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Book Review: The Hungry Brain
The Hungry Brain points out how the brain works. The brain (your brain) is conditioned by past food choices and conditions you to make future choices. There are strong cues at play and the stronger...
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Delphi Tip of the Day - Auto Adjust FMX StringGrid Column Widths
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 a way to automatically resize the column widths based on the values in...
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Delphi Tip of the Day - Environment Variables used only by the Delphi IDE
I wanted a quick, down-and-dirty, reference to only those variables used by the Delphi IDE. Inside the IDE you can navigate to Tool > Options > IDE > Environment Variables. This will list all...
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The Kinetic Technique by H. A. Overstreet (1925)
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, some other book I was reading referred to it as a master...
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Use ChatGPT to Convert Other Language Source Code to Delphi
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, procedural programmer to an OOP programmer. I've purchased several books on...
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DELPHICON 2023 - User Interface Design with Actions by Ray Konopka
Konopka does a fantastic job showing how to streamline the User Interface using Actions. This is a must see video from DELPHICON 2023.He starts out showing the typical way of coding in Delphi by using...
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DELPHICON 2023: Every APP Trick in Book with Ian Barker
DELPHICON 2023: Every APP Trick in the Book with Ian Barker Timestamp links have been added to each of the individual sections of this presentation.Every App Trick in the...
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Delphi FMX Desktop Development: Part 1
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 of converting an old VCL application to FMX. When I first...
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Pseudo Code File Logic: Open > New > Save > Save As
Just finished working out the logic for handling file logic:File OpenFile NewFile SaveFile Save AsThis assumes you are keeping track of the following:Current FilenameChanges to file dataI've been...
View ArticleTHE ULTIMATE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO OBSIDIAN NOTES | How to Use Obsidian Notes
I have just started to explore Personal Knowledge Management (PKM). Didn't know it was a thing until a few days ago. Obsidian (https://obsidian.md) seems to be one of the most popular tools being used....
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Blueprint for Creating Delphi FMX Apps
I just discovered an unlisted YouTube video Ray Konopka did in 2018 for Embarcadero's CodeRage called "Mobile View Management with Ray Konopka from RodeRage 2018. Although the demo and source code for...
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Here's how I will code better in Delphi. How will you?
When it comes to Delphi, it's amazing how much I don't know, once knew but forgot, or just plain skipped over because it was too mind-boggling at the time. I took a break from reading Alister...
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How to get the RSS Feed of YouTube Channels
I am a big fan of Harry Stahl's book "Cross-Platform Development with Delphi 10.2 & FireMonkey for Windows, MAC OS X (macOS) & Linux". I purchased this book in May 2021 and it has helped me...
View ArticleDelphi Tip of the Day: Use Your Own Unique Prefix for Types and Constants
I'm in the process of converting an old Delphi 5 VCL application to Delphi 11 FMX. Yeah, I have Delphi 12 but I'm waiting for the first bug release before I start using it. Well, this morning I learned...
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How to open URLs with default applications in macOS and Windows
I'm currently updating an old Delphi 5 Desktop VCL application to to Delphi 11.3 FMX. And one of the capabilities I want to provide is the ability to launch several webpages from within the...
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Delphi Tip of the Day: Prevent SQLite Date Headaches by using a...
Working with Date data can be very tricky. I recently encountered an "Invalid argument to date encode", error while trying to update a SQLite database table.This placed a value of 0000-00-00 into the...
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FastReport VCL & FMX Comparison (Embarcadero Edition)
The upgrade of my flagship product from Delphi 5 VCL to Delphi 11.3 FMX is finally at the presentation stage. I've spent the last six weeks thinking about and learning about data visualization. I took...
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Delphi Tip of the Day: Always Use the MenuBar for FMX Desktop Applications
A couple months ago, I watch the video replay "The fundamental secrets of good UI design" done by Ian Barker. Around the 33:15 mark, Barker talks about supporting "dark mode", have a...
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Delphi Tip of the Day: How to Keep Your Code Folded in Delphi 12
I like the "Code Folding" feature of Delphi. However, I noticed that every time I reopened a project in Delphi 12 where I had previously folded the code, the code was no longer folded.To keep your...
View ArticleSell Me This Pen!
OMG! I wish I had known this years ago. The Marine Corps taught me the Xerox Personal Selling Skills 3 (PSS3 = Needs Satisfaction) method. They turned me into a "regurgitator". If I had seen this video...
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Delphi Tip of the Day: The Delphi Magazine Total Collection
I'm always looking for ways to improve my Delphi skills. Sometimes, this takes me down a rabbit hole. And each time, these little side trips never answer "Yes" to the question "Will this help me ship?"...
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I Got Complacent—and Here’s What I Learned
The Frog in the Beaker Parable:If a frog is placed in a beaker of boiling water, it will immediately jump out to save itself. However, if the frog is placed in a beaker of lukewarm water that is...
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Tip of the Day - Everyday is an Etch-A-Sketch
Sometimes all you need is a little motivation.Everyday is an Etch-A-Sketch.Sometimes, every hour is an Etch-A-Sketch.And sometimes, every minute is an Etch-A-Sketch.Happy New Year,Gunny...
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Delphi Tip of the Day: FMX FastReport Text Object (TfrxMemoView)
I've been playing around with FastReport in FMX. To be honest, I've been struggling a bit. So, today I decided to go back to square one and work through the FMX documentation on the FastReport website....
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Delphi FMX Air.Style Missing 'scrollboxstyle' Definition
I've been upgrading my flagship software product Zilch, from Delphi 5 VCL to Delphi 11 FMX. I'm finally in the report development phase. I'm using the FMX version of FastReports.Things have been going...
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