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Larry Hengen
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Does anyone know of a good CalDAV server and client implementation for Delphi?
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Thanks for the links. From what I understand the TMS Cloudpack has a Synchronization component which I will have to investigate. As for Sabre, I ran into that in my google searches but I didn't think it would work for me as it's not a Delphi solution. Will look into it's plugins further...thanks all for your suggestions.
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I agree the price is quite reasonable. Not crazy about the UI, but it's usable. I have been trying to use the ProDelphi 64 bit profiler against a large project using many run-time packages that has lots of code in the DPR. I am not getting the body code profiled. Any tips? I am trying to profile performance from startup to the appearance of the main form including any calls into the run-time packages.
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I was looking at the MS SQL sample project demonstrating FireDAC support for change notifications. Has anyone used this to refresh data-aware lookup combo boxes? What is the real world database overhead? How does it compare to polling? The sample project works fine, but I've noticed that if you launch multiple instances with a unique subscription name, only one gets notified of a change made in SSMS. Any idea why? I was hoping to use the sample app as a POC to help determine SQL Server overhead, and prove that all connected applications will receive change notifications. I am using Berlin 10.2 and the only bug reports seem to be for Rio.
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If I am among the suspects I would have to disappoint. I agree that it is likely related to thread ownership of the string passed. That is why in old code you often see the use of a record type or short strings allocated in the calling thread and freed in the receiving thread. Like a flaming bag of dung thrown over a wall...up to the receiver to dispose of it.🤣
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I suspect your problem is due to reentrancy. The code is using Windows messages to update to the UI only in the main VCL thread. This is a common old school approach prior to the use of TTHread.Synchronize(). I would venture the issue lies in the fact that Application.ProcessMessages is called in the message handler. As such it will attempt to process any pending messages in the message queue. When the load created by other threads is sufficient, there will be messages in the queue, and AVs will result as the stack variables will be overwritten. Take out the Application.ProcessMessages I would bet the AVs disappear. Calling Application.ProcessMessages is common when the main VCL thread may be very busy, but you want the UI controls to update to reflect progress. It is a CODE SMELL. If you see it, remove it. A background thread should be used for longer running tasks and these days there is no excuse for not using one because with the PPL, OTL or even just TThread it isn't that hard any more. In this case someone who didn't understand how the program works must have added the call to Application.ProcessMessages or thought it might help because the method call to write the log was taking so long. You might want to move the log writing to a background thread as well, and that would keep the entire processing headless, which is an excellent way to ensure it is testable with minimal dependencies.
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Delphi Rio IDE hangs again and again
Larry Hengen replied to microtronx's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
Go to Tools - Options - select the Editor Options - Code Insight treeview item (at least this is the path in Berlin). You will then see the features I am referring to. -
Delphi Rio IDE hangs again and again
Larry Hengen replied to microtronx's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
I would suggest turning off features one at a time to try to isolate the issue. It is very likely related to your code, but it doesn't mean the code is incorrect. Cyclic references can can cause issues. I would try disabling error insight, and turn off code insight or increase the delay and see if that helps. -
Squint and read: CreateFormFromStings
Larry Hengen replied to Darian Miller's topic in RTL and Delphi Object Pascal
It is really discouraging to see the excuse that we can't fix it because it might break someone else's code...again and again. I would encourage the bug reporter to contest the "resolution" on such tickets and put comments I see here on those tickets. Without push back, there will be no change and I don't think the decision was made at a very high level. I bet @Marco wouldn't support that decision publicly. -
When re-factoring code so I can introduce an interface I need to have properties implemented on the interface for compatibility to the existing implementation, so I need setters and getters to be implemented. I f I copy all the property declarations from the existing class and change the Field references to Get/Set methods, I would like to have the Delphi IDE generate the Get/Set methods the same way class completion does so for classes. Is there a way in the Delphi IDE to get Interface declarations "completed" IOW the method declarations generated in the interface? Here is some sample code to illustrate the issue: ICRSAMClient = interface(IInterface) ['{FF3CA485-A0CA-4ED6-8D70-9A757E8E9E0E}'] //property Getters/Setters function GetCRSAMData :TCRSAMDataArray; procedure SetCRSAMData(Value: TCRSAMDataArray); function GetCRSAMDataCount :integer; procedure SetCRSAMDataCount(const Value: integer); function Q22Search(Param: TCRSAMSearchParam; Threshold, RowLimit: double): boolean; property UserId: string read GetUserID write SetUserID; // User ID (authorization) property UserFirstName: string read GetUserFirstName write SetUserFirstName; // User First Name (authorization) property UserLastName: string read GetUserLastName write SetUserLastName; // User Last Name (authorization) property SendingApplication: string read GetSendingApplication write SetSendingApplication; // property SendingFacility: string read GetSendingFacility write SetSendingFacility; // property ProcessingID: string read GetProcessingID write SetProcessingID; // property Data: TCRSAMDataArray read GetCRSAMData write SetCRSAMData; // CRS returned data structure property DataCount: integer read GetCRSAMDataCount write SetCRSAMDataCount; // Data structure object count end;
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@Jason Smartmuchas gracias!
