Posted by jpluimers on 2010/10/21
Brilliant and so true:
New programmers are drawn to multithreading like moths to flame, with similar results.
Edit: And this is just one example on how tiny little details can impact threading so much.
–jeroen
via Twitter / Danny Thorpe: New programmers are drawn ….
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/10/19
Recently, I had the error message “Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors. Check each OLE DB status value, if available. No work was done” occur to me when connecting through the “Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server”.
I got the below message (in this case in Delphi, but I have seen lots of other people having the same issue using other environments too): Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/09/29
Recently, a co-worker at a client asked me “What is better: extension methods of helper classses?”.
This question is relevant not only in the .NET and Delphi worlds.
My answer was simple, consisting of these 3 points: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/09/10
To quote the Apple statement:
we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need.
Which seems to mean you can use both Mono (using MonoTouch) and Flex to develop your Apple iPhone and iPad apps.
–jeroen
via Statement by Apple on App Store Review Guidelines.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/09/08
Recently, I was at a client where in a project strings had to be split from:
'FI-150 1U; FI-049-I L=20 MM;LET OP LASVORM'
Into:
'FI-150 1U''FI-049-I L=20 MM''LET OP LASVORM'At first sight, this looks simple: Semicolon Separated Values and you are done.
Not so fast Mr Smart Alec: watch the optional spaces!
The best thing for problems like these is to start with an empty implementation that some units tests covering it.
I use DUnit for Delphi unit testing.
Unit testing should go with code coverage, but there are few Delphi code coverage articles.
I’ll get into code coverage later on, as I’m working with two of the code coverage people to get this to work nicely with Delphi 2010.
Mock objects can be a good addition to unit testing too, so in a future article, I will cover using mock objects with Delphi.
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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 »
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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.
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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
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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: 0x80246002
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 0x80246002 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 0x80246002 update fails search results Read the rest of this entry »
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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
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