Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-17 Thread Matthew Comb
...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Monday, 17 January 2011 22:34 To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Cc: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files Hi Jolyon, I almost wish I hadn't asked

Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-17 Thread Matthew Comb
are not the intended recipient of this message you must not use, copy, distribute or disclose it to anyone. Please consider the environment before printing this email -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Monday

Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-17 Thread Matthew Comb
Those developers that came back with TO DO lists were perhaps themselves not taking the time to understand the customers problems. The customer told them those 10,000 features are great, but we'd really like X, Y and Z, so the developers simply came back to you with that list of X, Y and Z.

Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-17 Thread Matthew Comb
You seem to be missing your own time and money factor... an hour spent analysing a problem can save days spent wasting time building the solution that was asked for but which ultimately wasn't needed. You are making an assumption that the analysis has not been already done. Thats just

Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-17 Thread Matthew Comb
...@dbsolutions.co.nzwrote: Mmmm, I'm enjoying my popcorn as I watch... -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2011 11:12 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG

Re: [DUG] Apologies (Was RE: Validating CDS files)

2011-01-17 Thread Matthew Comb
] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2011 11:12 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files Those developers that came back with TO DO lists were perhaps themselves not taking the time to understand the customers problems

[DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-16 Thread Matthew Comb
Does anyone know if there is a way to Validate a CDS file (midas) before attempting to load it into the dataset ? Matt ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi

Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-16 Thread Matthew Comb
Of Matthew Comb Sent: Monday, 17 January 2011 10:03 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Cc: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: [DUG] Validating CDS files Does anyone know if there is a way to Validate a CDS file (midas) before attempting to load

Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-16 Thread Matthew Comb
] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Monday, 17 January 2011 10:27 To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files Hey Cam, for space size reasons, we're using the CDS format not the XML format as the files get pretty large. Matt If you have dumped the CDS as XML

Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-16 Thread Matthew Comb
to ensure that it is a CDS file ? -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Monday, 17 January 2011 10:27 To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files Hey Cam

Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-16 Thread Matthew Comb
in a sepearted file extension .checksum. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. Have a nice day Regards Leigh -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Monday, 17 January 2011

Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-16 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi Jolyon, Everything you say is right. I could bore you with how our smart client architecture works , how much data we're pushing and what happens at each point, but at the end of the day, it all will end up back to the beginning which is the need to know the state of a binary CDS file before

Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files

2011-01-16 Thread Matthew Comb
] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Monday, 17 January 2011 10:27 To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Validating CDS files Hey Cam, for space size reasons, we're using the CDS format not the XML format as the files get pretty large. Matt If you have dumped the CDS

Re: [DUG] Software contracts

2010-12-19 Thread Matthew Comb
Suggest you join the New Zealand Software Association. As part of the membership they include a full set of sample contract templates which are very useful. regards, matt. I am just embarking on a number of small projects for [previously] non-clients. I don't bother with too much

[DUG] Facebook / Twitter etc.

2010-11-30 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi, Has anyone achieved a Facebook and or Twitter post using Delphi ? Matt. ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to

Re: [DUG] Facebook / Twitter etc.

2010-11-30 Thread Matthew Comb
/delphi-stuff/ttwitter/ Cheers, Colin On 1 December 2010 10:36, Matthew Comb m...@ferndigital.com wrote: Hi, Has anyone achieved a Facebook and or Twitter post using Delphi ? Matt. ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post

[DUG] Database Connection Pools

2010-07-21 Thread Matthew Comb
Does anyone have any preferred Database Connection Pool classes that they like to use ? We converted to the Carey Jansen one a while back, and it has introduced a few memory issues that are problematic long term. Does everyone grow their own for production environments ? Matt.

Re: [DUG] SimpleMAPI

2010-04-15 Thread Matthew Comb
needing to go? Paul On 14 April 2010 16:41, Matthew Comb m...@ferndigital.com wrote: Hi Jason, Thanks, this link was interesting but not quite what I'm after. I'm looking for a component that will work with outlook, thunderbird, outlook express etc or any other simpleMAPI supporting email

[DUG] SimpleMAPI

2010-04-13 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi, We've been using an old MAPI control for some time now, which has come up a cropper with recent service packs and on some environments does not work any work. My understanding is that some windows service packs and new versions of office have downgraded mapi to SimpleMAPI, and therefore some

