Re: Client Side sorting of mulitple columns
I know QuantumGrid allows this, and I'm sure there are other grid components that do as well. This can be implemented in code as well. Or the tClientDataset can be indexed to the desired order. It depends on whether the sorting is one-time (in which case IMHO using an index is most efficient) or whether you want to give the user the ability to sort on the fly by any columns (in which case you might want to consider just loading the data into a non-data-bound grid as you may get better performance than a data-bound grid; this in turn depends on several other factors, such as the size and complexity of the dataset). At 06:14 AM 4/26/2013, SoftTech wrote: Greetings All, Using a TClientDataSet, is there any component out there that allows sorting of the data in the TClientDataset by multiple columns/fields? For instance, one column will be sorted in ascending order and another in Descending order at the same time? I would be interested in a grid component that would do this, or a separate component that would allow for this and of course would display the results in a grid. I may even entertain source code to accomplish this. Any tips, ideas, code really appreciated. Thanks, Mike __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Need Graphic Component
Hi Andre, Thanks for the info. Delphi Twain works really well (demo worked first try), using the version that's been updated for XE2 by Ondrej Pokorny at http://www.kluug.net/delphitwain.php. We're already getting scanned images, though, so we don't need Twain, but it will likely come in handy for a future project. The Vampyre Imaging Library (from its documentation) does not seem able to do automatic deskew and automatic crop. I poked around a bit and found the ImageMagick library (www.imagemagick.org/) which should be able to do this, and will investigate it further (it seems to come with a Delphi interface). I went to http://www.winsoft.sk/ocr.htm and downloaded their demo. The OCR did a terrible job. I think part of the problem is there is no way to tell the OCR that it is reading the E13B MICR font which only has digits and separators; it read several of the digits as letters. I found software that specifically reads MICR at http://www.inliteresearch.com/image-check21/micr-ocr.php, but it's not built for Delphi so would need a bit of integration work. Haven't found anything yet that will automatically burst the 3 check images in a single JPG into 3 different JPGs. Thanks for the info. At 02:12 AM 4/22/2013, Andre van Zuydam wrote: Hi Sid I have some suggestions which may help you, there is a little learning curve but I found I was able to get some solutions up and running very quickly. The first was Delphi Twain - with some small tweaks it is running under XE2 very well. The second Vampyre Imaging Libray http://imaginglib.sourceforge.net The examples of very good, this library is not drag and drop components though and requires a bit of coding to do the manipulations. As far as the OCR goes I would look at this: http://cc.embarcadero.com/Item/29034 I have not had opportunity to use this library yet but plan to in a project I plan to do in the next few months. If you can download and check these out then perhaps ask questions I would see if I could assist. Yours sincerely Andre van Zuydam On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Sid Gudes s...@piasystems.com wrote: Hi All, I've got an application (Delphi XE2) that I'd like to improve. We receive sheets of scanned checks. Using an external graphics program, we rotate and crop the checks, then copy and paste each one into a Delphi tImage. The MICR numbers at the bottom of the check are then manually typed into field, and everything is saved to a database. What I'd like to be able to do is have the JPG sheets automatically split (there are usually 3 checks to a page), rotated, cropped, and have OCR read the MICR at the bottom of the checks. This will save a considerable amount of labor. Does anyone have experience with a graphics component that will do these tasks? Thanks! __** Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-**talkhttp://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk -- http://spiceware.co.za __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Need Graphic Component
Hi Cameron, I went to ImageEn and downloaded their OCR demos, but they blew up on access violations. Didn't give me warm fuzzies... I looked at OmniPage, which has tremendous specifications and should do all we need (including built-in OCR support for MICR fonts), but a license for their SDK is $4,800. Although I'm not necessarily looking for open source, this is way above my budget! :-) At 10:23 AM 4/22/2013, Cameron Cole wrote: There is a Delphi component called ImageEn that does image manipulation and has an OCR component call IEVision. We use ImageEn for image manipulation which works very well. Never used their OCR component though. For OCR we use Omnipage via their C++ interface. Works very well. On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Sid Gudes s...@piasystems.com wrote: Hi All, I've got an application (Delphi XE2) that I'd like to improve. We receive sheets of scanned checks. Using an external graphics program, we rotate and crop the checks, then copy and paste each one into a Delphi tImage. The MICR numbers at the bottom of the check are then manually typed into field, and everything is saved to a database. What I'd like to be able to do is have the JPG sheets automatically split (there are usually 3 checks to a page), rotated, cropped, and have OCR read the MICR at the bottom of the checks. This will save a considerable amount of labor. Does anyone have experience with a graphics component that will do these tasks? Thanks! __** Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-**talkhttp://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Need Graphic Component
The Winsoft OCR at http://www.winsoft.sk/ocr.htm is a combination of Tesseract and Leptonica. It didn't work well at all. I think the problem is how to tell the OCR engine that it is reading the E13B MICR font, so it does not try to interpret the text as letters or punctuation, only as MICR digits and separators. There doesn't seem to be a way to do that with Tesseract. At 07:50 AM 4/24/2013, Cameron Cole wrote: You can also try Tesseract OCR. When we tested it, it worked really well. You will have to import the DLLs and probably work with it a bit but it is open source and solid. On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Sid Gudes s...@piasystems.com wrote: Hi Cameron, I went to ImageEn and downloaded their OCR demos, but they blew up on access violations. Didn't give me warm fuzzies... I looked at OmniPage, which has tremendous specifications and should do all we need (including built-in OCR support for MICR fonts), but a license for their SDK is $4,800. Although I'm not necessarily looking for open source, this is way above my budget! :-) At 10:23 AM 4/22/2013, Cameron Cole wrote: There is a Delphi component called ImageEn that does image manipulation and has an OCR component call IEVision. We use ImageEn for image manipulation which works very well. Never used their OCR component though. For OCR we use Omnipage via their C++ interface. Works very well. On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Sid Gudes s...@piasystems.com wrote: Hi All, I've got an application (Delphi XE2) that I'd like to improve. We receive sheets of scanned checks. Using an external graphics program, we rotate and crop the checks, then copy and paste each one into a Delphi tImage. The MICR numbers at the bottom of the check are then manually typed into field, and everything is saved to a database. What I'd like to be able to do is have the JPG sheets automatically split (there are usually 3 checks to a page), rotated, cropped, and have OCR read the MICR at the bottom of the checks. This will save a considerable amount of labor. Does anyone have experience with a graphics component that will do these tasks? Thanks! __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talkhttp://lists.elists.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-**talk http://lists.elists.org/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**delphi-talkhttp://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __** Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-**talkhttp://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __** Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-**talkhttp://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Need Graphic Component
Hi All, I've got an application (Delphi XE2) that I'd like to improve. We receive sheets of scanned checks. Using an external graphics program, we rotate and crop the checks, then copy and paste each one into a Delphi tImage. The MICR numbers at the bottom of the check are then manually typed into field, and everything is saved to a database. What I'd like to be able to do is have the JPG sheets automatically split (there are usually 3 checks to a page), rotated, cropped, and have OCR read the MICR at the bottom of the checks. This will save a considerable amount of labor. Does anyone have experience with a graphics component that will do these tasks? Thanks! __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
RE: Need Graphic Component (Sid Gudes)
For ease of scanning, the checks are scanned three at a time, but each individual check image needs to be kept separately, so each scan has to be burst apart into multiple images. Asking the user to scan each check individually will run into resistance. Optimally, I want to be able to meet the requirements 100% using an automated process. If some manual intervention is needed, but is less than what we're doing now, we'll still be a ahead. So I guess I can modify the question to: are there any components that people have used and would recommend, even if they don't meet the wish list 100%? At 08:58 AM 4/22/2013, Angus Crossley wrote: Do you specifically need to keep the image of each individual check after it has been processed? Seems to me you could process each jpg for the data, and record in the database which jpg it came from. Might be easier than all the graphics manipulation. Angus -Original Message- From: delphi-talk-boun...@elists.org [mailto:delphi-talk-boun...@elists.org] On Behalf Of delphi-talk-requ...@elists.org Sent: 22 April 2013 13:00 To: delphi-talk@elists.org Subject: Delphi-Talk Digest, Vol 108, Issue 1 Send Delphi-Talk mailing list submissions to delphi-talk@elists.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to delphi-talk-requ...@elists.org You can reach the person managing the list at delphi-talk-ow...@elists.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Delphi-Talk digest... Today's Topics: 1. Need Graphic Component (Sid Gudes) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:26:30 -0600 From: Sid Gudes s...@piasystems.com Subject: Need Graphic Component To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List delphi-talk@elists.org Message-ID: mailman.2.1366632001.25503.delphi-t...@elists.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Hi All, I've got an application (Delphi XE2) that I'd like to improve. We receive sheets of scanned checks. Using an external graphics program, we rotate and crop the checks, then copy and paste each one into a Delphi tImage. The MICR numbers at the bottom of the check are then manually typed into field, and everything is saved to a database. What I'd like to be able to do is have the JPG sheets automatically split (there are usually 3 checks to a page), rotated, cropped, and have OCR read the MICR at the bottom of the checks. This will save a considerable amount of labor. Does anyone have experience with a graphics component that will do these tasks? Thanks! -- ___ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk End of Delphi-Talk Digest, Vol 108, Issue 1 *** __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: How do I programmatically center a form?
