David Dyck

Thanks for the replies, I had not got to the wayback machine for this search, since I assumed that I needed a URL. it turns out that they do have a software search though it didn't come up with any hits from silentdd.exe The VBScript though led me to do some other searches and I found an internal script of unknown quality that called it like this Dim SilentDD Set SilentDD = CreateObject("SilentDD.AutoSilentDD") SilentDD.LogFile "Test.VBS", ReportFilename, True It does look like at least part of the tool was build with Borland tools, since examining the binary .exe finds these strings: $ strings silentdd.exe | grep -iP 'borland|delphi' SOFTWARE\Borland\Delphi\RTL Software\Borland\Locales Software\Borland\Delphi\Locales Delphi Picture Delphi Component Delphi%.8X

It appears to have been for simple logging ( taking a keyword and a string) , but I wanted to observe and reproduce what the code was doing before refactoring the code that called it. There may have been a need to do remote logging using OleAutomation

I asked this question over in Stack Overflow - and was given a helpful hint from Delphi Coder to ask here. Question: Looking for the distributor, sources, documentation, and/or licenses for SilentDD.exe ( an automation tool that supports logging from Delphi ) I'm trying to maintain some ancient code that uses unit SilentDD_TLB; and I am searching for where SilentDD.exe that was part of this package may have come from. I've run strings on the .exe and the only name that I've found was the author of a library that was used ( hello to Mike - author of the TThemeManager component for Borland Delphi ). I understand that SilentDD.exe was an automation server that supported logging, and the .exe was shipped with the product in the past, but I am very uncomfortable using an unknown .exe, never mind shipping said .exe to customers. The unit was generated from a type library file that is no longer around called SilentDD.tlb that long-gone (like mid-2004) developers had placed in their D:\Borland\Delphi5\ThirdParty folder It unit documents some interfaces IAutoSilentDD = interface(IDispatch) ['{8A241F3E-0403-4A97-9228-3527711C96A4}'] procedure LogMessage(const AKeyword: WideString; const AMessage: WideString); safecall; procedure LogFile(const AKeyword: WideString; const AFilename: WideString); safecall; function IsAppUsing(const AppKeyword: WideString): WordBool; safecall; end; and IAutoSilentDDDisp = dispinterface ['{8A241F3E-0403-4A97-9228-3527711C96A4}'] procedure LogMessage(const AKeyword: WideString; const AMessage: WideString); dispid 203; procedure LogFile(const AKeyword: WideString; const AFilename: WideString); dispid 204; function IsAppUsing(const AppKeyword: WideString): WordBool; dispid 207; end; This post is hidden. It was automatically deleted 1 year ago by CommunityBot. Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. We don’t allow questions seeking recommendations for books, tools, software libraries, and more. Edit the question so it can be answered with facts and citations. You can edit the question or post a new one. Closed 1 year ago. Edit question Question: Looking for the distributor, sources, documentation, and/or licenses for SilentDD.exe ( an automation tool that supports logging from Delphi ) I'm trying to maintain some ancient code that uses unit SilentDD_TLB; and I am searching for where SilentDD.exe that was part of this package may have come from. I've run strings on the .exe and the only name that I've found was the author of a library that was used ( hello to Mike - author of the TThemeManager component for Borland Delphi ). I understand that SilentDD.exe was an automation server that supported logging, and the .exe was shipped with the product in the past, but I am very uncomfortable using an unknown .exe, never mind shipping said .exe to customers. The unit was generated from a type library file that is no longer around called SilentDD.tlb that long-gone (like mid-2004) developers had placed in their D:\Borland\Delphi5\ThirdParty folder It unit documents some interfaces IAutoSilentDD = interface(IDispatch) ['{8A241F3E-0403-4A97-9228-3527711C96A4}'] procedure LogMessage(const AKeyword: WideString; const AMessage: WideString); safecall; procedure LogFile(const AKeyword: WideString; const AFilename: WideString); safecall; function IsAppUsing(const AppKeyword: WideString): WordBool; safecall; end; and IAutoSilentDDDisp = dispinterface ['{8A241F3E-0403-4A97-9228-3527711C96A4}'] procedure LogMessage(const AKeyword: WideString; const AMessage: WideString); dispid 203; procedure LogFile(const AKeyword: WideString; const AFilename: WideString); dispid 204; function IsAppUsing(const AppKeyword: WideString): WordBool; dispid 207; end; My only other clues are gained by extracting the .ridl file using tlibimp -I SilentDD.exe where tlibimp is Embarcadero TLIBIMP Version 12.16581