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There's some D5 code for adjusting 10MHz transmitters elsewhere on site https://vk4adc.com/web/index.php/software-projects/55-vk4adc-utils/181-gps2time
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Disable the controls When data is loaded have future event enable controls. Rather than a progress bar have windows 10 olympic ring showing until future event happens.
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Question Is the modal box selections touchable? Should be able to change settings just touching and tapping. I would only surface the keyboard for passwords and text edits The Tnumberbox should be just the ticket here.
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After saving as new form name Go in Object inspector and change the name of the form. the form new name is applied in the implementation as well. Or simply show controls in sequence setting visibility as needed.
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How to gracefully get rid of the use of dictionaries?
Pat Foley replied to Shrinavat's topic in General Help
You might consider white boarding or build simple model. Consider N,S,E,W as UI. Use a heading for instance. So the instance turns left West or right East when heading North. Heading South turning left means heading East on the UI. Then the business of quarter turns could be solved by quadants or (heading + 360 +/90) mod 360. Or given TDirection = (dirN, dirE, dirS, dirW) // note changed heading: TDirection; Const quarterTurn = 1 halfTurn = 2 //change direction by adding subtracting the turn Heading := TDirection((4 + ord(Heading) + quarterTurn)mod 4); -
How to compare performance between Delphi versions?
Pat Foley replied to Mike Torrettinni's topic in General Help
I run 10.3 together with 10.4.1 and now 10.4.2. 10.2 seems old school -
some of the trouble is the windows need destroyed downto in for loop. Destroying the top window first changes the indexes of the window. So with for LItem in LItem in FRegisteredStyleHooks do LItem.Value.Free; We need a "downin" source VCl.themes line 7510. My take.
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TAppBuilder ... WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.1629f15_r56_ad1 This form found in search menu item Find Class shows whatever namespace is scoped in the editor. Once a "class" or whatever is in the namespace is selected it moves to it in the edit window. The find references can then be clicked. These "gems" would be nice if they didn't hang the program.
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Can Delphi randomize string 'Delphi'?
Pat Foley replied to Mike Torrettinni's topic in Tips / Blogs / Tutorials / Videos
Was thinking that its not getting up to 6 letters... So you saying simply throwing 6 dice with 52 lettered faces take more 2^10 throws. -
Can Delphi randomize string 'Delphi'?
Pat Foley replied to Mike Torrettinni's topic in Tips / Blogs / Tutorials / Videos
shouldn't cPhrases array be 0 based? -
Try - except - finally generates no debug-breakpoint in Exception scope
Pat Foley replied to Rollo62's topic in RTL and Delphi Object Pascal
Maybe a build all projects will surface them -
A Component Named xxxx Already Exists.
Pat Foley replied to RockWallaby's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
I been having the same issues with some custom components added to a package. I renamed the old BPLs to BPLxxs and seemed to have fixed it. //The IDE uses BPLs for showing components in design Have you used shift+ctrl+F to look for compxxx. When it was happening the component disappeared taking its method assignments with it. I would start second IDE and load back up copy to copy and paste aberrant component with property and method assignments. // When compiler detects unitsearchpath error I cancel loading fix the path first. If you sanitized your system could the problem be transported in the myProject.dproj? Maybe compare with earlier dproj? 10.2.3 (is Stoic does not "leave the room" or disappear like 10.4) when using find class in search menu then control B to see paths in IDE code editor. -
Read and reapply design time properties to specific controls - runtime
Pat Foley replied to aehimself's topic in VCL
Thanks. would creating a new form be good solution for this case. -
Read and reapply design time properties to specific controls - runtime
Pat Foley replied to aehimself's topic in VCL
How to use Explicit properties to restore positions? Iteration or Is there simple revert message undocumented somewhere. -
A Component Named xxxx Already Exists.
Pat Foley replied to RockWallaby's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
I been having the same issues with some custom components added to a package. I renamed the old BPLs to BPLxxs and seemed to have fixed it. Have you used shift+ctrl+F to look for compxxx. When it was happening the component disappeared taking its method assignments with it. I would start second IDE and load back up copy to copy and paste aberrant component with property and method assignments. -
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6255248/controlclick-on-function-is-not-working-in-delphi-xe Just hovering over a unpathed unit in an uses clause can cause a quick ending. Issue with browsing path? The form screen position button in Design just happens to be in Bermuda triangle hot zone lower right hand code scrollbar edge.
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Very Good. I learned something too about default transparency being changed. I am working on a component that sighs, moans and grunts when Sydney gives up.
