For my link archive: [WaybackSave/Archive] Ioan Popovici @ MEM.Zone on X: “The Inno setup uninstall switches are the funniest thing ever. SILENT, /VERYSILENT I knew about this but didn’t think that the silent uninstall registry keys would be just SILENT. I’ve fixed that in the bulk uninstall tool but man microsoft should have forced”
Ioan Popovici @ MEM.Zone on X: “The Inno setup uninstall switches are the funniest thing ever. SILENT, /VERYSILENT I knew about this but didn’t think that the silent uninstall registry keys would be just SILENT. I’ve fixed that in the bulk uninstall tool but man microsoft should have forced”
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/21
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Redux: Which Windows Resource Editor do you use?
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/21
A long time I wrote about Which Windows Resource Editor do you use? containing a poll to choose between XN Resource Editor, IcoFX, ResEdit and Resource Hacker.
In the meantime and betweentime more than 10 years have passed and there seems to be little maintenance in (especially the non-commercial part of) Windows Resource Editor land.
From the poll back then, I also learned about a (for me) new [Wayback/Archive] Resource Editor | MelanderBlog which is still maintained every now and then. The download is at [Wayback/Archive] Downloads | MelanderBlog (at the time of writing [Wayback] ResourceEditor20190421b.zip).
More on that and download/install locations of various resource editors below a new poll.
This new poll adds Resource Editor and allows you to make multiple choices (in case you use more than one tool):
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Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on X: “@_ObomheseR Since JavaScript is in the group of curly based programming languages influenced by the B programming language, integer constants starting with zero are tried first in octal base. 017 octal is 15 decimal 018 octal is not possible, so becomes 18.”
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/20
With the constant influx of JavaScript programmers, it keeps worth repeating that you should always run JavaScript in strict mode via "use strict"; (like in the past Visual Basic 6 developers should use option strict and option explicit) to forget risky JavaScript syntax like implicit ocal constants (which were removed from the documentation in the 2009 ECMAScript 5 specification for JavaScript), and every codeline should have a test code covering it, especially for comparisons involving non-strict behaviour like the use of leading zeros.
As of the succeeding 2015 standard (ECMAScript 6), octal numbers in JavaScript start with 0o or 0O followed by a series of octal digits.
Oh, and the history of octal in computing of course has to do with 6-bit systems and also lead to 6-six bit character codes including BCD character encoding..
My tweet back earlier this year: [WaybackSave/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on X: “@_ObomheseR Since JavaScript is in the group of curly based programming languages influenced by the B programming language, integer constants starting with zero are tried first in octal base. 017 octal is 15 decimal 018 octal is not possible, so becomes 18.”
Inhteritence:
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When Delphi cannot output the .exe file because it is locked
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/20
Sometimes Delphi cannot output the .exe file because it is locked. In even rarer times, Delphi itself keeps the .exe file locked (this has done it for decades and I think this is caused by a bug in the debugger).
A long time ago, I answered how to figure out where the lock comes from. A decade later a comment was added (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Server Overflow) with a command-line tool you can use for that too (but sometimes returns less results). Both are in [Wayback/Archive] compilation – Delphi does not generate any exe file – Stack Overflow Read the rest of this entry »
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The spring (a twig) components – How to improve the use of Delphi Frames – Stack Overflow
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/19
In [Wayback/Archive] components – How to improve the use of Delphi Frames – Stack Overflow (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Brian Frost for asking!) I referred to a blog post I wrote more than 15 years ago about registering Delphi frames as components in Delphi: Delphi – Frames as visual Components – don’t forget your Sprig!
It is still a technique few use, but it is very powerful as it resolves many design time issues that arise when using Delphi frames in a normal fashion especially:
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Can’t debug a .NET project in Visual Studio Code on Windows? Answered in “.net – The library hostpolicy.dll was not found – Stack Overflow”
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/19
A while ago I bumped into the error [Wayback/Archive] .net – The library hostpolicy.dll was not found – Stack Overflow (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Nate Barbettini for asking) which prevented me to debug in Visual Studio Code, but none of the answers applied to my case, so I added this one: Read the rest of this entry »
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Eind 2024 was er een exclusieve tour in de Gerbrandytoren: het hoogste gebouw van Nederland – YouTube
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/18
Indrukwekkende video van “Zendmast Lopik” (staat in IJsselstein en heet officieel Gerbrandytoren):
[Wayback/Archive] EXCLUSIVE TOUR GERBRANDYTOWER | TALLEST STRUCTURE NETHERLANDS – YouTube
Achtergrondinformatie: Gerbrandytoren – Wikipedia
--jeroen
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4-digit Dell Optiplex models – Difference between model-series – Dell Community
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/18
A while ago I bumped into the below post but forgot which Google Search query brought me to it. Very to the point info at [Wayback/Archive] Optiplex models – Difference between model-series – Dell Community (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Philip_Yip – Dell Community!) Read the rest of this entry »
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If I have not found pfSense hardware by now: Gowin R86S mini PC offers 2.5GbE and 10GbE networking for $310 and up – CNX Software
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/15
I have been contemplating on pfSense hardware as there has been a large shortage on that market especially for having more than 2 ports (similar to for instance Mikrotik PoE router unavailability).
If by now I have not found any, I might want to revisit [Wayback/Archive] Gowin R86S mini PC offers 2.5GbE and 10GbE networking for $310 and up – CNX Software has 3 RJ45 ports and 2 SFP+ cages.
They found it via this 4 page review:
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Steps to enable remote control of a computer with Intel® AMT using MeshCommander
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/15
For my link archive to remotely administer some Intel 3060 Micro machines: [Wayback/Archive] Steps to enable remote control of a computer with Intel® AMT using MeshCommander
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 