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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.

Isn't the "*" wrong in a delete query? Delete from <table> where <condition>

It’s time for a gift to all Delphi developers, a new Release of GExperts. Happy Holidays! (But do spend some time with your family rather than testing GExperts. 😉 ) I blogged about the new features already. There were also several bug fixes. ... https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2018/12/22/gexperts-1-3-12-experimental-twm-2018-12-22-released/

The "Console in ..." entries don't work for me. I had to add a /d to the cd command: e.g. Parameters: /k cd /d $PATH($EDNAME) because my sources are on a different drive.

If I remember correctly, it is possible to set this on a per file type basis, but I am not sure whether that was on Windows or Linux/Samba.

I am no fan of virus scanners. They were more often the cause of trouble than the cure. I stick with Windows defender.

I just now had the need to transmit GPS (WGS 84) coordinates from one program to another. First, I simply copied longitude and latitude separately using the clipboard, which works fine but is really time consuming when you have to do that very often. I… https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2018/12/18/register-an-use-a-custom-clipboard-format-in-delphi/

There might be a better way, I just don't know it.

Brute force method: Add a MessageBox call instead of a breakpoint, so the program will stop and wait for you to attach.

If I press the Tab key in the Filter box of the Object Inspector, one of two unexpected things happen: If the Form is visible, the focus switches to the form and the currently selected control. Further Tab presses seem to follow the tab order on the form. There seems to be no way to directly get back to the Object Inspector without using the mouse. I can press F11 twice which brings me first to the code editor and then to the Object Inspector. If the code editor is visible, the focus switches to that and then any input goes to the code editor. In this case F11 gets me back to the Object Inspector. So, I have some questions, all regarding keyboard only navigation: How do I get from the Filter Box to the property list? Since Tab does not work? (Edit: Unexpectedly Shift+Tab gets me there) How do I get from the property list to the Filter Box? Does anybody think it is a good idea to let tab switch from the filter box to the form or code editor?

What about F11?  That will take me to the code editor or the form editor, as described above. Pressing it again will get me to the Object Inspector into the Filter Box. Not quite what I'm looking for.

If I remember correctly, there was a post here on DP-en about this, right when the forum opened.

Any hints on my question 2?

https://github.com/FMXExpress/UnofficialDelphiPRAXiS

Ouch, too simple.

You won't notice if the text gets too small to read.

The exit doesn't make sense, but it is quite possible that it is left from a previous version of the code that didn't re-raise the exception. (Or it's just from somebody who didn't understand the way exceptions work.)

You can simply hold down the Ctrl key and move a dockable window like any other window.

Sorry, to answer a rhetorical question (again), but: There are types of exceptions I usually don't care about and are therefore disabled in the debugger, e.g. EAbort. Sometimes, if there is a problem with these in a particular part of the code, I want to catch them and follow the exception handling further up. But even then I don't want to enable them everywhere else. That's a possible use case for the above construct.

But how do you break there if you disable debugging? The option I was talking about is called "Notify on language exceptions".

It creates a line to place a breakpoint, if you disable stop on exceptions in the debugger.