Re: [DUG] PHP setup (was Web development)

CLI php is very powerful and very useful too. There are even times to shell out to it from Delphi or from other environments. There are existing php libraries (e.g. pdf handling etc etc etc ) that are just 'ready to go', where setting up in Delphi would be reinventing the wheel all too much. I wor

Re: [DUG] FW: Web development

Useful browser share graphs published by arstechnica today afaik:-- "Microsoft and Mozilla's continuing Chrome conundrum" http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/06/may-browser-market-share-microsoft-and-mozillas-continuing-chrome-conundrum.ars Paul On 7 June 2011 14:00, Jolyon Smith wrote: > I t

Re: [DUG] FW: Web development

e big corporations, but the country code says more to me now-a-days. Paul On 7 June 2011 12:36, Paul A Norman wrote: > On 7 June 2011 12:29, Gary T. Benner wrote: >> [Reply] >> >> HI all, >> >> At 10:47 on 7/06/2011 Colin wrote >> >>>Forget IE7, I

Re: [DUG] FW: Web development

On 7 June 2011 12:29, Gary T. Benner wrote: > [Reply] > > HI all, > > At 10:47 on 7/06/2011 Colin wrote > >>Forget IE7, I believe 1 in 10 people surfing the net still use IE 6 (though >> I think a lot of them are in China)... > >> > >>For our company, 6% of users hitting our site use IE 6... can't

Re: [DUG] Web development

y. Its the same with programming, without regular use, other > languages tend to leave the mind (we leak memory all over the place). > > > > However it does look like PHP might be an interesting prospect. I was > seriously looking at C# as well but wanted something I could us

Re: [DUG] Web development

th programming, without regular use, other > languages tend to leave the mind (we leak memory all over the place). > > > > However it does look like PHP might be an interesting prospect. I was > seriously looking at C# as well but wanted something I could use sooner than > the l

Re: [DUG] Web development

but worth the trouble. It certainly helps you concentrate >on PHP business logic rather than HTML,CSS and javascript. Whatever you go with will have a learning curve of some sort. Paul > > Thanks again. I'll take a good strong look over the next few weeks. > > Steve > >

Re: [DUG] Web development

Hi Steve, Approaching it from the delphi/pascal orientation first...(not meaning pascal server side--and that is possible as well) ... You'd find much in Delphi for Php that is very familiar. It is built on top of an opensource framework " VCL for PHP", and you'd probably appreciate E's familia

Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition

> > From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On > Behalf Of Paul A Norman > Sent: Friday, 1 April 2011 2:46 p.m. > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition > > > > Hi Todd, > > > > W

Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition

sure that your use of > >> Delphi > >>>>>> Starter would be certain to fall under the < US$1000 revenue > threshold > >>>>>> (unless your use of Delphi is entirely and utterly not connected > with > >> any > >>>

Re: [DUG] Video Editing

Yes, but I just started using this - which knows about 29.xxx I think! http://www.lightworksbeta.com/ http://www.lightworksbeta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120&Itemid=268

Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition

t;> Delphi > >>>>>> Starter would be certain to fall under the < US$1000 revenue > threshold > >>>>>> (unless your use of Delphi is entirely and utterly not connected > with > >> any > >>>>>> income/donation generating activity in your organisation). &g

Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition

o see > >>>> your accounts and set about trying to prove that your license is > invalid > >>>> (tho actually the boot would be on the other foot - it would no doubt > be up > >>>> to you to prove that your license *is* valid, not the other way > around), but >

[DUG] Hurry! Special Extended Upgrade Offer Ends 31 March 2011

Just in case any one didn't get one ... (Why does this - missing out of people on the vendor's database keep happening over the years? My mail address is still up to-date -- this found me. ) date21 March 2011 13:03 subject Hurry! Special Extended Upgrade Offer Ends 31 March 2011 Impor

Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition

license conditions in the first place. >>> >>> Speaking for myself, I think the revenue limit on the license is a mistake >>> (almost as ridiculous as the imposition of Interbase and the removal of >>> DBExpress) but sadly not one that I expect Embarcadero to corre

Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition

> Speaking for myself, I think the revenue limit on the license is a mistake > (almost as ridiculous as the imposition of Interbase and the removal of > DBExpress) but sadly not one that I expect Embarcadero to correct any time > soon, if ever. > > > > -Original Messag

Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition

Thanks Joylon and Todd, that has sorted that out, ... I had been wondering the way things were worded whether you could use 3rd party things like Zeos, or if databasing capabilities were limited strictly to only what was described in the feature matrix. (Remembering the Turbo thingies they put ou

Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition

Hi Malcolm, Looking through the feature matrix, I was not sure, can Delphi Starter connect to an MySql database on local or other server please? Paul On 31 January 2011 21:06, Malcolm Groves wrote: > http://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter > > Cheers > Malcolm > > Malcolm Groves > Se

Re: [DUG] Just in case you missed it

Been a real problem off and on for years John. On 18 October 2010 14:03, John Bird wrote: > Is there a mailing list to get offers like this?  I hadn’t heard of this or > the XE event until it came up here on the Delphi list. > > Please add me to any such lists. > > John > > From: Richard Vowles >

Re: [DUG] Just in case you missed it

"For everyone else" For everyone else? Paul On 18 October 2010 12:33, Richard Vowles wrote: > If you have a Pro version, Embarcadero have a special offer on - 20% off > until the end of the year if you are on a 2010 version of C++ Pro, Dlephi > Pro or RAD Studio Pro > The info is here: http://w

Re: [DUG] SimpleMAPI

Dear Matthew, What exact tasks are you wanting to perform with mapi, i.e. how far are you needing to go? Paul On 14 April 2010 16:41, Matthew Comb wrote: > Hi Jason, > > Thanks, this link was interesting but not quite what I'm after. > > I'm looking for a component that will work with outlook,

Re: [DUG] Script Engines for use with Delphi

And don't forget Serhiy's PHP4DELPHI Scripting, access to extensive php extensions and libraries and more! http://users.telenet.be/ws36637/php4delphi.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Php4delphi Paul On 23 March 2010 09:19, Paul Lowman wrote: > We use windows scripting engine. > > Paul Lowman

Re: [DUG] Google(HTC) Phone

I think from a Delphi perspective things were once a lot more straight forward. MS provided the platform, they were our VHS if you like indeed. Initially Mac did not need to be developed for - numbers too low, and mostly not in a pure business type of operation with the exception of graphic desig

Re: [DUG] Google(HTC) Phone

HOpefully it is centralised like you say Gary, But ... "Some XML DTD will evolve no doubt for that . " Some XML DTD will evolve no doubt for that 2010/1/18 Gary T. Benner : > [Reply] > > HI all, > > At 09:54 on 18/01/2010 Jolyon wrote > >>I was nearly tempted by the "installment plan" but

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer? - summary

That last offer from E was not too bad, still a bit too high, and came at a bad time of year, - not a good time for the cash flow to make an investment / purchase like that. Even though it means I slip from eligibility for upgrades (having managed to convince folk here to get 2005 as our last upgr

Re: [DUG] Offtopic - but....

If you need to check output/pages against the three main engines for any reason - have a look at this: http://www.lunascape.tv/ "Lunascape is the world’s only triple engine browser. What this means is that you can have the best features, performance, and speed of, Windows Internet Explorer, Mozil

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?

I am not sure that you don't mean the opposite to what you haven't said? 2010/1/16 David Brennan : > Correction: at the end of my last email I meant to say: I don't *DIS*agree > with your overall argument... just with some of the detail ;-) > > Funny how having the wrong number of negatives comple

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?

">Considering PHP or Ruby for Rails." Then Check out http://www.appcelerator.com/products/ mentioned above. paul 2010/1/12 John Bird : > >> 1. Still maintaining Delphi code? > Yes > >> 2. Started a new Delphi project in the last year? > Yes 2 or 3 > >> 3. Started a new project in another langua

Re: [DUG] What is the future for Delphi programmer?

1. Yes 2. No 3. Yes php (web and desktop) 4. One stop - Linux, Mac, PC coverd by 'Titanium' ... "Build SOA and RIA apps quickly." "Build native apps for iPhone and Android." "HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Python, PHP and Ruby .. for developing mobile and desktop applications using products and services

Re: [DUG] Delphi Books

Sorry Eric, I'm in Auckland. Paul 2010/1/5 Eric A : > Paul. > > If you're located in Christchurch I'll happily take those off your hands. > > Eric. > >> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:35:34 +1300 >> From: paul.a.nor...@gmail.com >> To: delphi@delphi.org.nz >> Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi Books >> >> Dear

Re: [DUG] Delphi Books

Dear Jeremy, I've got Delphi 3,4, 6 in Marco Cantu's Mastering series - also moving out of Delphi . paul 2010/1/4 Matthew Comb : > Hi, > > I have a bunch of Delphi books, (some dating back to D2) that Im about to > throw into a dumpster. > > Some are good books, but dare I say it, I'm not coding

