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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/10
A few weeks ago in When you get “TfsScript.Execute” throwing a “Unregistered version of FastScript.” I wrote about “a process that explains any modules in the MAP file not resulting in DCU files”.
The below batch file aids in that process.
It takes a MAP file from your Delphi compiled executable that has debug information in text format which means you need to set your project linker options to generate detailed MAP files.
The Map Debug File (*.map) – RAD Studio documentation hasn’t much information but points to Detailed-Segments Map File – RAD Studio which has a bit more. Neither contain information on Delphi units as they focus too much on the C++ side of things. Then there is a tiny bit information in Understanding Delphi MAP File – Stack Overflow.
So I did some spelunking and came up with this batch-file which will likely work back until about the Delphi 7 era:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/05
With Xcode updating frequently and Delphi about yearly and often taking more than 1 go at fixing things, you get this scary thought:
Scott Pinkham
I’ve learned to not update Xcode, OSX or iOS until absolutely necessary, and even then I usually stick with an older version of Xcode that is known to be compatible with Delphi. It takes a while for Embaradero/Idera to fix issues every time Apple makes some breaking change. I recommend rolling back to an earlier version if you can.
via: [WayBack] Hello, I upgraded my Xcode to the latest version 8.2.1 and ios SDK 10.2 Now…
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/05
Something to remember: Delphi To Go: Include resource files in your Delphi build process
Note it’s not enough to add a line like this to your .dpr file:
{$R 'New1.res' 'New1.rc'}
The resources actually needs to be part of your .dproj file (which basically is an XML msbuild file adhering to the MSBuild Project File Schema Reference).
That way, the BrccCompile target in $(BDS)\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets will automatically pick it up during build.
I just checked and these target files support BrccCompile:
...\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\7.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets ...\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\8.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets ...\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets ...\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\10.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets...\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\11.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets...\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\12.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets...\Embarcadero\Appmethod\13.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets...\Embarcadero\Studio\14.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets ...\Embarcadero\Studio\15.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets ...\Embarcadero\Studio\16.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets ...\Embarcadero\Studio\17.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets ...\Embarcadero\Studio\18.0\bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets
Which means it’s available as of Delphi 2007 until at least Delphi 10.1 Berlin and might even work in Delphi 2006
It could be a little bit flakey in Delphi 2007 (I’ve had many msbuild issues there) but more recent versions should be fine.
–jeroen
Related: I have a big file to add +’ at the beginning of a line and ‘ at the end…- shlomo abuisak – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/01/04
Vendors should post these, but alas Embarcadero is not the only one failing here, so here are build/version numbers of the various Delphi Berlin releases until now:
Sébastien Paradis:
- Berlin initial release -> 24.0.22858.6822
Horácio Filho:
- Berlin Update 1 -> 24.0.24468.8770
- Berlin Update 2 -> 24.0.25048.9432
Via: [WayBack] Hi everyone How to know wheter my installed Berlin instance includes update 2?. … G+
If you need the ISO images: Positive: Delphi 10.1 Berlin Update 2 is out – ISO links.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/12/30
When you ship OpenSSL DLLs, you should provide an update mechanism outside of your regular product cycle that updates these shortly after vulnerabilities are fixed.
Few if any products do that. So I made an overview from products and OpenSSL DLL versions I had installed on various systems.
I’m a developer, so the list is biased towards tools I use often.