Re: [DUG] SimpleMAPI

2010-04-13 Thread Matthew Comb
Solutions -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Wednesday, 14 April 2010 3:24 p.m. To: Jason Subject: [DUG] SimpleMAPI Hi, We've been using an old MAPI control for some time now, which has come up

Re: [DUG] Apple iPad - OT

2010-01-27 Thread Matthew Comb
The first thing that went through my head when I looked at the apple ipad link that was posted was a flash back to the days when the first block telecom mobile phones came out. The same phones that linger in old ferraris still... I would love to see someone do a utube clip of a day in the life

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

2010-01-21 Thread Matthew Comb
I think if Delphi had concentrated less on attempting to achieve exciting, and more on achieving stability and core functionality they would have done a whole heap better. How can you be branching out onto mobile spaces, and apple environments if you can't even do webservices properly Matt.

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

2010-01-11 Thread Matthew Comb
I agree, Not sure if many people can remember but one of the main reasons that Delphi was very popular and quick on the uptake in NZ (back with version 1) (other than product quality) was due to the fact that a lot of the educational institutions had free educational licenses, rolling out of

Re: [DUG] Delphi Books

2010-01-04 Thread Matthew Comb
Dear Jeremy, I've got Delphi 3,4, 6 in Marco Cantu's Mastering series - also moving out of Delphi . paul 2010/1/4 Matthew Comb m...@ferndigital.com: Hi, I have a bunch of Delphi books, (some dating back to D2) that Im about to throw into a dumpster. Some are good books, but dare I

[DUG] Delphi Books

2010-01-03 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi, I have a bunch of Delphi books, (some dating back to D2) that Im about to throw into a dumpster. Some are good books, but dare I say it, I'm not coding much in delphi these days, so they are just taking up space. I'm located on the North Shore of Auckland, if anyway wants them they can come

Re: [DUG] [Off topic] Senior developer

2009-05-12 Thread Matthew Comb
That statistic actually comes from the UK, and for anyone that has ever worked with a brit, its understandable :) Matt. I recall my boss told me that average developer write around ten lines of code each day ;-) Regards Leigh -Original Message- From:

Re: [DUG] Delphi 7 to Delphi 2009

2009-02-19 Thread Matthew Comb
I didn't think any version of delphi compiled your apps well Jeremy ;) Matt. VS2008 IDE doesnt compile my Delphi apps. very wellhehehehesorry had to do it ;-) jeremy On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Alister Christie alis...@salespartner.co.nz wrote: Since we've been comparing

[DUG] SQL Server - Not enough storage to execute command

2008-10-05 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi Guys, We have a tool that we have written which is having some problems sending updates through to a SQL Server 2005 instance on another server. This problem is consistent in the way that the same records fail each time, yet inconsistent in that some records update and others don't. Not

Re: [DUG] SQL Server - Not enough storage to execute command

2008-10-05 Thread Matthew Comb
Appears to be an issue with ntext fields. Matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Sunday, 5 October 2008 8:31 p.m. To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: [DUG] SQL Server - Not enough storage

RE: [DUG] Delphi ftp server component

2008-05-02 Thread Matthew Comb
Synapse Matt Comb | CEO Fern International Mobile: 021 771 777 Phone: 09-636 1433 P.O Box 100-402 NSMC,Auckland, New Zealand. [EMAIL PROTECTED] l www.ferndigital.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leigh Wanstead Sent: Monday,

RE: [DUG] SMTP Server Component

2007-11-28 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi Neven, Try the following: var MultiPartMix, MultiPartRel, MultiPartAlt: TMimePart; MimeMessage := TMimeMess.Create Try { multiparts (parent-parts) } MultiPartMix := MimeMessage.AddPartMultipart('mixed', nil); MultiPartRel := MimeMessage.AddPartMultipart('related', MultiPartMix);

RE: [DUG] SMTP Server Component

2007-11-25 Thread Matthew Comb
I wouldn't use anything but synapse for socket stuff... so clean and compact. Matt. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neven MacEwan Sent: Monday, 26 November 2007 2:43 p.m. To: DUG Subject: [DUG] SMTP Server Component Hi all I know there

RE: [DUG] Rare access violations reading listitem.subitems

2007-08-12 Thread Matthew Comb
Ross, Two things. 1. What has access to these items ? Could a thread be altering these items out from beneath you ? (I noticed in a previous email from you in July that you are working with threads). 2. Why not make the code a little safer e.g. If (length(Items.SubItems) 2) then begin

