Patrick PREMARTIN

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Hi @DRIDZ Have you retried and/or got a solution for this problem ?

Hello. There are far too many components to cover them all. Once you understand the basic components and the difference between visual and non-visual, it's up to us to go through the examples provided and learn everything. Everything that can be found in Windows software is present in the VCL. In books you have these two to read : https://delphi-books.com/en/Getting-started-with-RAD-Studio.html https://delphi-books.com/en/Object-Pascal-Handbook-Delphi-11-Alexandria-Edition.html They explain the basics and the language features. As I know no book is oriented on VCL components learning but they all contains a lot of projects samples. In the official documentation website you have the units content but also tutorials like https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/CodeExamples/en/Main_Page https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Getting_Started_with_RAD_Studio https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Windows_Developer's_Guide_Index

Hi I don't have a simple solution to manage a right click on a list view item except looking at the code from TListViewBase.MouseUp() and TListViewBase.SetNewItemIndex() to determine what item is under the mouse position. Using frames in a vertical scroll box will be perhaps simpler in your case.

it's sooner this week than previous month

It should be fixed. You can retry.

The Community Edition is a Delphi 12.1 Athens version. This said some GetIt servers have technical problems. Embarcadero teams know that and are working on it.

And today I've added two C++Builder samples to the repository.

Hi From the contacts I have from time to time following presentations or training courses, it seems that I'm better known for the video game coding part of my hobby than for the other stuff. It's true that I find it more fun (especially to stream on Twitch), but I also have utilities for Delphi developers created to simplify my life that I make available as binaries and source code on my GitHub account. App Stores Screen Captures Generator : to generate all the needed images from your screen captures when you have to publish your softwares on current app stores Copyright Pascal Projects : to add a copyright text in the header of each PAS/DPR files of a folder tree DProj To Windows Setup : to generate the Windows setup from Delphi deployment wizard data. It uses Inno Setup to create the install program and Exe Bulk Signing to sign the exe files. Exe Bulk Signing : a local and network signing program for Windows executables (exe+msix). It has an API you can use to integrate it in your projects like I did with "DProj To Windows Setup". Folder to FMX Image List : to create a FireMonkey TImageList to copy paste in your project or in a data module unit from all images in a folder tree. It fills the multires bitmaps depending on file names. Google Play Developer Banner Generator : to create a picture to use has your Play Store developer banner composed by a random collage of images you add to your project. I use it with icons of my Android apps. HTML Writer : to simply get HTML source code or WYSIWYG HTML content. I use Delphi HTML Components library in this program to have the WYSYWYG HTML editor and a memo for the source code tab item. Pic Mob Generator : my icons generator from basics layers or images, SVG, paths or rectangles. It export JPEG&PNG images, ICO and ICNS files. For the SVG I used RiverSoftAVG SVG Component Library, but next release will use Skia4Delphi. SM Code Generator : I use it in some multi players games, for EXE Bulk Signing API and client projects. The program generates Delphi code you only have to use in your projects to have a client / server solution to exchange formatted messages over IP. The library uses standard TCP sockets from Embarcadero (with no external dependencies). SVG Folder to Delphi Unit : to import SVG files as Pascal strings in your projects. I use it in some games with Skia4Delphi to show icons or sprites. The program generates a unit (compatible with Delphi 12.X and higher) with SVG found in a folder. Some of these programs are available from GetIt. The others will be submitted before the end of the year. The download links are on their GitHub repositories and will be added to their websites (which should be redirected to GitHub in the meantime). If you need changes in these programs or have suggestions, be free to tell here or as issues on their repositories. I'm also looking for ideas of simple tools to develop during live coding streams to show Delphi or web solutions. They are distributed as shareware programs. Contributions and sponsoring are welcome but not obligatory, and there are no program restrictions in the absence of a valid license. All features are available for free.

