Comments on: Calculator Delphi for .NET Compact Framework Preview

By: Delphi 2005 (9) Registration

Delphi 2005 (9) Registration — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:17:05 +0000

Download at http://cc.borland.com/item.aspx?id=23412 seems corrupted. CC indicates it is 52k, both WinZip and Windows indicate the file is bad.

--jeroen

By: Tom Birch

Tom Birch — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:37:12 +0000

Why is a preview for registered users only?

By: wpSlider

wpSlider — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:54:05 +0000

Joe,

It is people like you who have prevented useful stuff like this being let out to the general public.
I for one am thankful that it is NOW at least possible to offer my clients some form of CF option, instead of having to wait until Borland comes up with something that fits your (and other people like you) expectations.

Now if we could just get a preview (or something) of the Delphi to JVM compiler! Hint, hint.

By: Andreano Lanusse

Andreano Lanusse — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:50:11 +0000

Hello guys,

thank you for the comments, there is new update for Calculator in Code Central.

This included Self.MinimizeBox := False;

By: David Clegg

David Clegg — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:40:52 +0000

Very nice, but I do have one comment. You provide no way to close the application on PocketPC 2002+ devices

By default on these devices, a feature called Smart Minimize is used. This means that when the X on the main forms title bar is clicked, the application is minimized, and clicking on the applications icon will restore the previously running instance.

The easiest way to disable this functionality is to add Self.MinimizeBox := False into your constructor. This will replace the X button with an OK button, which will terminate your app. Of course, having Smart Minimize is ok, but you should really give the users some way of shutting down your app, without having to resort to terminating it via Start|Settings|System|Memory|Running Programs.

By: David Clegg

David Clegg — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:12:55 +0000

When I attempt to access this CC entry I get "Requested Item is not available at this time." in the ID field, and the rest of the fields are blank.

I posted about this in the borland.public.website newsgroup, and was informed this is because the report has version 10 as the low and high version, which will hide it from public view.

By: Kyle Miller

Kyle Miller — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:07:45 +0000

Joe F.,

The compiler preview has been out for like two days while Microsoft has had access to their own since its inception. Give it some time. You are more than welcomed to create such a sample application using the preview compiler. The community would appreciate it.

By: Joe F.

Joe F. — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:53:30 +0000

Not to be too critical, but the last demo I saw of VS2005 .NET CF tools was where they showed the development of an application that stored restaurant information. It made a connection and stored the data in a local SQL database on the device, and it allowed you to capture a picture of the restaurant using the device's camera. The picture was then shown with the database record.

This demo was a video showing this application developed from start to finish in ~10 min.

Sorry, but a calculator demo seems simplistic relatively speaking.

By: Chee Wee Chua

Chee Wee Chua — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:32:22 +0000

If you have a valid support contract, you can ask for technical support with email at support at borland.com

By: Alex Lobo

Alex Lobo — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:26:13 +0000

sorry for the OT but i really need a way to find an opened cr in starteam 6.0 SDK using delphi 5.0… i have to edit the status of the cr for close it…sorry for my english, but if u can help me write at alkakaroth@libero.it thanks