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How to upload files to google drive using delphi...plaese any one help me

how to bring Delphi for android form of TWebBrowser or read getElementByID then be made to bring the form Delphi for android

How to enable Castalia in Berlin? I installed and seem to could not find it on the menu thanks

A big thank you to Warren Postma for reviewing our Nexus Quality Suite! http://delphicodemonkey.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/nexus-quality-suite-why-profiling-and.html

Stupid question? This is the first time I have created a package in Delphi 10.1, so I did everything I used to do before. I have : 1. My DPK has been created. 2. I have added all the units into my DPK. ( They are derived from DevExpress components, as we need to subclass ) 3. I have added a Register in there ( see screen shot ) I can build the BPL, but I cannot install it I get an error ( see screen shot ). If anyone can explain to me just how stupid I am I would be eternally grateful

Originally shared by Boian Mitov Enjoy :-) #Delphi #OpenWire

hello, I'm trying to use a class helper to replace a public method from a base class and to add other methods. If the base class method has no operators then the patch works, the code calls the function of the class helper (same function name and parameters). In my case the base class function has a override directive, from another ancestor class with virtual, abstract method. In this case the code calls the function method of the base class instead of the helper one. Any hint? It's a bug or a bad behavior?

I wrote this as a reply to another post where there was some discussion about StackOverflow (SO), and decided to post it separately so as to not continue to distract from the topic of the original thread. Please don't waste your time responding with TL;DR, just ignore it if you're happy with the world the way it is. The problem I'm addressing here is that there ARE NO USEFUL DISCUSSIONS about this topic anywhere, especially on SO because self-reflective topics like this are not allowed on SO. Personally speaking, I see SO as a "crowdsourced help desk". There's a class of problems that come up where you can clearly define an error and how to reproduce it. However, there's a far LARGER class of topics where things just don't go the way you expect and you want some help figuring out what's wrong -- sometimes it's your code, sometimes it's your expectations, and sometimes it's just confusing behavior due to changes from one version of Delph...

I am using XSuperObject to create some JSON to be used in JQuery. This is an options list and for the most part it is fine. However, I am trying to get it to produce the function parameter correctly, and failing dismally. What I need is a raw string type property so that it doesn't escape quotes and doesn't surround the value with quotes either . At the moment I am adding it as a string type (ISuperObject.S['name'] := Value). It is producing "click":"function() { $(this).dialog(\"close\"); $(this).html = \"\";}" when I need "click":function() { $(this).dialog("close"); $(this).html = "";} any ideas (rather than StringReplace)? Thanks

Trick question: what is wrong with that code? (apart from obviously being useless) - and it compiles and runs. Also not talking about some syntax preferences. procedure Main; var arr: array of string; i: Integer; begin SetLength(arr, 100000); for i := 0 to High(arr) do arr[i] := 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.'; end;

Originally shared by David I's News Bits Sixty Plus Embarcadero FireDAC Sample Apps (Delphi and C++) with Source to Make Accessing Databases Easy

The JSVerbalExpressions has been very cool to me at first sight few years ago - It does what Regular Expression does, but is *much human-friendly* . The Good news is, today I came across a Delphi implementation, by Tim, from Jena, Germany! Usage example: var LobjVerbalExpression : TVerbalExpression; begin LobjVerbalExpression := TVerbalExpression.Create .StartOfLine() ._Then('http') .Maybe('s') ._Then('://') .Maybe('www.') .anythingBut(' ') .endOfLine(); ListBox1.Items.Add(LobjVerbalExpression.AsString); if LobjVerbalExpression.Test(' https://github.com ') then ListBox1.Items.Add('valid url') else ListBox1.Items.Add('invalid url'); end; https://github.com/enko/DelphiVerbalExpressions

i need help using listview custom, i didnt know why this crash, read some sample using FilledListItem on binding, but i always get crash, any help, sample include here listview_always_buggy delphi berlin procedure TForm1.LinkListControlToField1FilledListItem(Sender: TObject; const AEditor: IBindListEditorItem); var LItem: TListViewItem; begin if AEditor.CurrentIndex > 0 then begin LItem := ListOrder_H.Items[AEditor.CurrentIndex]; LItem.Objects.DetailObject.Font.Size := 10; // crash here LItem.Objects.AccessoryObject.Visible := False; LItem.Objects.TextButton.Enabled := False; LItem.Objects.TextButton.Visible := False; if FDMemTable1.Active = True then if FDMemTable1.RecordCount > 0 then begin if FDMemTable1.FieldByName('validasi_terkirim').AsString '' then begin LItem.Objects.AccessoryObject.Visible := False; LItem.Objects.TextButton.Enabled := False; LItem.Object...