Should be: Left := (Screen.width - newFormWidth) div 2; If newFormWidth is larger than the screen width, that's an exercise for the user. At 07:53 PM 3/28/2013, SoftTech wrote: Greetings, Delphi 5.1 I have a need to change the width of a form (larger or smaller) when the user clicks a button and programmatically re-center the form. Any code on how to accomplish this would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Delphi 2007 - app does not terminate during development
Hi Ken, I haven't tried D2007 under Windows 7 (I'm using XE2 and it works fine), but have you tried changing it to run in Windows XP compatibility mode and/or tried to run as an administrator? Just a shot in the dark, but HTH. As far as killing things in Task Manager, I've generally found that if a process can't be killed on the Applications tab, it can usually be killed on the Processes tab. Apparently End Process on the Processes tab is more ruthless than End Task on the Applications tab. At 01:34 AM 1/14/2013, Ken Adam wrote: I have been busy on other non-software projects and haven't used Delphi for several months (whereas I used to use it all day every day!), so my Windows 7 PC will have changed a bit since it was last used. Today I tried to compile a simple program and after I ran it, I could not close Delphi. Checking Task manager showed that both bds.exe and my application were still running, but neither could be kill-ed. Rebooted PC and started again. Managed to do a few small jobs, then started to write a new program. I tried to run it (with nothing more than 1 action to open a text file and add it to a memo), closed the application then closed BDS. When I tried to open BDS again, I found it was still running in the background (GExperts complained), and so was the test program. Again, neither can be killed, and although I can run BDS, I can't overwrite the exe I'm developing, so development is going to be very slow with a lot of rebooting! Has anyone seen anything like this before? Any ideas what might be preventing the app from closing (I presume it is because the app won't close that BDS can't close). I've tried a lot of googling, but if the answer is out there, I'm not thinking of the right keywords to search for! Thanks for any help you can give. Regards, Ken ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
RE: What is the best way to add objects to TMemo.Lines
OTTOMH, how about: if Memo.Lines.Count 22 then Memo.lines.Delete(0); Memo.Lines.Add(buf); IIRC putting the Add at the end should set focus there; if not, then perhaps in addition something like this: Memo.SelStart := Memo.GetTextLen; // position cursor at end of text Memo.Scrollby (0, 22); It's been a while since I did anything sophisticated with tMemo, so there may be more that needs to be done, but HTH. At 03:03 AM 12/14/2012, John Dammeyer wrote: Hi Everyone, That does add an interesting question. How to create a screen similar to hyperterm or any serial terminal where the text is added to the end and the earliest line of the screen is lost. Memo.Lines.Add(buf); if Memo.Lines.Count 22 then Memo.lines.Delete(0); As long as the screen is longer than 22 lines the added line is always visible. But if the buffer size was to be say 128 so that last 128 lines are accessible then the new line is added to the end but the Delete(0) in addition to removing the oldest line also repositions the list starting at the first. Having to move a scroll down bar after each entry is tedious. Especially if they are lines from a serial port. Another option is to just remove half the Tmemo buffer. if COMTraffic.Lines.Count 200 then begin bufsize := COMTraffic.GetTextlen; bufsize := bufsize div 2; COMTraffic.Selstart := 0; COMTraffic.SelLength := bufsize; COMTraffic.SelText; COMTraffic.ClearSelection; end; Other suggestions? John ELS! The Solution Automation Artisans Inc. http://www.autoartisans.com/ELS/ Ph. 1 250 544 4950 -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@elists.org [mailto:delphi-boun...@elists.org] On Behalf Of Arjang Assadi Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 12:30 PM To: Moderated List for the Discussion of Delphi Programming excludingDatabase-related topics Subject: Re: What is the best way to add objects to TMemo.Lines If that is the case why not use TListView instead? TMemo is meant for editing text. On 13 December 2012 20:04, John Barrat j.bar...@netcom.co.uk wrote: No the only things allowed are to re-order (drag and drop) and delete - I cannot see why that should affect the objects or am I missing something? JohnB -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@elists.org [mailto:delphi-boun...@elists.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Posey Sent: 12 December 2012 15:12 To: Moderated List for the Discussion of Delphi Programming excluding Database-related topics Subject: Re: What is the best way to add objects to TMemo.Lines Are you going to allow the text in the Memo to be edited? If so, what are the implications for the associated objects if the number of lines changes (e.g. someone inserts a line break, types in one or more lines, or deletes one or more lines)? Stephen Posey stephenlpo...@earthlink.net -Original Message- From: John Barrat j.bar...@netcom.co.uk Sent: Dec 11, 2012 11:38 AM To: 'Moderated List for the Discussion of Delphi Programming excluding Database-related topics' delphi@elists.org Subject: What is the best way to add objects to TMemo.Lines I seems TMemo.lines only supports the String part of a TStrings not the Objects. TMemo.Lines.AddObject compiles fine in fact only the string component is actually loaded. I need to store an object with this TMemo - how do you recommend I do this? JohnB ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Code Sample to delete files in directories and sub-directory based on date
Hi Mike, Here's a snippet that almost does the trick: it recurses through subdirectories of a starting directory and returns all files found in a tStringList. Use DeleteFile (dir + sr.name) to delete a file, use FileNameToDateTime(sr.time) to get the date of the file. HTH. procedure GetFilesInDirectory (const dir: string; list: tStringList); var sr: tSearchRec; ret: integer; begin list.add (dir); ret := findFirst (dir + '*.*', faAnyFile, sr); while ret = 0 do begin if (sr.name = '.') or (sr.name = '..') then // do nothing, special directories else if (sr.attr and faDirectory) 0 then GetFilesInDirectory (IncludeTrailingPathDelimiter(dir + sr.name), list) else if (sr.Attr and (faSysFile or faVolumeID or faSymLink)) = 0 then list.add (dir + sr.name); ret := findNext (sr); end; sysUtils.findClose (sr); end; At 09:49 AM 7/24/2012, SoftTech wrote: Greetings All, Given a starting directory, does anyone have any code snippet that would recurse thru a starting directory and all sub-directories and delete any file found that is older than a given date. Any code snippet or tip appreciated. Thanks, Mike __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Getting: A call to an OS function failed. error at runtime startup
I haven't had this happen to any of my programs (compiled with D7 and running on Vista and Win 7), although I don't know if any of my users are x64. Here's something I found online: I don't think this issue has anything to do with Visual Studio actually; I believe this must be some Delpi-related issue. As far as I know this message only exists in Delphi runtime, i.e. it is not an OS- message. The problem is most probably that Delphi runtime calls the SetForegroundWindow function when it activates a new form. And this function fails because the behavior of this function was changed in Vista (and above), especially if UAC is activated, but good old Delphi does not expect this function to fail, and throws an exception. This is all just my guess of course. If this is correct, then one possible solution would be to compile with Delphi XE2 and see if it happens with that. Another thing to try would be for the user to play around with compatibility settings and see if having it run in XP mode helps. Perhaps it would help to surround the suspected area with try ... except ... on exception to display the exact exception.message that is occurring, might give you some more info to track it down. FYI, it looks like EOSerror is only raised in one place in both D7 and XE2, in SysUtils.pas (System.SysUtils.pas for XE2). This might help track it down (e.g. compile a test version of your software using a modified SysUtils.pas that displays an informative message when EOSerror is raised). At 10:41 AM 6/19/2012, Chuck Belanger wrote: Hello: I use MadExcept to send me error reports from my 60 or so users of a program that does have a lot of controls. One particular user on loading her Dell laptop (Windows NT New Tablet PC x64 Service Pack 1 build 7601) is getting this error repeatedly, so much so that the program cannot load. I have seen this error rarely and it does not stop the loading of the program for other users. I am using Delphi 2007 to compile the program. Here is an example error report, at least the top part of one. If you want more information from the report, I can supply that. From my reading some internet messages, it seems that this is an issue about running out of window handles. Yes? Any way around this error? Known issues with the Dell OS variation? Other apps on the Dell I can shut down? Or, is the user just going to have to get another computer? Thank you for any information you can provide. Chuck Belanger date/time : 2012-06-18, 19:32:22, 135ms computer name : ISABELSANCHEZ user name : ISABEL SANCHEZ admin registered owner : ISABEL SANCHEZ / Microsoft operating system : Windows NT New Tablet PC x64 Service Pack 1 build 7601 system language : Spanish system up time: 3 minutes 5 seconds program up time : 1 minute 54 seconds processors: 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz physical memory : 2584/4001 MB (free/total) free disk space : (C:) 415.54 GB display mode : 1920x1080, 32 bit process id: $1ba4 allocated memory : 108.73 MB executable: ProfViewer.exe exec. date/time : 2012-06-18 17:19 version : 2.2.0.249 compiled with : Delphi 2006/07 madExcept version : 3.0h callstack crc : $708c4126, $b8999865, $91175c23 count : 2 exception number : 10 exception class : EOSError exception message : A call to an OS function failed. main thread ($1ba8): 0046062c +070 ProfViewer.exe SysUtils RaiseLastOSError 004605b5 +005 ProfViewer.exe SysUtils RaiseLastOSError 004d0c10 +130 ProfViewer.exe Controls TWinControl.CreateWnd 00499e56 +022 ProfViewer.exe StdCtrls TCustomEdit.CreateWnd 007ec4f9 +005 ProfViewer.exe wwdbedit TwwCustomMaskEdit.CreateWnd 007ec541 +005 ProfViewer.exe wwdbedit TwwDBCustomEdit.CreateWnd 004d0fee +016 ProfViewer.exe Controls TWinControl.CreateHandle 004d4994 +01c ProfViewer.exe Controls TWinControl.HandleNeeded 004d49a1 +005 ProfViewer.exe Controls TWinControl.GetHandle 004d4b0d +009 ProfViewer.exe Controls TWinControl.GetClientRect 004cc114 +00c ProfViewer.exe Controls TControl.GetClientHeight 007ec3f2 +00a ProfViewer.exe wwdbedit TwwCustomMaskEdit.SetEditRect 007eb652 +022 ProfViewer.exe wwdbedit TwwDBCustomEdit.CMFontChanged here's another allocated memory : 100.19 MB executable: ProfViewer.exe exec. date/time : 2012-06-18 17:19 version : 2.2.0.249 compiled with : Delphi 2006/07 madExcept version : 3.0h callstack crc : $5c919ec4, $cef661f7, $82643845 count : 2 exception number : 12 exception class : EReadError exception message : Error reading JvWizard1.ButtonStart.Width: A call to an OS function failed. main thread ($1ba8): 00477fca +0d6 ProfViewer.exe
Re: How to close modal form when focus moved to another application
OTTOMH, set up a timer that fires say every 500 ms. In the timer, check Application.active, if not active close the modal window. Untested. :-) At 07:48 AM 4/4/2012, John Barrat wrote: I have an application which needs to close a modal form if focus is moved to another application. Effectively, I want to be able to use moving away and to another application to effect a cancel on the modal form. The problem is that by the time the deactivate event has occurred the parent application to which the form is modal is now inactive. Can anyone suggest a way around this? JohnB ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Delphi 5 to Delphi 2010 Conversion
Unicode is probably the biggest change. However, make sure all your third-party components are D2010-compatible. We've got a D7 project that makes heavy use of a third-party component that is not supported past D7, and we are currently spending a lot of time converting to another (supported) component before we can move to a later version of Delphi. At 07:58 AM 11/2/2011, SoftTech wrote: Greetings All, Are there any white papers available that document what is necessary to convert a Delphi 5.1 application to Delphi 2010? I have a rather large task ahead of me. Thanks to all who reply. Mike __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
RE: Delphi MSXML
