As an addition to Using my buildtools here is a batch subroutine to find a subdirectory in any of the parent directories of a script: :FindInParents @rem search all parent directories for a subdir and return @rem the full path to that directory in %result% setlocal set parentdir=%1% set subdir=%2% :loop call :GetDir %parentdir% set … Continue reading Batch wizardry: Finding a subdir in all parent dirs
Author: dummzeuch
Using my buildtools
My buildtools for Delphi have been available on SourceForge for quite a while. I use them in all my projects, including - slightly modified - in GExperts. Just in case somebody else is interested, I'll outline how to use them in a project. Requirements First, your project has to follow the following structure: Project src … Continue reading Using my buildtools
Delphi7Help4BDS updated for Delphi XE7 to 10 Seattle
I have just updated my Delphi Help Expert to support Delphi XE7, XE8 and 10 Seattle. It allows to reconfigure F1 + any of the modifier keys Shift, Ctrl, Alt and Alt+Ctrl to call either a help file (you will need the old winhelp viewer that Microsoft dropped with Vista(?)), chm file or internet url. … Continue reading Delphi7Help4BDS updated for Delphi XE7 to 10 Seattle
Delphi Custom Container Pack updated for Delphi 10 Seattle
I just updated the Custom Container Pack sources to support Delphi 10 Seattle. It was mostly a matter of creating the packages for the "new" version. I also added Delphi 10 Seattle to the compilerversion.inc file. It now compiles and installs. I have not tested it extensively.
Delphi IDE Explorer Expert for Delphi 2007 – 10 Seattle
I wrote this Delphi IDE Explorer Expert when I was trying find the button for showing and hiding the background for the Firemonkey mobile form designer and turn the bloody thing off for good. Now I have ported it to all Delphi versions from 2007 to 10 Seattle. You can find the sources on SourceForge.
Remove the ad banner on the Delphi 10 Seattle welcome page
I don't know what Embarcadero thinks they can accomplish by showing their customers an annoying ad banner for the product they have already bought, but I don't like that and this post helped me to get rid of it. There are two steps: Locate the file that is being displayed. There are multipe default.htm files … Continue reading Remove the ad banner on the Delphi 10 Seattle welcome page
Experimental GExperts Version 1.37 2015-09-06 released
The latest version is the first version that supports Delphi 10 Seattle. There is nothing really new about the formatter code. Achim Kalwa submitted a patch that solves yet another Unicode issue, this time with the Code Proofreader expert. Another change is that there won't be a regular expert dll this time. After polling on … Continue reading Experimental GExperts Version 1.37 2015-09-06 released
Rebooting a Linux server unattended
Just so I can look it up when I need it again: /sbin/shutdown -r now is the command that when run as root will reboot a Linux server. It can simply be added as a scheduled command in WebMin:
Using the %TEMP% directory
Sometimes you need to temporarily create a file or even a directory to put some files into. Windows (and most other operating systems, even MS DOS) reserves a special directory for this purpose and helpfully provides API methods for getting this directory (or you could just use the %TEMP% environment variable but while that is … Continue reading Using the %TEMP% directory
dzEditorLineEndsFix 1.0.2 released
I just released dzEditorLineEndsFix 1.0.2 on SourceForge. It now creates its own subdirectory under TEMP where its puts the unique subdirectories for the various copies of the .ttr file rather than cluttering TEMP. It also tries to delete this directory on startup (It can't do that on shutdown because the .ttr files cannot be deleted). … Continue reading dzEditorLineEndsFix 1.0.2 released