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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/31
While writing this blog entry, I’m installing my new copy of Delphi XE (formerly called Delphi 2011 by some people).
Delphi XE and RAD Studio XE got RTM today, and are now available for purchase.
Contact my colleague Gwan Tan if you want to order it from Dutch speaking countries, and Thorsten Nannen if you want to order it from German speaking countries. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, Delphi, Delphi for PHP, Development, Prism, Software Development | 9 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/30
Sometimes the VMware tools need to be restarted in order to get the shared clipboard functionality working again.
From inside a Windows VM, you can do that like this:
net stop vmtools
This will create this output:
The VMware Tools Service service is stopping.
The VMware Tools Service service was stopped successfully.
Then start the service again:
net start vmtools
Giving this output:
The VMware Tools Service service is starting.
The VMware Tools Service service was started successfully.
From outside your virtual machine, you can do it like on this URL using sc: http://www.dailyhypervisor.com/2009/03/25/script-restarting-vmware-tools-remotely/
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/27
Onderstaande krijg je te zien als je bij ABN AMRO aan het internetbankieren bent.
Handig als je geen kinderen hebt, en echt offending als je geen kinderen wilt of kunt krijgen:
"Open nu een Eurostyle rekening! Stort € 20,- en uw kind ontvangt €20,0"
–jeroen
Posted in Opinions | 1 Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/27
Now your readers can have an easy way to tweet about your blog postings too: New Twitter “Tweet Button”.
From the post by Andy P (wordpress team):
New Twitter “Tweet Button”
…
…
When one of your readers hits the Tweet Button, they will be shown a popup that includes a shortened link to your post. Readers can add in a quick message, and then hit “Tweet” to send the post to their Twitter feed as a tweet — all without leaving your blog.
…
To enable the button on your blog please visit the “Appearance > Extras” menu and select the “Show a Twitter Tweet Button on my posts” option.
Edit: 20100901:
The WordPress team has moved the Twitter Tweet button into Settings > Sharing. In addition to that, they added sharing mechanisms for FaceBook, Press This, Reddit, Digg, StumbleUpon, Email and Print.
In addition to those, you can define your own sharing methods.
You can read more about this move here.
–jeroen
Posted in Power User, SocialMedia, Twitter, WordPress | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/26
Anthony Frazier mentions two very true paths for optimizing your Delphi compile times:
To get rid of the second, you should split your interface and your implementation.
Often, one of these two solutions work for that well:
Only if those options do not work, then start using Delphi SpeedUp by Andreas Hausladen.
–jeroen
Via: TPersistent.com » Blog Archive » The Power of Open Source.
Posted in Delphi, Development, Software Development | 19 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/25
Be sure to watch the radstudiodemos project at sourceforge.
It contains the RAD Studio Demos from Embarcadero in this SVN repository.
Which means that the demos of the current RAD Studio version are there, and Embarcadero is filling it with the Demos from the upcoming Delphi XE version.
In fact, quite a few Delphi XE demos have been checked in already.
John Kaster will put on the C# version of DbxUtils on-line there soon.
–jeroen
Posted in .NET, C#, Delphi, Development, Software Development | 4 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/24
Recently, I had to restore StarTeam 2005 on a Windows 2003 Server.
An out-of-the-box install using MSDE 2000 does not want to run as a service.
This post shows you how I solved that problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Database Development, Development, Source Code Management, SQL Server, StarTeam | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/23
I had a really bad experience using Nokia Ovi Suite 2.2.0.241 to update my Nokia 6700 classic phone from v09.70 to v10.50.
This is what I did:
Now the phone is blank: everything was wiped off, the backup restauration failed. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/20
When you write .NET 4 software, you want to deploy it to your clients, so they need to install the .NET Framework 4.
On fully patched Windows Server 2003 x86 installations, the (optional) Windows Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 for Windows Server 2003 x86 (KB982671) usually results in this error:
Installation Failure
Error Code: 0×80246002
Try to install the update again, or request help from one of the following resources.
It fails during download, so it does not even reach the install phase.
Don’t loose too much time resolving this: The usual solution for 0×80246002 as described in KB958056 does not work.
The systems affected don’t have anti-virus or similar software installed, so disabling those won’t work: there is nothing to disable.