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

Thanks Malcolm, I think that one of the things that is slowly coming across is that E doesn't appear to intend to just suddenly go away or dump Delphi. I know that for some people this has been a real issue underlying a lot of what has been said. You get into a development cycle, on a big project

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

understand that you have to make the priority decissions that you do. Paul 2009/10/16 Paul A Norman > "Did you know that one of the guys on the delphi compiler team is > Japanese?" > Not at all surprising - I think we will see a lot more > 'extreme' innovation out

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

"Did you know that one of the guys on the delphi compiler team is Japanese?" Not at all surprising - I think we will see a lot more 'extreme' innovation out of Japan, and even Vietnam. Paul 2009/10/16 Malcolm Groves > Tagawa-san. Not just Japanese, but works from Japan as well. And at the > ri

Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

enting on the perception that I felt Malcolm conveyed, not agreeing > > that > >> that perception was necessarily correct). > >> > >> > >> > >> I myself was perhaps not clear enough on that point (the observations > were > >> in comments,

Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

elphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented? > > > > I think, for the true story, you need to hit F6. > > > > (Hopefully my comment will be taken for the joke I think it is, albeit a > lame joke, it made me laugh :-) > > 2009/10

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

they still blindly believe that they are the world leaders still. Paul 2009/10/16 Jeremy North > Paul, > > You need to be careful using "we" when you really mean "I". > > ;-) > > cheers, > Jeremy > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Paul A Nor

Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

t; > > J > > > > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > *On Behalf Of *Paul A Norman > *Sent:* Friday, 16 October 2009 3:27 p.m. > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Bee

Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

Please inform us the ignorant masses what does F6 do in the 2010 IDE? Paul 2009/10/16 Jeremy North > Jokes aside, I use Delphi 2010 most days and don't see a need for > using the new F6 functionality. > > I'm sure many do though. > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Richard Vowles > wrote: > >

Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

> > > > I myself was perhaps not clear enough on that point (the observations were > in comments, not a blog post – I spend more time on posts than on comments) > > > > > > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > *On Behalf Of *

Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

om from my 'perception'. Paul 2009/10/16 Paul A Norman > Well, I am now left with the impression that Malcolm was misrepresented > Jolyon, you'd better be more careful in what you write on your own blog in > future, what you have just written here sounds pretty lame

Re: [DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

Richard Vowles > I think, for the true story, you need to hit F6. > (Hopefully my comment will be taken for the joke I think it is, albeit a > lame joke, it made me laugh :-) > > 2009/10/16 Paul A Norman > >> I was not at the Auckland presentation, and have had to re

Re: [DUG] Cross platform musings

One of the things that is slowly getting my attention more and more, is that we have been USA focussed for so long, the we are barely able to recognize the rising skill set of the multitude of Asian developers and inov innovators. There is one Japanese professor who developed a complete super effic

[DUG] Has Malcolm Groves Been Misrepresented?

I was not at the Auckland presentation, and have had to rely on others' reporting of it. Jolyon who normally appears to be very careful in what he says and writes has said on his blog: "Malcolm Groves stood up in Auckland and openly told us that in his view, apart from 1 or 2 things, and really in

Re: [DUG] Presentation in Christchurch - any other meetings in Chch?

Dear Paul, "The only hassle is porting from D7 to D2010 with respect to Unicode." After reading a very comprehensive blog by Jolyon Smith, I am quite concerned about D.s current unicode support. I've had enough trouble with it in other environments to want to face the maze that appears to be the

Re: [DUG] test

? 2009/10/6 Richard Vowles > I just think the fur ore has died down and everyone is waiting with baited > breath for Malcolm's kick-ass demo. > > Richard > > 2009/10/5 Leigh Wanstead > >> I did not receive any dug message since Sep 28 and I thought that might be >> my email broken. :-) >> >> Ha

Re: [DUG] Upgrade considerations

Dear Robert, You may have tried this but I have nearly always defaulted on the Ethernet choice to "HostInterface" for the "Attached to" setting What are your other settings under Network there please? Paul 2009/9/25 Robert martin > Hi > > We have used VirtualPC but have recently installed Virtu

Re: [DUG] Free Pascal

What I have found useful when I was evaluating looking at the Delphi crossCLX thingie (and some people don;t seem to realise this) you can establish a Linux environment (any number of flavours of them) and load one by one into a Virtual Box. If you make an application with special requirements, y

Re: [DUG] Budget/Turbo editions of Delphi

This is going to satrt to sound like a Monty Python sketch, but ... You got off lightly, In my day we had to make appointments at Vic for punch card desks! Paul 2009/9/23 Alister Christie > When I did COMP102 & 103 at Victoria Uni they were teaching Think Pascal > on old (even then) Apple Macs

Re: [DUG] Free Pascal

I sucessfully got I think a simple trial going on Lazarus under Win32 a year ago, then simply recompiled it under a Linux distro and it worked out of the box! I did not have the opening to try it under Mac. I really really love that concept - isn't the Delphi roadmap promising something similar?

