Ian Branch

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

Hi Team, D10.3. What is it that dictates what initially shows when you open a project? Depending on which Project I open I get the Project file, the Code view of the Main form or the Design view of the main form... I'd like it to at least be consistent. :-) TIA, Ian

Or, You have to turn it on. :-) No problem. Cheers & Tks again. Ian

Hi Dalija, OK. That is what I was expecting. Your mention of the .dsk file set me to finding them. There weren't any. :-( After some hunting, I found and turned "Save project desktop when closing" on and now it does what was/is expected. Cheers. Ian

Hi Team, D10.3. I have the following line of code.. [code} Result := inherited GetFieldData(Field, Buffer, NativeFormat); {code} Against this line in Build mode I get the following.. "W1000 Symbol 'GetFieldData' is deprecated: 'Use overloaded method instead'" I have had a look at the relevant help and I don't understand what it wants me to change/'use'. It is only a warning however I would like to clean it up anyway. Ian

Ah Ha! Turned out I had to change 'Buffer: Pointer' definition a little further back to 'Buffer: TValueBuffer' All good now. Tks. Ian

Hi Team, Using D10.3. I am trying to use FileExists(xxx); in a network environment but it doesn't seem to like it. I am using the following test code.. {code} procedure TForm21.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); var sAppName: string; begin sAppName := 'Testfile.exe'; sAppName := Copy(sAppName, 0, LastDelimiter('.', sAppName) - 1); sAppName := ExtractFilePath(Application.ExeName) + sAppName + '.Tips'; MessageDlg('Tips file name is - '+sAppName, mtInformation, [mbOK], 0); // if FileExists(sAppName) then MessageDlg(sAppName+' found OK.', mtInformation, [mbOK], 0) else MessageDlg('Unable to find '+sAppName, mtInformation, [mbOK], 0); // end; {code} The two MessageDlg show the correct information and it all works fine on my PC. When I run it from the server on the network the MessageDlg still show the correct server drive/path and filename however it doesn't find 'the 'Testfile.Tips'. Have I done something wrong? Should I be using some other Test for existence of the file? Note - The initial sAppName is normally derived from Application.ExeName but I have hard coded it for the test app. Regards & TIA, Ian

All, Thank you for your inputs. I had no joy making it work. I have instead changed the mechanism to .ini file processing which is working fine. Regards & Tks again. Ian

It is a Windows 2012 R2 Server.

The bottom line here is I am trying to do something in an environment I am unfamiliar with. I am working remotely into a Customer's test PC. Looking closer at the environment I suspect that he has it locked down tightly. I assumed F-TestServer was the root directory of the PC . As there are several drives on it I assumed it needed a drive specifier. All very confusing att, that is why I am trying to make sense of it. Ian

Hi Fred, Sorry to report no good. 😞 For my education, why the $ instead of :? Ian

Hi Fred, Thanks for that but it didn't fix the issue. I should have stated up front i was using D10.3. My bad. Ian

For the record, I have tried hard coding.. {code} sAppName := '\\192.168.1.35\F-TestServer\C:\TestArea\Testfile.Tips'; MessageDlg('Tips file name is - '+sAppName, mtInformation, [mbOK], 0); // if FileExists(sAppName) then .... .... {code} Without success.

Hi Guys, Back in the D2007 days there was a component called ElasitForm which when put on a form automatically scaled the fonts and components as the form was enlarged or shrunk, proportionally, such that the form looked exactly the same whatever size it was changed to by the User. ElastiForm isn't available any more and in any case I suspect, possibly wrongly, that Delphi can do that sort of this in its own right now. Is this correct? If so how? Or is there some trickery still needed? Regards & TIA, Ian

Hi Team, I am updating a piece of code to D10.3 and have reached a confusing point. The original code is.. {code} if ThemesEnabled then DrawElement(Canvas.Handle,GetElementDetails(tebExplorerBarRoot), ClientRect) else .... {code} To this I was getting the message at build time.. "[dcc32 Warning] myprocs.pas(123🙂 W1000 Symbol 'ThemesEnabled' is deprecated: 'Use TCustomStyleServices.Enabled'" So, I changed the code to.. {code} // if ThemesEnabled then if TCustomStyleServices.Enabled then DrawElement(Canvas.Handle,GetElementDetails(tebExplorerBarRoot), ClientRect) else ... {code} Now I get the message.. "[dcc32 Error] myprocs.pas(123😞 E2233 Property 'Enabled' inaccessible here" Clearly I have done something untoward. How should I correct this please? Regards & TIA, Ian