RE: [DUG] Rare access violations reading listitem.subitems

2007-08-12 Thread Matthew Comb
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Sunday, 12 August 2007 20:03 To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: RE: [DUG] Rare access violations reading listitem.subitems Ross, Two things. 1. What has access to these items ? Could a thread

RE: [DUG] Pulling status bar text off another application

2007-07-30 Thread Matthew Comb
It also means that Phil can support ANY browser, or ANY app. That has a statusbar. That was written in Delphi ? :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter Sent: Monday, 30 July 2007 7:03 p.m. To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group -

RE: [DUG] Pulling status bar text off another application

2007-07-30 Thread Matthew Comb
firndigtal.com email bounced back when I replied. -Original Message- From: Matthew Comb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 July 2007 19:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: RE: [DUG] Pulling status bar text off another application It also means that Phil

Re: [DUG] Pulling status bar text off another application

2007-07-30 Thread Matthew Comb
windose from Greatis software which will give yo that information. Trust me, this definitly works on NON Delphi apps too. The getting info from controls on a non delphi app. that is. Jeremy -Original Message- From: Matthew Comb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 July 2007 22:36

Re: [DUG] Pulling status bar text off another application

2007-07-30 Thread Matthew Comb
apps too. The getting info from controls on a non delphi app. that is. Jeremy -Original Message- From: Matthew Comb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 July 2007 22:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: RE: [DUG] Pulling status bar text off

RE: [DUG] memory freeing option

2007-07-22 Thread Matthew Comb
Ani, Has your second form (B) been responsible for creating and using any objects during its lifetime. Form (B) may not be setup to dispose of these correctly. Calling B.Free or FreeAndNil does not guarantee these other objects are freed. You need to make sure that your destructor on (B) is

[DUG]: Leaving List.

2002-11-26 Thread Matthew Comb
Just a quick note to say thanks to everyone for their help over the last few years. There are legendary people on this list and its great that everyone is willing to help each other. Keeps the borland tools ticking along. I'm going to live in Italy or a while with a quick stop in New

Re: [DUG]: Offtopic, WinXP Search and .pas files

2002-11-13 Thread Matthew Comb
Jason THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOUTHANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOUTHANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU For the past couple of months I have had to use another machine every time I needed to search for something which was all the time.

Re: [DUG]: Auckland DUG Meeting

2002-10-24 Thread Matthew Comb
I would like to see UML.. - Original Message - From: Neven MacEwan To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 2:41 PM Subject: [DUG]: Auckland DUG Meeting Hi Guys Slight Change of Plan, Meeting is now Tuesday 30th October

Re: [DUG]: Auckland DUG Meeting

2002-10-23 Thread Matthew Comb
3 people from here. - Original Message - From: Neven MacEwan To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: [DUG]: Auckland DUG Meeting Hi All DUG Meeting for Wednesday Next Week is confirmed, Can I pls

Re: [DUG]: Duped by SaveToStream

2002-10-20 Thread Matthew Comb
why not do a quick encrypt/decrypt or something. I have routines that do a basic encrypt in just a few lines if you are keen Matt. - Original Message - From: vss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:32 PM Subject: RE:

[DUG]: Newbie midas question ?

2002-08-12 Thread Matthew Comb
Just playing around with a little bit of midas. I ran a server on another machine and when I tried to connect I got the message 'ACCESS DENIED'. Am I correct in assuming this is because I have not deployed the midas license? The client server does work on the one machine and when the server

Re: [DUG]: Newbie midas question ?

2002-08-12 Thread Matthew Comb
://homepages.borland.com/dmiser/dcom95.htm -Original Message- From: Matthew Comb [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2002 10:48 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: Newbie midas question ? Just playing around with a little bit of midas. I ran a server

Re: [DUG]: modification dates.

2001-10-15 Thread Matthew Comb
] From: Matthew Comb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[DUG]: modification dates. Date sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:16:21 +1300 Hi people. I have found something interesting with the modification dates for files on different operating systems. On windows 98 if you change time

[DUG]: modification dates.

2001-10-14 Thread Matthew Comb
and time zones? Any help would be appreciated. Matthew Comb Technical Director Mobile: (021) 350 147 FileSafe - http://www.filesafe.co.nz Numberworks - http://www.numberworks.com The information contained in this message and attachments is confidential and intended for the named recipient(s

Re: [DUG]: modification dates.

