Ian Branch

Hi FredS, Excellent. Thank you. So, is the idea to get the IDE to use fastdcc32 in lieu of dcc32, or is it purely for manual calling? If it is intended for the IDE to call, where/how is this achieved? Regards, Ian

Please pardon my ignorance here but I haven't 'deployed' fastdcc before. hat is the process to deploy pls? Do I simply run fastdcc32.exe in the file and like idefixpack it will extract and install itself, and I presume fastdcc32hok.dllx, in the appropriate place? I only install the 32bit stuff. How do I check/confirm it is installed correctly? Regards & TIA, Ian

Rather than dive in and install immediately as I did with D10.3, I think I will wait a week and see what the consensus is and any little gotchyas that emerge.

Hi Team, I am playing around with testing if a bit is set in a byte, or not. I can run the follow pseudo code to say test bits 1, 3 & 7 without issue.. "If Bitset(0) or Bitset(3) or BitSet(7) then do something.." It will be a random test byte value being compared to the reference byte. My question is - Is there an easier way to do this type of thing? Regards & TIA, Ian

Hi Guys, One of my Users has to have some of their PCs set to their local time and others to a different timezone. :-( This is causing grief in the logs as 'Now' gives the current PCs time. Is there a way to retrieve the Server's current Date/Time, also their local time, so the Logs will be correct? The Server is a Windows 2012 R2 server. Is there a better mechanism? Regards & TIA, Ian

Hi Sherlock, After all the investigation the issue has become moot. The Customer has decided to tell the multinational to fix their end and he has set all their wkstns to his local time. Problem resolved however it was an interesting exercise. My thank to all concerned for your input. Ian P.S. As a Bonus - The little NTP test app I did found a PC on the Customer's network that had the Time/TZ incorrectly set up. They are no longer in daylight saving but the flag was still set and the user had manually adjusted the clock to local/non dst time. 😞 It should have been all auto. Fixed.

Hi Thomas, Is this something that could be merged into GExperts? https://en.delphipraxis.net/topic/354-property-editor-on-the-finest-art/ Ian

Hi Sherlock, Having a play with Indy and NTP att. Works fine here, Will have to test on the clients network to make sure the port is open. Some progress I guess. Thanks for the input. Ian

HI Sherlock, Tks for the input. I had considered UTC but the Users are not the brightest. 😞 As for the need to have a timezone different to local, it is due to a multinational's online software requiring them to be in the same TZ as their server. 😞 Unfortunately the Users can't do anything about it. 😞 I could use an NTP service I suppose providing it was going to return the Local DTG including DST. Have to look at some techniques. Regards, Ian

Hi Team, D10.2.3, Win 10 PC. I have a suite of 17 Apps in a project all using to a greater or lesser extent some 3rd party libraries. The Apps are all 32 bit, Debug build. 16 of the Apps range in Build size from, in round figures, 10MB to 39MB. No problem. The 17th App however, a single form with relatively few 3rd Party items in use, Builds to 55MB. Huh? I am at a loss as to what is causing this blowout in size as to the best I can tell it is 'created' exactly the same as previous and later Apps. I would appreciate any suggestions as to where to look for what might be blowing the file size out so dramatically. Note: This is not specific to D10.3, I had the same issue with the App in D10.2.3, just now it annoy the hell out of me not understanding what the cause is. :-( Regards & TIA, Ian

Oh? I wasn't aware there were two places. Shows how much I don't delve into the inner workings I guess. Found the second under Linker Options. Not sure at all how it got set as I don't generally access this area. Turned it off and now file size is around what was/is expected. Thanks Thomas. Ian.

Hi Attila, Peter, I am aware that the Debug info is included in the produced exe. As it is for all my the Apps in the project gp. The absolute size is not the issue/question. What I don't understand is why the blowout in size compared to all the other Apps. Ian

Hi Team, D10.2.3 Is there any way to make the Delphi only open a single instance and if I try to open it again it won't and/or goes to the already open instance? I keep forgetting it is open and minimised whilst I work on other things and then click unthinkingly on the shortcut. :-( Regards & TIA, Ian

It's my warning that I already have Delphi open. ;-)

And GExperts complains on the second and subsequent instances... ;-)

Suggestion submitted to QP. RSP23412 https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-23412

Hi Guys, Thank you for your inputs. It's the simple things... I have always worked with a Delphi shortcut, or two, or three on the desktop. It has just become a reflex to go to it an click. Remove the short cut and put it on the Task Bar? I will give it a try. Have to watch those automated fingers roaming around the desktop looking for the shortcut. ;-) I understand developers may want to have multiple copies open at the same time, can't really see why but that reflects what I do and how I work. I still think a switch to disable multiple copies to be open, or not, would be handy. Unfortunately my skills don't extend to writing plug-ins and interacting with the IDE. Thanks again Guys, Ian

Yes I have/do. :-)

Hmm. I like the 'Bits' concept, never used it/them. Not good for readability though.

Noted & Agreed.

Hi Kryvich, Interesting approach. I shall have a play. Regards, Ian

It's a bugger getting old... In D10.2.3 I had a plugin that, in the design window, showed the the sizes of various forms/resolutions. I found it very handy and it always sat there in the background doing its thing. I have upped to D10.3 now but cannot for the life of me remember what the plugin was. Anybody?? Regards & TIA, Ian

Jeremy has been in contact with me. Tks Dave.

YESSSS!!!! That's it. Thanks Dave. Hoping for a D10.3 Rio version. Regards & Tks. Ian

Hi Jacek, No, I don't believe so. It was a small plug in that somebody wrote. Thanks for looking/responding Ian