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I wonder whether it's possible to make it work anyway...

You can't, unless there is a 3rd party plugin that allows it. I'm not aware of one.

I can't currently look at the code and I don't remember. I'll try to find out next week when I'm back from vacation.

If you have a version that works, and one that doesn't, I would take the list of changes to the file and, like in a binary search, try to find the revision were the problem starts to occur. That should be doable if the problem is reproducible.

Not just contracts. Don't underestimate the hassle of declaring taxes and associated stuff for what essentially would still be pocket money.

I'm not surprised given the many changes I have made to the code for accessing the editor buffer. Most of them were for the better, at least. 😉 It's very difficult to do regression tests for a tool like GExperts, given how many versions of the IDE it supports and that I am most of the time the only developer working on it. I don't catch many bugs when using GExperts because I rarely use many of the features. So I need good bug reports, especially ones containing steps to reproduce the problem reliably.

That sounds a lot like this bug: https://sourceforge.net/p/gexperts/bugs/79/ I think I know what the problem is but could not yet fix it (see my comments there).

It's off by default. I'm not sure whether it is even possible to change that default.

If there are multiple declarations of the same type (or variable or const or function or procedure) in different units, Delphi takes the last one it finds: Unit a; [...] type TBla = integer; [...] Unit b; [...] type TBla = string; [...] Unit c; [...] uses a, b; var x: TBla; [...] Would mean that x is a string. So, when searching for the relevant declaration, one must start at the end of the uses list: Unit c; [...] uses a, b; var x: b.TBla; [...]

It would also have to start from the last unit in the uses clause and stop when it finds the first match.

In yesterday’s update of the Delphi Custom Container Pack to support Delphi 10.3 Rio I had broken it for older Delphi versions. It no longer compiled for Delphi 2005 to 10.2. This is now fixed. (Thanks @limelect for pointing out the problem.) https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2018/12/30/delphi-custom-container-pack-fixed-for-delphi-2005-to-10-2/

There is just the original rtf file by Sergey Orlik which is linked from the project page. But since I haven't changed anything in the actual functionality it should still be valid.

You can simply create one.

Prompted by a suggestion from Peter Aschbacher I just added a new feature to my Delphi Help Expert: You can now force it to use the default web browser instead of the Welcome Page for web URLS. https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2019/01/01/new-option-in-delphi-help-expert-to-open-in-web-browser/

I'm not complaining, just repeating what he told me.

I had one GExperts user who told me that he won't register to en.delphipraxis.net because he didn't like the Terms of Service. He's probably not the only one. This is the part he didn't like: > You grant Delphi-PRAXiS the non-exclusive irrevocable, unrestricted, and geographically unlimited, permanent right to use and commercialize the contents you make available in chats and forums in the Delphi-PRAXiS Internet presence, free of charge and license-free. In particular, you grant Delphi-PRAXiS the right to duplicate, distribute, communicate, amend, edit, modify or translate the contents, to publish modifications, amendments or translations of the contents, as well as to transmit the contents electronically or non-electronically to interactive areas, to lease the contents or grant sub-licenses to third parties in any way. < He said that this would allow DP admins to modify his posts to make them say something he never meant to say.

I think the component you are talking about is called ElasticForm, not ElasitForm. If you used it before and registered it, you should have received the source code, so if need arises you could try to compile it for newer Delphi versions. The company (or at least the website) indeed seems to no longer exist. As for your question: I am not aware of such an automatism. There are several components that allow for flexible layouts and also DPI awareness has been improved, but I don't think the functionality of ElasticForm can be achieved easily with built in functionality.

Yes, but it does not use Exit(True) any more but requires an additional line: Result := True; Exit; And of course the begin / end block to allow for two statements. This would be my preferred solution: function HasCheckedSubItems(AMenuItem: TMenuItem): Boolean; var I: integer; begin for I := 0 to AMenuItem.Count - 1 do if AMenuItem.Items[I].Checked then Exit(True); Exit(False); end; (But I rarely use any Delphi version that supports Exit() with a return value.)

I just tried a new checkout and it worked fine for me. I also tried a read only checkout (via the http link given in the repository), also worked fine. Sorry, I missed that one. Fixed now. No, I don't see any advantage for me and I am the (only?) one who works on that project.

A while ago, after my post on Known IDE Packages in Delphi I wrote a the KnownIdePackagesManager tool which lists those packages, allows to disable and enable some of them and also set the package description for those packages that don’t have a meaningful description. Today, I updated the tool to support Delphi 10.3 Rio. https://blog.dummzeuch.de/knownidepackagesmanager-tool/

I have just updated my dzDelphiPaths tool to support Delphi 10.3. https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2018/12/29/dzdelphipaths-tool-updated-for-delphi-10-3-rio/

I have updated my Delphi Help Expert to support Delphi 10.3. https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2018/12/29/delphi-help-expert-updated-for-delphi-10-3/

Looks good. I wouldn't mix result with exit(..), but that's probably a matter of taste.

Yes, I did get a very short response: But apart from saying that dybdahl.dk has been closed, he didn't react to any of my follow ups. Yes, for now I still have, but Lars has blocked my write access before when he didn't like what I committed. OTOH it doesn't look as if he is interested in the project much any more. But do send me the patches, I'll do what I can. twm

OK, that probably leaves only the date format.