Re: [DUG] Script Engines for use with Delphi

We use FastScript from the Fast Report people... here is their blurb: A unique feature of FastScript is its ability to use several languages (PascalScript, C++Script, JScript and BasicScript). This allows you to write scripts using your favorite language. FastScript doesn't use Microsoft Script

Re: [DUG] Delphi on Windows Mobile

I imagine that will be a very big _ouch_ for some people... I have done a bit of playing with the Android API... not that hard really... though I had a small amount of java and Eclipse experience already. Regards Colin On 5/05/2010, at 3:03 PM, Colin Johnsun wrote: > Hi, > > > You might b

Re: [DUG] Toolsets (was Re: Company closing)

> > What we *don't* need is a Delphi (or a VCL) for a Lowest Common Denominator > that fits Windows and Mac and Linux and phones and toasters and key-fobs Yes and No, Some people don't like it, some love it, I don't mind it... and that is java SWT based apps... Eclipse itself being a prime exam

Re: [DUG] FW: Web development

We have moved some of our stuff to Java, and are quite happy so far. In terms of rapid development (in the Java world), there are things like Spring Roo and Seam Forge, the latter being the newest and least documented... I have had a little look, but nothing serious so can't really comment that

Re: [DUG] FW: Web development

Forget IE7, I believe 1 in 10 people surfing the net still use IE 6 (though I think a lot of them are in China)... For our company, 6% of users hitting our site use IE 6... can't ignore even 6%! Regards Colin On 7/06/2011, at 10:22 AM, Rohit Gupta wrote: > Well thats where half my time goes, g

Re: [DUG] to Vista 64bit or not?

I am sure your comment on Mac vs Win could start some flame wars... I'll start next :-)... I have a Mac Book Pro too, and much prefer it over Windows... though have not tried Windows 7 much at all. The One menu thing... you grow to like it... well, at least I actually like it better now. One

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

To add to the language debate... We are now doing more Java stuff... Have to say I enjoy the IDE (Eclipse) more than Delphi's (2007), and I just seem to 'like' the language better. Have done a couple of small web related things, and also a couple of small (just to try it out) applications u

Re: [DUG] Another reason for Delphi to move to MultiPlatforms

I have a mighty mouse too... two actually... They both suffer from degrading right click performance... you right click and it things it is a left click (no matter where your left finger is... or isn't)... They both come right after a 'reboot' :-) Other than that, I like the left and right

Re: [DUG] Another reason for Delphi to move to MultiPlatforms

I have done a tiny bit of SWT work (cross platform Java... not Swing, but native controls, basically what Eclipse is built on)... a few things to tweak on each platform to make it right... but the results IMHO are better than a Swing app which tries to look native... So it can be done... but

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?

1: Yes - Maintaining Delphi Apps 2: No - No new Delphi Apps 3: Yes, Java 4: Just Java... lots to learn with all the different stacks available... Regards Colin On 12/01/2010, at 11:47 AM, Alister Christie wrote: > I think there is still plenty of work around for Delphi developers - all > that D

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?

> >> But Google's phone just begin entering into the market. The 'Google Phone' has been around for quite a while now (I have had one for about a year... has not really been pushed in New Zealand)... Android is the Google OS, and quite a few companies make 'Google' or Android phones, eg, HTC

Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT

One thing I found interesting is that Apple is now going to be selling "books"... A new business for them... watch out Amazon. Regards Colin On 28/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Alister Christie wrote: > I have to say it looks pretty cool. My main concern is that they are > going to get really popula

Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT

And no... it was not quite the Apple tablet PC/MacBook I was expecting... unless that is another development altogether On 28/01/2010, at 12:02 PM, Phil Scadden wrote: > >> Is this the coolest thing ever? I will get one for sure when it is >> available. Wi-Fi might be good enough for me, n

RE: [DUG]: Sharing a database connection

I have not looked into it at all...   But with IBO you pass the database handle to the dll... Now, I have not done this, nor do I know if it works with the BDE but it maybe something you could look at... or... you could wait for someone that knows what they are talking about! :-)   Regards

RE: [DUG]: ReportBuilder AddOn

This usually happens when you try to run the demo version that was compiled with a different version of Report Builder that you have installed. Once you have the source to TExtraDevices it is not a problem, you just recompile it. If you know what version of Report Builder you have, just make sur

RE: [DUG]: Delphi 6 info

What about stopping by Hamilton on the way ;-) Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nahum Wild Sent: Wednesday, 2 May 2001 10:41 am To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Delphi 6 info Yay for in Christchurch! > --

RE: [DUG]: d6 - pricing, mutter...