A new release (v2.0) of Folder To FMX Image List is available. I've added FMX styles in the options of the program and C++Builder export. This project take all images from a folder tree and generate a TImageList (to paste from the clipboard to your form, frame or data module) or export a data module unit for Delphi and C++Builder. The program is available for Windows and Mac. You can download the setup from its GitHub repository : https://github.com/DeveloppeurPascal/Folder2FMXImageList/releases As other programs it's a shareware. You can use and distribute it for free but if you use it often please buy a license key.

yes, but it's different from a "case" with strings like

The Delphi ternary operator will be a real ternary operator. It's different from ifthen() functions.

The beta is under NDA, we can't talk except when we are authorized... or after an official post like for the ternary operator. Many new (and updated) things are in the Ganymede beta(s), not sure all will be released for 13.0 Florence. Stay tuned. 😉

As you know, I have a bunch of code repositories, some of which contain dozens of sample projects or demos. As with many large open source projects, I like to organize projects into groups by theme or globally to simplify access to all the examples. It's quite tedious to maintain manually. So yesterday, I developed a small utility to do it for me during a stream on Twitch: GroupProj Updater. I was missing an icon, so I made one today and took the opportunity to deploy this new utility for Delphi and C++Builder developers. The installers for release 1.0 are available in the releases section of its code repository on GitHub.

It's the DPROJ file of your project which is maintained by the IDE in Project/Options dialog

SVG Folder To Delphi Unit has been released in version 2.0 today with FR/EN user interface, dark/light styles, the possibility to import SVG files from more than one folder in a Pascal unit. Now I allow to generate multilines (Delphi 12 Athens) or classic strings in the exported units. The generated units should work with previous Delphi releases, Lazarus and others Pascal environments. As an option I've added the export of a "GetBitmapFromSVG" method which I use in my games and the FMX games starter kit. If you want to use SVG files in a Pascal project this tool can help you. A sample of use of the generated unit is available at https://github.com/DeveloppeurPascal/SVG-cards/tree/main/lib-Delphi/SVG-Skia4Delphi The program is distributed as a shareware. It asks for a license number on startup but you can use it even if you don't buy for one. The v2.0 installer is only available for Windows. You can download it from https://github.com/DeveloppeurPascal/SVGFolder2DelphiUnit/releases

I don't have installed Lazarus on my VM but I didn't see where you store the cards images in your source files. If you need some I've just created this repository from David Bellot SVG Cards with individual SVG images, PNG images and Delphi samples of use : https://github.com/DeveloppeurPascal/SVG-cards

Hi Good to see it working. Do you have an antivirus on Windows ? (I've already seen strange behaviors with McAfee which locked files or blocked some network calls)

It's probably done on the commit comment with an internal ticket number. No reason to put it in the source file on the comment visible by the public (= us).

Thanks @Cristian Peța I've updated my sample project on https://embt.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/RSS-3711 Hope they found a way to optimize this for 13.

I open the issue https://embt.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/RSS-3711 You can follow it by enabling the notifications after login on this URL (quality.embarcadero.com). The difference between TThread.Queue() and TThread.ForceQueue() happens in the main thread : in the first case the code is executed, in the second it's delayed to next message processing iteration. Unfortunately, the behavior is not the same on Mac and Windows and in this project the form is only refreshed on macOS, for Windows it's done at the end.

Ok, in that case I confirm the big speed loss between 11.3 Alexandria and 12.3 Athens for this project, even with my changes. Did you opened an issue on QP or can I open it ?

And to remove the Application.ProcessMessages, you can do that : I know the TThread.ForceQueue() has its detractors, but in this context it works very well. PS : it works for Mac, but the display is not done on Windows...

Even if using visual components in threads is a real bad idea, in your case (because you stop the refresh), you can use Parallel.For() loop from System.Threading. It's a simple case where it works well.

Hi @domus Just to be sure: do you really need TRectangle instances or is it only to draw cubes "falling" (to the right) on the screen ? In your loop, if they are outside the screen, do you need to change their Position.x value ? I understand why you used the Application.ProcessMessages, but for me it's like FreeAndNil() for Nick H. : never use it, find an other way. 🙂 I'll try your code, but i'm on an ARM Windows on Mac, it's "slow" by design.