2001-10-14 Thread Matthew Comb
recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Matthew Comb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[DUG]: modification dates. Date sent: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:16:21 +1300 Hi people. I have found something interesting with the modification dates

[DUG]: Daylight Savings.

2001-09-23 Thread Matthew Comb
? Matthew Comb Technical Director Mobile: (021) 350 147 FileSafe - http://www.filesafe.co.nz Numberworks - http://www.numberworks.com The information contained in this message and attachments is confidential and intended for the named recipient(s). If you have received this message in error: 1. You

Re: [DUG]: closing modal form.

2001-09-18 Thread Matthew Comb
thanks guys. Weird thing is I'm not doing any of those??? - Original Message - From: Robert Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: closing modal form. Setting modalresult to 0

Re: [DUG]: closing modal form.

2001-09-18 Thread Matthew Comb
: Matthew Comb [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks guys. Weird thing is I'm not doing any of those??? Oh, and one other: If you are running Windows :) Steve -- - New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [DUG]: closing modal form.

2001-09-18 Thread Matthew Comb
, can you free the form and will it then go away? I have the same problem in an app. It may be necessary to make the form modal in some other way. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matthew Comb Sent: Wednesday, 19 September 2001 09:16

[DUG]: Programmer wanted.

2001-09-18 Thread Matthew Comb
for a company that makes educational software so english skills must be good as you will have to work unsupervised at times. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more details or for submitting CV. Matthew Comb Technical Director Mobile: (021) 350 147 FileSafe - http://www.filesafe.co.nz Numberworks - http

[DUG]: closing modal form.

2001-09-17 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi. For some reason in my program at certain bailout points in a routine. If you call close on the form which has been shown modally, the form will not close. I have checked the formstate at that point to determine if it is still modal and it is. Under what circumstances would it not

[DUG]: sockets programmers.

2001-07-19 Thread Matthew Comb
Any delphi sockets programmers around at the moment - particularly people with experience in ftp. Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website:

[DUG]: shutting down windows.

2001-06-17 Thread Matthew Comb
Does anyone have any code for forcing the shutdown of a machine? I need it for both win98 and 2k. Cheers, Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website:

[DUG]: enhanced tchecklist?

2001-05-29 Thread Matthew Comb
Does anyone know of a tchecklistbox that also has expansion like in attree view? So that you can group tickable items?Matt. - Original Message - From: Mark Howard To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]:

[DUG]: user name and password undefined.

2001-05-23 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi people, This is just about driving me nuts. I have a server app that has an access back end (ODBC). Hardly anything is going on database wise, when people connect it checks there username and password in a table and either disconnects or validates them. I am using 1 tdatabase comopnenet and

Re: [DUG]: user name and password undefined.

2001-05-23 Thread Matthew Comb
that is it? -Original Message- From: Matthew Comb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 May 2001 14:44 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: user name and password undefined. Hi people, This is just about driving me nuts. I have a server app that has an access back end (ODBC

[DUG]: Basic database error.

2001-05-17 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi people, What can I do to stop User name and password undefined error message in my app. (has access via odbc backend). It for some reason takes the app down? Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List -

[DUG]: help formats.

2001-05-17 Thread Matthew Comb
Does Delphi handle the chm help format or just the hlp file formats? the chm seems to be used heaps more these days. Is anyone using it? Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DUG]: Basic database error.

2001-05-17 Thread Matthew Comb
delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Basic database error. Matthew Comb wrote: Hi people, What can I do to stop User name and password undefined error message in my app. (has access via odbc backend). Are you using a TDatabase to access

Re: [DUG]: help formats.

2001-05-17 Thread Matthew Comb
Of Matthew Comb Sent: Friday, 18 May 2001 12:01 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: help formats. Does Delphi handle the chm help format or just the hlp file formats? the chm seems to be used heaps more these days. Is anyone using it? Matt

[DUG]: MDI

2001-01-10 Thread Matthew Comb
Are MDI forms still being used or are they fairly redundant these days. What is the easiest way to make sure that your whole app only gets one icon in the taskbar and when you minimise second and third etc forms that the whole application minimises? Cheers, Matt.

Re: Re:RE: [DUG]: Command Line Compiler

2001-01-09 Thread Matthew Comb
Paul its been a while but have you tried the -U and -R switches for the command line compiler. Unless your using that config file for dcc32 in which you can designate the unit search paths. Do you have to be in the directory with that config file in it in order to call dcc32 otherwise it may

[DUG]: MDI

2001-01-09 Thread Matthew Comb
Are MDI forms still being used or are they fairly redundant these days. What is the easiest way to make sure that your whole app only gets one icon in the taskbar and when you minimise second and third etc forms that the whole application minimises? Cheers, Matt.

