Sometimes I’ve found it handy to implement certain functions within an ActiveX DLL to be able to call from my application. This can be helpful when trying to do functionality with the app being in a newer version of Delphi and needing functionality of business logic that can’t be upgraded yet. Creating DLL First step […]
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I created a batch file to help create junctions, which then I would edit the Library Path and Environmental Variables in Delphi to help shorten the compiler paths when the paths are long. Edit appropriately for older IDE’s by changing 21.0 to 20.0 for Rio, 19.0 for Tokyo, 18.0 for Berlin, 17.0 for Seattle, etc.
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When you only have a few components, the Delphi library paths are usually not combined to a length too long for command line compiling. However, I use a large number of third party components and libraries that put me past this limit without intervention. Here’s some of my strategies. Create a folder on the root
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I use several components from the ever awesome TMS Software and some other companies when compiling components, I was receiving errors when compiling the Apple platforms. The main error was that it could not find a file. In this case, it could not find ImageIO. What’s happening is when you import the frameworks from Apple
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In one of my projects, I recently ran into issues when adding a function to read a value from registry. This wasn’t a normal value and was meant to detect for use for testing. I had placed the functionality during the loading of the application and when testing in RAD Studio 10.4.2 Sydney, it worked
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