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

Dear Jolyon, the movements there look quite small - I was wondering if they fall into the margin of error? Strangely Lua has a minor upward delta but is shown as a negative red set of arrows. I've had to aquire minor Lua skills with the LaTeX TeX community and related projects. And is the Pasca

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

given leave to share the details. Paul 2009/9/24 Paul A Norman > There was some sort of problem with the Code Gear mailout lists - even > though I was ticked as wanting communicatoin from Borland about product as a > registered user (D3 c/s, D4. Pro, D.2005) I never got notifications fr

Re: [DUG] Free Pascal

I also have very recently just started looking at Lazarus again - but not sure yet. I also am not sure about inheritance issues but do not know enough. Had a few stability issues with exes while in debug mode. Even just using the openpicture dialog. It could possibly be a good adjunct to use a

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

There was some sort of problem with the Code Gear mailout lists - even though I was ticked as wanting communicatoin from Borland about product as a registered user (D3 c/s, D4. Pro, D.2005) I never got notifications from them of such things nor from our local friends for a while. I do now, David

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

Thanks for that Malcolm, Some of us had understood that prevopusly things had been passed up the line on our behalfs, and that may have caused a lot of ill feeling, will do what you suggest, Paul 2009/9/21 Malcolm Groves > Hi all, > > > > I’ve just read through quite a few of the messages in

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

I think that there are two very different perceptions of life and values coming out here. One I believe whcih is quite dark. And the other where people do aim at better things and ways of doing things. The choice is important. Paul ___ NZ Borland Deve

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

> Actually, afaict Embarcadero have been absolutely silent on the matter. The > policy change has leaked out only via *some* resellers. Which has had the effect of being told in advance has it not? We are talking here about stabndards of Software House care and service. So no, in this case the h

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

> should get bug fixes forever more at no cost is just not a sustainable > > business model. I don’t know of any software companies that will do it – > as > > some have pointed out even Microsoft won’t do it beyond a certain point > and > > they have a far more pr

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

t; > > Cheers, > > David. > > > > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > *On Behalf Of *Paul A Norman > *Sent:* Sunday, 20 September 2009 5:53 p.m. > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] A change i

Re: [DUG] Faxs

cool. 2009/9/20 Jeremy Coulter > No its ok, it WAS actually another issue that was causing a red-hearing > in the end. > > > > Jeremy > > > > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > *On Behalf Of *Paul A Norman > *Se

Re: [DUG] Faxs

Yes Ian is right, I have Delphi 4 app in mainatanence mode now, but build on them and someone is still using it! I'll have a look at what I did in there. And the TurboPower help has info that I used. Paul 2009/9/18 Ian Drower > Hi Jeremy > Its a long shot, but in the Async pro tools ver 4.07

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

"open ended bug fixes " 2009/9/19 David Brennan Dear David, When we talk about D8 and especially 2005 we are not talking about minor matters. Others in the past have listed what does not work, the list is not too cool. What needs to be realised here is that there is a very big difference betwe

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

That is a very kind offer Richard and thank you for it, The sentiment signified by it is more than enough, but there is nothing owed by you to me. I certainly could not see you, or your business being put out of pocket by this, it is not your responasbility but I believe it is another's. If -- I

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

Richard, Do you rmemeber when Microsoft wanted to charge for "upgrades" that were fixes and what happened? Paul 2009/9/19 Jolyon Smith > Even Microsoft think it’s worth issuing fixes and indeed updates LONG > after 18 months has passed. > > > > Barely a day goes by without some Windows upd

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

for us as consumerers. I have raised my experience as a real example of things and yet hope for a good result that might genuinely encourage others. Paul 2009/9/16 Richard Vowles > 2009/9/16 Paul A Norman > >> And I have heard nothing until Richard in this Forum smirked >> last n

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

rd “lack”, but have no reason to do > so at the moment. > > > > > > *From:* delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] > *On Behalf Of *Richard Vowles > *Sent:* Wednesday, 16 September 2009 19:16 > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List >

