Comments for Jamie's Blog http://jamiei.com/blog Delphi Programming, Web Development, General Technology and, of course, Midget Gems Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:40:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 Comment on The Delphi Community: From the Outside by Senthil Kumar B http://jamiei.com/blog/2009/07/the-delphi-community-from-the-outside/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Senthil Kumar B Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:40:45 +0000 http://jamiei.com/blog/?p=362#comment-716 "If Emberdoodar, want Delphi to blossom again then they have to do some serious investment in promoting free Turbo’s and Training Aids. " This sounds good Dereksmith . how about something similar to .NET Express Editions “If Emberdoodar, want Delphi to blossom again then they have to do some serious investment in promoting free Turbo’s and Training Aids.
” This sounds good Dereksmith . how about something similar to .NET Express Editions

]]> Comment on Malware specifically targeting Delphi by Senthil Kumar B http://jamiei.com/blog/2009/08/malware-specifically-targeting-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Senthil Kumar B Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:25:22 +0000 http://jamiei.com/blog/?p=404#comment-715 I had the same problem too but the symptoms were different I had the same problem too but the symptoms were different

]]> Comment on Time to bury this “Is Delphi Dying” nonsense by Senthil Kumar B http://jamiei.com/blog/2009/10/time-to-bury-this-is-delphi-dying-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Senthil Kumar B Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:38 +0000 http://jamiei.com/blog/?p=477#comment-714 This will never happen . It will stay and rise too This will never happen . It will stay and rise too

]]> Comment on A New Beginning for Delphi by mikey http://jamiei.com/blog/2008/11/a-new-beginning-for-delphi/comment-page-1/#comment-694 mikey Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:09:43 +0000 http://jamiei.com/wordpress/?p=40#comment-694 I'm been coding in Delphi since it was first released but never had any use for anything after Delphi 7 until now. I downloaded Prism 2010 demo - so for it looks like kicka-ss product - best of both worlds. FINALLY we really do have Object Pascal for .NET. I’m been coding in Delphi since it was first released but never had any use for anything after Delphi 7 until now. I downloaded Prism 2010 demo – so for it looks like kicka-ss product – best of both worlds. FINALLY we really do have Object Pascal for .NET.

]]> Comment on Turbo Delphi: A Hidden gem in DelphiLive? by jmg http://jamiei.com/blog/2009/05/turbo-delphi-a-hidden-gem-in-delphilive/comment-page-1/#comment-661 jmg Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:35:07 +0000 http://jamiei.com/blog/?p=314#comment-661 @Ron Etherington: Interesting that BDE fails in Win7. Is that an install/license type fail, or a run-time fail ? You could try Lazarus http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/ I've been porting some of the nice examples at http://www.delphiforfun.org/ and (mostly) they port easily, some need a few 'rules', but I have not yet hit any brick walls. Code can usually be made to run in BOTH Delphi and Lazarus/FPC at the procedure level. @Ron Etherington: Interesting that BDE fails in Win7. Is that an install/license type fail, or a run-time fail ?

You could try Lazarus
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/

I’ve been porting some of the nice examples at
http://www.delphiforfun.org/

and (mostly) they port easily, some need a few ‘rules’, but I have not yet hit any brick walls.
Code can usually be made to run in BOTH Delphi and Lazarus/FPC at the procedure level.

]]> Comment on An Improved Cirrus Caching Aspect by jamiei http://jamiei.com/blog/2009/11/an-improved-cirrus-caching-aspect/comment-page-1/#comment-660 jamiei Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:17:45 +0000 http://jamiei.com/blog/?p=496#comment-660 Thanks John, not approaching the complexity of your Aspects yet but we all start somewhere! I had suspected it was a bug but thought I'd run it past you to check I wasn't about to submit a caused by lack of user intelligence bug report. Thanks John, not approaching the complexity of your Aspects yet but we all start somewhere!

I had suspected it was a bug but thought I’d run it past you to check I wasn’t about to submit a caused by lack of user intelligence bug report.

]]> Comment on Turbo Delphi: A Hidden gem in DelphiLive? by jamiei http://jamiei.com/blog/2009/05/turbo-delphi-a-hidden-gem-in-delphilive/comment-page-1/#comment-659 jamiei Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:14:10 +0000 http://jamiei.com/blog/?p=314#comment-659 @Ron Etherington: If you're not prepared to pay for D2010 standard then sadly you have no choice but to await a new version of Turbo Delphi or a Personal edition of Delphi. I've been saying for a long time that Codegear need something out asap but we'll have to be even more patient with them! @Ron Etherington: If you’re not prepared to pay for D2010 standard then sadly you have no choice but to await a new version of Turbo Delphi or a Personal edition of Delphi. I’ve been saying for a long time that Codegear need something out asap but we’ll have to be even more patient with them!

]]> Comment on An Improved Cirrus Caching Aspect by John Moshakis http://jamiei.com/blog/2009/11/an-improved-cirrus-caching-aspect/comment-page-1/#comment-654 John Moshakis Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:23:23 +0000 http://jamiei.com/blog/?p=496#comment-654 Nice article. I didn't know about AutoInjectIntoTarget, it looks like it has a bug. It should really check to see if the method already exists before trying to add it. I would add a defect to quality central. Nice article.

I didn’t know about AutoInjectIntoTarget, it looks like it has a bug. It should really check to see if the method already exists before trying to add it.
I would add a defect to quality central.

]]> Comment on Turbo Delphi: A Hidden gem in DelphiLive? by Ron Etherington http://jamiei.com/blog/2009/05/turbo-delphi-a-hidden-gem-in-delphilive/comment-page-1/#comment-630 Ron Etherington Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:50:00 +0000 http://jamiei.com/blog/?p=314#comment-630 Oh dear! I have used Borland since the days of the tiny Borland Turbo C and then moved on to Delphi. I upgraded to Delphi 5 level which has served me well. I am now retired and programming for pleasure and stimulation is one of the ways I keep alert. I am happy to go on with Delphi 5 BUT I've just installed Windows 7 and the BDE doesnt work - so anyone know where I go next? Oh dear! I have used Borland since the days of the tiny Borland Turbo C and then moved on to Delphi. I upgraded to Delphi 5 level which has served me well. I am now retired and programming for pleasure and stimulation is one of the ways I keep alert. I am happy to go on with Delphi 5 BUT I’ve just installed Windows 7 and the BDE doesnt work – so anyone know where I go next?

]]> Comment on Time to bury this “Is Delphi Dying” nonsense by Todd Jaspers http://jamiei.com/blog/2009/10/time-to-bury-this-is-delphi-dying-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Todd Jaspers Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:06:02 +0000 http://jamiei.com/blog/?p=477#comment-608 I love Delphi, it's always been one of my favorite languages. The last version I used was 7 from Borland (is it still owned by Borland?). However, in all my future companies, everything I've done has been in C# or .NET (C#). Delphi is a really hard pill to prescribe to a company. Few people know what it is, and fewer managers want it to be used because there are fewer programmers for it (anyone ever heard of MUMPS?). I haven't used the language in probably 4 years now... with the exception of some contracting I did to maintain my existing products from a previous company. I love Delphi, it’s always been one of my favorite languages. The last version I used was 7 from Borland (is it still owned by Borland?). However, in all my future companies, everything I’ve done has been in C# or .NET (C#). Delphi is a really hard pill to prescribe to a company. Few people know what it is, and fewer managers want it to be used because there are fewer programmers for it (anyone ever heard of MUMPS?).

I haven’t used the language in probably 4 years now… with the exception of some contracting I did to maintain my existing products from a previous company.

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