What can prevent a listbox item to be selected? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39213803/what-can-prevent-a-listbox-item-to-be-selected

At the upcoming events in September (see http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/blog.asp?post=358 ), Bruno Fierens takes up the challenge to fully code live a fancy trackbar control from scratch in less than 20 minutes and working in 3 frameworks (VCL/FMX/LCL), 3 IDEs (Delphi/C++Builder/Lazarus) and 6 operating systems (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux desktop, Raspbian) http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/img/fnctrackbar.gif Come & see it! http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/img/fnctrackbar.gif

TL;DR: What data structure should I use for looking up key-value pairs where the key needs to fall within a range? I'm looking for something like a TDictionary but with a twist.  I have a HexEditor with lines, say 8 bytes per line (this can and does differ though).  Any byte within the memblock displayed by the hexeditor can have a comment.  I thought about storing the comments in a TDictionary however that will not work, because I need to lookup if the comment falls within a range and a Dict only matches on exact matches.  The range can change dynamically so I can't link to that either.  I don't want to do a query to the Dict for every byte in a line. I suspect the answer is "binary tree" but I'm hoping for something a bit more O(1)ish. (I'd ask the question on SO, but it's off-topic there).

On my development computer it keeps wanting to update JAVA to Java 8 update 101. Should I do this upgrade, will it affect Delphi 10.1 ?

Why is the EMB registered user downloads still down, it has been like this for weeks? Also not so important, but why when entering the EMB youtube site, does EMB still play the "See What’s new in Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio 10 Seattle" . What about Berlin? Does not give users a very good impression.

Blog post "Linux Just Turned 25 and Delphi is Coming to Celebrate" at http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2016-august-linux-25-delphi-coming.html (with 2 preview screenshots) http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2016-august-linux-25-delphi-coming.html

Several major product updates are available now in the TMS Business Subscription! What's new & improved: http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6930&PID=26785#26785 TMS Business Subscription ( http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/bipack.asp ) : add business intelligence to applications and application development with VCL frameworks, libraries, components to automate & streamline development as well as use of applications. From ORM framework to dynamically extending applications with scripting tools, TMS Business Subscription makes the developer & user more productive. http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6930&PID=26785#26785

I did not know Delphi 6?, 7? or 8? introduced operator overloading for variants via TCustomVariantType?  http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Berlin/en/Implementing_Binary_Operations   Which Delphi version introduced this?

Originally shared by Boian Mitov Want to meet?

Teaser #1 Async(   function: string;   begin     Result := RunHtReport(Template, ' ');    end,   procedure(s: string);   begin     $('#orders').html := s   end ); Teaser #2 Form1.OnDblClick := Script.CreateAnonymousFunction('MessageDlg(''Test'', mtWarning, [mbYes, mbNo, mbCancel], 0)').AsNotifyEvent;

Is it only me or File/New/Other/ActiveX is missing from Delphi Pro version?

Do I need a splash screen? In my app, I have a splash screen and then the main window opens. Recently I am questioning whether it is really needed. While splash screen is on, I do some work with license verification, database setup etc but all these can be done when the main window is open. What do you thing? Thanks

I have been trying to use the TJvFileOperation from JvFileUtil. I set a variable (fo: TJvFileOperator;). When I try to use it, the compiler (DXE7) cannot find the class. This unit has a LOT of conditionals and I think they are causing this problem. Does anyone know how to use this class?

whats should i do, my F9 didnt work but F7, F8, Ctrl+F9 work, i'm using Berlin Pro on Win 10

Hi I want create log on firedac.but not found good property on fdconnection for this work.plz help me. Tnks

Originally shared by Boian Mitov

Help with DLL Hi all, I am trying to access a function in C from a DLL. The function is defined like this: int32_t __cdecl AnalyseFile (STRCTYPE filename); and STRCTYPE is defined as LPCWSTR in C. How do I declare this in Delphi? I tried this but ti doesn't seem to work: function AnalyseFile(newPath: PWideChar): LongWord; cdecl; and I call it like this: AnalyseFile(PWideChar('Mypath')); Anyone can spot what I am doing wrong? Thanks UPDATE: I had mistakenly written that the initial C declarion was stdcall instead of cdecl. I correct it now

I am indicating the #Delphi Starter Edition to some people but they are unable to register. The Key is invalid! Any trouble with Embarcadero servers?

Is there a way to convert 'array of const' (open array) to TValue? For example, I want to call SysUtils.Format function using System.RTTI.Invoke which requires function arguments to be passed as TArray . I tried type  TVArray = array of TVarRec; ...   a[1] := TValue.FromArray(TypeInfo(TVArray), [TValue.From (100)]);   System.Rtti.Invoke(@format, a, ccReg, TypeInfo(string)); but it leads to 'Invalid class typecast' when convering array values inside Invoke.

Can anyone recommend a way for my apps to check for updates?

