Lars Fosdal

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" 🙂

gammel (Nor) = alter (Ger), but the etymologi is proto-german. Interestingly enough: age (Eng) = alder (Nor), which descends from aldr (old Nor), which again stems from alter (Ger)

A good way to share sources and projects, is to use GitHub or similar.

@Roger Cigol Did you switch to the new compiler?

I had to try it, @Attila Kovacs Lars Fosdal: write a poem about clouds in old norse My bad for imprecise instructions as it wrote a poem about "clouds in old norse" rather than about "clouds" in old norse. Lars Fosdal: på gammelnorsk So I asked it to translate it to old norse - and albeit I am not 100% fluent, it is mostly understandable and looks credible. I fed finally fed that to Google Translate, which identified it as Icelandic - and that language is indeed closely related to Old Norse. Not perfect, but not half bad either. It can be a fantastic tool, that can create even more fantastic bullshit unless you are careful with your parameters and your proof reading.