What does work is the suggestion a bit lower in the 0×80246002 update fails search results Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, Delphi, Development, Power User, Prism, Software Development | 5 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/19
In my VM’s, I often run different instances and/or versions of SQL Server.
Finding the right instance of SQL server, and the right version of SQLCMD.EXE / OSQL.EXE can be a pain.
That’s why I have written the two batch-files shown below for that.
They are not perfect, but they do work for me, and show a few interesting batch-file tricks.
This finds the most up-to-date SQLCMD.EXE (or OSQL.EXE for SQL Server 2000) and puts the location of it in the sqlcmd environment variable.
@echo off
rem find the highest version of SQLCMD.EXE or OSQL.EXE and put it in the sqlcmd environment variable
rem this prefers SQLCMD.EXE over OSQL.EXE
set sqlcmd=
for %%d in ("%ProgramFiles%", "%ProgramFiles(x86)%") do for %%v in (80, 90, 100) do for %%f in (OSQL, SQLCMD) do (
call :sqlcmdtest "%%~d\Microsoft SQL Server\%%v\Tools\Binn\%%f.EXE" %1
)
if !!==!%sqlcmd%! for %%f in (OSQL, SQLCMD) do (
call :find-on-path %%f.EXE
)
if !%1!==!! echo SQLCMD: %sqlcmd%
goto :exit
rem be carefull not to specify the .EXE in the %%f FOR loop-expression, otherwise it tries to dine SQLCMD.EXE and OQSL.EXE in the current directory
rem http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178653.aspx
rem 80 = SQL Server 2000
rem 90 = SQL Server 2005
rem 100 = SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
:find-on-path
set sqlcmd=%~f$PATH:1
if not ""=="%sqlcmd%" set sqlcmd="%sqlcmd%"
goto :exit
:sqlcmdtest
if exist %1 if !%2!==!! echo found %1
if exist %1 set sqlcmd=%1
:exit
Tricks used:
This batch file finds the SQL Server instances on the local machines from the naming of the SQL Server services that are running.
Note that it won’t work if you choose custom names for your SQL Server services (but that will probably break a lot of other stuff out there as well).
@echo off rem find best matching instance of SQL Server on this machine set sqlinstance= set sqlservice= for /f "usebackq tokens=1,2,3 delims=:$" %%i in (`sc query`) do ( rem %%j is " MSSQL" because we dropped space as a delimiter if "%%i"=="SERVICE_NAME" call :bare-service %%j %%k ) if !%1!==!! echo SQL Instance=%sqlinstance% if !%1!==!! echo SQL Service=%sqlservice% goto :exit :bare-service rem %1 equals "MSSQL" because of the command-line parsing trims spaces rem the order is important: we favour named instances over unnamed: if "%1"=="MSSQLSERVER" call :process-instance %1 . if "%1"=="MSSQL" call :process-instance MSSQL$%2 .\%2 goto :exit :process-instance if !%1!==!! echo found service "%1" providing instance "%2" if "%sqlinstance%"=="" set sqlinstance=%2& set sqlservice=%1 for /f "usebackq tokens=1,2,3,4" %%s in (`sc query %1`) do ( if "%%s"=="STATE" if !%1!==!! echo state of %1 is %%v ) goto :exit :exit
Tricks used:
sc query sample fragment:
SERVICE_NAME: MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
DISPLAY_NAME: SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)
TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
STATE : 4 RUNNING
(STOPPABLE,PAUSABLE,ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN)
WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
CHECKPOINT : 0x0
WAIT_HINT : 0x0
My final batch-file ties both together:
set sqlrun= call %~dp0sql-find-sqlcmd.bat %* call %~dp0sql-find-instance.bat %* if not !!==!%sqlcmd%! if not !!==!%sqlinstance%! set sqlrun=%sqlcmd% -S %sqlinstance% -E if !%1!==!! echo SQLRUN=%sqlrun%
The output of that batch-file is like this:
found "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\OSQL.EXE" found "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\SQLCMD.EXE" found "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\OSQL.EXE" found "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\SQLCMD.EXE" SQLCMD: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\SQLCMD.EXE" found ".\SQLEXPRESS" state of service MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS with SQL Server instance .\SQLEXPRESS is RUNNING found "MSSQLSERVER" (.) state of service MSSQLSERVER with SQL Server instance . is RUNNING SQL Instance=.\SQLEXPRESS SQLRUN="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\SQLCMD.EXE" -S .\SQLEXPRESS -E
Hope this helps a few people.