Someone else mentioned unbundling... this was done a bit with the last version, eg ADO add-on, any info on unbundling with D6?? Regards Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nic Wise Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2001 11:00 am To: Multiple recip

RE: [DUG]: OK I've heard enough

Last time when Delphi 5 was released, I could not justify going to the Enterprise version... so we went with the Pro version (4 licenses) and purchased the ADO add-on and a few other third party tools... That has worked fine for us... so the main question is do you (or I !!) need the Enterprise v

RE: [DUG]: NMHTTP

The others (now with delphi 6) are the Indy components... http://www.nevrona.com/indy/ Regards Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nahum Wild Sent: Wednesday, 16 May 2001 12:10 pm To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [D

RE: RE: [DUG]: Interfaces

Any disadvantages using Interfaces??? Any slower performance??? Anything to look out for??? Regards Colin ## Attention: The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential. If you are not the intended reci

RE: [DUG]: OFFTOPIC PC Tools

And anohter that is quite nice is at http://www.east-tec.com/spex/home/index.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Ritchie Sent: Monday, 18 June 2001 11:53 am To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: OFFTOPIC PC Tools

[DUG]: Run Once Code

Hi, Does anyone have handy any code that will stop an application running more than once instance... I know there are some components around that you can just dump on the main form, but what I am after is to programmatically control how the app starts. For example, if there is a certain command

RE: [DUG]: Exception Handling (Delphi 5)

>From my experience, the problem occurs if you have used the AppEvent component and then removed it, leaving the AppEvents (or what ever the unit name is for this component) in the uses clause. I also had one occasion where exceptions where still 'disappearing' and I searched hi and low for the A

[DUG]: ISAPI and Thread Safeness

Hi all... I am quite new to ISAPI apps and haven't really done much with treads either... How careful do I need to be in regards to ISAPI apps and treads... For example, if I want to use lots of code that currently uses TLists... do I need to change them all to TThreadLists. In actual fact, mo

RE: [DUG]: Default Exception Handler

I have found that if you have AppEvents in the uses clause but don't have any TApplicationEvents component anywhere, your exceptions miraculously disappear.   Removing the AppEvents from the uses clause usually fixes this... I also had one app which didn't get fixed by this... I searched hi

RE: [DUG]: ISAPI and Thread Safeness

efore a read, but this seems ineffecient. > >In the ISAPI DLL i wrote, i used TMultiReadExclusiveWriteSynchronizer's to >control all acess to shared resources. It lets multiple threads read an >object/list as long as nothing is updating it. This worked pretty well, >though i probably went overki

[DUG]: Timing Resolutions

Hi all, I have just had someone ask me about timing resolution in Delphi. I understand that TDateTime can record milliseconds, but I am not sure to what level... also I have seen the TTimeStamp routing for storing time in more detail. I see that you can set a TTimer in milliseconds, but how low

RE: [DUG]: Timing Resolutions

th the RDSTC instruction if required (some of the profiling software uses this method). What are you trying to do?? Myles. -Original Message- From: Colin Fraser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 25 July 2001 10:52 a.m. To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: Timing

RE: [DUG]: [DUG-OFFTOPIC] Virus warning

Okay, we know that this one probably ain't true, but since we are on the (off) topic I thought I would quickly mention an email virus that we did catch... It was called Happy99 (or something like that), one of our users got it and ran the attachment (a nice little firework show)... The user late

[DUG]: Help with shutting down WinNT

ow why. I have had a bit of play with it and haven't got it working... just wondering if anyone might have a code snippet that works before I spend hours trying to figure it all out. Any info appreciated. Regards Colin Fraser Hill Laboratories Hamil

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> -- > From: Colin Fraser[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 3:09:52 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi > Subject: None > Auto forwarded by a Rule > Hi all, I have a question about the network API. I often n

