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More informative extraction page
I'm trying to add a nice and functional extraction page to my installer because Inno Setup was recently updated with native extraction. Below is a piece of code I added, which works and is somewhat ...
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Can't import DLL into Inno Setup ver 6.5.1 [closed]
Hi I'm trying to import the ExecDos.dll into my Inno Setups install for live logging the installation process. I copied the DLL into the folder where the .iss file is located (Downloaded it from NSIS) ...
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How can I add comments to tooltips with OmniPascal extension
I want to see comments as tooltips in VS Code with the OmniPascal extension. Right now, comments are not appearing in tooltips despite trying different Pascal commenting styles.
Maybe i just dont know ...
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The Dining Savages vs The Bear And The Honey Bees synchronization problem
I'm learning concurrent programming by analyzing common synchronization problems.
Right now, I'm dealing with "The Dining Savages" problem.
Note: I don't need to implement it by using ...
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Keep Delphi In-line Assembly Labels in Assembly Blocks
Assembly is always faster than high-level languages. For example, I tested an empty loop in Delphi repeating 1 billion times, and same loop but written in assembly. The Delphi loop took 6 billion (x64 ...
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Delphi Palette doesn't show standard/xml/net..etc components anymore (and it's causing errors)
When using Delphi, I was looking for the Timer component on the palette (VCL application). Accidentally, I pressed a button or I clicked something (I didn't notice what I did), and after what seemed ...
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Convert Pascal real data type to C# type [duplicate]
I'm doing a proof of concept that involves porting some Pascal code over to C#.
The code involves financial calculations, so most of the fields are currency based (though not all).
All of the numeric ...
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How to easily and quickly apply custom indentation format rule to selected Pascal/Delphi code?
I am working with Pascal/Delphi code and need to format a selection of code with custom indentation rules (e.g. 4 spaces for indentation). I want to apply these formatting rules to the selected code ...
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Why doesn’t rounding work outside of range?
Why does rounding not work if I try to compile following code using the FreePascal Compiler?
program RangeCheckError;
var
result: integer;
begin
result := round(1.6514384080961258e+21);
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mysql_fetch_lengths() returning array of Int64 on Lazarus/Linux
In Lazarus, I am loading libmariadb.so.3 v3.3.10 via LoadLibrary(). (Did another test with libmysqlclient.so.21 v8.0.41). When iterating through the fields of a query result, the length of a value is ...
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SAP GUI Scripting in Delphi
I am developing an application in Delphi that needs to interact with SAP GUI via Scripting to automate some material control operations. However, I am facing difficulties in establishing the correct ...
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Delete an item from an array
So I’m writing a procedure that gives the user the choice to either delete or modify a value in an array.
The modifying part was easy, but I’m having troubles deleting the item.
Procedure ...
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Access violation invoke Certificates_ICertificateQuery.get_Thumbprint
I try WinRT in Delphi. The following code encounter access violation when invoke get_Thumbprint:
program Sample;
uses
System.SysUtils,
System.Classes,
System.Win.WinRT,
System.NetEncoding,
...
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TakePhotoAction crashes android app and starts again on xiaomi Android 12
Crosspost: https://en.delphipraxis.net/topic/12872-takephotoaction-crashes-android-app-and-starts-again-on-xiaomi-android-12/
Environment:
Delphi 12.2 (latest SP)
APP for Android and iOS
Hardware ...
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SetAllPalette in Pascal
I have this function which does:
MyPalette : PaletteType;
MyPalette.Size:=16;
// sets some colors
SetAllPalette(MyPalette);
Reading the Turbo Pascal 5.0 manual it says:
Palette is an untyped ...
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