Hi all,
As I haven't yet seen even one post come thru here on the main list
since I re-subscribed, I thought this would make a good post/question to get
things rolling AND to make sure my posts are indeed getting thru!
But before I ask the question topmost in my mind at the moment, I
have to say that I'm amazed and disappointed at the seeming lack of interest
the membership is displaying these days. It certainly can't be simply
because I was forced to leave for a couple months! I realize that you all
hung on every word I typed, and that my need to argue with anyone about
anything having to do with Delphi is the stuff List legends are made
of...but still, I think it's pretty dam sorrowful when those in a membership
this large and with a history this long can't drum up at least one thought
or query in over a week!
I shouldn't need to remind anyone of that which we all know so well,
and that is that by participating in these Lists on at least a somewhat
regular basis...offering answers, asking questions, commenting, or just
letting your verbal hair down and getting something off your chest...will
not only make all of us better at our chosen vocation or avocation as the
case may be, but will lead to happier and thus more productive coding! The
Chinese say it much better, but it's the road on which we travel toward our
goals that is of the greatest value. And these Lists can and do make the
roads we travel much easier! Nuff said!
Now my question:
As I fired up Delphi 2009 for the first time since it arrived in its
plain brown wrapper and causing my nosey neighbors some consternation, one
of the first things I did, as I always do right from the start with a new
version, was to setup my default options and customize the editor.
Something new caught my eye that I had never seen before and which I was
unfortunately unprepared to answer!
In all previous versions I simply had to make a choice whether to
include a MAP file or not, and of course I always answered in the
affirmative. Now I've heard of a variety of ways that MAP files are used by
as many programmers, and with or without as many additional utilities and/or
components geared toward making its valuable information useful. Me...I
used to simply set it to detailed as required when I use my JvDegugHandler
component, ( part of the Jvcl ), and I get all the data about any runtime
exception I can possibly use, all formatted and written to a local text
file. I'm not recommending my methods to anyone else, but this is the
easiest way to use the MAP file I've yet come across. If anyone knows a
better way, please tell all of us by making a post! <g>
In any case, the optional settings have changed in D2009, offering
two different settings for an included MAP file. You are given the choice
of one that is "segmented", or one that is "public"! And despite looking
quite hard, I have not been able to find a good explanation of these options
or when and why I should make such a choice. I'd appreciate ANY conclusive
information on this option you might be able to share! Thanx in advance!
from "Robert Meek" dba "Tangentals Design"
Creative Concepts Programming for Windows Vista
E-mail: ffo...@comcast.net
"Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so!"
[Bertrand Russell 1872-1970]
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