Sunday, July 23, 2023

Here's how I will code better in Delphi. How will you?

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Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase, at no ex...
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Sunday, July 2, 2023

Blueprint for Creating Delphi FMX Apps

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 I just discovered an unlisted YouTube video Ray Konopka did in 2018 for Embarcadero's CodeRage called " Mobile View Management wi...
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Saturday, June 24, 2023

THE ULTIMATE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO OBSIDIAN NOTES | How to Use Obsidian Notes

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I have just started to explore Personal Knowledge Management (PKM). Didn't know it was a thing until a few days ago. Obsidian ( https://...
Sunday, May 7, 2023

Pseudo Code File Logic: Open > New > Save > Save As

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Just finished working out the logic for handling file logic: File Open File New File Save File Save As This assumes you are keeping track of...
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Friday, March 24, 2023

Delphi FMX Desktop Development: Part 1

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Question: Is FMX Desktop Development Worth It? This is part 1 in a series dedicated to Delphi FMX Desktop development. I am in the process o...
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Sunday, February 19, 2023

DELPHICON 2023: Every APP Trick in Book with Ian Barker

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DELPHICON 2023: Every APP Trick in the Book with Ian Barker  Timestamp links have been added to each of the individual sections of this pres...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

DELPHICON 2023 - User Interface Design with Actions by Ray Konopka

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Konopka does a fantastic job showing how to streamline the User Interface using Actions. This is a must see video from DELPHICON 2023. He st...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

Use ChatGPT to Convert Other Language Source Code to Delphi

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If you've read some of my previous posts you know how much I've struggled to make the paradigm shift from being a top-down, procedur...
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Monday, December 5, 2022

The Kinetic Technique by H. A. Overstreet (1925)

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Influencing Human Behavior by H. A. Overstreet was published in 1925. I purchased an old hardcover copy of his book over a year ago because,...
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Monday, July 11, 2022

Delphi Tip of the Day - Environment Variables used only by the Delphi IDE

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 I wanted a quick, down-and-dirty, reference to only those variables used by the Delphi IDE. Inside the IDE you can navigate to Tools > O...
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Saturday, June 4, 2022

Delphi Tip of the Day - Auto Adjust FMX StringGrid Column Widths

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 I've been playing around with the FMX StringGrid for the past three weeks. And I thought...  "Wouldn't it be nice if there was...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Book Review: The Hungry Brain

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The Hungry Brain points out how the brain works. The brain (your brain) is conditioned by past food choices and conditions you to make futur...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

Book Review: Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey (Part 1)

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I purchased the book Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey by Andrea Magni on November 7, 2020. I dove in head first with great enthusiasm ...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

Tip of the Day - How to change the text color of a PDF document.

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I was reading  Andrea Magni 's book  Delphi GUI Programming with FireMonkey  and realized I am missing pages 105-156. Packt Publishing i...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

FMX Desktop - Restrict Form Size on Windows and macOS

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I'm in the process of porting over an old VCL application to FMX. At this time I'm only concerned with creating a desktop applicatio...
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Friday, December 3, 2021

The Biggest Mistake I Made in 2021

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 I know this year isn't over yet but I'm pretty sure I won't make a bigger mistake between now and January 1st.  Mike has been s...
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Friday, July 30, 2021

Delphi: Inheriting Parent Properties

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The ability to inherit Parent properties is very convenient. Let's say you have a form with several controls on that form. If you wanted...
Saturday, July 17, 2021

CodeRage 3 Replays - Oldies but Goodies

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This morning I was looking for a video on how to debug an application with the Delphi IDE. I came across a two-minute video on YouTube by Fr...
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Saturday, June 5, 2021

Mobile Storage Access (Note to Self)

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 I am nowhere near creating apps for the mobile community. That doesn't mean I won't be in the future. So, I'm writing this as a...