We've been using Stefan Heymann's XML parser for a long time, it supports D4 and above, is open source, and is very easy to use. Info here: http://www.destructor.de/xmlparser/index.htm. At 03:31 AM 1/27/2011, Brendan Blake wrote: Delphi provides a wrapper component designed to read, create and parse XML documents: TXMLDocument, which I think would make your job much easier. But you won't have this if you are using Delphi 5 - it was first released in Delphi 7 I recall. You can read about using XML with Delphi here, but I think this is based on later versions of Delphi than yours http://delphi.about.com/od/windowsshellapi/a/xml_delphi.htm Maybe someone has worked out how to port TXMLDocument back onto Delphi5 might be quite easy if you have the Delphi 7 source. Otherwise - upgrade? Regards, Brendan Blake. -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@elists.org [mailto:delphi-boun...@elists.org] On Behalf Of Steve Bowker Sent: 26 January 2011 09:44 To: delphi elists Subject: Delphi MSXML Hi, Has anyone had any experience of using Delphi (5) MSXML? I can't seem to find any decent example code or tutorials on Google. I've got as far as receiving the XML via a client socket, so have the XML as one long string. Here is the sample XML as it would look in text format: query resultsuccess/result id01234567890/id balance54.50/balance tickets320/tickets holder_titleMr/holder_title holder_firstnameSteve/holder_firstname holder_surnameSmith/holder_surname /query The 1st element after query will always be result and if 'success' it is followed by the returned elements above, else it will return elements containing failcode failreason Here's the (not very elegant) pseudo code of what I want to do with this, can anyone provide the actual Delphi(5) code to acheive this? uses MSXML2_TLB; procedure ProcessAllelementsFromXML; var ElementName, ElementValue: string; Doc: IXMLDOMDocument; begin Doc := CoDOMDocument.Create; if Doc.LoadXML(strXML) then begin if Doc.RootNode = 'query' then begin for i := 0 to NumberOfElementsWithinQueryNode do begin ElementName := Doc.ElementName[i]; ElementValue := Doc.ElementValue[i]; if ElementName = 'success' then carry on with loop and populate some text fields from ElementName Value else carry on with loop and process each failcode failreason end; end else if Root Node = 'adjust' then begin as above but different element names are processed slightly differently end; end; end; Thanks in advance for any help, Steve ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Error reading Binary files using Delphi2006
Haven't used D 2006, so don't know all the gotchas, but perhaps the packed or $Align defaults are different, so record definition is packed in one version of Delphi but aligned in the other? At 09:32 AM 8/20/2010, wvido...@metsec.com wrote: Dear All, I wrote an application using delphi5 which reads and writes binary file using TFilestream. But then when I ported the application to Delphi 2006 the files written using old application returns junk data in the new version. Sample file open procedure: procedure OpenProjectFile; var FSave:TFileStream; begin //open an existing project file FSave:=TFileStream.Create(Open1.FileName,fmOpenReadWrite); FSave.Read(MyData,Sizeof(MyData)); FSave.Free; end; MyData is a record which is the same in both sources. I am at a loss why this is happening. Can anyone throw some light on this? Thanks William This email is intended for the addressee only. Please see our email policy at http://www.metsec.com/asp/home/edisclaimer.asp ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com ___ Delphi mailing list Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Find Dialog
At 05:20 AM 9/14/2009, -K2RFP- wrote: I'm using a Find Dialog with a Rich Edit component. The code correctly finds the text but most times it is out of view. How do I scroll the Rich Edit test so the found text is in view? You need to send an EM_SCROLLCARET message, something like this: with RichEdit1 do begin i := FindText(FindString, 0, Length(Text), []); if i = 0 then begin SelStart := i; SelLength := Length(FindString); Perform(EM_SCROLLCARET, 0, 0); end; end; _ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Variant Records
These refer to C bit fields. There is no equivalent structure in
Delphi, you would have to use the Delphi AND and SHR operators to get
the equivalent functionality. This is probably what you'd need to do
to read the two bit fields (OTTOMH); writing to Recipient and
DataDirection are exercises left to the reader. :-)
type
TbmRequestType = object
bits: byte;
function Recipient: integer;
function DataDirection: integer;
end;
function TbmRequestType.Recipient: integer;
begin
result := (bits shr 3) and $1F;
end;
function TbmRequestType.DataDirection: integer;
begin
result := (bits shr 2) and $01;
end;
This is because the C bit-level declaration lays out the byte named
Bits as this (where X represents a bit):
RecipientDataDirection Unused
X X XX
So total of 8 bits. (IIRC, the bits are laid out high-order to
low-order, but maybe I'm remembering that incorrectly, so please double check.)
At 02:46 PM 9/1/2009, James Brown wrote:
I cannot figure out what the equivalent Delphi for this C struct would be:
typedef struct _USB_DEVICE_REQUEST {
union
{
BYTE bmRequestType;
struct
{
BYTE Recipient:5;
BYTE DataDirection:1;
}
Bits;
};
I know it's a type of free union variant but what the heck is it.
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Re: Delphi 2007 generated XML files.
At 11:30 PM 8/13/2009, John Dammeyer wrote: Hi, What exactly is the point of being able to generate XML files from Delphi. I'm a bit puzzled as to the usefulness of the generated files. Wikkipedia tells about the mark-up language but again, I don't see the point. It depends on what you're going to be doing with the data. If the purpose of generating the files is to keep some data between runs of your program, then using a .ini or .csv file or a proprietary format would likely be easier to implement. If however those files need to be used by another piece of software, then XML is a lingua franca that can be read and processed by much other software. XML also has the advantage that you can point your browser at an XML file and it will be displayed in a hierarchical fashion, making it a bit friendlier than some of the other formats. Also, if you have an application where raw data needs to be merged via XSL transform, then you need to use XML because that's what the XSL needs. IMHO, the bottom line boils down to these: 1) you need to tailor your file format requirements to the job at hand 2) while creating XML is not hard, to read XML you need to use a parser (or you'll drive yourself nuts); there are however some good freeware parsers out there 3) if it comes down to a choice between XML and some other format, and there is even the slightest possibility that the file might need to be used by another system (now or in future), go with XML because of the high level of interoperability John ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Servicing hanging messages ?
I haven't played with services very deeply, but if the sending service first checks to see if the other service is alive before sending the message, and it's not alive, then it can just wait for a few seconds and check again. From what I can find, QueryServiceStatus in the Windows SDK Help might be what is appropriate to check whether the other service is alive (but see the note under Remarks). This site might help also, see the IsServiceRunning function: http://coding.derkeiler.com/Archive/Delphi/borland.public.delphi.non-technical/2006-07/msg00594.html At 12:13 AM 8/12/2009, J H wrote: I have two applications running sending messages to each other. Currently one of them crashes due to some memory violation, which I am working on. But as it terminates in a non normal way, it does not tell the other app, that it is no longer servicing in-coming messages. Thus the other app. hangs! Is there a way for, say, a third app. or a separate thread to monitor and service such hanging messages ? As it is, I have to start both apps up from scratch. It would be very unlikely the the window handle for the new edition of App 1 is the same. And there is still that hanging message. Ppfont face=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2 style=font-size:13.5px___BRhttp://www.sol.dk/ - debat mail horoskoper spil og meget mere/font ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Non-unicode issue in D7
If the version of Windows (English vs. Thai) was the problem, then _all_ tLabels would be affected. Since only some are being affected, that's not it. Changing font.charset to THAI_CHARSET might help, not sure because then why does the other tLabel work with DEFAULT_CHARSET, but it's worth a try. Concatenation of double-byte characters might cause a problem (although even that should work), but of a single-byte character set should not be an issue. Does this occur on your system as well when you set the OS for Thai? If so you can try to use the debugger to look at what's going in there... (Screen shot didn't come through, the list must not allow them.) At 11:19 PM 6/29/2009, Ross Levis wrote: Good point, but the font is the same (Arial) and also same DEFAULT_CHARSET for both components. I've attached a portion of a screen shot showing the problem. The ListView item below the green one is displayed in the yellow Next Track area above, but it's just rubbish. I just found out that another label on another form, showing just the artist, the characters look correct. So perhaps it is to do with the concatenating? Label.caption := listitem.caption+' - '+listitem.subitems[0]; It is Windows XP, and not sure if it is a Thai Windows or not. Will that actually make some difference when the Non-Unicode App setting is set to Thai in the Control Panel. The user sent a screen shot showing this was set correctly. Thanks, Ross. -Original Message- From: delphi-boun...@elists.org [mailto:delphi-boun...@elists.org] On Behalf Of Sid Gudes Sent: Tuesday, 30 June 2009 4:09 a.m. To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List Subject: Re: Non-unicode issue in D7 Thai does not need Unicode, as the number of letters in the Thai alphabet fits into a 1-byte code. Special fonts are used to represent the Thai characters. Is perhaps the Font attribute of the tLabel set to a font name different from that of the tListView? If so, there may be a Thai equivalent of the tListView font, but the tLabel font may be English-only. If so, the label will display those characters in the range #80 to #FF in an English font, which will include all those funky characters such as accented letter and diphthongs. What does the tLabel look like? Can you get a screen shot? That might help diagnose the problem. Also, is the user using Thai Windows, or English Windows set for Thai? There is a difference in the way fonts are rendered between these (in Win 2000 and Win XP, don't know if Vista does it that way). At 06:19 AM 6/29/2009, Ross Levis wrote: My D7 app is not Unicode compliant at all. A Thai user is complaining of a strange problem where Thai characters appear correctly in a ListView, but not correctly in a label just above the listview. The label is a Copy of column 1 and 2 from the selected ListView item. The user has Thai as the selected language in the Windows regional language settings / Advanced tab. Any ideas? Thanks, Ross. ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Internet Search
Using Internet Component Suite or something like that, you can formulate your own http string and send it to the site, then get the result back and parse it for the results. But unless the site is set up to return something easy for a program to examine (such as XML), you're likely to get back HTML which has the results intermixed with all sorts of other stuff, and will need to parse it to extract the results. This may not be an easy task if the result is just a string of text; it's easier if there are HTML tags around the results. Also, if there are a lot of results and the site splits them onto pages, you'll have to parse the Next button (or however they do it) and send that back for the next page. And when the provider makes some changes to their web page, you have to modify your program to parse the new format. IOW it's doable but will take some research and analysis to get it right. At 08:24 AM 6/27/2009, you wrote: Hello! Is it possible to send name to a search page for telephonenumber on the internet, and get the answer back in the program?? Ex. if you made a program to send Lerberg to www.gulesider.no, and then receive all the answer back in the program afterwards. TIA Kåre! ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Non-unicode issue in D7
Thai does not need Unicode, as the number of letters in the Thai alphabet fits into a 1-byte code. Special fonts are used to represent the Thai characters. Is perhaps the Font attribute of the tLabel set to a font name different from that of the tListView? If so, there may be a Thai equivalent of the tListView font, but the tLabel font may be English-only. If so, the label will display those characters in the range #80 to #FF in an English font, which will include all those funky characters such as accented letter and diphthongs. What does the tLabel look like? Can you get a screen shot? That might help diagnose the problem. Also, is the user using Thai Windows, or English Windows set for Thai? There is a difference in the way fonts are rendered between these (in Win 2000 and Win XP, don't know if Vista does it that way). At 06:19 AM 6/29/2009, Ross Levis wrote: My D7 app is not Unicode compliant at all. A Thai user is complaining of a strange problem where Thai characters appear correctly in a ListView, but not correctly in a label just above the listview. The label is a Copy of column 1 and 2 from the selected ListView item. The user has Thai as the selected language in the Windows regional language settings / Advanced tab. Any ideas? Thanks, Ross. ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Computing the SHA1 hash of a file: diffreent in XP and Vista?