Re: [DUG] Faxing

projects/tpapro/files/tpapro/4.07/tpapro407.zip/download> 8.8 MiB Fri Nov 14 2008 There is mention of Nick Hodges having joined the project, so maybe there is Code on E some where as well? Paul 2009/9/16 Paul A Norman > p.s. TPogeonProtocol = ...? > > 2009/9/16 Paul A Norman >

Re: [DUG] Faxing

p.s. TPogeonProtocol = ...? 2009/9/16 Paul A Norman > If you thought fax was so D.3, give me an updated interface with > inheritance for this ... > > *"Firm enlists Winston the homing pigeon to transfer data - because he's > faster than broadband"* > &g

Re: [DUG] Faxing

If you thought fax was so D.3, give me an updated interface with inheritance for this ... *"Firm enlists Winston the homing pigeon to transfer data - because he's faster than broadband"* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1212214/Company-enlists-Winston-homing-pigeon-carry-data-tra

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

Yes Phil, I'm belieeving that the databaseing that came out up untill delphi 5 (4 was the last to do that) caused a huge enthuiast base for Delphi. What the bean counters did not factor in then was that this brought in a lot of talent to the Delphi community that may not have come through a pure

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

Steve and Kyley are right. There was a report years ago that confirmed that but too late for Boralnd to change direction. If E are prepared to address the realities of what the history actually is, they could find a good following. "Comparrisons of what other Software houses do and don't do are

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

Any one else seen this .. (seems strange some how) W32/Induc-A - The Delphi Virus - Will Your Applications Be Affected? Monday August 24, 2009 in *Info* ::

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

will be able to discuss it with Embarcadero's VP > of Asia Malcolm Groves in Auckland or Christchurch :-) > > http://www.embarcaderopresents.com/edm/ev_radspeek/nz.html > > BTW Are you actually using D2005? > > 2009/9/15 Paul A Norman > >> Dear Richard, >>

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

t:* Tuesday, 15 September 2009 21:20 > *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > *Subject:* Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero > > > > Well, you are in luck! You will be able to discuss it with Embarcadero's VP > of Asia Malcolm Groves in Auc

Re: [DUG] Has Windows finished??

Is it possible that the User could be trained to look at the screen and when major activity has stoped taking place they could start using the mouse? Each time they sucessfully do this they could be given a TimTam or something. It is possible though that after this training, even just hearing the

Re: [DUG] A change in upgrade policy coming from Embarcadero

Dear Richard, Just to get that in plain English - that would mean that as of Jan 1 2010, my Delphi 2005 Professional will not get me an upgrade? I still feel cheated that at no time were those of us who bought Delphi 2005 which still has many unpatched major problems given the opening to more rea

Re: [DUG] Setting Data File Size

Not sure if I am on the same page as you John, are you still working this through only just saw it? One OS safe method - if you are using fixed record sizes, then instead of removing a record (and repacking the file in situ) re-enter/alter the record with a key field saying "deleted" or something

Re: [DUG] Just for the odd job.

Dear Wallace, The incompatability issues can be significant especially on components. Many component writers do not even exist in the field anymore to update thier code to new D versions. For one project alone I have maintained a legacy machine runnig Delphi 4 The "time cost" of trying to trans

Re: [DUG] PDF Generation

Want something a little bit exotic with fantastic results? ** If you need really really high quality pdfs **, look at automating LaTeX production using formatted ascii dumps and shelling out to pdflatex - set switches so that no user interaction required. (include MiTeK in your initial install pa

Re: [DUG] Website presentation

John re-reading your question - are you wanting to create pages representing your application ...? or What? Paul 2009/4/5 Paul A Norman > Hi John, > > TembeddedWB a build up from Twebbbrowser > Can help you there in a simple fashion. > > "Product" overview (free

Re: [DUG] Website presentation

Hi John, TembeddedWB a build up from Twebbbrowser Can help you there in a simple fashion. "Product" overview (free) *http://www.bsalsa.com/product.html* Have a look at these two functions covered on http://www.bsalsa.com/ewb_methods1.html *GetBmpFromBrowser*(FileName : String): Boolean: Call G

Re: [DUG] Delphi 7 to Delphi 2009

Truth is, needeing to rely on 3rd party controls from companies that didn't keep going or opensource when they went out of D. - I have a copy of D4. Prof. on a legacy machine that gets fired up simply to update that application for people. I am starting to think that if important 3rd party contro

Re: [DUG] People see this?????