I have been asked by the folks at work to recommend a Delphi profiler. I am utterly ignorant about Delphi profilers. Can anyone recommend one that works with Seattle? I'd be most grateful for any help.

How to play just simple beep on iOS ?

Ann: Nexus Quality Suite CodeWatch and 64 bit update We are happy to announce a significant update to our quality assurance and profiling product suite. The following items are new in the latest v1.60 release: - CodeWatch is back! The long awaited return of the memory and resource leak, and Windows API validation tool, is here! - BlockTimer and LineTimer profilers now support profiling of 64 bit targets - CoverageAnalyst now support analyzing 64 bit targets - NexusDB Memory Manager is now bundled with NQS, providing you with the best high-performance memory manager for your multi-thread applications. See our web site for details: http://www.nexusdb.com/support/index.php?q=qualitysuite The Nexus Quality Suite (NQS) is a set of tools that enables you to finetune your applications to the highest possible performance and quality standards. The current collection of tools include three profilers (Method level, Block level, and Line level), a unit test coverage analyzer, a memory/resource le...

From JediVcs to Git (It's possible !) Hi everybody, a few months ago, I asked for the best way to migrate from JediVcs to Git. the answers I got were not satisfying, I was told to create a new repository from now on and to keep JediVcs for history but I wanted to have all my history in one repository. Today, we did the migration and if someone is interested, here is the story : the facts : - I use JediVcs since 2002 and I want only one tool to keep all my history (11600 checkins). - JediVcs works with projects and shared modules and Git works with Directories (Repository), - the Git module between projects is not very easy to use, So after doing some research, I did the following - write a Delphi tool to convert the JediVcs data into a git fast-import format, - use one repository for all the projects and shred modules, - keep all the checkins from the history as one commit per day and per user. Now we have : - one repository which we access with Sourcetree or Git Extensions or any ...

Chetu's #DelphiProgrammingServices from Concept to Code. For details, visit: http://goo.gl/4vwzr7 http://goo.gl/4vwzr7

A new blog has been posted about our presence at several upcoming events in Europe: September ... a busy 'event' month at tmssoftware: http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/blog.asp?post=358 http://www.tmssoftware.com/site/blog.asp?post=358

RAD Studio IDE errors are still routed to QC. Isn't it about time that they are sent to QP, Marco Cantù?

Why Delphi (like other developer environments) natively not included full call stack for every exception? Or if this is possible, please tell me how (without external tools like EurekaLog or MadExcept).

Why Delphi (like other developer environments) natively not included full call stack for every exception? Or if this is possible, please tell me how (without external tools like EurekaLog or MadExcept).

Question of the day Why RTTI allows to access private members of an objet and not the public (not published) properties ?! Thanks :D

So this happened this evening.. I know building for the device on iOS can be slow sometimes.. but 136 years?? ;-)

Did anyone try canvas drawing in FMX for iOS and Android target? Please let me know if this is supported or you know any work around. 1. How to fill a path using Winding and Alternative modes? 2. Canvas.Stroke.Join, Canvas.SetCustomDash, Canvas.Stroke.Cap methods seems to have no effect on iOS and Android. Code snippet: var LDash: array [0 .. 1] of Single; LBitmap: TBitmap; LPath: TPathData; begin LBitmap := TBitmap.Create(500, 500); LPath := TPathData.Create; LBitmap.Canvas.BeginScene(); LBitmap.Canvas.Clear(ClAWhite); LBitmap.Canvas.Stroke.Color := ClABlack; LBitmap.Canvas.StrokeThickness := 30; LDash[0] := 3; LDash[1] := 2; LBitmap.Canvas.StrokeDash := TStrokeDash.sdCustom; LBitmap.Canvas.Stroke.Dash := TStrokeDash.sdCustom; LBitmap.Canvas.SetCustomDash(LDash, 2); LBitmap.Canvas.Stroke.Join := TStrokeJoin.sjRound; LPath.MoveTo(PointF(100, 100)); LPath.LineTo(PointF(400, 400)); LPath.LineTo(PointF(100, 400)); LPath.LineTo(PointF(400, 100)); LB...

Access Violation I can work for hours without any problems. Suddenly I can have an Access Violations every five minutes. Using exactly the same routine. Anybody have this strange problem too? (Win32 on Windows 10) Can antivirus cause this?

Hello community! With recent release of C++ Builder/Delphi Starter editions for free (during Boot Camps) we have updated our tool RAD & Installer so now it supports Starter editions too! RAD & Installer is feature rich expert for creating NSIS and Inno Setup installers directly from IDE. Official website & download: http://www.rad-installer.com

Originally shared by Girish Patil The Gnostice team will be speaking and exhibiting our product at various developer conferences in Europe in September. We'll be happy to meet you there! Here are the details: http://www.gnostice.com/news.asp#463 http://www.gnostice.com/news.asp#463

I can't reach GetIt from my personal machine. My work machine? No problem. But with my personal machine, it times out every time. Searched for differences, but I haven't found anything significant other than my work machine is Seattle only and my personal machine is Berlin only. I've checked my proxy settings. I've poked all around my network settings. Everything seems in order. Anyone have any ideas what is blocking me?