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re: Computing the SHA1 hash of a file: diffreent in XP and Vista?
At 02:41 AM 6/25/2009, Rob Cameron wrote: Sid, that's a good thought. However I would have thought that it would have worked the same in both cases, since the file that is being hashed is nominally the same, before and after encryption/decryption. Is the hash calculated by different code than does the decryption? If so, they could be using different mechanisms to get the file size. Also, if the decryption code decrypts bytes past the logical end of the EXE, it won't affect the EXE. For example, say the EXE is 3,000 bytes long and is in a 4K cluster. This means that the first 3,000 bytes are part of the EXE, and the next 1,096 bytes are wasted space. If the wasted space gets decrypted, it won't affect the EXE. But if the hash algorithm looks at that wasted space and uses it, the hash will be off. I'm of course not saying that this is what's happening, but it's all I can think of given your symptoms. Some more info: I've been experimenting with a lot more files and in different locations. I get the same results whether the files are stored in: C:\Users\Rob\Temp\folder or C:\Temp\folder or F:\folder where folder is my holding folder and F is a USB stick. However it doesn't do this with all files and so far I haven't been able to figure out which files are vulnerable. It doesn't seem to depend on file size or file type. I'll do some more expts. Rob Sid Gudes wrote: Could it be that XP returns the actual EXE size, while Vista rounds up to the next cluster size, so you're hashing some garbage bytes past the end of the EXE? At 12:02 PM 6/24/2009, Rob Cameron wrote: I wrote a program (in Delphi 7) and have been using it for ages to encrypt then decrypt an executable file, then compare the hash of the decrypted file with the original. Specifically: Compute the hash of a file, save it. Let's call it OldHash Encrypt the file in place Decrypt the file in place Compute the hash of the file, let's call it NewHash Compare OldHash and NewHash. In XP (SP3 now, but all SPs AFAIK): OldHash = NewHash. In Vista: OldHash NewHash. In both cases the decrypted file appears to be in good order - i.e. it executes OK and shows no practial differences. To make the comparisons, I have prepared a folder which contains only the Launcher (which does the encrypt/decrypt) the target exe file and a couple of files which are needed for the exe to run (they are, in fact untouched in these tests). Then I copy this folder from a machine running XP to a machine running Vista Business and get different results. __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Windows File System
Truecrypt (www.truecrypt.org) emulates a drive, and is open source. Perhaps you can get their source code and see how they do it? At 03:42 AM 6/24/2009, Sean Cross wrote: You probaby want to create a shell namespace extension. You can try http://www.shellplus.com/examples/namespace-extension-example.html but there might be some free source out there. Sean 2009/6/24 Cameron Cole came...@cameroncole.com Has anyone ever emulated a drive with a Delphi? I basically want to create a fake drive and read/write contents to a file as a test. I figure it requires writing some sort of driver. Not really finding anything useful out there but this is Delphi and usually finding source or some base starting point for these sorts of things is about turning over the right rock. __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Problem refreshing Memo of a Form
Yes, with your sample code I managed to reproduce your problem.
I suspect the problem is that fsStayOnTop is
modifying some underlying Delphi runtime data
structures and causing problems. If I move
FormStyle := fsStayOnTop to the OnCreate event, the form works fine.
In fact, Delphi Help for FormStyle property
(TCustomForm) says Note: It is not advisable to
change FormStyle at runtime.. This leads me to
think that FormStyle is a delicate property and
you may need to rearrange the order of your code to get it to run correctly.
At 12:44 AM 5/10/2009, Cédric Joubert wrote:
hi,
Thanks to you to look at my problem !
Oups sorry...:-) it is just because you need a main form (let's call it
FormMain) calling the Form1 with a Show instruction (not Showodal) from a
Button (let's call it ButtonMain) on the Main Form. But take a look at the
source here if you want :
http://www.crawleyscastingcalls.com/temp/test/
and yes, you're right it is TForm1 (not TForm2).
So i my example, because of the Stay on Top Form1 above the FormMain form,
the Form1.Deactivate event is fired each time you click on the Button1, or
when you click on the FormMain form which is below Form1.
I work under XP (sp2) with D7.
Cédric
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Subject: Re: Problem refreshing Memo of a Form
I created a small project that has these
components and it worked fine in D7 under XP;
which version are you using? I note that your
OnClick below refereces Tform1, but your
OnDeactivate references Tform2. Perhaps the code
below doesn't reflect all the code in your project?
Also, since the form is change to StayOnTop, the
OnDeactivate event never gets fired...
At 02:20 AM 5/9/2009, Cédric Joubert wrote:
hi,
I have a simple question about repainting
controls in a form but this example is maybe simpler to ask my question :
I have a form with 1 TButton, 1 TEdit and 1 TMemo.
the text 'Edit1' is displayed in TEdit.text
the text 'Memo1' is displayed in the first line of TMemo
In my code Button1.OnClick i have just 2 lines :
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
FormStyle := fsNormal;
FormStyle := fsStayOnTop;
end;
In my TForm.OnDeactivate i have just this line :
procedure TForm2.FormDeactivate(Sender: TObject);
begin
Memo1.Lines.Add('deactivate');
end;
Question : when i launch my form I see the 2
text Edit1 and Memo1 correctly displayed.
Then when I click on the button, the Edit1
text stay right displayed in TEdit
but the text of TMemo is erased, why ?
TEdit and TMemo have exactly the same priciapl
heritance hierarchy...(TWincontrol... TPersistent...).
Anyone can help me ?
Cédric
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Re: Problem refreshing Memo of a Form
I created a small project that has these
components and it worked fine in D7 under XP;
which version are you using? I note that your
OnClick below refereces Tform1, but your
OnDeactivate references Tform2. Perhaps the code
below doesn't reflect all the code in your project?
Also, since the form is change to StayOnTop, the
OnDeactivate event never gets fired...
At 02:20 AM 5/9/2009, Cédric Joubert wrote:
hi,
I have a simple question about repainting
controls in a form but this example is maybe simpler to ask my question :
I have a form with 1 TButton, 1 TEdit and 1 TMemo.
the text 'Edit1' is displayed in TEdit.text
the text 'Memo1' is displayed in the first line of TMemo
In my code Button1.OnClick i have just 2 lines :
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
FormStyle := fsNormal;
FormStyle := fsStayOnTop;
end;
In my TForm.OnDeactivate i have just this line :
procedure TForm2.FormDeactivate(Sender: TObject);
begin
Memo1.Lines.Add('deactivate');
end;
Question : when i launch my form I see the 2
text Edit1 and Memo1 correctly displayed.
Then when I click on the button, the Edit1
text stay right displayed in TEdit
but the text of TMemo is erased, why ?
TEdit and TMemo have exactly the same priciapl
heritance hierarchy...(TWincontrol... TPersistent...).
Anyone can help me ?
Cédric
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Re: Access violation in Delphi 7 unit - Help!