–jeroen
Posted in CommandLine, Database Development, Development, Software Development, SQL Server | 3 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/18
Next week, I’ll be speaking at Delphi Live 2010 in San Jose, California.
, USA.
At the end of september, I’ll be speaking at EKON 14, in Darmstadt, Germany. My 14th appearance at EKON!
Delphi Live (sessions in English):
EKON 14 (Sessions auf Deutsch / in German):
Hope tho see some of you people at one of those events.
I will bring some USB audio equipment, so I might do a bit of geek stuff doing ASIO audio on those events too.
–jeroen
Posted in Conferences, Delphi, DelphiLive, Development, EKON, Event, Software Development | 5 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/17
On the Embarcadero forum, Jolyon Smith asked about the underlying meaning of the 64-bit Pulsar statements in the updated Roadmap.
He did not ask for an exact date, but what level of 64-support is the current goal.
Allen Bauer (Chief Scientist at Embarcadero) was kind enough to put up a few answers.
A few quotes are below, please read the full thread titled Embarcadero Discussion Forums: Roadmap: Clarification Required Please … for the exact answers.
It basically boils down to this: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Delphi, Development, Software Development | 9 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/16
I know that ESXi 4.1 requires VT (the Intel support for hardware assisted virtualization) to be enabled to run x64 VMs.
This is the warning that you get when starting an x64 VM, and you don’t have VT enabled:
[Window Title]
Virtual Machine Message
[Main Instruction]
Virtual Machine Message
msg.cpuid.noLongmodeQuestionFmt: This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit guest
operating systems. However, 64-bit operation is not possible.
This host is VT-capable, but VT is disabled.
VT might be disabled if it has been disabled in the BIOS settings or the host has not been
power-cycled since changing this setting.
(1) Verify that the BIOS settings enable VT and disable ‘trusted execution.’
(2) Power-cycle the host if either of these BIOS settings have been changed.
(3) Power-cycle the host if you have not done so since installing VMware ESX.
(4) Update the hosts’s BIOS to the latest version.
For more detailed information, see http://vmware.com/info?id=152
Continue without 64-bit support?
[Yes] [No] [OK]
Posted in ESXi4, Power User, VMware | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/13
Last week, I wrote Veeam Backup and Replication on ESXi 4.1: “Input string was not in a correct format.” -> Upgrade to 4.1.2
I was partially wrong in that Veam Backup FastSCP 3.0.2.270 did not work: that the alternative is Veeam Backup and Replication 4.1.2.
Well not completely: Veeam Backup and Replication 4.1.2 works, but a day after they released that 4.1.2 version, they also released Veeam Backup and FastSCP 3.0.3, which works too.
And of course they released it about half a day after I wrote the above post 
Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/12
I’m considering a TomTom Lifetime Maps/Traffic Subscription on a TomTom XXL 540 World Traveler’s Edition Series.
But given section 7 “Subscriptions (for Lifetime Maps/Traffic, see subparagraphs f and g only)” of their General Terms and Conditions (see below) – especially the underlined pieces below – I’m hesitating.
I have the gut feeling the same can happen with that device that happened with my HTC Advantage X7500 PDA:
it runs TomTom 6, since TomTom 7 does not support this PDA (might have to do with the 640×480 resolution of the PDA).
Newer maps don’t run on TomTom 6, so I’m stuck with old (Europe and USA) maps.
This TomTom XXL 540 WTE system is only available in the USA (not over here in Europe), and since I’ll be speaking at DelphiLive in less than 2 weeks from now: well, you’ll get my point
I can’t seem to find out if this model has 4Gb or 2Gb memory; so anyone who knows that, please place a coment.
Also the screen resolution seems to be 480 x 272 (I’m used to 640 x 480), so I will probably need to get used to that if I buy.
So: Any opinions on what you think the map support lifetime of this XXL 540 WTE navi will be? Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/11
Lately, CodePlex is in the progress of migrating from TFS2008 to TFS2010 (they have done TFS05…TFS01 and TFS07; TFS06 and TFS08…TFS10 still need to be done).
When your projects have been migrated (or you are going to use TFS2010 yourself), and you use VS2008 (or VS2005 – which I have not tested yet), you need to perform some updates and configuration changes to connect to the new TFS2010 servers.