Hi all, I'm looking to hunt down a bug & I could do with a little advice? I'm getting an Access Violation when the InstHashMap singleton finalizes. More specifically in TMonitor.Destroy the Access Violation occurs on the following line (#18089 in Berlin): if (MonitorSupport nil) and (FLockEvent nil) then The pointer "FLockEvent" is not NIL, but clearly doesn't have a valid pointer. This problem has occurred since I added an FMX form & associated code to this VCL application. I've tried to replicate the problem in a test application, but (as you might guess) the problem doesn't occur, because all the FLockEvents are NIL during finalization. I don't really know enough about this topic -- so I'd be interested to know what sort of code would produce a non-nil pointer in a TMonitor in a TInstBucket in the InstHashMap singleton? In other words, what should I be doing to provoke this? What sort of code should be looking for in the origin...

I installed free Delphi 10.1 Berlin Starter I used GetIt Package Manager to search for JEDI libraries and could not find although http://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/jedi-libraries-now-in-getit-package-manager states it suppose to be there Any help ? http://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/jedi-libraries-now-in-getit-package-manager

Hello guys, Being HostNameLength a constant, I would love be able to declare a static array as below: LHostName: array[0. or LHostName: array[0.. rather than, currently: LHostName: array[0..HostNameLength - 1] of UTF8Char; Thanks :D

From Delphi License: "Licensee agrees not to use the Product to develop an application that is directly competitive to the Product or to any other Embarcadero products". Is that legal in EU law? It breaks basic freedom. Marco Cantù Is that mean no FPC/Zeos/mORMot development with Delphi (and most of OpenSource I think)? Even Delphinous package from Alexander Benikowski  is illegal in that case (competitive to the GetIt).

With all those people looking into a Starter, i added support for this Edition. At least to some degree ;) http://memnarch.bplaced.net/blog/2016/08/delphinus-for-delphi-starter-editions/ http://memnarch.bplaced.net/blog/2016/08/delphinus-for-delphi-starter-editions/

Hi i'm trying to run CMD keep it running and pass parameters to it tired this begin ShellExecute(Handle, nil, 'cmd.exe',' /K "C:\pgsql\bin\pg_ctl" -D "C:\pgsql\bin\/data" -l logfile start', nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL); end; i got the error: "filename directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect" i also tried : var Source : string; begin Source := Trim( '/K "C:\pgsql\bin\pg_ctl" -D "C:\pgsql\bin\data" -l logfile start'); ShellExecute(Handle, nil, 'cmd.exe', PChar(Source) , nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL); end; got the same error

Delphi Berlin, blank android project, non-blocking input dialog with anonymous method. Thanks to point me to what's wrong with this code: if I click on dialog Cancel button my app crashes trying to access default value instead of my input (tested on two devices) No differences using a valorized ADefault parameter or not calling that input dialog from OnShow event of the main form.

Did you notice the Starter Edution 100% OFF ? I'm MVP and it's a customer that told me that...

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Delphi personal comeback or limited time promotion? ;) https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/promotional-download https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/promotional-download

Glenn Anderson - Delphi Developer for 15 years. Would like to network with Delphi Developers in France and South Africa I am in the U.S.

Anybody has an online shared calendar including all Delphi related events/conferences? Thanks!

Does anyone using TChart on iOS? I found that my App under windows run just perfect but the same app on my iPad Air is very slow. I am using Berlin 10.1. I read few post from 2014 about using BufferedDisplay := True, but this does not make it for me. I really like FMX but on iOS, application are not smooth, performance are not great. Chart is the worst. It seems that between Berlin 10 and 10.1 performances have degraded. Unless it is because of iOS 9.3.2 versus 9.1. Anyway, anyone that has a more recent trick on how to resolve performance issue on iOS, would be really welcome. Thanks Marco

Where are the "ancestor components"? Today I opened D10.1 and tried to create a new component: Components>New Component>Firemonkey for Delphi>Then in the next screen (ancestor components) the list is empty. It says "No items available". Anyone has any idea what can cause this? Thanks

Chasing down a duplicate resource error... We've got a project, of reasonable size, which originally was developed on FireMonkey but recently we've pulled it back over to VCL. When we build the project now we get a handful of duplicate resource errors which, to my eye, seem to imply there is a FMX resource somewhere still being linked in. [dcc32 Hint] H2161 Warning: Duplicate resource: Type 12 (CURSOR GROUP), ID 32761; File c:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\17.0\lib\Win32\release\FMX.Controls.Win.res resource kept; file c:\program files (x86)\embarcadero\studio\17.0\lib\Win32\release\controls.res resource discarded. I've searched all of the units' USES clauses, to no avail - is there an easy way to work out what file(s) might be causing this error?