Controls 6237 +3 TWinControl.MainWndProc 00475fa4 MyProgram.exe Classes 10966 +8 StdWndProc 77d4b7a6 USER32.dll SendMessageW 77d4e025 USER32.dll DefWindowProcA 77d4e361 USER32.dll CallWindowProcA 004bef8b MyProgram.exe Controls 6369 +23 TWinControl.DefaultHandler 004d6a52 MyProgram.exe Forms 3774 +7 TCustomForm.DefaultHandler 004bc125 MyProgram.exe Controls 4743 +2 TControl.WMNCLButtonDown 004d74e5 MyProgram.exe Forms 4102 +12 TCustomForm.WMNCLButtonDown What on Earth could be the problem? Hundreds of other users are using the software with no problems. Any thoughts very welcome! Thanks, Ross. ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Using Delphi 7 for Chinese language programs
I did some testing of double-byte character sets under D7 back in 2006 or so under Win 2000. To fully see/use all the Chinese characters, you need to get a copy of Chinese Windows, which, unless you can read Chinese, will be impossible to use. To be able to enter/see Chinese characters (rather than funny characters) in tEdit and tRichEdit under English Windows, do the following (tMenuItem and tComboBox will always show Chinese characters oddly under English Windows 2000; for other components YMMV, although Quantum Grid works OK; don't know if XP or Vista will do better for tMenuItem etc.). These are the steps that should get you started: 1) Go to Control Panel / Regional and Language Settings 2) On the Regional Options page, set Chinese and China into the two combo boxes 3) On the Language page, check Install Files for East Asian Languages 4) On the Advanced page, choose Chinese in the dropdown box. You might want to memorize the clicks needed to go back, just in case your entire system turns Chinese and you can't read menus any more... :-) (Of course, if you read Chinese that's not an issue.) At 06:00 AM 1/15/2009, Mick Arundell wrote: I am now - after a long delay - attempting to write programs that can be used in China and probably other countries as well. Can you give some ideas on where to start. In the first place I would like to be able to enter characters into forms constructed in Delphi. I am able to test these programs but at the moment Delphi shows characters as ?? Mick or ç±³å ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation sid.gu...@piasystems.com ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Choose DB for Delphi
Good workaround to being able to use LIKE. For small or low-usage databases, this would work fine. For a large database, there are performance hits: - using Substring would put extra overhead on the server (substring isn't free) - returning 250 fixed bytes instead of a variable number of bytes would put extra overhead on the network (unless Advantage trims trailing blanks) - a char (or true varchar) would be read as part of the database row (one I/O), while a memo requires 2 or more I/Os (one to read the base row, then one I/O for each memo field in that row). I don't know the overhead that Advantage has for memo fields, but in other DBMS, the overhead is high. IIRC, in DB2, varchar has 2 bytes of overhead per row, while CLOB has something like 32 bytes of overhead per row. Again, no problem in a small or low usage database, but in a large database the size of each record would increase, records per blocks would go down, and I/Os would go up, all reducing performance. For our needs, we plug into many different DBMS using ADO. So we try to keep our SQL standard across DBMS. While the Substring solutions gets around the problem in Advantage, it is not the best way to code for other DBMS. Having not used sp_CreateIndex90, I'm not sure what it's doing, but if it lets you create an index on a varchar, great. In any case, the OP has more information than he probably wanted to know! :-) At 02:08 AM 12/8/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the risk of teaching you to suck eggs :') SELECT cropcode, formulation, upper(substring(labeltext,1,250)) AS test1 from labeltx where upper(substring(labeltext,1,250)) LIKE '%QUARTS%' Order by upper(substring(labeltext,1,250)) CREATE TABLE vchar_test ( f1 VarChar( 250 ), id Char( 10 )) IN DATABASE; EXECUTE PROCEDURE sp_CreateIndex90( 'vchar_test', 'vchar_test.adi', 'F1', 'f1', '', 2, 1024, '' ); I do not use varchar at all, and I do not use memo's much but I find that substring gets round my problems with this. The modern way is I suppose to use the Full Text Search (FTS) stuff but I have not tried any of it yet. I will have to make some time. Sid Gudes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/12/2008 16:51 Please respond to Moderated discussion list about database programming with Borland's Delphi delphi-db@elists.org To Moderated discussion list about database programming with Borland's Delphi delphi-db@elists.org cc Subject Re: Choose DB for Delphi Advantage is fine, we use it for some of our internal testing via ADO and have had no problems. One thing I don't like about Advantage is that it doesn't have a true Varchar; if you do a Create Table, Varchars become Memos. This means, for example, that you can't have a Varchar in a key and that the overhead per field is higher than Varchar. Also can't use Like on a memo. We end up changing many of our Varchars to Chars and just wasting the space, but that also gets into recordsize limitations. If you're working on a small database, this may not be important. If the database is large or you need to use varchars in keys or with the Like operator, it may be important. YMMV. At 01:25 AM 12/5/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use Advantage database. What they call Local server is available free. But even better is the two user development server that has beeen made available at http://www.sybase.com/ads_developer_guide_book. Then explore the advantage site to download the TTable replcement and ordert the book . Total cost about $30 for realy exalant product. And your application will be fully scalable. Cédric Joubert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/12/2008 11:15 Please respond to Moderated discussion list about database programming with Borland's Delphi delphi-db@elists.org To delphi-db@elists.org cc Subject Choose DB for Delphi Hi, It's me again ;-) Which best DB would you use with Delphi7 today for a single user application (medium size, 50 unit/forms) ? 1/ I need one that fit with : - secure data - dynamic (auto startup like Interbase/Firebird) - freeware if possible - querying with good performance - transactionnal 5 years ago, I would think about the open source Firebird... but today i've no idea... 2/ which access method is recommanded, DvExpress, Ado, other ? Thanks in advance Cédric *** NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e-mail messages attached to it, may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this message is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this transmission in error, please
Re: Delphi future
At 11:24 AM 8/20/2008, Rory Daulton wrote: I would also point out that Delphi 7 is considered by many to be the best version of all time and you can upgrade to that without encountering the .NET stuff and the massive overhaul of the IDE that occurred with later versions. I would recommend doing that if you do not anticipate needing Unicode support in your work. If you think you will need Unicode support I would upgrade to the upcoming Delphi 2009 (Tiburon) version. I am a semi-professional who has been using Delphi 5 Professional for a long time. I would like to upgrade, at least a bit, but I can't find Delphi 7 Professional available anywhere. Any suggestions on where I can get it? And don't say e-bay, since I have been looking there for a couple of months and it never appears. www.provantage.com has the full version (search for Delphi 7), but doesn't list the upgrade. Perhaps you can call them and see if they have the upgrade pricing available? Rory Daulton [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Printing Exploded Pie Charts
We didn't have this exact problem, but had some odd printing problems that only occurred on certain printers (and not others). We lived with them for a while, then happened to buy the commercial version to get a new feature, and all the problems went away with that version. Apparently they do bug fixing in the commercial version, but the one that comes with Delphi is as is and doesn't get bugs fixed or updated. At 04:22 PM 5/21/2008, Rainer von Saleski wrote: Hi, I'm using Delphi 7 and the built-in version of Rave (code interface only, never use visual designer) to create an exploded pie chart. Everything looks great on the screen, but when I try to print the chart (on a black-and-white Laserjet 2300), the shading fill brush patterns come out in negative -- ghosts of thin white lines with solid black backgrounds. Everything else on the page is as expected. Can anyone suggest another graphics library I could use? Google searches get me either no suggestions or hundreds of suggestions, none of which are right for Delphi. I'm sure many of you have met and solved this problem or one like it. I would really appreciate your recommendations. Even if it's as simple as Upgrade Rave. Thanks, Rainer von Saleski ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Qick question on memory use
At 05:03 AM 4/26/2008, Robert Meek wrote: Morning all, Just curious to know what the best indicators and/or utilities available to help one see the changes in memory and resource usage as it changes while a Delphi Win32 application is running. The Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del) Processes page is pretty good for seeing what resources are in use. You can use View/Show Columns to select those resources you're most interested in observing. Note that because Delphi uses a sub-allocator, Task Manager will only reflect the bulk memory allocated to a Delphi program, not all of which might be in use at any given time. And also if any of you have or know of any special techniques for minimizing their use while the program is running but not currently in use. I don't think that's necessary. Because Windows pages not-in-use programs to its spool file, if a program is not being used it will not be in RAM anyway. Any comments welcome! from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freelance Windows Programming for XP and Vista Also proud to be a Moderator of the Delphi-List at elists.org Reality cannot be explained...only enjoyed or endured as your current perspective allows! ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Html to text
The below code loads a string containing HTML into a tRichEdit, from whence it could be printed (or, using the tRichEdit.lines property, could be stripped into plain text). Haven't tried it, but looks pretty straightforward and since it has all source code, can be user-modified: http://www.swissdelphicenter.ch/torry/showcode.php?id=1823 At 03:13 AM 4/17/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello list, Some time ago I wrote a help-desk application that was entirely web/email based. Now a new manager is on board, and wants hard copy as physical evidence that jobs are being completed. (apparently an over-stuffed ring binder is more satisfying than tidy electronic records, meh). Heres my problem, in order to get a neat printout of the thousands of html comments, I have written a little app that displays the comment in a tWebBrowser, then scrapes the text into a Quick Report Memo. This means that I need a web server to run the query on. So, can one of you gurus tell me: Is there any way I can read a file directly into a tWebBrowser? OR Is there a way to parse html into plain text (simple cheap*) *free :o) Regards - Chris ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Component for Scheduling/Resource Allocation
At 11:04 PM 11/14/2007, you wrote: Sid Gudes wrote: Any recommendations for a component to do scheduling and resource allocation, a la Microsoft Project? We've got the raw data that is to be displayed, and want a component that will take care of drawing all the bars, lines, labels, etc. So you're not really looking for a component that can do scheduling or resource allocation. Yes, I suppose using the verb to do was a bit ambiguous. :-) What you're looking for is a component that can draw Gantt charts. Google find a few things that look helpful. Yes, we've identified several, but what I'm interested in is hearing of people's experiences with various packages, so we can make an informed decision. -- Rob ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Component for Scheduling/Resource Allocation
Hi All, Any recommendations for a component to do scheduling and resource allocation, a la Microsoft Project? We've got the raw data that is to be displayed, and want a component that will take care of drawing all the bars, lines, labels, etc. Thanks for suggestions. Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
MS Project in Delphi
Hi All, We're trying to integrate (display in an OLEcontainer) MS Project into a Delphi application. We're able to integrate Excel and Word pretty straightforwardly, but Project seems to have problems, such as popping out of a tTabSheet into its own separate form, and causing error messages from the OLE server. I've tried several things such as placing the OLEcontainer into a form, then setting the parent of the form to the tTabSheet, but to no avail. Word and Excel still work dandy, but Project does not. Has anyone got any suggestions on how to achieve success with Project? I also tried looking for a 3rd-party viewer that might be integrated into Delphi, but all the viewers I found were standalone products. Also, I notice this: We're using D7, which on the Servers tab has components for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and Binder, but none for Project! Was this an oversight and it's included in a later version of Delphi, or is Project really that different from the rest? Thanks! Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: About compiler-compilers, parsers
