of it this time.
Eric
From: johnkb...@paradise.net.nz
To: delphi@delphi.org.nz
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:56:47 +1300
Subject: Re: [DUG] Presentation
Dear Paul,
The only hassle is porting from D7 to D2010 with respect to Unicode.
After reading a very comprehensive blog by Jolyon Smith, I am quite
concerned about D.s current unicode support. I've had enough trouble with
it in other environments to want to face the maze that appears to be
I strongly suggest forming your own opinion. While I don't read the
blog I've converted a number of applications to Delphi 2009 / 2010 and
haven't come across anything that was a great hassle to fix. Perhaps I
didn't run into any issues raised in the blog, who knows. You never
will know if you
On that note, and because I have done NO reading on the subject, my
understanding is this with the unicode stuff
I use AsyncPro with delphi 7.
When data is received in the onreceived event, the data is passed in as a
char. you get told how big the buffer is and you jsut loop that many times
to get
The reason I see a decreasing use of desktops (and Windows) is multiple:
1 - Most pcs are getting smaller. The fastest growing areas of sales are in
laptops and netbooks these days. As these get smaller and more powerful more
and more users find they do not need anything more, and they are
More chocolate bars are sold than desktop PCs and energy drinks are a
massively growing market.
Perhaps Embarcadero should produce a version of Delphi that supports
chocolate bars and energy drinks?
Seriously - sales figures of those devices you mention surely reflect an
increase in the
Jeremy:
Separate Ansi and Unicode VCLs are not a viable solution.
Straw man argument (but incidentally, do you believe separate Windows
specific and X-Platform VCL's *ARE* a viable solution? h...?) ;)
And incidentally I for one never advocated dual ANSI/Wide VCL's... some
people seem to
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Jolyon Smith jsm...@deltics.co.nz wrote:
Jeremy:
Separate Ansi and Unicode VCLs are not a viable solution.
Straw man argument (but incidentally, do you believe separate Windows
specific and X-Platform VCL's *ARE* a viable solution? h...?) ;)
Have never
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