Berlin update 1... Where are you ?

http://www.andreamagni.eu/wp/2016/08/conferences-pascon-itdevcon-and-ekon/ http://www.andreamagni.eu/wp/2016/08/conferences-pascon-itdevcon-and-ekon/

Hello guys, Is it possible to wrap/bridge a define from an external lib? I want to access the value of HOST_NAME_MAX from in my Android project. I was able to access a function from libc: function gethostname(name: PUTF8Char; len: NativeUInt): Int32; cdecl; external LibC name Prefix + 'gethostname'; However I don't know how to access/wrap/bridge the value of HOST_NAME_MAX define from . Once its value is platform-dependent I can't hardcode it in my Delphi code. Thanks in advance :D

How much do you charge clients for App Development? this includes both mobile and desktop.

How to debug this? Hi guys, I am in this situation where I have no idea how to debug an exception I get. My app works just fine on Win32 but on Win64 and OSX I get an exception. On Win64, I have the following message and the stack : Can anyone offer an idea where to look for or what those messages mean? The stack shows the MouseMove event of the form but the event is empty. Thanks JK

Hello guys, I think the new macOS 64-bit compiler (scheduled for next year) should gone the old one (DCCOSX) as mantain two macOS compilers (old-gen and next-gen) would be dangerous in terms of quality and most of Apple desktop devices support 64-bit. As part of DCCOSX killing, the DCCIOS32 (iPhone Simulator compiler) should be gone as well as it share the same old architecture of DCCOSX and DCC32. iOS Simulator apps are in fact macOS apps, the DCCIOS32 compiler share the same DCCOSX architecture to generate Intel assembly. Only the iOS ARM compilers that should not be affected by the new macOS 64-bit compiler. Not changing the iPhone Simulator compiler ( I mean creating a new) as well would make it have bugs different from the new macOS compiler, you will end up having to fix things in the old gen DCCOSX and in the next gen compiler. It would bring equality/uniformity among another compilers, the compiler directive UNDERSCOREIMPORTNAME is a bit boring and there is only on the old gen ...

What's your motivation? Originally shared by Florian Effenberger (floeff) What's your motivation to volunteer in an #opensource #community? Help good friend Katja Gucek with her study thesis at https://www.1ka.si/a/102463 - thank you! ;-) https://www.1ka.si/a/102463

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Originally shared by David Berneda Experimental test project comparing the speed of TeeBI vs FireDAC in-memory tables and LocalSQL (SQLite) queries. Not sure if I've forgotten some FireDAC property or setting to speed it up. (TeeBI is aprox 7x times faster on Windows, 50x on Mac OSX) https://github.com/Steema/BI/tree/master/demos/experiments/speed/FDMemTable_Sqlite_Queries

Another Blast from the Past and another Quote of the Day.

Today I just was asked, why my company started with Delphi, 6 years ago instead of using C#. I just answared, that Delphi was the better choise at this time (maintenace, deployment, ...). But now a days, it's hard to argue, that a company should start with Delphi (for windows development), since the cost of Delphi is pretty high in contrast to VS C#. Question: Would you invest in Delphi for a new project, if you had to buy a license first (for windows development)? And why? New User: VS Prof: € 636,- Delphi Prof: € 1.939,20 https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msde/de_DE/pdp/Visual-Studio-Professional-2015/productID.323836900 https://www.embarcadero.com/app-development-tools-store/delphi https://www.embarcadero.com/app-development-tools-store/delphi

Anybody has any experience with code signing certificate issued by startssl.com ? I just went through their Class 2 validation and got my personal cert, the cost is $59 per year, but the best part is that, for an individual, the validation process is much easier then what I experienced with Comodo few years ago - what I needed to do is just uploading two of your ID documents, a picture of mine holding my ID card, a picture my debit card and transfer 0.1 to a bank account provided by startCOM. Tried signed a program of mine. Tried signed an EXE under Win7, initial tests show that the digital signature is recognizable under both Win7 and XP. Related post: === https://plus.google.com/u/0/+StefanGlienke/posts/9ituJw6MZ1p?cfem=1

Does anybody have any idea how to find the IOffset from an interface reference that work on all delphi compiler ? the old good function GetPIMTOffset(const I: IInterface): integer; from http://hallvards.blogspot.fr/2006/09/hack11-get-guid-of-interface-reference.html doesn't work on Android platform. Thanks. http://hallvards.blogspot.fr/2006/09/hack11-get-guid-of-interface-reference.html

