Add separator lines to your Delphi IDE project files list.
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Author: Scott Hollows
Enterprise software developer based in Perth, Western Australia. Focused on Oracle, Delphi, Data Warehouse design and ETL, Data Architect, Business Intelligence, Oracle performance tuning.
President of the Australian Delphi User Group (ADUG)
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Im calling it … DelphiFeeds is dead
4 months later and still nothing.
Step away from the patient. Im calling it. Time of death April 2018
DelphiFeeds its still running, but no new feeds in 20 months.
Its moving, but no pulse. DelphiFeeds is a zombie
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What is going on at DelphiFeeds ?
It hasnt added any new web sites or blogs for at least 16 months and they dont reply to email. Maybe dead is too strong a word … but it is running on cruise control and has not been updated with new Delphi news, blog and tips sites.
Convert Delphi VCL window handle (HWND) To String
Simple example of converting a window handle (HWND data type) to a string in a Delphi VCL program
cardinal(vMyWindowHandle).ToString
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Is DelphiFeeds dead ?
What is going on at DelphiFeeds ?
It hasnt added any new web sites or blogs for at least 16 months and they dont reply to email. Maybe dead is too strong a word … but it is running on cruise control and has not been updated with new Delphi news, blog and tips sites.
UPDATE – April-201 – 4 months later and still nothing.
Step away from the patient. Im calling it. Time of death April 2018
Its still running, but no updates so its dead but still moving
DelphiFeeds is a zombie
Disable Delphi TTimer during the OnTimer event
When writing a Delphi TTimer event, I often disable the timer and re-enable it at the end of the event.
If you dont do this, the OnTimer event could fire again before you have finished processing it.
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Increase / decrease the Delphi IDE font
Download my free software to add hotkeys to the Delphi IDE to increase and decrease the font size in the code editor. Handy for doing presentations
Other ways to change the font size
- The Delphi IDE provides hot keys to do this (Ctrl Numpad + to increase and Ctrl Numpad – to decrease) but that only works with a numeric keypad. It doesnt work on most laptops that do not have a full numeric keypad so my software uses different hot keys Shift Ctrl Alt [ and Shift Ctrl ]
- You can also change the font size using IDE options.
Menu -> Tools -> Options -> Editor Options -> Display -> Editor Font Size
AutoHotKey
The software was written in AutoHotKey. I was going to write it in Delphi, but I couldnt find my global hot key units so I had a quick coding frenzy and wrote it in AutoHotKey instead.
You dont need to install AutoHotKey as I have provided a compiled version
Gotchas
Be careful not to press the [ and ] keys too quickly or it will get confused and act as if you pressed those keys by themselves and “[” will get inserted into your text. If I had a bigger brain and more time I would fix that.
Download
Download source code and compiled software
Placed in the public domain
Use at your own risk
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About Me
- Oracle & Delphi software developer based in Perth, Western Australia
- Australian Delphi User Group – President
- Australian Oracle User Group – WA Committee Member
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Available to do remote presentations to user groups on Delphi and Oracle topics
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Windows File Manager Extension by Scott Hollows
This is a free add-on for Windows File Manager that provides some useful hot keys and features.
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