Attila Kovacs

this opens me the file in the running IDE DdeClientConv1.ServiceApplication := '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\18.0\bin\bds.exe"'; Memo1.Lines.Add('Setting DDE link...'); If Not DdeClientConv1.SetLink('bds', 'system') then begin Memo1.Lines.Add('Setting link failed!'); Exit; end; // Memo1.Lines.Add('Opening DDE link...'); // If Not DdeClientConv1.OpenLink then // begin // Memo1.Lines.Add('Opening link failed!'); // Exit; // end; try Memo1.Lines.Add('Invoking DDE command...'); if Not DdeClientConv1.ExecuteMacro(PAnsiChar('[open("C:\Temp\tmp\a.pas")]'), False) then begin Memo1.Lines.Add('Invoking command failed!'); Exit; end; finally Memo1.Lines.Add('Closing DDE link...'); DdeClientConv1.CloseLink; end;

@aehimself How is the bdslauncher answering your query anyway? It's not a resident application, do you have some ghost processes of it? It's bdsLauncher which should detect if bds is running and if yes, send a dde to bds, otherwise start it. AFAIK. Am I Wrong?

are you sure it's PAnsiChar?

perhaps he has a Cherry keyboard...

with full path of bds.exe?

what about bdslauncher.exe bds.exe /np d:\myfile.pas ? with full paths ofc

you have to start the bdslauncher not the bds, theoretically, on my install it stopped working completely couple of months ago.

not buying every hdd's on the earth? 😉

It's for text only. I'd put binary in resources. Or you can extend the component to apply to your needs.. but in this case you have to replace tstringlists with streams and implement a Writer and a Reader for the dfm.

Just download the 3 units above and add it to a newly created package and save it and install it

https://chat.openai.com/chat "To download a file from HTTP in Delphi, you can use the TIdHTTP component from the Indy library. This component provides methods for sending HTTP requests and receiving HTTP responses, including the ability to download files from a URL. Here is an example of how you could use TIdHTTP to download a file in Delphi:" uses IdHTTP; var http: TIdHTTP; url: string; filename: string; stream: TMemoryStream; begin // Create the HTTP client object http := TIdHTTP.Create; // Specify the URL of the file you want to download url := 'http://www.example.com/myfile.txt'; // Specify the name of the file where you want to save the downloaded data filename := 'C:\myfile.txt'; // Create a memory stream to hold the downloaded data stream := TMemoryStream.Create; try // Use the HTTP client to download the file from the specified URL http.Get(url, stream); // Save the downloaded data to the specified file stream.SaveToFile(filename); finally // Clean up stream.Free; http.Free; end; end. "In this example, the TIdHTTP.Get method is used to download the file from the specified URL and save the data to the TMemoryStream object. Once the download is complete, the data is saved to the specified file using the TMemoryStream.SaveToFile method." 2nd run: uses IdHTTP; procedure DownloadFile(const URL, FileName: string); var HTTP: TIdHTTP; Stream: TFileStream; begin HTTP := TIdHTTP.Create(nil); try Stream := TFileStream.Create(FileName, fmCreate); try HTTP.Get(URL, Stream); finally Stream.Free; end; finally HTTP.Free; end; end; "download a file from http in delphi in the background": uses IdHTTP, Classes; type TDownloadThread = class(TThread) private FURL: string; FFileName: string; FHTTP: TIdHTTP; FStream: TFileStream; protected procedure Execute; override; public constructor Create(const URL, FileName: string); destructor Destroy; override; end; constructor TDownloadThread.Create(const URL, FileName: string); begin inherited Create(False); FURL := URL; FFileName := FileName; FHTTP := TIdHTTP.Create(nil); FStream := TFileStream.Create(FileName, fmCreate); end; destructor TDownloadThread.Destroy; begin FStream.Free; FHTTP.Free; inherited Destroy; end; procedure TDownloadThread.Execute; begin FHTTP.Get(FURL, FStream); end; procedure DownloadFile(const URL, FileName: string); var Thread: TDownloadThread; begin Thread := TDownloadThread.Create(URL, FileName); Thread.Start; end;

I made this component back in the days, drop it on a form/datamodule, you can add files by doubleclicking the component on the form or manually enter text by adding items. Use it like: "Storage['Title']" I have commented out some encryption stuff but you can implement it yourself if you need it. It can zip its content. (Install it by creating a new package and add the units to it) Public domain, no restrictions, have fun. forsix.StringListHelper.pas forsix.VCL.Storage.pas forsix.VCL.Storage.Design.pas

I know, but in this particular case I can't think of any situation where I would test any function for supporting a tree when there is no tree. Or building a console application and having stuff for a tree, which I do not need. In my view, in this case, you are mixing the GUI and the business logic.

As the component itself stores only a reference in both cases, I can't see any benefit.

You both never worked with treeviews, do you?

"Host not found" to "ws.xn--twelvedata-lb99c.com" You will not have the drink, Kimi.

okay everybody, we make the photoshooting today.. remember, don't smile, and close your eyes! by the way, if the background isn't just white and you don't have to automatize https://www.photoroom.com/white-background/

Ok I thought he cited it from a working lib... @Anders Melander how dare you!??

match, matcher, matchest? The tolerance determines the result, isn't it?

or SameValue()

I wrote the battle of marathon back in 490 BC, yes.

guess work, because we can't see your code: remove the fields from the query component, leave it empty, set fetchall to false, do not use "select *", fetch the blobs separately, add a key field to the table, set the keyfield in the query component

why do you need the 2 different compare functions? why not just WHERE (A LIKE '%' + B + '%') OR (B LIKE '%' + A + '%') ? if you read it out loud, everybody beside to you will understand what you want

that's not how things work, I'm not sure your database is worth search anything...

Why would a search for "G:\Delphi Projects\image32_3.2.2\Examples\Layers101" find "G:\Delphi Projects\image32_3.2.2\" ?