New tiny Linux server $5. Roll on Godzilla. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onion/omega2-5-iot-computer-with-wi-fi-powered-by-linux https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onion/omega2-5-iot-computer-with-wi-fi-powered-by-linux

Hey guys, I am playing with libc bridging on Android and iOS. I was able to use it on Android as follow: const LibC = '/system/lib/libc.so'; function gethostname(name: MarshaledAString; len: NativeUInt): Int32; cdecl; external LibC; However I don't know where is the libc library on iPhone devices and simulator. The LibC constant only works for Android now as I don't know what I put on it for iOS, where ia stored the libc on iOS? Can you help me? Thanks in advance :D

Blast from the Past: Quote of the Day

Hello guys quick question . why Currency variables are not null when declare them and the Delphi gives some random values?

Originally shared by Embarcadero Technologies Mark your calendars & prep your desk for Delphi Boot Camp. Register now: http://embt.co/delphicamp2016 #delphicamp #delphi #programmers http://embt.co/delphicamp2016

Originally shared by Embarcadero Technologies Mark your calendars & prep your desk for Delphi Boot Camp. Register now: http://embt.co/delphicamp2016 #delphicamp #delphi #programmers http://embt.co/delphicamp2016

Hello guys, Has anyone ever tried to play with Firemonkey and Apple Watch? Is it possible? Thanks in advance :D

Originally shared by Gnostice.com Gnostice StarDocs On-Premises trial R2 released. Gnostice is pleased to announce the availability of the beta trial R2 release of the Gnostice StarDocs On-Premises edition. The R2 release includes the capability to setup secure end-points with your own SSL certificate. R2 also includes other major enhancements in PDF forms viewing and filling. You can download the virtual appliance and host it on your virtualization platform on your private servers. StarDocs provides Web APIs to enable a variety of document processing and document viewing scenarios. StarDocs is available as a cloud-hosted API service and as a virtual appliance that you can deploy on-premises. The following article explains how to set up a secure end-point for the API with your SSL certificate and using the new Administration Console: http://www.gnostice.com/nl_article.asp?id=336&t=Configuring_the_StarDocs_On_Premises_API_server&rr=122 To know more about StarDocs, please see the...

Hi How to get MS SQL Instance names and Database name list to ComboBox in Delphi ? Can someone help me ? Using Delphi 10.1 Berlin

Hello! How do i capture the data from google+ on FMX? for example: E-mail, Name, etc...?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INzECItF6ew Delphi, where are you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INzECItF6ew

I have prepared an 'improvement suggestion' for FMX.Types3D.TVertexBuffer, verified with 64 lines of test code in a console app. A corner case, nothing urgent, but it can make it easier to debug things. Description: 1) TVertexBuffer is part of TMeshData which is part of TCustomMesh, which is a TShape3D, which has a TMaterialSource, which has a TMaterial, which contains the shader byte code for the VertexShader and PixelShader. 2) It is typical that user code updates Vertices, TextCoord0 and Normals of the TVertexBuffer. Normals are also updated implicitely when user code calls TMeshData.CalcFaceNormals. P: TPoint3D; T: TPointF; Data.VertexBuffer.Vertices[Index] := P; Data.VertexBuffer.TexCoord0[Index] := T; Data.VertexBuffer.Normals[Index] := P; 4) Assume that the developer creates a new custom Material which updates Position, TexCoord and Normal as part of the VertexShader. It is no longer needed to compute TexCoords and Normals on the CPU. Only the initial position data will ...

I have prepared an 'improvement suggestion' for FMX.Types3D.TVertexBuffer, verified with 64 lines of test code in a console app. A corner case, nothing urgent, but it can make it easier to debug things. Description: 1) TVertexBuffer is part of TMeshData which is part of TCustomMesh, which is a TShape3D, which has a TMaterialSource, which has a TMaterial, which contains the shader byte code for the VertexShader and PixelShader. 2) It is typical that user code updates Vertices, TextCoord0 and Normals of the TVertexBuffer. Normals are also updated implicitely when user code calls TMeshData.CalcFaceNormals. P: TPoint3D; T: TPointF; Data.VertexBuffer.Vertices[Index] := P; Data.VertexBuffer.TexCoord0[Index] := T; Data.VertexBuffer.Normals[Index] := P; 4) Assume that the developer creates a new custom Material which updates Position, TexCoord and Normal as part of the VertexShader. It is no longer needed to compute TexCoords and Normals on the CPU. Only the initial position data will ...