Hi Cosmin, Take a look at Visual Parse++ at www.sand-stone.com. It provides lex and yacc functionality, and its run-time is native Delphi (or several other languages, you choose the target), so no DLL or ActiveX needed. It's not freeware or shareware, but not too pricey. We've been using it for almost 10 years and it works just great. It does accept input from several types of sources, including pchars. I've never tried to run multiple simultaneous instances, but it should work. It basically consists of 3 classes: a parser, a lexer, and a consumer (where the lexer gets it string data from). Since you can create as many instances of these classes as you want, there should be no problem running multiple simultaneous parsers. It also includes a visual interactive debugger, so you can debug your parser rules visually, which is a real time-saver. Note that the grammar is generated to a resource file (that you can include as a resource in your .exe or load as an individual file), so the Delphi code it provides is for a generic lexing/parsing engine, it does not generate specific code for the grammar, the grammar is data-driven by the resource file. At 12:13 PM 8/12/2007, Cosmin Prund wrote: Hello everyone. I'm about to start a new program that requires an parser (possibly complex parser). So I'm asking this question again: What are the options for an Delphi programmer dealing with parsers? Other then TP yacc/lex or the Delphi variants? Different wording: (1)Is there a Delphi clone of the UNIX tools lex and yacc that generates modern output? By modern I mean something that can handle two parsers running simultaneously and allows reading from something other than TEXT files. All lex/yacc clones I've seen depend on a lexlib library that's full of global variables and expects input/output to be done on TEXT files. I almost never need to parse text files, I'm always parsing text from in-memory strings or TStringList or TStream descendents. Also I expect my lexers/parsers to work in multi-threaded environments so global variables are automatically excluded! (2)Are there any other tools similar to lex/yacc, commercial or open source that can generate Delphi code? I've been following a few other parser projects but they don't generate Delphi code. I know I've asked those questions before, and I'll probably ask them again until I'll find a good solution. For now I'm writing all my lexers / parsers by hand and it works but it's a bit messy - especially when it's time to change bits of code that have been written years before! -- Thanks, Cosmin Prund ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
RE: About compiler-compilers, parsers
At 02:26 AM 8/14/2007, Cosmin Prund wrote: Visual Parse++ looks like a really, really nice application. Unfortunately I haven't been able to trial it before. I requested a trial key about one year ago, but never got my answer back. I sent a new email today. I'll wait a couple of days and send a fax if I don't get an answer. I believe they're a small shop, and I've had to call them (rather than e-mail) in the past to get a response. OTOH once you're past the learning curve, there's no need to call tech support, it's a very solid product. (I don't think I've gotten in touch with them for several years, and the last time was because of a bad product key, not a technical issue.) Anyway, are you using it with Delphi? Yes, starting with D1 and going forward. It uses 3 classes, and you basically override the Reduce method in the Yacc class to get at the parsed tokens and do whatever your target operation is. Calling it is very simple (following omits error handling and cleanup): consumer := ssLexStringConsumer.create (pchar(MyString)); lexer := mLexClass.create (consumer, expressLex); parser := mYaccClass.createLex (lexer, expressYacc); parser.parse; In the above, MyString is the string to be parsed, expressLex contains the resource file with Lex rules (loaded into RAM), and expressYacc contains the resource file with Yacc rules (loaded into RAM). Have you ever used lex+yacc? Yes, many years ago we used MKS Lex/Yacc in a DLL called by Delphi (since MKS generates C) before switching to Visual Parse++. Does it offer anything extra compared to those, except a visual editor and a debugger? There are several extensions that they added to make certain types of parsing easier. If you're interested, e-mail me and I can send you a couple of sample grammars showing these. Thanks for reminding me of Visual Parse++ -- Cosmin Prund -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sid Gudes Sent: 13 august 2007 19:20 To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List Subject: Re: About compiler-compilers, parsers Hi Cosmin, Take a look at Visual Parse++ at www.sand-stone.com. It provides lex and yacc functionality, and its run-time is native Delphi (or several other languages, you choose the target), so no DLL or ActiveX needed. It's not freeware or shareware, but not too pricey. We've been using it for almost 10 years and it works just great. It does accept input from several types of sources, including pchars. I've never tried to run multiple simultaneous instances, but it should work. It basically consists of 3 classes: a parser, a lexer, and a consumer (where the lexer gets it string data from). Since you can create as many instances of these classes as you want, there should be no problem running multiple simultaneous parsers. It also includes a visual interactive debugger, so you can debug your parser rules visually, which is a real time-saver. Note that the grammar is generated to a resource file (that you can include as a resource in your .exe or load as an individual file), so the Delphi code it provides is for a generic lexing/parsing engine, it does not generate specific code for the grammar, the grammar is data-driven by the resource file. At 12:13 PM 8/12/2007, Cosmin Prund wrote: Hello everyone. I'm about to start a new program that requires an parser (possibly complex parser). So I'm asking this question again: What are the options for an Delphi programmer dealing with parsers? Other then TP yacc/lex or the Delphi variants? Different wording: (1)Is there a Delphi clone of the UNIX tools lex and yacc that generates modern output? By modern I mean something that can handle two parsers running simultaneously and allows reading from something other than TEXT files. All lex/yacc clones I've seen depend on a lexlib library that's full of global variables and expects input/output to be done on TEXT files. I almost never need to parse text files, I'm always parsing text from in-memory strings or TStringList or TStream descendents. Also I expect my lexers/parsers to work in multi-threaded environments so global variables are automatically excluded! (2)Are there any other tools similar to lex/yacc, commercial or open source that can generate Delphi code? I've been following a few other parser projects but they don't generate Delphi code. I know I've asked those questions before, and I'll probably ask them again until I'll find a good solution. For now I'm writing all my lexers / parsers by hand and it works but it's a bit messy - especially when it's time to change bits of code that have been written years before! -- Thanks, Cosmin Prund ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
RE: Recommendations for ISP?
At 12:14 AM 4/26/2007, Cosmin Prund wrote: If you previously had your own on-site server consider getting an hosted server. Actually - given your list of requirements I'd be really surprised if *any* single provider provides everything! Any recommendations for a hosted server provider? Cosmin Prund -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sid Gudes Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:50 AM To: delphi-talk@elists.org Subject: OT: Recommendations for ISP? Hi All, We're looking at outsourcing our web server to an ISP. Anyone have any vendors they can recommend? In addition to HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and POP services, we need to be able to run FogBugz at the ISP site, and need to be able to have the ISP relay Microsoft MTS sessions to our MTS server which will still be located in our office. Thanks! Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
RE: Recommendations for ISP?
At 01:24 AM 4/26/2007, you wrote: I can recomend my ISP in Romania but that's not going to be of any use to you! Given the nature of an hosted server, you may need to drive there a few times (at a minimum you need to get your server down there). Look for properly connected service providers that offer at least some extras (like remote restart - so you don't need to drive to your hosting location to push the restart button if your Windows Server decides to crash). Exactly the reason we want to move to an ISP: we're anticipating higher amounts of travel this year and fewer people in the office, so having someone else be able to manage the web site is critical. That's why we're looking for positive experiences that people have had, we need an ISP that is reliable. Although I wouldn't mind an excuse to visit Romania, somehow I think trying to justify a trip there to evaluate ISPs would raise a few eyebrows! :-) Cosmin Prund -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sid Gudes Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:24 AM To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List Subject: RE: Recommendations for ISP? At 12:14 AM 4/26/2007, Cosmin Prund wrote: If you previously had your own on-site server consider getting an hosted server. Actually - given your list of requirements I'd be really surprised if *any* single provider provides everything! Any recommendations for a hosted server provider? Cosmin Prund -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sid Gudes Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:50 AM To: delphi-talk@elists.org Subject: OT: Recommendations for ISP? Hi All, We're looking at outsourcing our web server to an ISP. Anyone have any vendors they can recommend? In addition to HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and POP services, we need to be able to run FogBugz at the ISP site, and need to be able to have the ISP relay Microsoft MTS sessions to our MTS server which will still be located in our office. Thanks! Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Recommendations for ISP?
The review site confirms some of my fears, there seem to be more than a few fly-by-night operators out there, but also some good reviews. Thanks for the info. At 09:25 AM 4/26/2007, you wrote: here are a few to look at: http://serverbeach.com (quality equipment, so-so support, midrange price) http://www.theplanet.com (the 800-lb gorilla, better for knowledgeable and high-volume customers) http://www.servermatrix.com/ (theplanet's entry-level channel) here is a review site, info overload but a good place to learn about issues and vendors: http://www.internet-hosting-report.com/ and in general, google for dedicated server review for more reviews and hosts. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:24 AM 4/26/2007, you wrote: I can recomend my ISP in Romania but that's not going to be of any use to you! Given the nature of an hosted server, you may need to drive there a few times (at a minimum you need to get your server down there). Look for properly connected service providers that offer at least some extras (like remote restart - so you don't need to drive to your hosting location to push the restart button if your Windows Server decides to crash). Exactly the reason we want to move to an ISP: we're anticipating higher amounts of travel this year and fewer people in the office, so having someone else be able to manage the web site is critical. That's why we're looking for positive experiences that people have had, we need an ISP that is reliable. Although I wouldn't mind an excuse to visit Romania, somehow I think trying to justify a trip there to evaluate ISPs would raise a few eyebrows! :-) Cosmin Prund -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sid Gudes Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:24 AM To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List Subject: RE: Recommendations for ISP? At 12:14 AM 4/26/2007, Cosmin Prund wrote: If you previously had your own on-site server consider getting an hosted server. Actually - given your list of requirements I'd be really surprised if *any* single provider provides everything! Any recommendations for a hosted server provider? Cosmin Prund -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sid Gudes Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:50 AM To: delphi-talk@elists.org Subject: OT: Recommendations for ISP? Hi All, We're looking at outsourcing our web server to an ISP. Anyone have any vendors they can recommend? In addition to HTTP, FTP, SMTP, and POP services, we need to be able to run FogBugz at the ISP site, and need to be able to have the ISP relay Microsoft MTS sessions to our MTS server which will still be located in our office. Thanks! Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
RE: Converting Delphi EXE to Browser-based
Hi All, It looks like converting our client-side app to a server-side app is going to take some time and effort! :-) Too bad there isn't a quicker way, but I guess we have to do what we have to do. While this conversion is going on, we want to look into converting our EXE into a browser-aware plugin, so that we can start getting people used to the idea of having the program run in a browser. Does anyone have any tools / articles they can recommend for converting a Delphi EXE into a plugin for IE? Firefox would be nice too. Thanks. Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Quick question slightly left of being On Topic!