. . . "Offered in four levels of access to different sets of tools, *pricing begins at $2,250* for a "Bronze" level access *for a single-user workstation license*. " Did I miss something, or is the developmnent world not needing more sensible pricing structures now that the rest of the world (w

Re: [DUG] Compnent creation question

I Didn't get through all the posts' texts, but don't we need to count backwards when freeing list type thingies? for Counter := 0 to Self.Items.Count - 1 do begin Something like . for Counter := Self.Items.Count - 1down to 0 do begin Paul 2008/10/16 Robert martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DUG] delphi 2007 error - copy & paste

Funny that is all a problem in D200*5*P 2008/7/15 Sigi Kirchmair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > Use d 2007 for a while and find it very annoying that copy and paste > for components does work sometimes and sometimes NOT. I have to close > the file and open again and then it works for a while. >

[DUG] Delphi and SVN api ?

Hi All, Great to see the list back up - great effort much appreciated! - Has any one used the SVN api in any form as a part of an application written in Delphi (I don't mean as a part of running the IDE)? Paul ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi

[DUG] SVN api Delphi applivation

Hi All, Has any one used the SVN api in any form as a part of an application written in Delphi (I don't mean as a part of running the IDE)? Paul ___ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.

Re: [DUG] Twain

Dear Dave, These fellows have been doingit for years, used there earlier, now free, model which might be enough for you depending on what you want to do. http://www.dosadi.com/ Paul 2008/6/3 Dave O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Does anyone know of a decent Twain component For D2005 Win32? > >

Re: [DUG] Delphi 3 Upgrade

; > 2008/5/30 Todd Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> A few years ago I purchased a copy of Delphi 6 Pro from someone in the US >> and had no problems re-registering it with Borland. >> >> Paul A Norman wrote: >> >>> Dear Richard, >>> You have

Re: [DUG] Delphi 3 Upgrade

Dear Richard, You have posted here in past years that licenses can be arranged to be transfered if it is clear they have not been used for upgrades, or a company/individual is going rigth out of Delphi, or purchased too many licenses in the past. Paul 2008/5/27 Richard Vowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [DUG] Delphi 3 Upgrade

Hi Colin, Do you have the professional version of D5? Paul 2008/5/27 Colin/Mina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I have to do some maintenance on an application that was created using > Delphi 3. I need to add some functionality that I can only do using Delphi 5 > which was my latest upgrade.

[DUG] Here's a better deal

Dear NZ Group, Here (below) is a good pricing on Marco's e-book essential especially for the pdf version mentioned by some overseas retailers elsewhere recently "Learn from the master with the *PDF edition* of this popular book!" at "*USD$38 value"* From: http://marcocantu.com/epascal/ Marco C

Re: [DUG] LPT ports

Dear Ross, Never used these, found them years ago(!), might be worth checking through and see if they give any routine for doing that. I am thinkinhg that one of the things below may have an iteration process for looking. Never done it myself though! Paul TRY:// http://www.torry.net/authorsmo

Re: [DUG] Delphi 205+ IDE's advantage in generating help for projects

c.demon.co.uk/files/d9/resourceutils/resourceutils.zip>is a runtime package that contains classes that manipulate resources in Windows modules (.EXE, .DLL, .BPL, etc.) and resource files (.RES). " Paul On 12/12/2007, Paul A Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I forgot to mentio

Re: [DUG] Delphi 205+ IDE's advantage in generating help for projects

urces in executables, but what you've shared > looks like a great use for it. > > -- > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *On Behalf Of *Paul A Norman > *Sent:* Wednesday, 12 December 2007 12:10 a.m. > *To:* NZ Borland Developers

[DUG] Delphi 205+ IDE's advantage in generating help for projects

Dear NZ group, For quite a while I looked for a decent and easy help system to integerate into Delphi projects, and there was over the years a bit of talk on the whole thing. From many of the ideas expressed in the past in this group, and a some help from Google (http://*delphi*.about.com

Re: [DUG] Cut/Copy/Paste

e I'll have to go through > the hassle of re-installing it again… > > I really can't imagine how basic functionality like this could get broken. > > > -- > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *On Behalf Of *Paul A Norma

Re: [DUG] Cut/Copy/Paste

Yes Dave, I have found the same. And there was a thread on D2005 problems some time ago and the suggestion was that later versions of Delphi are the only fix that Borland ( now CodeGear) would produce. I still feel cheated by D2005 to be honest! Paul On 06/11/2007, Dave O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTEC