Lars Fosdal

The enterprise loves this because of zero deployment As long as your desktop/laptop has the appropriate browser, all you need is the URL. No need to install, update, patch, and you can work from anywhere without an high-powered laptop. Rolling out apps to thousands of PCs is a chore - and maybe the user have installed something that interfers with the new version. Rolling out a new web version is simply a tweak of a URL redirect, rolling back - the same. No deployed files that can be copied and reverse engineered or used without credentials. As for the quality of the web apps - that varies a LOT - but the good ones are on par with the desktop editions.

What is it supposed to do? If it is only simple local logging, there are alternatives?

Just keep reporting them, and we'll clean house as soon as possible.

I spotted this. Not sure if relevant? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45502430/how-to-access-camera-on-a-windows-tablet-with-firemonkey

What about the Windows permissions? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/87ebc757-1f87-7bbf-84b5-0686afb6ca6b

And there is nothing in the code that eats exceptions instead of exposing them? What about stills? Can you get the example to work?

Ah, in that case - ensure there is no other software that might grab the camera instead of your app?

https://blogs.embarcadero.com/delphi-digital-fan-art-and-ai-art-contest/

You have not identified the type of device, so I assume Android and/or iOS. Has the app requested the right to use the camera? Has approval been given? Ref: https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Tokyo/en/Uses_Permissions#camera

You still haven't explicitly defined the required precision? Anything timing related on Windows is a gamble err, calculated risk, unless you go to driver-level, and even then it depends on Windows not being starved for resource.

We've not experienced any significant problems with it, but then again, our apps run in a controlled environment.

Did you report the problem on Quality Portal?

Yes. I wrote it, and it has been used in production for nearly a decade.

Windows standard app CharMap is another option.

I got code that checks for a new version, downloads it to a temp file. Renames the running file, and renames the temp file to the running name, and then uses this code to relaunch. Works for .exe files and services. Has worked well for a decade.

I never liked the visual data module. I'd prefer it to have a listview of components rather than a collection of icons. On event handlers. Assign them in code. They break so easily otherwise.

or Retire. Sometimes, there is new software out there that can do the job.

Both this thread and the article you linked is nearly two years old.

Added example: caveat - specifiers from the top of my head 😛

I see. How many of these do you need to replace? If it is not a massive number, I would go for Format. It can both left and right pad with spaces if so is required, but converting the WriteStr formats will be a chore. WriteStr(s2, 'x = ', x:10:4, ', y = ', y:10, ', s = ', s:20); s2 := Format('x = %10.4f, y = %10d, s = %-20s, [x, y, s]); The usual f'up here is to either missalign the format string and the number of params, or have the wrong type variable in relation to the format specifier.

UliGerhardt's solution could be wrapped - but it would be challenging to make threadsafe. It would treat s2 like a file, and write to the file. With a helper class, it would be possible to read the last written content out from s2 as a String again. Is it unthinkable to simply replace WriteStr(s2, with Writeln( ?

They are trying. But - unfortunately they are trying the marketing way, not the grassroot growth way.

There is another guide to the Delphi Programming language.

No, you uploaded a compressed binary to GitHub. Link removed.

Well, I guess it is logical... old fruit will turn "gammel" 🙂