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Hey, that's the Delphi from my first job after university. It makes me feel nostalgic.

Correct! But it also shows the normative power of facts. Everybody has been using their hands to operate the parking brake for decades, hence the popular renaming, which made absolute sense. The new concept did indeed turn out to be a dud, contrary to a lot of other stuff Daimler engineers came up with over the years. It is now something that may be regarded as eccentric (or just plain nuts if it where in a cheap car).

Only German engineers can look at the term "hand brake" and go "Yep! That should be done with a pedal".

Thanks fo the view under the hood! Please, more!!

Me too!!

This is indeed a good question, however I believe it to be a mine field. Especially if you want to be able to deploy your software over all Windows versions that are currently in use. It is kind of a waste of time to find out and implement best practices for installers, when you are actually developing something else, say an MP3 player. Don't forget that, ideally, every customer/user will have to use this setup only once, and your software many times, so where should your time really be invested? I use Inno Script, and I am very happy with it.

Your goal would be to be able to fold away large blocks of code, correct?

AFAIK Andy would rather get no money than having to submit to some of the issues he has with the contract(s) that would come with it.

@Marco Cantu is reading here. So we just might get some "insider" information soon.

I've always found other languages to be a good source of inspiration, in recent years especially Python. So this here https://www.electricmonk.nl/log/2016/07/05/exploring-upnp-with-python/ looks like a promising start. Maybe we could turn this into a community project?

Pesky with overcome by wits.

I agree with @Rollo62. The TreeView is a bit cumbersome on mobile devices. I have sidetracked this issue for now. As soon as I come up with a solution I'll post it here.

Done..

@ihxPlease, explain what you mean. Is it safe to assume, you want the previous post deleted?

I get all the logging I need in the PAServer using the regular built in log.d. Just out of curiosity: Why the dylib? If it is your own, just compile it into your program and make it monolithic...the good old Delphi way.

Wouldn't it be easier to render everything on the client side and just transfer the data needed from the server? Some form of JSON should suffice. All controls and their states should be listed and you can build the form accordingly. The hardest part would be the communication between client and server.

Correct. Apparently I am still hung over and party mode wont shut off. Sorry about that.

@Dalija Prasnikar:The context was "simple test programs". No regular users around those...I hope.

So can the language be switched in the running application?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17158300/how-to-get-set-folder-type-in-c-sharp This should nudge you in the right direction, but it seems a bit...off putting.

When you edit your post, just place the cursor before the <OT> then press Backspace (<-) till the empty quote is gone.

You are aware of TStringLists DelimitedText property? StrList := TstringList.Create; StrList.Delimiter := ','; StrList.StrictDelimiter := True; AddValuesToList(StrList); CSVString := StrList.DelimitedText; // No trailing comma, no hassle, easy to read, not hard to explain..even 10 years from now Have not measured time on this yet, but unless you are processing strings in the millions, no worries.

This is very old, but should still be valid (at least the connection part): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORe2voUHIU Please note that the prices may be outdated. And a first glance showed, they have an XE8 PAServer preinstalled, nothing newer.

For a start this should be right for you: https://www.macincloud.com/ Later on you may find that a Mac Mini for 900€ is not half bad. It can be put in some rack or closet and just host your PAServer, or you can use it work with and host a windows VM.

You probably mean VersionInsight and VersionInsight+ Sherlock