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I mean, how hard could it be????

As mentioned in my previous post on dzDebugVisualizer I was thinking about writing a generalized debug visualizer which can be user-configured to register itself for any data type. Well, that debug visualizer now exists. It’s part of dzDebugVisualizer and called “Universal Visualizer for Delphi”. Read on in the blog post.

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Agreed. XML carries its own encoding information, which any compliant parser must handle. So always pass raw bytes into an XML parser and let it work out the encoding, don't decode the bytes yourself.

I suppose you are using TXMLDocument. Then why not using TXMLDocument.LoadFromStream and TXMLDocument.SaveToStream and let the library do the encoding work for you?

Nonsense. Windows developers have been able to create professionally looking applications that for decades without the aid of layout controls. The main reason for amateurish looking applications is amateurish developers. The DevExpress layout control is tightly coupled to the rest of their library but even if it had been possible to separate it from the rest then it would be a terrible idea. Embarcadero does not have the resources or expertise to maintain and evolve something as complex as TdxLayoutControl. Just look at the state of the 3rd party libraries they already have incorporated into Delphi. I wouldn't mind a rudimentary layout control as a part of the VCL but if they can't even get something as simple as TGridPanel to work properly then I think it's better they not even try.

If by "declare" you mean "add to the uses list": No that I am aware of. In theory you could add the code into an existing unit that's already in the uses clause everywhere. You could create lightweight wrapper functions that get exported from that unit and simply call the original functions in dbugintf, thus basically redirecting the calls. Depending on what you want to do that might work for you.

Valid points. I too wish FMX was on a better maturity level.

Personally, I see no reason to add more options to obfuscate my code. I can do well enough with goto and with when I need to scratch that itch. And when I really want to spice things up, there is always absolute.

Is there a way to declare dbugintf .pas' in just one place instead in every units I want to use senddebug for instance