Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/26
I totally missed that this was introduced in Delphi XE8: [Archive.is] Settings Migration Tool – RAD Studio.
It allows exporting/importing your Delphi settings and migrate them from older Delphi versions.
I need to try to find out which older Delphi versions it supports.
–jeroen
via: [WayBack] For once, I remembered …\Studio\19.0\bin\migrationtool.exe and imported all the IDE tweaks and color settings I had… – Lars Fosdal – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/25
A history lesson: not all minitor Delphi updates are binary compatible.[WayBack] The Mysterious Case Of The Lost Inherited Call | The Art of Delphi Programming.
I am looking forward to the solution that Uwe comes up with.
–jeroen
via [WayBack] Binary compatibility can be hard to achieve. The Mysterious Case Of The Lost Inherited Call https://www.uweraabe.de/Blog/2018/05/28/the-mysterious-cas… – Uwe Raabe – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/25
Cool blog:
[WayBack] Mad With PowerShell Tim Curwick’s PowerShell blog, tips and tricks, tools and techniques, explanations and explorations
via: [WayBack] Mad With PowerShell – Excellent blog by +Tim Curwick about the use and abuse of PowerShell, and brimming with good examples and clues. – Lars Fosdal – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/25
Really cool history: [Archive.is] Dennis1000/mos6502-delphi: A MOS 6502 CPU emulator written in Delphi (a very basic C64 + VIC20 emulator included)
It should run on most 32-bit Delphi versions.
via:
–jeroen
Posted in 6502, C64, Commodore, Delphi, Development, History, Software Development, VIC-20 | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/25
Interesting: [Ardhive.is] Use Software Restriction Policies to block viruses and malware | Branko Vucinec
via: [WayBack] Ransomware treft Tweede Kamer – Malware versleutelt overheidsbestanden – IT Pro – Nieuws – Tweakers
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/22
Earlier this week, I wanted to install the most recent version of InnoSetup, but found out the main site at jrsoftware.org is down.
The new versions released earlier this month were on my list of things to try:
There WayBack archive editions of most directories but all of them are too old to hold the 5.6.0 or 5.6.1 versions (some do not even have the 5.5.9 version either).
In the mean time, Martijn Laan has provided the most recent binaries on GitHub:
Parallel to that, I have archived or found back the most recent versions of these pages and downloads:
—jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/22
If you are like me, you cannot find your way in the Logitech webcam model woods. This article likely helps: [WayBack] All Top Logitech Webcams Compared (Including the 4k PRO/Brio) – Pipe Blog
Logitech launched 7 consumer/business webcams since the initial C920. This table compares them all in terms of resolution, mic, etc. PDF version available.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/22
Thanks +Stefan Glienke for pointing me at [WayBack] xkcd: Is It Worth the Time?
Background information: [WayBack] 1205: Is It Worth the Time? – explain xkcd
–jeroen
via: via: [WayBack] Just installed … and again I have to …
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/21
Very often, I see people ask for how to embed multi-line strings in a Delphi source file.
The short answer is: you can’t.
The long answer is: you can’t and if you want you have to hack your way around.
The answer should be: just like any of these languages that do support multiline strings:
Many languages support this through a feature called HEREDOC.
Now in Delphi and other languages like Java are building ugly workarounds like for instance this one: [WayBack] RAD Studio Tip: Using resource scripts to organize project dependencies. – Chapman World.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/21
Interesting take on Technical Debt: [WayBack] The Spilled Juice Analogy for Technical Debt | Disciplined Agile 2.X
Not just because of the analogy, but also because of this comment by Ramu Iyer:
–jeroen
via: [WayBack] Vivid and better analogy than interest payments.The Spilled Juice Analogy for Technical Debt http://buff.ly/2nax1Ng #technicaldebt – Marjan Venema – Google+
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