30 Jul
I’ve been a long hater of the CapsLock key. I finally decided to something about it. http://www.ihatethecapslockkey.com I built the website with Highlander — and it was pathetically easy to do using MasterPages. The page is currently pure design (i.e. all HTML and CSS), but I’ll be updating it to use BlackFish SQL — the […]
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30 Jul
Are you a Delphi developer in the ChicagoLand area and looking for a long-term gig? Are you willing to spend a pretty good chunk of time there? If you are, give me a shout at nick.hodges@codegear.com.
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30 Jul
http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/
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25 Jul
We’ll have another edition of The Delphi Hour this week, on Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 2:00pm PDT.
You can get all the information you need to join at: http://borland.interwise.com/borland/iClass/MV5824/default.asp
Our guest this week will be Steve Kramer, creator of the G Framework. G is a free, open-source model-driven SuperRAD web framework for Delphi Win32, […]
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25 Jul
Have you been over to CodeGearGuru.com yet? Alister Christie has put together — and keeps adding to — a nice collection of tutorial videos on various topics about Delphi development. The mission statement of his site is: “Confer as much of my programming knowledge as I can and support the Delphi community.” Can’t argue with […]
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19 Jul
Use your Wii controller to run your computer:
http://onakasuita.org/wii/index-e.html
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19 Jul
Today’s Delphi Hour is at 2:00, 19 July 2007. Our guest will be Cary Jensen, and he’ll be talking about his experiences with WinForms. I don’t think he’ll be praising it. You can get all the information about joining us at: http://borland.interwise.com/borland/iClass/QC1883/default.asp
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17 Jul
We are making some changes to both the offerings and method of sale for Software Assurance. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been telling you folks that there is only one kind of Software Assurance — Studio-level SA. Customers with Studio-level SA receive all upgrades and new features for all members of the Studio family: Delphi […]
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16 Jul
As you’ve hopefully noticed, we’ve recently published and then updated our Delphi/C++Builder Roadmap. We hope it is useful to you and that you are able to see where we are headed and what we consider important going forward. However, careful readers of the roadmap will notice not only what is on the roadmap, but also […]
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13 Jul
The folks at Eminent Domain are looking for a Delphi developer.
Eminent Domain Software "Custom Software Development For Your Domain" Makers of EDSSpell, EDSPrint, EDSZipCodes and XSpell, the IDE Expert. == Description: OneDomain is looking for more Delphi team members experienced in Application Design and Development. Prefer those who carry the Entrepreneurial Spirit and feel […]
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12 Jul
A small number of customers are experiencing a “Runtime 1580 Error” when trying to install Delphi 2007 and C++Builder 2007. The error reads: "Runtime error in setup script: Line 1580: General setup failure" The solution is fairly simple: run the SETUP.EXE file in and empty directory, away from any other CodeGear licensing files. See this […]
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12 Jul
You you guys reading Chris Bensen’s blog? Here is his RSS feed. Chris is an R&D Engineer and has a lot of cool stuff about COM, ActiveX, and documentation on his blog. Give it a look.
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11 Jul
Looking for a Delphi job? Does the Seattle or San Francisco area interest you? WideOrbit is looking for Delphi programmers. The job descriptio is below. If you are interested, you can contact Brandi Bergstrom bbergstrom@wideorbit.com. Brandi tells me that they could go for a relocation, but that they can’t sponsor an H-1B visa. Delphi […]
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09 Jul
I’m actually getting a bit squared away with The Delphi Hour. This week, the Delphi Hour will be at the usual time, 2:00pm on Thursday, July 12, 2007. We’ll use Interwise again to broadcast the show. You all can chat amongst yourselves at http://chat.codegear.com in the Delphi Room. This week, our guest will be […]
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09 Jul
Last Friday, I posted about a Delphi Wiki article that I started, having been prompted by Richard Grossman in the newsgroups. I’m happy to say that in a few short days, the article — The Business Case for Delphi — has had a pretty good start. Already it is being organized and fleshed out by […]
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09 Jul
I published this article this morning on CDN — CodeGear and CapableObjects Collaborate to Take ECO into the Future. It talks about the changes going on with the ECO team — changes that will be good for Delphi and good for ECO. The ECO team has formed a new business called CapableObjects. They have […]
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06 Jul
Two ways to contribute to the Delphi Community. We are doing something a little different this time around with the Highlander field test. Chris Pattinson has the details. One of the features that we are doing in Highlander is a database-neutral ASP.NET Provider, and we are running a contest to see who can build […]
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