Hello, Did you notice any ""Printer is not currently printing" error recently ? with an application that use Printer objet report this error on some computers with no reason I can figure out. Delphi XE3

I was checking a website for a piece of software and it says this: "ERP5 is mostly built in Python, using the NEO transactional NoSQL database and a relational SQL database (MariaDB preferred)" I'd like to ask if anyone has experience with NoSQL DBs. As I am not familiar with NoSQL, does this statement mean that NoSQL is used with SQL as an option? can be used? or something else? And for what purposes one would use NoSQL AND SQL DBs? Thanks

Hi I'm trying to send an email with html body and several attachements via MAPI. For this purpose JclEmail class. I'm struggling with following issue - when there is no attachements - email client show perfect html body but when any other file is attached - html body is shown as another attached file and the message text is empty. Is there some way to get html message content and some files attached via JclEmail MAPI solution? Thanks

Does or did have someone problem with debugger and antivirus? I had headache with cryptic error "Free heap block modified at after it was freed" everytime I debugged one application and as soon as I deactivated AVG AV then it mysteriously went away. I am somewhat puzzled by this behaviour. The idea to try deactivating AV didn't come from my head but from site that is added to this post. EDIT: I use XE7 with updates. https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/01bae812-0a5f-4b17-9745-b1c8293a25b1/free-heap-block-modified-at-after-it-was-freed?forum=vclanguage

Any hints? The obvious solution ... procedure TContentHandler.startElement(var strNamespaceURI, strLocalName, strQName: WideString; const oAttributes: IVBSAXAttributes); begin if SomeCondition then SysUtils.Abort; end; ... results in the infamous "Catastrophic failure" OLE exception. http://stackoverflow.com/q/38992143/49925

Can someone translate this for me, please? ;-)

Looking for a docking library for a VCL app using Delphi Berlin that supports docking multiple forms. We've been using the JEDI docking components but keep having problems and the lack of documentation is frustrating. I was looking for something like AQTime docking library, but that doesn't seem to be available anymore. Anyone have suggestions?

Any idea why my 'Complete class at cursor' isn't working? (XE7)

Pessoal o Delphi seria uma boa IDE para quem esta inicia em programação? E qual as vantagens do Delphi? Você a conselha Delphi?

Desktop VCL application that is based on SQLite (with Zeos lib). Now I need to expand it allowing some Windows LAN clients of the same application to connect to SQLIte database for some (limited) functionalities. Just to see what I'm able to do, I was trying to connect clients installations to main installation (call it server) with tethering (I use Berlin) , using shared resources (DATA) to exchange some small datasets (using XML). But I'm experiencing problems mainly with tethering: despite my efforts at this point I'm still not able to identify the client that asks the server for a query (AResource.Hint that looses his content on his way to the client, and AResource.Profile.Identifier that, too, reaches my clients completely blank). So, starting from SQLite as database,do I have a chance to engineer the new (very light) C/S version without a complete rewrite of the database part (and a new database technology)? Thanks for your help!

LimeLM Hi, after the discussion about the partial license keyes, etc. I came acroos LimeLM licensing solution which, it says, works in Delphi. The link is here: https://wyday.com/limelm/ Does anyone use it? Have you got any experience with this? Thanks JK https://wyday.com/limelm/

New blog post that describes the cause for a deadlock with Castalia's Clipboard history feature and using "Copy" in a TRichEdit in a debugged application. http://andy.jgknet.de/blog/2016/08/castalias-clipboard-history-trichedit-ide-deadlock/

Originally shared by Boian Mitov Jones Granatyr has published an article on using IntelligenceLab in Delphi in Portuguese :-) #Delphi #OpenWire

According to Chris Hesik, here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/731799/how-can-i-find-all-the-units-in-my-delphi-app The --depends option is supposed to work with the Delphi compiler, and it outputs a .d file. Does it still work in Berlin, and where is the file supposed to be output to?

looking for FireDACMongoDBDriver230.bpl in Seatle10 Got also the etnaedndb02.embarcadero.com:3046 login error for registered downloads

IDERA is really doing some job in Embarcadero! - GetIt is not working for some weeks: "The Embarcadero GetIt Server could not be reached...." - Registered downloads is also not working: "Unable to complete network request to host " etnaedndb02.embarcadero.com:3046 ". Failed to establish a connection. Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted." What should be the next "improvement"?

Hi guys! I bought a Mecer tablet. It comes with a 32bit Windows, and with a Intel 64bit CPU. I checked and the CPU definitely supports a 64bit OS. I thought I would have a 64bit OS with the stock settings, but the Windows 8.1 that comes with it, is a 32bit OS. I'm not quite, but almost out of options: the BOIS seems incapable of booting 64bit UEFI flash drive, 32bit works fine. Now my question is not about the tablet, I'll just go with whatever the limitations are of the system, I have no choice... the question is about Delphi 32bit and 64bit targets. I'm thinking of developing some on the tablet, and with my current project everything is 64bit, even the Integers, Int64... what are the actual difference between 32 and 64bit targets? I'm pretty sure a 32bit Integer will be enough for my needs, I'm wondering what is the speed/ and other implications of "downgrading" to 32bit? (Oh, and I know 32bit can use less RAM, but I rarely pass 40mb RAM usage, so there ...

