Custom VCL Control for getting window handles. (Spy++ style reticle) Introduction Over the years, I don’t think I can count the number of times that I’ve wanted to send window messages to some other application. It can be useful for automating the target application, or even as a primitive form of Inter-process communication. Each time,…

Building REST services with RAD Server for Delphi and C++ Builder. Almost identical videos on how to build REST applications using RAD Server, with either Delphi or C++ Builder.These would have been recorded while I was an employee at Embarcadero, for a skill-sprint, code-rage, or other online community event. (Delphi version, best viewed full-screen >=…

Media file meta-data on Windows in Delphi. Introduction Here’s a little Déjà vu for regular readers of my blog. One of my customers emailed me with an interesting problem this morning. “I need to be able to peek into a video file, specifically a .mp4 file, and determine if it’s PAL or NTSC.”This seemed like a…