Simplified Debug Visualizers for all my TNullableTypes
After playing around with debug visualizers, I found that there is a very simple way to provide a visualiser for many record types: Just add a special method (I called it Dump) to those records that...
View ArticleUniversal Debug Visualizer for Delphi
As mentioned in my previous post on dzDebugVisualizer I was thinking about writing a generalized debug visualizer which can be user-configured to register itself for any data type. Well, that debug...
View ArticleNew Embarcadero Quality portal – new hope
Embarcadero has released Delphi 12.1 and at the same time opened their new Quality Portal. I have now spent more than an hour reproducing, documenting and reporting several long-standing bugs, some of...
View ArticleMany highDPI releated bugs in GExperts fixed
I have spent several days now to try and fix the remaining bugs in GExperts that are related to highDPI. I think I nailed most of them but unfortunately I can't be sure because the possible...
View ArticleSwitching GetIt to Online mode for an alternate Delphi configuration
GetIt is the package manager built into the Delphi IDE. It can be used in Online and Offline mode. If you installed Delphi from an ISO, GetIt was left in Offline mode. That has some drawbacks: GetIt...
View ArticleAn improved Abstract Error Handler for Delphi
NOTE: The original blog post was wrong in one point: The change happened in Delphi XE2, not 10.2. I have now updated this and also adapted the conditional compilation in u_dzAbstractHandler. I should...
View ArticleI was wrong, again
In my previous post An improved Abstract Error Handler for Delphi I claimed there was a change in the Delphi RTL between Delphi 10.1 and 10.2. I have no idea why my tests looked like that was the case....
View ArticledzBdsLauncher 1.0.12 released
I just released dzBdsLauncher 1.0.12. It now shows an error message, if it is called with a .dpr file parameter but cannot find a corresponding .dproj, .bdsproj or .dof file.
View ArticledzBdsLauncher 1.0.13 released
I just released dzBdsLauncher 1.0.13. If it detects more than one possible Delphi version from the available project information it now checks which of them are installed if only one is installed, it...
View ArticleSafeGetEnumName a safer implementation of TypInfo.GetEnumName
I just had the need for a safer version of Delphi's GetEnumName, which checks whether the enum value passed to it is actually valid. This is what I came up with: [delphi] // P must point to the length...
View ArticleAutocompletion for TEdits fixed for Delphi 11 and later
I wrote about autocompletion for TEdits before here, here and here. My dzlib contains several helper functions to add TEdit-autocompletion for directories, files (with a filter) and generic strings...
View ArticledzBdsLauncher 1.0.14 released
Unfortunately version 1.0.13 of dzBdsLauncher had a bug when called with a Delphi 2007 .dproj file: It correctly detected (or rather assumed) Delphi 2007 but then said it could not detect the Delphi...
View ArticleGExperts FAQ: Why does the Grep Results window not remember size and position?
The Grep Results window (and several other windows) can be docked to the IDE. To allow that GExperts does not save their positions and size but lets the IDE do that, which means these settings are part...
View ArticleCodeInsightExpert for GExperts
Michael Höfmann has written an additional CodeInsightExpert (in German) that can be added to GExperts and supports the writing of CodeInsight compatible comments in Delphi 12 (Athens). The source code...
View ArticleGExperts Webinar
Jim McKeeth is going to hold a Webinar Essential Delphi: GExperts on 2024-08-28. I'll try to join if I find the time (it's scheduled for 17:00 CEST (15:00 UTC), so I might just make it.) Past webinars...
View ArticleGExperts 1.3.25 2024-08-24 released
The new GExperts version still supports all Delphi versions back to Delphi 6 (with the notable exception of Delphi 8) and even the Delphi 12 version is no longer in Beta state. I hope we have fixed...
View ArticleYou should be using the full FastMM
If you are a Delphi developer and are not using the full FastMM memory manager (either the free version 4 or the commercial version 5) you really should try it. The limited FastMM version, that is...
View ArticleUpdated Webhelp for GExperts available
Jim McKeeth has updated the GExperts documentation a bit. It's far from finished but that's better than the totally outdated one on gexperts.org. I have now exported it as webhelp and checked it in to...
View ArticleUses Clause Manager topic added to the GExperts help
They say that documentation is the worst part of programming and I mostly agree with that. Nevertheless I have taken the time to add a page about the Uses Clause Manager expert to the GExperts help...
View ArticleAdded IDE Toolbar Expert to GExperts
Some Delphi IDE versions have an annoying bug with the toolbars that makes them unusable if you customize them. If you have seen this problem, you know it, if not, congratulations! Unfortunately I am...
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