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@Jason Smart That is a great approach. Care to share your templates?
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Yes that is exactly what I am asking. I too have traditionally used class completion on the class and then copied the Getter/Setters to the interface, but ideally the IDE limitations should not prevent you from working the way you wish too, it should facilitate most use cases. You should not have to implement an interface on a class in order to define the interface.
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New free firebird tool... (Didn't make it ;) )
Larry Hengen replied to Tommi Prami's topic in I made this
I have 64 bit Firebird installed but I did not generate the GDS dll as I am using FBClient.dll. -
New free firebird tool... (Didn't make it ;) )
Larry Hengen replied to Tommi Prami's topic in I made this
Well I have been using FlameRobin which is cross platform, but has some issues and is apparently no longer under active development. I thought I would try out this utility, but I downloaded the Win64 Zip package, expanded it into a folder and launched it.....BOOM...AV before the main GUI appeared. -
Tool to fix up uses clause unit namespaces?
Larry Hengen replied to Vincent Parrett's topic in General Help
I believe the GExperts Uses Clause manager will remove or add unit prefixes, just not sure if you can automate that without extracting the pertinent code from their repo and fashioning a tool. Perhaps macros with the UCM? -
Thinfinity VirtualUI - cloud-based conversion
Larry Hengen replied to Mark Williams's topic in General Help
I downloaded and tried a development version and it was as advertised. I think I had to change 1 line of code and voila....a browser based version. That said, if you do some things like host an ActiveX, or WPF control in your app then it's not quite so straightforward. For a smaller application it is certainly a solution that beats redevelopment as a web app. I don't think hosting a large app is a good long term solution due to the server resources required, but it's certainly worth some investigation. -
Anyone ever printed charts that are segmented to fit each page with a legend? Client wants PDF output with multiple graphs vertically on the page with a user defined horizontal extent (ie: 50 metres) of each graph appearing on each page with a legend beside it. Not quite the same problem as just printing an oversize image. Any recommendations on approach or tools for Delphi?
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Printing Multiple Charts that Span Pages
Larry Hengen replied to Larry Hengen's topic in General Help
Thanks for the feedback. I would probably opt for Gnostice PDF Toolkit rather than using ReportBuilder with Gnostice's ppDevice implementations because if there is any issue one vendor might just point the finger at the other and it makes it more difficult to isolate the cause. -
Printing Multiple Charts that Span Pages
Larry Hengen replied to Larry Hengen's topic in General Help
@Geowink, I actually bought RAVE at BorCon back in the day, but abandoned using it around the time they were no longer bundled with Delphi and support dried up. I didn't know they were still in business, but that experience kind of soured me on them. I was looking at Gnostice PDF Toolkit as a potential solution. @Attila Kovacs Interesting component suite.I can see that being a great solution for server side web projects. -
Printing Multiple Charts that Span Pages
Larry Hengen replied to Larry Hengen's topic in General Help
I also had issue in the past using different ppDevices to render PDF. The PDF text and images were sometimes blurry. Any advice hot to address that? -
Printing Multiple Charts that Span Pages
Larry Hengen replied to Larry Hengen's topic in General Help
I am currently not using a reporting tool but I have used ReportBuilder in the past. It is one of my more favorite report writing tools, but I was not aware that it would provide the functionality I desire for this use case. Do you use it to print an image of the chart? If that is the case then would you not still have to determine the image resolution to use, and where to segment it so it would fit on a page with the legend? -
I would only use SQLLite for smaller mobile projects. I have found that Firebird 3.04 performance is much better than SQLLite on my laptop and it has a richer set of data types and more features.
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refactoring Is there a way to get the IDE to generate interface methods
Larry Hengen posted a topic in RTL and Delphi Object Pascal
Please forgive the question if it's seems obvious. I have always Implemented an interface in a new class the hard way in Delphi by copying the interface members from the interface into the class and using class completion to generate the methods. Is there a way to do so in the Delphi IDE without such a manual brute force technique? I don't see anything in the Refactor menu and invoking Class Completion on a class with an unimplemented interface does nothing. Is this only possible through a third party IDE add-in like MMX? I would think that in the age of interface based development, making it easy to define and implement interfaces would be a well supported use case within the IDE, so I am assuming I just don't know of it. It's a snap in Visual Studio.- 8 replies
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Changes in Parallel Library
Larry Hengen replied to hsvandrew's topic in RTL and Delphi Object Pascal
I agree with that assessment. I would use the OmniThread Library before the PPL or roll my own threads.