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Here is a paper by Marco Microsoft Word - Delphi-and-Unicode_Marco-Cantu.doc (embarcadero.com) What about editing your dfms in a memo. search for object: TLabel and insert the additional properties with offset. You just type the control type in one edit box and the offset to insert and property name value pair in additional edit boxes. when saved makes new improved dfm file. should be able to assign methods too. You need to cook your own search and insert coding. An improvement over the years is the flow panel. That may help in reducing number of views. Above is one way to make two way. You edit the dfms and change the objects types to TswLabels switched when running D10 to set the transparent property. and just TswLabel = class(TLabel) otherwise.
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Some clues are clienttoscreen, windows.DrawFocusRect and .boundsrect. the form's mouse X is different than the screen's X.
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Could it be you wanting namespace? mainunithelpers.helpme in case you have other helpme procedures. I put drawing procedures in a routines.pas by adding arguments to the procedure being moved. The arguments use Timage, TPanel or TForm to reduce dependences. You simply pass the form you are working in to procedure into your routines.pas Unit routines uses forms; interface // Procedure DrawBackGroundBMP(const aWidth, aHeight: Integer; anImage: TImage); // TImage is best passing canvas is tough // procedure DrawthingsEX(athingList:Tstrings; aForm: TForm); //need to add forms to routines.pas // procedure DrawThings( aPanel:TPanel; Const FileandPathName:String; // aThingList:Tstrings; aForm: TForm); // A runtime control parent is assigned to aPanel and the controls onmousedown is assigned Aform.onMousedown procedure ShowBalloonTip(Control: TwinControl; Icon: integer; Title: pchar; Text: PWideChar; BackCL, TextCL: TColor); Implementation procedure ShowBalloonTip(Control: TwinControl; Icon: integer; Title: pchar; Text: PWideChar; BackCL, TextCL: TColor); const TOOLTIPS_CLASS = 'tooltips_class32'; TTS_ALWAYSTIP = $01; TTS_NOPREFIX = $02; TTS_BALLOON = $40; TTF_SUBCLASS = $0010; TTF_TRANSPARENT = $0100; TTF_CENTERTIP = $0002; TTM_ADDTOOL = $0400 + 50; WM_User = $01; TTM_SETTITLE = (WM_USER + 32); ICC_WIN95_CLASSES = $000000FF; type TOOLINFO = packed record cbSize: Integer; uFlags: Integer; hwnd: THandle; uId: Integer; rect: TRect; hinst: THandle; lpszText: PWideChar; lParam: Integer; end; var hWndTip: THandle; ti: TOOLINFO; hWnd: THandle; begin hWnd := Control.Handle; hWndTip := CreateWindow(TOOLTIPS_CLASS, nil, WS_POPUP or TTS_NOPREFIX or TTS_BALLOON or TTS_ALWAYSTIP, 0, 0, 0, 0, hWnd, 0, HInstance, nil); if hWndTip <> 0 then begin SetWindowPos(hWndTip, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOACTIVATE or SWP_NOMOVE or SWP_NOSIZE); ti.cbSize := SizeOf(ti); ti.uFlags := TTF_CENTERTIP or TTF_TRANSPARENT or TTF_SUBCLASS; ti.hwnd := hWnd; ti.lpszText := Text; Windows.GetClientRect(hWnd, ti.rect); SendMessage(hWndTip, TTM_SETTIPBKCOLOR, BackCL, 0); SendMessage(hWndTip, TTM_SETTIPTEXTCOLOR, TextCL, 0); SendMessage(hWndTip, TTM_ADDTOOL, 1, Integer(@ti)); SendMessage(hWndTip, TTM_SETTITLE, Icon mod 4, Integer(Title)); end; end;
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How to determine the subjective brightness of my screen?
Pat Foley replied to Der schöne Günther's topic in Algorithms, Data Structures and Class Design
Could 3D shutter glasses be rewired for your needs. Just wire the shutters to shutter together to reduce brightness. -
Splitting existing components to run- and design time packages
Pat Foley replied to aehimself's topic in General Help
Design package DX still makes a BPL. Can the .dproj help switching the packages from 32 to 64 or hide them in mmx. -
Splitting existing components to run- and design time packages
Pat Foley replied to aehimself's topic in General Help
Hopefully the experts will comment further. Custom components need to have unique names and learning how packages work use a project group. -
Track editor yielded music "track" first Trail Editor found following // did not try since not secure. Trail Tech's Ride Leader GPX Editing Software In the western mountains trails are called either, one track ~ one person wide or two track ~ wagon wide. Often web pages have embedded additional terms for the search engine to find. Meaning use your terms for product naming and add terms so others can find your site.
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the US has various terms for what think you are searching for. Sharing gps locations along a "trail" Outdoors Mobile Apps | AllTrails Example of "tracking" term. https://community.fitbit.com/t5/iOS-App/Why-does-Fitbit-track-my-location/td-p/2808126 May help with terms https://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/