Category: archive
Older posts, information may no longer be relevant, or may have been replaced with newer content.
New collections library for Delphi – darkCollections
Update This project has been migrated to the BSD-3 licensed cwRuntime library on GitHub under the namespace cwCollections. https://github.com/chapmanworld/cwRuntime
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,...
Why I’m now using both Git and Subversion for one project!
I’ve been using subversion for many years, and it has always served my needs well. When I decided to switch to GitHub for hosting my ‘DarkGlass’ project, I didn’t foresee the difficulties that I...
Building REST services with RAD Server (Delphi & C++ Builder)
REST Services using Delphi: REST Services using C++ Builder: Source code for both Delphi and C++ Builder: RADServerSample
Instantly expose a table as a REST endpoint – again.
Introduction A while back I wrote a component for exposing FireDAC tables as REST endpoints in Delphi. I wasn’t entirely happy with the component that I’d written, however, it was really intended as a...
A new mutlti-threading library for Delphi. (darkThreading)
Update This project has been migrated to the BSD-3 licensed cwRuntime library on GitHub under the namespace cwThreading. https://github.com/chapmanworld/cwRuntime
Media file meta-data on Windows in Delphi.
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...
Media file meta-data on Android in Delphi.
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.”...