RE: [DUG]: Barcodes

I have used the TBarCode component available from ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/schlottke. Have not had any trouble with it. Regards C Fraser -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 29 January 1999 6:08 am To

[DUG]: Problem Reinstalling Delphi

e registry. We can build the app OK, it just doesn't want to run. Has anyone got any ideas??? (By the way, we have reinstalled... uninstalled, reinstalled... uninstalled, deleted, reinstalled... but to no avail.) Any help appreciated. Regards Colin Fraser Hill Laboratories Hamil

RE: [DUG]: environment vars

Hi, I believe it is a bit different in win16 vs win32, but in win32 have a look in the win api under GetEnvironmentStrings, GetEnvironmentVariable and SetEnvironementVariable. Not sure if there is an easier way. Regards Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PR

[DUG]: Open GL question

as or pointers?? Regards Colin Fraser --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz

RE: [DUG]: Circular unit references - gotta love'm!

Sounds good... I have 1 or possibly 2 new Delphi Developers that may be keen (depending on the price ;-)) Regards Colin Fraser Hill Laboratories Hamilton New Zealand -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kerry Sainsbury Sent: Thursday, 19

RE: [DUG]: Add in for changing components

I have heard that GExperts is quite good... Except for the Component replace bit... which is buggy... Haven't used it myself, just heard about it. Regards C Fraser -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Neven MacEwan Sent: Wednesday, 8 Septemb

RE: [DUG]: Screen Savers

Here is some code that does work... It draws on the little demo window one of 3 things depending on the setup of the screen saver... I was going to cut some of the bits out... but hey, this might be more helpful. This function gets called if the first parameter passed in is a p, the 2nd paramet

RE: [DUG]: ANN: Delphi 5 shipping in NZ

I must admit I strongly dislike (not quite hate!) using Delphi 3 after using Delphi 4. I think the IDE stuff in Delphi 4 was worth the upgrade alone... though you could get similar functionality by using add on products like Class Explorer, etc... The client-server (or Enterprise) upgrade price

[DUG]: Delphi 5 Bug...

/Close menu for the Message Box!! Sorry to bore you with the details, just thought some might be interested... and as the new Context Menu stuff stops my old code from working I shall have to find a new way of doing things... Sigh... Regards Colin Fraser Hill La

RE: [DUG]: [Q] Common Ancestor - TCanvas....

The Delphi Informant magazine had an article on RTTI (in Delphi 5... might still be interesting though...) on there WEB site, here is the address... (Note the www.delphimag.com address... The Delphi Magazine - competition to The Delphi Informant Magazine were not to impressed!!) Anyway, here it i

[DUG]: Strings and Win API calls...

Hi all, I am just wondering exactly how one should go about passing strings in structures to API calls... I have been mucking around with MAPI stuff and come across the following when dealing with attachments: if Attachments.Count > 0 then GetMem(PtrMapiFileDescs, Attachments.Count * Size

[DUG]: Mem Management Routines

Hi, Just wondering if there was any significant difference with the following: GetMem(PtrMapiFileDescs, Attachments.Count * SizeOf(MapiFileDesc)); FillChar(PtrMapiFileDescs^, Attachments.Count * SizeOf(MapiFileDesc), 0); vs PtrMapiFileDescs := AllocMem(Attachments.Count * SizeOf(

RE: [DUG]: Code explorer ceases to respond

Yip, but also had the problem in D4 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Neven MacEwan Sent: Monday, 11 October 1999 3:23 pm To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: Code explorer ceases to respond Hi Does anyone else have this

RE: [DUG]: Databases....

Hi all, just a side question... Does anyone have any comparisons between Borland's IBX controls and Jason Wharton's IBO controls. Just wondering which way we should jump... and whether any performs better than the other. Regards C Fraser -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ma

RE: [DUG]: Date/Time calculations

Hi Well... I might not know all the answers... but I know this one!! Q: How does one store a date less than 1899 using a Delphi program? A: You can have negative date values. Regards C Fraser >> Subtracting 30/12/1899 from the Years won't help - not unless you always > want your age calcul

RE: [DUG]: MAPISendMail() - An example with attachments?