[DUG]: system file versions and driver versions.

2001-01-08 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi people, wondering if anyone has ever written something to spit out a list of version numbers/dates for dlls and driver file versions/dates on a machine for diagnostic purposes? Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users

[DUG]: findfirst-next-close

2000-12-19 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi people, we have a routine that recurses through a directory makes a list of the directories using findfirst findnext findclose... then after the findclose, goes through that list in reverse order and deletes the directory. This routine works fine under win98, but under win2k it deletes the

Re: [DUG]: findfirst-next-close

2000-12-19 Thread Matthew Comb
Flag that... just found out what was wrong.. our error - frustration ends. Matt. - Original Message - From: "Matthew Comb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 11:28 AM Subject: [DUG]: findfi

[DUG]: Interbase ASP.

2000-12-19 Thread Matthew Comb
Can someone point me to some resources to do with accessing an interbase database via ASP...Are there ODBC drivers? Cheers, Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[DUG]: Interbase ASP.

2000-12-19 Thread Matthew Comb
Can someone point me to some resources to do with accessing an interbase database via ASP...Are there ODBC drivers? Cheers, Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DUG]: MS Linux

2000-12-06 Thread Matthew Comb
You might have wanted to read some of the text on the page. e.g.: Microsoft Invades Cuba Microsoft's plan to invade cuba and overthrow the government has succeeded. One Microsoft official said "It's a win-win situation. The US Government is happy and shuts up the DOJ while Microsoft institutes

[DUG]: file in use?

2000-12-05 Thread Matthew Comb
How do I go about finding out if a file is in use? Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL

[DUG]: file option in windows.

2000-11-26 Thread Matthew Comb
Can anyone give me examples on how to add a file option to windows. e.g. right click on a directory and have the option compress there like winzip does? I would like to add something to both directories and all files. Cheers, Matt.

[DUG]: embedded database.

2000-11-24 Thread Matthew Comb
Gidday, I remember someone talking about embedded database engines (or maybe a couple of dlls you distribute with your app), as apposed to having to deploy the bde. Does anyone know what these ones are and have links to them? Cheers, Matt.

Re: [DUG]: embedded database.

2000-11-24 Thread Matthew Comb
n 25/11/2000 Malcolm wrote To : CC : From: Matthew Comb, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gidday, I remember someone talking about embedded database engines (or maybe a couple of dlls you distribute with your app), as apposed to having to deploy the bde. Does anyone know what these ones are and have links to

Re: [DUG]: embedded database.

2000-11-24 Thread Matthew Comb
iple recipients of list delphi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: embedded database. On 25 Nov 2000, at 11:34, Matthew Comb wrote: Gidday, I remember someone talking about embedded database engines (or maybe a couple of dlls you dist

Re: [DUG]: dbhelp

2000-11-21 Thread Matthew Comb
Thanks Nello, really appreciate that... had no idea where to look to be honest. Matt. - Original Message - From: "Nello Sestini" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: dbhelp Matt One

Re: [DUG]: Is Everyone dead or something ?

2000-11-20 Thread Matthew Comb
Or Java is dead... that should get Nic interested at least... Matt. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 3:15 AM Subject: [DUG]: Is Everyone dead or something ? Very few messages

Re: [DUG]: Is Everyone dead or something ?

2000-11-20 Thread Matthew Comb
PM Subject: RE: [DUG]: Is Everyone dead or something ? Was it ever alive ? ;-) -Original Message- From: Matthew Comb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 21 November 2000 16:35 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: Is Everyone dead or something ? Or Java is dead...

[DUG]: dbhelp

2000-11-20 Thread Matthew Comb
Hey I posted this message a while back but didn't get any response, thought i might try my luck again. One of our programs apparently threw up a dbhelp error message. Don't have any more info than that, other than its running convention delphi database controls on a paradox table BDE etc.

[DUG]: database error.

2000-11-13 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi people, sorry to post a really vague message. Have franchisee in England reporting the following error message fragment. Does anyone recognise this? KNow what causes it? Dbhelp An error has occurred in your program Cheers, Matt.

[DUG]: runtime packages.

2000-11-12 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi people, just playing around with runtime packages.. I can only find the following under help. with OpenDialog1 do if Execute then with PackageList.Items do AddObject(FileName, Pointer(LoadPackage(Filename))); Once past here how do you access the objects within the package? Matt.

Re: [DUG]: runtime packages.

2000-11-12 Thread Matthew Comb
includes in the demos directory - this shows most of the techniques you need to know about. Myles. -Original Message-From: Matthew Comb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 12:31 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list delphiSubject: [DUG]: runtime packages

Re: [DUG]: question.

2000-11-07 Thread Matthew Comb
wouldn't work either. With a runtime package everything works just fine. - Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Comb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:56 PM Subject: [DUG]: question. Hi people,

Re: [DUG]: question.

2000-11-07 Thread Matthew Comb
g this on my website. As soon as I have something useful to read I'll post a message here. If you like I can send you some code when I get home. From: "Matthew Comb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list delphi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [

[DUG]: question.

2000-11-05 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi people, another stupid question from me coming up. In the past when I have dealt with loading forms from a dll I have always done the standard showmodal and release method. Now I need a form that will essentially embed itself in the calling form so that buttons on the original form can

Re: [DUG]: Re:Copying Files

2000-10-16 Thread Matthew Comb
There is a third parameter which determines whether the function should copy over a file if a file of the same name already exists: From help: Specifies how this operation is to proceed if a file of the same name as that specified by lpNewFileName already exists. If this parameter is TRUE

Re: [DUG]: Re: Interbase

2000-10-03 Thread Matthew Comb
Definately is true... Sorry.. I had a table which used a token word which screwed up when executing SQL statements, easy just to put a prefix like r_ (for rohit) or something... Matt. - Original Message - From: "Rohit Gupta" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi"

Re: [DUG]: What is the best Freeware FTP Components?

2000-09-24 Thread Matthew Comb
Take a look at ICS, they are quite awesome. http://users.swing.be/francois.piette/indexuk.htm - Original Message - From: Chris Crowe To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 7:28 AM Subject: [DUG]: What is the best Freeware FTP

Re: [DUG]: Win 2000 and the Registry

2000-09-20 Thread Matthew Comb
Can you post your code, because I am doing similar things but not having any problems. Matt. - Original Message - From: "David O'Brien" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 3:06 PM Subject: [DUG]: Win 2000 and the

Re: [DUG]: Capturing an image from an mpg video

2000-09-17 Thread Matthew Comb
Did you want to do it programatically? Matt. - Original Message - From: "Darren J Gilbertson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:41 AM Subject: [DUG]: Capturing an image from an mpg video I have a

[DUG]: Interbase rename.

2000-09-12 Thread Matthew Comb
I notice that interbase doesn't recognise the rename call. How do you rename a table? Matt. --- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To

[DUG]: db gurus.

2000-09-11 Thread Matthew Comb
I am looking to have a background database to an ftp server for logging transactions, stats and info. I have gotten a little lost as to which backend to use at the moment and which is going to be supported in the future. Should I use Interbase for this sort of thing. I will have one

[DUG]: messages.

2000-09-10 Thread Matthew Comb
Hi people, this is a theoretical question. Are there default situations where an application will reject a message to close, e.g. if it was too busy doing other things etc? Can messages just get lost if the application is too busy? or will they always get queued? Matt.

Re: [DUG]: messages.

2000-09-10 Thread Matthew Comb
ar CanClose: Boolean) of object; property OnCloseQuery: TCloseQueryEvent; That is event OnCloseQuery for. You may reject close form by simply set CanClose to False. Best Regards Leigh Wanstead - Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Comb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multipl

[DUG]: Professional/Enterprise.

2000-09-04 Thread Matthew Comb
This has probably been asked a million times but is there a page that outlines the differences between the professional and enterprise versions of delphi. We are heading into new projects and require a new license and I would like to know if the Enterprise version is going to offer US anything

Re: Fw: [DUG]: delphi certification.

2000-08-28 Thread Matthew Comb
cw@xerxes.To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] co.nz cc: Subject: Fw: [DUG]: delphi certification. 08/25/00 07:10 PM - Original Message - From: "Matthew Comb

Re: [DUG]: GANTT Chart.....

2000-08-28 Thread Matthew Comb
I suppose I will be shot for suggesting microsoft project :) Matt. - Original Message - From: "Donovan J. Edye" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 10:51 AM Subject: [DUG]: GANTT Chart. G'Day, Has anyone

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