Hi Robert, We haven't taken the plunge into Vista here (we're waiting for everyone else to shake out problems :-) ), but quite a while ago we switched our news readers to Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/). Their web site claims to support Vista (click on System Requirements under the download button). Thunderbird is an e-mail client as well as a news client, but you don't have to use the e-mail part if you don't want to. At 07:33 AM 4/19/2007, you wrote: Does anyone know of a good newsgroup application that actually works properly under Vista Ultima unlike the one supplied with it? I managed to get OutLook 2002 installed and working as part of XP Office pro thankfully, although a nasty glitch requires re-inputting ones password every time you start it up again, but OutLook Express, which I HAD been using for my newsgroups under XP Pro will not work at all! I seem to remember one of our members here having a free or shareware newsgroup app that was supposed to be pretty good, but I don't recall it's or his name. In any case, if it will at the very least, allow me to read and write messages on the various professional groups I normally hang on, like Borland's, Raize, TMS, Jedi, and others, I'd appreciate hearing about it as this one belongs in Vegas where it can at least give one a chance to bet on which of it's many glitches and problems will stop you from making use of it on any particular day! from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freelance Windows Programming for XP and Vista Also proud to be a Moderator of the Delphi-List at elists.org Reality cannot be explained...only enjoyed or endured as your current perspective allows! __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
RE: Converting Delphi EXE to Browser-based
Thanks for the replies. IntraWeb looks like it could entail a complex conversion effort. Has anyone used WebExpress and/or Delphi for PHP? Any comments on conversion effort, effectiveness, gotchas using either of those products? Thanks. At 02:56 PM 4/10/2007, you wrote: When I went that way, I used intraweb. I had to rewrite all the gui code obviously but all the calculation code I could use as is. I also went 3 tier at the same time using RemObjects to connect to the server. That let me put the webserver with a specialist hosting company and keep the database inside our network. Initially, while I was working for a different company, they contracted someone else to write the web app. It took them 9 months to deliver a partially working app with no data connectivity. Using Intraweb and remobjects I did the entire thing in under 3 months of part time work. Regards Sean Cross IT Systems Development Manager Catalyst Risk Management PO Box 230 50 Dalton St Napier 4140 DDI: 06-8340362 mobile: 021 270 3466 Visit us at http://www.catalystrisk.co.nz/ Offices in Auckland, Napier, Wellington Christchurch Disclaimer: The information contained in this document is confidential to the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged. Any view or opinions expressed are those of the author and may not be those of Catalyst Risk Management. No guarantee or representation is made that this communication is free of errors, viruses or interference. If you have received this e-mail message in error please delete it and notify me. Thank you. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi-talk- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sid Gudes Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2007 6:04 a.m. To: delphi-talk@elists.org Subject: Converting Delphi EXE to Browser-based Hi All, Our company has decided to convert an existing Delphi app (rich client EXE) to work within a browser. (Citrix and MTS are not options due to a host of reasons.) We already have developed some other Delphi apps that are web-server based, so have inhouse experience on web server development in general. Does anyone know the best way to convert our existing app from a client-side EXE to a server-side EXE? At the very least, we need to use HTML instead of DFM for our forms, but I would think that more than a little of our program logic needs to be changed. Are there any tools, books, components, etc. that you can recommend to help make this transition as painless as possible? We're looking at things like short learning curve, short conversion effort, to the degree possible. Thanks. Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Question on Set operator
Hi All, I've inherited some code that I need to integrate into some existing code. The author of the old code is using a construct I don't understand. There are things like: if (X - [a, b]) = [] then ... where X is a set and a and b are valid members of that set. My understanding of sets is that this should be the same as: if (a in X) or (b in X) then... but it isn't, because if I replace the first if with the second, the program behavior changes. Can someone help me with my conceptual gap and explain what the first if is saying? Thanks. Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Converting Delphi EXE to Browser-based
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Re: copying one richedit to another
Haven't done this in a while, but IIRC it's: rePhraseSentence.lines.Assign(reSentence.lines); If that doesn't work, then try this: mem := tMemoryStream.create; reSentence.SaveToStream (mem); mem.seek (0,0); rePhraseSentence.LoadFromStream (mem); mem.destroy; Of course, both richedits should have PlainText := false; At 04:37 PM 3/16/2007, you wrote: Hi All, I have two TRichEdits - reSentence and rePhraseSentence. The program spends a lot of time figuring out how to highlight reSentence with different fonts to help the user identify which words have which significance. Next, I want to copy the contents of reSentence to rePhraseSentence intact, with all the same highlight fonts in all the same places so the program doesn't have to spend a lot of time doing the exact same highlighting to rePhraseSentence that it already did to reSentence. I tried: reSentence.CopyToclipboard; rePhraseSentence.PasteFromClipboard; but that didn't do it. So I tried: rePhraseSentence.Lines := reSentence.Lines; and rePhraseSentence.Text := reSentence.Text; but of course that didn't do it either - the highlighted font information didn't get copied from reSentence to rePhraseSentence. I tried: rePhraseSentence.Assign(reSentence); but that caused a runtime exception stating that I can't assign a TRichEdit to a TRichEdit. Since rePhraseSentence is placed on panel rePhraseLeft, I tried: paPhrasesLeft.rePhraseSentence := reSentence; but that generated a compiler error. Can anyone figure out how to move the contents of one RichEdit to another RichEdit while preserving the highlighted font selections as well as the text? Help appreciated, Rich ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: Windows XP network security issue and my Delphi application
This may or may not be helpful, but when one of our customers moved from Win NT to Win 2000, their Teradata DBMS no longer worked: _sometimes_. But sometimes it did! It was driving everyone crazy. This turned out to be because Win 2000 added an operating system service that tried to use the same port that Teradata did. If that service happened to run first at bootup, it grabbed the port, and Teradata didn't work. But if the Teradata service ran first, it grabbed the port, and it worked fine. (Apparently the Windows service, if it couldn't get its desired port, grabbed a different one, but Teradata was hard-coded to only one port.) This may not be the problem in your instance (IIRC in our case no one could connect to Teradata, even from the server), but perhaps something on the network is trying to use port 3050. I'm not familiar with Firebird, but if it can be easily reconfigured to use a different port, perhaps you can try that and see if it resolves the problem? At 10:16 AM 12/17/2006, Cosmin Prund wrote: From the server machine I can connect to the Firebird server using telnet 127.0.0.1 3050. If I try telent REAL_IP_ADDR 3050 the connection fails! I don't remember the error number (if any) but it was most likely time out related. If I run netstat -n -a -o I see the firebird process listening on 0.0.0.0:3050 so it should work on both loopback and the real ip address. I'll have some colleagues on site tomorrow so I might be able to run some tests, but I have absolutely no idea what to look for. I already looked for personal firewalls or anti virus software and I found none. I also might be able to get an W2k telnet.exe on the XP machine if that makes any difference. Thanks for your input, any other ideas? Wilfried Mestdagh wrote: Hello Cosmin, Can you connect to the server using a simple telnet session ? this should be possible if the server uses TCP. If not, what is the winsock error ? (I think you have to use the old telnet.exe W2K or older to get the error number). --- Rgds, Wilfried http://www.mestdagh.biz __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: End-user form designer?
We faced the same issue, and rather than have our users learn a forms editors, we decided to use Dave Baldwin's HTMLviewer (www.pbear.com) to display HTML forms. This allows our users to author their forms in HTML using any commercial HTML editor. Since their staffs usually have HTML expertise, this allows them to start creating forms with no learning curve, and also to use forms created for our Delphi program in other applications (and vice versa). Since HTMLviewer supports CSS, fine formatting control is available. The only restrictions we found in HTMLviewer is that JavaScript is not supported (although it seems that we can get a third-party JavaScript interpreter and integrate it, but we're not at that point yet), and that Quantum Grid is not directly supported, but we were able to get QG in there using the PANEL tag included in HTMLviewer. At 01:32 AM 12/13/2006, Cosmin Prund wrote: Hello! I need to provide my users with a way to define custom data-input screens. I already found Greatis Form Designer, I tested it and it would do the job just fine. I also ordered it BUT the account numbers I got from SWREG don't add up (I've got an GB IBAN for a DE bank and an total of 3 SWIFT codes on the same invoice). I wanted to contact SWREG to have those issues sorted but I found NO way to do so! They've got a funny Help section on the front page but unfortunately my problem is not listed among the 10 problems selectable there, and there's no other problems section. So I've opened an support ticket with Greatis: I basically notified them of my problems with SWREG and asked for a way around this. I also provided the Reference Order Number I got from SWREG to make it obviously clear I want to buy the thing. I got no answer in 48 hours... Anyone any (other) recommendations? Thanks, Cosmin Prund Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
tADOcommand Problem
Hi All, I'm trying to use tADOcommand to execute an Update statement. There are several parameters set into the Parameters property. I want to get the number of records affected. However, there doesn't seem to be an overloaded call to Execute that lets me do this. If I make these calls, I can't get the right results: tADOcommand.Execute; count is not returned tADOcommand.execute (count, null); count is returned, but tADOcommand.Parameters is ignored (same problem if unassigned is used instead of null) Any ideas on how I can use Parameters but also get a count back? Thanks. Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Re: Printer.Printers Problem
I've had some issues with printers before due to funny changes to
case. Try replacing
if trim(printer.printers[iLoop])=pn then
with
if sametext (trim(printer.printers[iLoop]), pn) then
and see if that resolves the problem.
