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Hello Delphi Praxis community, I'm excited to share my new open-source project, AppWatcher: https://github.com/mbaumsti/Delphi-App-Watcher Have you ever faced the challenge of managing dozens of Delphi applications running on multiple network machines? Finding a convenient time window to replace executables can be a real headache. That's why I developed AppWatcher. AppWatcher is a Delphi component and applications that allows you to remotely control the stopping and restarting of your Delphi applications across your network. Here's how it works: Integrate the TAppWatcherClient component into your Delphi applications. Deploy the AppWatcher Agent on your client machines. Use the AppWatcher Master application to remotely control all your applications. Key features: Remotely stop applications with user notifications. Automatically restart applications after updates. Avoid using RDP or physically accessing each machine. Minimize downtime and streamline deployment. If you're looking for a solution to simplify remote application management in your Delphi environment, I encourage you to check out AppWatcher. Contributions and feedback are welcome! Thank you,

It might also be worth considering a shift from forums to blogging platforms.

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The standard Delphi TComboBox is based on WinAPI. Every item you add to the list triggers a WinAPI "SendMessage" call, which takes much (x100) longer than adding an item to a TStringList. To overcome this delay, with the help of AI, I designed a slimmed down replica of TComboBox based on TStringList: https://github.com/bLightZP/ZPComboBox If you have a form with lots of TComboBox drop down list components and it's not opening fast enough for you, try this. Limitations The only event supported is OnChange. The only style supported is csDropDownList. The pop-up listbox is shown in a pop-up window, so the underlying window's title bar changes color when losing focus. The styling is close to TComboBox, but not identical.

Those executables have been removed from the SDK - now you need to use either the command line tool, or install Android Studio and use the Virtual Device Manager. Note that running emulators on Windows can be horrendously slow. You're way better off using a real device.

For Posix systems (Android, iOS, macOS, Linux) use LoadLibrary from System.SysUtils - it wraps dlopen, which Remy mentioned.

Refreshing the access token (expires within a day) using the refresh token (may not expire for a year or more) is a standard part of any proper OAUTH2 implementation. But getting that refresh token usually requires a browser login, either embedded Edge or separate browser. The ICS library has several examples for OAUTH2 with refresh tokens. Angus