Create a Delphi FireMonkey (FMX) form that the user can click through
This post shows you how to create a Delphi FireMonkey (FMX) form that the user can click through as if the form did not exist.
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Learn how to do address lookup and validating using Delphi and Google
Delphi TSplitter does not immediately refresh other controls when you are dragging it.
To make a Delphi TSplitter immediately repaint the screen when you drag it with the mouse, set ResizeStyle = rsUpdate
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This post shows you how to get the color of the title bar for the active window. The method to get the color of the title bar of an active window in Delphi has changed over time.
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Examples of Devart Unidac connecting to an Oracle database using Oracle Client and direct connection (no Oracle Client)
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Add separator lines to your Delphi IDE project files list.
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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 have been added in over 20 months.
DelphiFeeds is running on auto pilot so new posts from existing feeds are still appearing, but new feeds can not be added
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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.
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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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
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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