Hi there... here is some code that I use that works ok. Regards Colin function SendMAPIMessage(const ToName, ToAddress, Subject, theMessage : string; Attachments : TStrings) : integer; {Notes: 'ToName' is the name or alias of the recipient. This name might be resolved

[DUG]: Inter-process Communication - List Server Archive

Hi, I recall a conversation on this list a while ago about Inter process communication... Just wondering if someone can point me in the direction to an archive of old messages so I can go and have a peek... Regards Colin -

RE: [DUG]: Liquid Crystal Display

There are a few around that I have seen... You could check the Delphi Super page... also, I recall there is one on one of the CDs that came with Delphi 5... If you have Delphi 5 check the LMD Demo... I am sure that it contains an LCD display component (without source in the demo). Regards Coli

RE: [DUG]: Liquid Crystal Display

Thnaks Colin...but this is an *LED* display...Light Emmitting Diode, I what Liquid Crystal Displayalthough there are some cool componets in that package for free tho ! Thanks, Jeremy Coulter > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf

RE: [DUG]: Sockets..

I might be looking at doing a little bit of light socket stuff in the future... Is the general consensus that other components such as the ICS ones are superior to the ones that come in Delphi 5?? Regards Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Beh

RE: [DUG]: Coding Standards

Here is another one with a begin/end style that a lot of people also tend to use... http://www.artemisalliance.com/csdelphi.htm Regards Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kerry Sainsbury Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2000 4:33 pm To: Multiple

RE: [DUG]: Producing a system beep

>From what I understand, Beep produces the default sound... if you have a sound card then the Default beep wav file is played through the sound card (as set from the control panel)... if you have no sound card then the PC speaker just beeps. I guess you could check your sound card set-up and see

RE: [DUG]: Acrobat and PDR Writer

them) balloon in size in the print queue... we have had 100-150K size PDFs balloon to 10+ Megs in the print queue and take ages... the same files distilled print just fine. Regards Colin Fraser -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eion McIntosh

[DUG]: Gradient Fills

Hi all, just wondering how everyone else does gradient fills... do you do it manually or is there a fast function... I found a GradientFill in the Windows unit... couldn't find any documentation for it in Delphi, implemented it, found that it needed Win 2000 or Win 98 to work (I guess that is why

RE: [DUG]: Gradient Fills

Thanks for the code... Just what I was looking for. Regards Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt Powell Sent: Monday, 26 June 2000 3:12 pm To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: Gradient Fills > Hi all, just w

RE: [DUG]: Serial port access

We use Async Pro... It comes with all sorts of other stuff such as faxing a tapi components... It is not freeware however... see www.turbopower.com Regards Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Juan Manuel Gomez Ramos Sent: Thursday, 29

RE: [DUG]: Empty Componet Pallete

You have to (well, at least this is how I have got it working...) do an install under the logged on user...   You can just check the registry only install which is heaps quicker and the user does not have to be an Administrator...   Also, from memory (the last couple of times I have done it

[DUG]: Exceptions not getting caught

Hi all, I have an app that when an exception occurs, it does get caught if you put in try finally or on Exception (etc) but if you don't handle it, it simply disappears... the default behaviour does not seem to occur. I can put a raise Exception.Create on a button on a form and execute it, and n

RE: [DUG]: Exceptions not getting caught

k that the addage of 'New features in Delphi won't be stable till the next version or big patches comes out' still applies, even to D5. -- > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf O

RE: [DUG]: Exceptions not getting caught

k that the addage of 'New features in Delphi won't be stable till the next version or big patches comes out' still applies, even to D5. -- > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf O

RE: [DUG]: TTreeView

Yes... Readonly = True Regard Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony Sinclair Sent: Thursday, 31 August 2000 1:17 pm To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: TTreeView Hi all, quick tree view question, is there a prop

[DUG]: Creating PChars

Hi all... Just wondering on the use of PChars (when using API calls)... What is the best way to create and free a string... Is StrAlloc and StrDispose the way to go, or is GetMem and FreeMem fine... or doesn't it matter??? Just wondering as in the help it talks about StrAlloc's use being 'in d

RE: RE: Re: RE: [DUG]: Creating PChars

Funny you should mention that!! I am just looking at DeviceCapabilties now (one of the reasons for asking the PChar question) and I found that for some reason, sometimes the DeviceCapabilties function fails (i.e. returns -1). If you call it again after failing (which should be fine from what I ca

[DUG]: CGI Apps etc... getting started...