Unfortunately, I don't remember who owns beginend.net , so I post this as public rant. By any chance can we get rid of pascal.today from the feed? It's just spamming! Or maybe there is an option to add filters so we will be able to filter out useless feeds?

Hello guys, Why should I use [Ref] attribute for const parameters? I read the doc http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Seattle/en/Parameters_(Delphi)#Constant_Parameters however I was unable to understand the use cases of it. Passing reference types as const make it to be passed by copy instead of by reference? I didn't understand why [Ref] is necessary to make sure the reference type will be passed by reference. Can you help me? Thanks in advance :D http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Seattle/en/Parameters_(Delphi)

Hi can you tell me someone how to convert Date format mm/dd/yyyy to yyyy/dd/mm in Delphi ?

Hi there are some one here, wich can help me with a migration problem on my project?

I've boosted the project gpProfile in the form of a fork with the objective to purpose an Open source solution working as well on CodeTyphon, Delphi and Lazarus. Named opProfiler for Open Pascal Profiler, the idea is to purpose a tool of optimization of code for Pascal Object developers. The volunteers (developers, testers, translators) are welcome, because there is lots work... At the moment, I began code conversion... Will needed safe to make level the set, because gpProfile is not any more maintained since a few years. The repository is here: https: // github.com / Libaud / opprofiler. I would load as soon as possible the converted sources. Knowing that I recommend to use CodeTyphon for the development. I've setup a public project on Slack : https://opprofiler.slack.com/ . https://opprofiler.slack.com/

What do people think about of following hack? Just read the following on BeginEnd: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fd%2Ehatena%2Ene%2Ejp%2Ftales%2F20160812%2F1470932247 I was just struck by the creativity of abusing the explicit typecast operator `()` as a makeshift function parameter brackets `()`. class operator StrToEnum .Explicit ( const Value: string): StrToEnum ; Combined witha implicit operator overload resolve the StrToEnum     This allows us to fake a naked generic function. X:= StrToEnum (string1); Horrible hack?  or great code?

Android, other than on phones. I have been finding that with each new OS update, my Nexus 7 (2013) becomes less and less reliable for ordinary web surfing. I have had no luck finding any answers. Everything I turn up on Google suggests rebooting. Uh-huh, but that's part of the complaint. I find it necessary to reboot with ever greater frequency. It has been necessary once a day for a few months now, but the latest update seems to require a reboot every few hours. I did find a workaround of sorts. If I run WiFi Analyzer, and leave it running, that seems to reduce the need for reboot. Can I be the only one having Android issues? I doubt it. But it certainly dims my view of the mobile market.

We love Delphi Berlin. And the developer community does too. So it is surprising to hear from a third party tool vendor: "The Berlin release is full of bugs and crashes with an "internal compiler error" when trying to compile the SDL Suite." So says the author, Hans Lohninger, of SDL Components, who has yet to release a Berlin version of his tools. We've been very happy with their components and support up until now. Last year, we purchased his source code to avoid this kind of problem. But (probably due to the above) it is not buildable. So we have not been able to start using Berlin. The vendor is no longer responding to emails. Has anyone here been able to get SDL to compile on Berlin? Does anyone have suggestions on a light-weight statistics library for polynomial and spline fits?

Copy to clipboard from RichEdit hangs IDE Could someone check if this happens for you, or it is just me 1. In Windows 10 and Delphi 10.1 drop TRicheEdit on form 2. Run it from IDE add some text to richedit and press Ctrl-C Application and IDE hangs. This only happens in Windows 10 (Windows 7 is ok), only when running from IDE and only for TRichEdit Update: It hangs for ~30 seconds and only first time you press Ctrl-Insert or Ctrl-C.

Looks like there is a bug in ObjectInvoke when calling method returning interface. Result is cleared by         VarClear(Result); and later passed as interface pointer:           ResultPointer :=@TVarData(Result).VInteger; but VarClear do not set VInterer to zero, so interface RefCounter contains garbage, and when called method set Result to some value it first calls to _Release which leads to AV.

Hey I was wondering if it would be possible to get Chrome like tabs on firemonkey OSX ?

Project Options, Version Info My company is UK based and I have a few projects and therefore a few deliverables ( mixture of EXE and DLL ). I am setting the Version Info up, including the Locale ID to $0809 English ( United Kingdom ) and everything seems fine when I check it via properties it has reverted to $0409 English ( United States ). It feels like I am going insane. I have tried this at least a DOZEN times on the same DLL and the same EXE within the project and the Locale ID always reverts to $0409. Firstly, Has anyone else experienced this ? and more importantly does anyone have a fix?