So this post is about connecting from VS2008 to TFS2010 on CodePlex.
The tips will also work when connecting to a regular TFS2010 server: the connection URL is slightly different. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, CodePlex, Development, Software Development, Source Code Management, TFS (Team Foundation System) | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/10
It is good to see the cross breeding effect works:
Last week, the Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tools added Quick Access Extension, which is the Visual Studio equivalent of the Delphi RAD Studio IDE Insight.
It is a keyboard shortcut (Delphi: F6 or Ctrl-.; Visual Studio: Ctrl+3) to search and execute things defined by the environment:
Delphi has a few options that Visual Studio hasn’t and vice versa, but it comes really close.
–jeroen
Posted in .NET, Delphi, Development, Software Development, Visual Studio and tools | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/09
Sometimes when you add a new user to your ESXi 4.x installation, you get this error message (click for the full size picture):
Create User: User name or password has an invalid format
Until now, only a few russian pages described the cause:
Without console login (or SSH - see my blog tomorrow), you cannot see the obvious reason for this message:
Your password does not adhere to the ESXi 4.x password policy, which is more strict than the ESX/ESXi 3.x policy.
vm-help.com has a nice page describing the ESXi 4.x password policy, and how to alter it.
–jeroen
Posted in ESXi4, Power User, VMware | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/06
Scenario is this;
I have seen it happen under these circumstances: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Power User, VMware, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 6 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/05
I’m in the process of moving the VMs on my ESX 3.5 box to an ESXi 4.1 box (so I can get ESXi 4.1 installed on the ESX 3.5 box).
I tried copying over the files using the free Veeam Backup and FastSCP 3.0.2.270, but that obviously does not work well:
—————————
Veeam Backup and FastSCP
—————————
API version on the server does not allow CreateDirectory operation
—————————
OK
—————————
The free FastSCP works on a file by file base, but that won’t cut it.
Hoping the licensed product would work better, I registered for a trial of Veeam Backup and Replication (it is version 4.x in stead of FastSCP which is still 3.x).
The registration process went swift, but I was just a tad bit too early trying to run it against VMware ESXi 4.x: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/04
This seems to be a recurring question on a lot of forums:
How to get the current date as yyyyMMdd into environment variable datestring in a regional independent way?
A lot of solutions are using construct around the %date% environment variable similar to this:
for /f "usebackq tokens=1,2,3,4 delims=- " %%i in (`echo %date%`) do ( set datestring=%%l%%k%%j echo %%i echo %%j echo %%k echo %%l ) echo %datestring%
There are two things wrong with this kind of solution:
(note: the %date% environment variable has the same format as the date command).
For sytems having Powershell installed, this is a possible solution: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/03
Reminder to self.
Creating a new public filter depending on a new public query in StarTeam always bits me.
The reason is this subtle set of StarTeam rules for queries and filters: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Development, Source Code Management, StarTeam | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/02
Edit – 20100813:
The problem is not completely fixed; still some PDFs are behaving odly. So have have disabled “Allow fast web view” in the Adobe Reader preferences (see below for steps) once again.
Edit – 20100812:
This below problem is fixed in the Chrome version 5.0.375.126 from the stable channel which got released 20100811.
Thanks commenter Jacques for reporting this:
… after installing the new fix (Chrome 5.0.375.126), all PDFs now open without error in the Chrome browser.
To install the fix, open the Chrome browser, click on the “wrench” icon (to the right of the address bar), and select “About Google Chrome.” A button in the About window allows you to get the latest update.
Original:
In the past, this used to work fine, but lately I often get this error message when viewing PDF documents in Adobe Reader 9.3.3 in Chrome 5.0.375.99 on Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and Windows XP SP3:
There was an error processing a page. There was a problem reading this document (107).
Sometimes I get these errors instead: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Adobe, Power User | 6 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/01
Has it been that long ago? Yes, yesterday, Firebird celebrated its 10th anniversary as an open source project.
It was stable for almost 2 years, and then Firebird 1.0 was released more than 8 years go.
The next version, 1.5, also took less than 2 years, and was released more than 6 years ago.
Version 2.0 was a major release, and took a bit longer: 2 years ago.
Version 2.5 is taking the same speed as 1.5 did, and is about to be released.
Work has already begun on 3.0, and a lot of new features are in the pipeline, including a new ODS.
–jeroen
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