Hi, We are just looking at starting some WEB Development with Delphi and I am wondering if anyone has any links to sample code or tutorials for both the Delphi and the HTML side of things. Regards Colin ## Attention: The infor

RE: [DUG]: CGI Apps etc... getting started...

Hi Malcolm... Yes, your info was most useful... In the article it mentioned something about some bigger examples/source code... Do you have any links to those by any chance?? Regards Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Malcolm Groves

[DUG]: Basic HTML/Delphi Question

Hi all... We are just starting to play with HTML and Delphi... thanks to those who gave references to tutorial sites!! I have a question... say I have an HTML file and I want to include the output from a Delphi CGI or ISAPI app in the middle of it... Is this possible... I can see 2 approaches.

RE: [DUG]: Passing the Time

Since we are (almost) talking about DB stuff... does anyone know of any OLAP tools available for Interbase?? Regards Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nic Wise Sent: Tuesday, 21 November 2000 4:47 pm To: Multiple recipients of list d

RE: [DUG]: Removinf Files From Project

If you do a Build rather than a compile it will (or may?) take you to the unit that uses the one you have deleted... Maybe :-)! Colin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chrissy Sent: Tuesday, 21 November 2000 5:45 pm To: Multiple recipients

RE: [DUG]: Passing the Time - OLAP

: "Colin Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 4:57 PM Subject: RE: [DUG]: Passing the Time > Since we are (almost) talking about DB stuff... does anyone know of any OLAP > tools

[DUG]: Installing Delphi on Win 2000

Hi, One of our guys is trying to get Delphi 5 Pro going on Windows 2000... He can install it successfully as an Admin and that is fine... For his day to day operations however, he logs in under a normal user account. With NT it was just a matter of re-running the install and choosing the regist

RE: [DUG]: Bitmap transparency

Another thing which may help (from memory) is reducing the hardware acceleration for the video card. Can't remember where this setting is in Win 95 but it has fixed the problem for me in the past... your clients may not like the idea of 'slowing down the video', but for what we where doing in hou

[DUG]: ISAPI DB App query

Hi all, Just have a query about how people generally go about using ISAPI apps (or CGI for that matter) and dealing with a number of database records and showing only a few at a time. For example, say the user queries the DB and has a result set of say 100 records and you only want to show 10 re

RE: [DUG]: Importing data

Hi... Somewhere on the ibphoenix web site are some tools for data importation... two that come to mind are the sql2gdb tool that can load data from various sources including ODBC (you set up a ODBC link to the text file) and another tool is IBLoad which is a tool especially for importing text fil

RE: [DUG]: MDI

I personally like MDI apps as it stops thing getting cluttered... but that is just personal pref I guess... Also I note that though MS Word 2000 is not an MDI, MS Excel and MS Access 2000 are both MDI apps. Excel 2000 allows you to add a button in the taskbar for each MDI child if you want to...

[DUG]: FW: Storing enumerated sets in a db...

Hi all... I have an enumerated set that I want to store in a db... I was assuming that the items in the set could be converted to an integer. I thought each item in the set was like a logical bit (and that was why the number of items in a set was restricted). So if I had a type TSomeTime = set

RE: [DUG]: FW: Storing enumerated sets in a db...

pm To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: FW: Storing enumerated sets in a db... From: Colin Fraser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > So if I had a type TSomeTime = set of (stOne, stTwo, stThree), > then I had a var SomeType: TSomeType, > then I could go something like

[DUG]: Time Syncing protocols

Hi all... Our server's clock tends to drift over time and every month or so I have to keep resetting it... I have looked at the Indy and FastNet components to see if I can build a quick app to automatically get the time from various internet time servers... it all looked quite easy... Now from

RE: [DUG]: TTreeView

I think I know the answer to this one...:-) When you add a tree node I assume you use a function like TreeView.Items.Add or AddChild etc. These functions return the TTreeNode that was added so to select it, you just go something like. aTreeNode := aTreeView.Items.Add(nil, 'This is the root no