At 03:59 AM 9/1/2006, Chris Moore wrote:
Hello List,
This function DOES work on my development machine (XP SP2) but DOES NOT work
on the target PC (XP SP2).
Function TestForPrinter(pn:string):Boolean;
var
r:Boolean;
ni,iloop:integer;
mess:string;
begin
r:=true;
ni:=-1;
for iloop:=0 to printer.printers.Count-1 do
begin
if trim(printer.printers[iLoop])=pn then
begin
ni:=iLoop;
end;
end;
if ni1 then // Oh No - No Printer
begin
r:=false;
mess:='!! ERROR - printer '+pn+' not installed on this PC !!'+#10;
mess:=mess+''+#10;
mess:=mess+'Contact the Computer Department'+#10;
showmessage(mess);
end;
TestForPrinter:=r;
end;
This snippet works on both PC's - (I thought the trim function might be
getting in the way so I put logic in to test)
procedure testy;
var
iloop:integer;
pn,an:string;
begin
form1.CheckListBox1.Clear;
pn:=form1.edt_find.Text; {tedit used to test for printers and duffstuff}
for iloop:=0 to printer.printers.Count-1 do
begin
form1.CheckListBox1.Items.Add(printer.printers[iLoop]);
if form1.CheckBox1.Checked then
an:=trim(printer.printers[iLoop])
else
an:=printer.printers[iLoop];
if an=pn then
form1.CheckListBox1.Checked[iLoop]:=true;
end;
end;
Why does one work and the other not? - I am confused++
Chris Moore
Computer Department
Brother Industries (UK) Ltd
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Re: Listbox can contain multiple font colours?
Sure, look at the example under tListBox.OnDrawItem. The canvas's font.color should be set to the desired color before calling TextOut (or might be the canvas's pen.color, don't recall for certain). Setting the canvas's brush.color will change the background color also, if that's desired. If you want to do that, make sure to set brush.color before the call to FillRect. At 01:10 AM 7/9/2006, Russell Stapleton wrote: Hi all, absolute newbie here. Can I make a listbox contain different coloured text? I have a listbox that adds words in a wordgame I am writing and would like to show the incorrect words in red, correct words black. If this cannot be done (and I suspect not) I am open to any suggestions as to how I should show the incorrect words, otherwise anyone playing will forget what their previous attempts were. TIA, etc, R. Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
Re: similiar to opening a csv file in default program
I haven't tried this, but probably what you can do is try to open the
file exclusively (fmShareExclusive). If it is in use by DOS, then
the open should fail. Once DOS finishes and closes the file, the
open should succeed. So something like this:
waiting := 100;
repeat
try
fs := tFileStream.create (D+'harbor.txt', fmOpenRead or
fmShareExclusive);
// at this point the open succeeded, so break out of the loop
fs.destroy;
break;
except
// we get here if the file was not openable, or does not exist
sleep (100);
end;
dec (waiting);
until waiting = 0;
if waiting = 0 then error...
The above is OTTOMH. I think also, in case there is an old version
of harbor.txt on the hard drive, that it would make sense to delete
the file before running the DOS command, otherwise the
tFileStream.create might just succeed on the old file before the DOS
session gets underway.
BTW, should
'/c '+'ipconfig/all harbor.txt'
be instead
'/c '+'ipconfig/all ' + D + 'harbor.txt'
?
HTH
At 09:07 AM 7/6/2006, Rich Cooper wrote:
Thanks Rob,
But actually, I did get one to work. It finally gelled for the following
code in my OnFormCreate handler:
D := GetStartDir;
ShellExecute( 0, 'open', PChar('command.com'),
PChar('/c '+'ipconfig/all harbor.txt'),
nil, SW_HIDE );
Waiting := 100;
while ( (Waiting0) and (not FileExists(D+'HARBOR.TXT')))
do begin
Sleep(250);
Waiting := Waiting-1;
end;
if (not FileExists(D+'HARBOR.TXT'))
then raise Exception.Create('Login Error 1.');
But there is still a problem. The 'Waiting' loop discovers that the
file exists, but not whether it has been completely written and let
loose to be read. In my OnFormActivate handler, I use:
if FirstActivation
then begin
D := GetStartDir;
Application.ProcessMessages;
Sleep(500);
if FileExists(D+'HARBOR.TXT')
then begin
meHarbor.Lines.LoadFromFile(D+'HARBOR.TXT');
which works MOST of the time. But occasionally, (5%) it causes
an exception related to trying to read a file that is still being written.
Does anyone have a way to determine whether the file HARBOR.TXT
has been released for reading after being completely written? I would
be able to fix this problem by replacing the Sleep(500) with a loop
that tests till the HARBOR.TXT file is ready.
Thanks,
Rich
Rob Kennedy wrote
Rich Cooper wrote:
I'm trying to pipe a DOS command to a file using a ShellExecute,
but it doesn't create the output file. Here's the code:
var D : string;
...
D := GetStartDir;
ShellExecute(0,pChar('ipconfig/all
'),pchar('harbor.txt'),nil,pChar(D),SW_SHOWNORMAL);
...
but no file named 'harbor.txt' gets created. Does anyone know how to
fix this?
First, ipconfig/all is not a shell verb. Did you read the
documentation for ShellExecute before composing the code above?
Second, you're telling ShellExecute to look in the registry for the
ipconfig/all key for files named *.txt, and then execute the command
it finds there on the harbor.txt file, which I'm guessing doesn't even
exist.
Third, note that command-line redirection is performed by the
command-line interpreter. ShellExecute is not a command-line
interpreter. Read this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/05/16/598893.aspx
You should be able to find lots of example code to solve your problem
with the following search:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pipe+dos+commandas_ugroup=*delphi*
Fourth, ipconfig is not a DOS command. It's a console program, but it's
a fully fledged Windows program. Try to run it in DOS (if you even have
a computer with DOS installed anymore), and you'll simply be told that
it needs to run in Win32 mode.
Finally, type-casting a string literal to PChar is not necessary and can
sometimes lead to problems. A string literal can be used as any
string-related type, including AnsiString, WideString, PAnsiChar, and
PWideChar. The compiler will choose based on what it needs. You don't
need to tell it.
--
Rob
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Re: Windows that can close themselves
I've never done this in an OnButtonClick, but I think this will work:
self.release;
self.close;
What I usually do to get a self-closing window is just add this line
to the OnFormClose event:
action := caFree;
At 04:51 AM 2/28/2006, Andre van Zuydam wrote:
Hi Everyone
I've made an application that creates little post it windows on the
desktop. Each window has the FormStyle fsStayOnTop property set.
I have a button which I'm using for testing purposes and this creates
the windows. Notice I have changed the parent window to the desktop
window to stop the forms from disappearing when I minimize my main app.
procedure TfrmMain.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
frmPostIt : TfrmPostIt;
begin
frmPostIt := TfrmPostIt.Create (nil);
frmPostIt.ParentWindow := GetDesktopWindow;
frmPostIt.lblText.Caption := 'Hello';
frmPostIt.jvTran.Mask := frmPostIt.JvImage.Picture.Bitmap;
frmPostIt.jvTran.Active := True;
frmPostIt.Show;
end;
This is my question :
If I click on a button on the post it form I want it to close the post
it window. (It is probably an API call or some message that needs to be
sent to windows) What code could I put in that button click event?
procedure TfrmPostIt.sbCloseClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
{ Your code here PS Self.Free does not work and I could use
Self.Hide but I don't want this in Memory anymore! }
end;
Thanks in advance for any help submitted!
Andre van Zuydam
Spiceware Software
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Re: Anyone know of a standalone DFM editor?
Thanks to all who replied. Just wanted to provide some feedback: 1) Skins are a great idea! Didn't know it's so easy to implement them. Although they don't resolve all the look-and-feel changes we need, they do a bunch of them and they also give the end-user the ability to change appearance, which is a nice feature. 2) We weren't looking for an end-user form designer, but one that could be used by a non-programmer at our offices to redesign forms and offload some work from our developers. Having end-users manipulate forms could indeed be dangerous! However, having non-programmers modify forms, which our developers can then review before re-integrating the form into our product, would help our workload. 3) Although we don't want to integrate Greatis Form Designer into our product (we don't want end-users to be able to modify forms), it looks like a component we can use to create our own DFM editor for use by our non-programmers, since it appears there is no standalone DFM editor out there. Thanks for everyone's help! Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
Anyone know of a standalone DFM editor?
Hi All, We're looking to do a major overhaul of the look and feel of our product. At the same time, we're developing new features and don't want to have our programmers spend time on this. Several other people (non-programmers) at the office could be trained to use the IDE's DFM editor and modify existing forms (they are facile with other products that allow the visual creation and manipulation of objects, such as Photoshop and even Word). However, we'd like to not use Delphi's IDE to do this, because: 1) It would be really expensive to buy Delphi licenses for the non-programmers for this one-time use 2) We want to restrict the properties they can edit to look-and-feel properties (e.g. color, font, left, top, height, width) and not programmer properties (e.g. enabled, readonly, windowstate). Of course we could tell them what not to modify, but then mistakes can happen. Does anyone know of a product that will let us do this? If not, any code available to help us build something like this without too much trouble? TIA. Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Delphi mailing list - Delphi@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
RE: OT...Wireless networking
that be accomplished in a peer to peer network between two machines just using an Ethernet to Ethernet cable, or an Ethernet to USB? All the data I had on networking is also gone of course, and I don't remember what it said about setting a system up to do this. Note, I do NOT want to have to go out and buy another piece of software, like Norton's PC AnyWhere, just to enable this ability for a couple of days! from: Robert Meek at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dba Tangentals Design home of PoBoy freeware Windows apps and utilities located at: www.TangentalsDesign.com Proud to be a moderator for the Delphi Programming Lists at: elists.org __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Delphi-Talk mailing list - Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