All of them are vulnerable: [WayBack] https://www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html
- 1.0.2.h by ContinuaCI 1.8.1.185 PostgreSQL and Avast 12.3
- 1.0.2.g by SourceTree 1.9.x embedded git_local
- 1.0.2d by Git for Windows 2.6.1
- 1.0.2a by SQLite browser 3.7.0
- 1.0.1m by Delphi 10.0 Seattle
- 1.0.1l by Ruby 2.3
- 1.0.1f by SlikSvn 1.8.5
- 1.0.1g by Delphi XE8, Delphi XE7, VMware Workstation OVF tool and Adobe Creative Cloud 2.8.1
- 1.0.0g by Delphi XE6, Delphi XE5, Delphi XE4, Delphi XE3, Appmethod 1.13 and CollabNet SVN Client 1.7.5
- 1.00d by MarkdownPad 2
- 1.0.0 by FinalBuider 7 XE2 and FinalBuilder 7 EE
- 0.9.8za by VMware Remote Console Plug-in 5.1 and VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client 5.1
- 0.9.8y by VMware VIX Workstation 10
- 0.9.8t by Veaam Backup and Replication
- 0.9.8r by ContinuaCI 1.8.1.185 hg support, VMware VIX and VMware Workstation 8.0.2
- 0.9.8q by Veeam Backup Transport, Veaam Backup, xampp 1.7.4 and Replication and VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client 5.0
- 0.9.8o by xampp 1.7.4
- 0.9.8l by xampp 1.7.4
- 0.9.8n by Delphi XE2, Delphi XE and VMware VIX Workstation 7.1.0
- 0.9.8m by VMware VMRC Plug-in, VMware VIX and VMware Workstation 8.0.2
- 0.9.8i by VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client 4.1
- 0.9.8d by Database Workbench Pro 4.4.3, Database Workbench Pro 5.2.4 and VMware vSphere CLI Perl
- 0.9.8b by Adobe Creative Suite 5
- 0.9.7m by VMware VIX server 1.0.9
- 0.9.7l by VMware VIX VIServer 2
- N/A by Adobe Create Suite 5 and VMware VIX server 1
–jeroen
via: [WayBack] Does Delphi installer install OpenSSL dll’s?
PS: Below some Software Archeology related links in the comments.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/12/29
In recent Delphi version, FastReport version 5 ships. But for parts of FastReport, it’s a trial. This includes the FastScript part. The trial is very close to the real FastReport 5 thing. So real that when you compile you don’t see a difference, not even when trial and official things are mixed.
The only difference is that the trial will have a ShowMessage result like this:
ShowMessage(‘Unregistered version of FastScript’);
[Window Title]
Fastscriptexecute
[Content]
Unregistered version of FastScript.
[OK]
This occurred when I tried to move a the build process to a build server; a very tiny program will show this:
program FastScriptExecute;
uses
Vcl.Forms,
fs_iinterpreter;
{$R *.res}
var
fs: TfsScript;
begin
fs := TfsScript.Create(nil);
try
fs.Execute();
finally
fs.Free();
end;
end.
The build server had Delphi installed but not FastReports 5. I put all the sources in version control and fiddled with the project search paths until it built on the server.
Wrong!
Since the trial is so close to the real version, it will compile even if you don’t include all directories. In fact some permutations of the FastReports source and Delphi XE8 FastReports trial DUCs build perfectly fine.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/12/27
A long while ago, but still an interesting discussion: Is there a predictable order of execution for Class Constructors? leading to these links:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/12/22
In functional programming, sequences are an important way of expressing logic.
This G+ post by Colin Johnsun discusses a library and a Spring4D way to handle sequences: I’ve release a library that allows you to iterate through a collection of items without using loops…
It’s interesting when mapping, reducing and solving many other problems in a functional way.
Background:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/12/21
Some of the [Wayback] Ken Thompson – Wikiquote entries come from a great [Wayback] 1983 ACM Turing Award Acceptance Lecture [Wayback] “Reflections on Trusting Trust”.
That lecture used to be on http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html
But it isn’t, and was not in the WayBack machine and neither in the Google Cache [Archive.is] because of the [Wayback/Archive.is] robots.txt. Historic link rot galore!
Edit 20210728: by now it is in the Wayback machine again; the earliest archived copy is from 2001, it also shows that as of april 2015 it is gone from the bell labs server.
The lecture is about [Wayback] compiler viruses and viruses actually did this at least a few times: Wayback: Delphi in 2009 and to [Wayback] XCode in 2015.
A few nice links from [Wayback] ACM Classic: Reflections on Trusting Trust – Google Groups though:
And archived versions of (I hope accurate) copies of the article:
Finally I found a PDF copy of the original ACM prints that Greg Ganger of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University has online. It’s archived too.
–jeroen
Further reading:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/12/20
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 