Delphi
Debugging Initialization and Finalization sections
There was a discussion on the ADUG list recently about Initialization sections. During the discussion I mentioned a technique for stepping through all the Initialization and Finalization sections in your project.
Afterward, I got a few emails from people saying they had not heard of it before, so I thought I’d do up a [...]
Delphiday.com – Daily deals on Delphi tools and components
Glenn Crouch from ESB Consultancy just posted about this on the ADUG list. It’s basically a “deal of the day”-type site for Delphi-related tools and components. Right at the moment it has LMD DockingPack at 50% off (for the next few hours anyway). Seems to have a few different vendors promoting their products on it. [...]
Searching in Delphi Part 1 : Regular Expressions
Being able to find elements in your code quickly and easily is critical to being productive in any IDE. Spend too long looking for things and you start to lose your train of thought. Over the years Delphi has introduced lots of different ways to search your code, some of them simple text-based matching, [...]
Delphi/C++Builder 2010 Updates 4 and 5 available
Just an FYI, the Delphi/C++Builder 2010 Updates 4 and 5 are available. These are cumulative, so regardless of whether you installed Update 2, update 1, or nothing, you can install these.
Read Me : http://dn.embarcadero.com/article/40174
Bug List : http://dn.embarcadero.com/article/40204
Install by running “Check for Updates” or downloading from the registered users page.
MS Multitouch Mouse demos – Could be cool for Delphi 2010 Multitouch apps on the desktop.
These could make a lot more sense for multitouch on the desktop than actually reaching out to the screen.
NB: The link has an apostrophe in it, which seems to cause issues with some browsers. Chrome deals ok, but IE not so much.
When you click on the link and it fails, if the last [...]
Reminder about the Delphi 2010 event in Brisbane Tuesday night
Just a reminder about the Delphi 2010 event in Brisbane tomorrow night. This is kind of the re-start of ADUG Brisbane, so if you are in town, come along and support the group.
Drag-and-drop Gutter Icons in Delphi 2010
Sticking with the theme of small but useful features in Delphi 2010, did you know you can now drag-and-drop various code-editor gutter icons?
Let’s say you’ve set a breakpoint, and right-clicked to adjust its properties, such as pass count, thread, group and various other settings. Then you realise you actually wanted this on a [...]
Refactoring Support for Attributes in Delphi 2010
I mentioned earlier that a lot of work in this release had gone into smaller features and feature tweaks. One of the results is that the IDE keeps giving me pleasant surprises. I’ll try to do something without even really thinking about whether it should work or not, and find that it not only [...]
More Attributes in Delphi 2010
In my previous post on Attributes in Delphi 2010, I showed a basic view of the mechanics involved in creating, applying and querying Attributes. I didn’t really cover an example of why you might use them.
Probably the most common example given is for persistence, and indeed, someone over on the Wings of Wind website [...]
Casting an Interface Reference to the Implementing Class in Delphi 2010
Not all the new features in Delphi 2010 are big. In fact, the team have spent a lot of time implementing many small features, fixes and tweaks. Some of these may not seem to amount to much individually, but they not only add up to significant impact, but greatly add to the polish of [...]
