Questions related to Delphi (RAD Studio) IDE application
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Why the quantity of command-line arguments changes when the application is started by the IDE vs an launcher?
Considering the following command-line arguments
"alfa" "beta" "4"
When I specify the Run>Parameters... for an project I'm working the application shows on Process Explorer as command-line:
"c:\myapp\myapp.exe" "alfa" "beta" "4"
And ParamCount…
Fabricio Araujo
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How to hide (mostly wrong) syntax errors in the structure view in the Delphi IDE
I really like using the structure view, but the many wrong syntax errors (meaning they are no errors) above them are often blocking my view. I always have to collapse them as they are initially extended. Don't get me wrong, I really like Delphi to…
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Where does Delphi store the values of its environment variables?
Delphi uses several environment variables with a name that starts with BDS which are displayed under Tools/Options/"Environment Variables". There are so called "System variables" which include the environment variables from Windows (ALLUSERSPROFILE,…
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Is it possible to change the host application for multiple projects in a Delphi 2009 group project?
I'm not sure why this isn't something that is changeable with an option set, it would be really nice if it was. And it's not even in DDevExtensions, although I can change a lot of other stuff there.
Is there a place in the Delphi 2009 IDE, or yet…
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Is there a way to set the IDE to default to the Windows 64-bit platform for newly created project?
In Embarcadero Delphi 11, when creating a new VCL project, the Target Platform is by default set to Windows 32-bit. For ease of access, I would like to be able to make new projects default to Windows 64-bit.
With most installations of Windows being…
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Using Delphi Subversion integration to check files in from another folder
So we're converting from VSS to delphi and we use a lot of include paths.
We'd like to at least attempt to conform to whatever the Delphi IDE decides is the right way to do this, but it's non-obvious.
Apparently, you can't include files in SVN…
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Delphi IDE has no color control for Standard Components
My Alexandria Delphi IDE has lost its color control for Standard Components.
I cannot set the Font color at design time for components like TLabel, but it's correctly applied at run time.
Non-standard components i.e. JvLabel seem to work at design…
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IDE crash at module jscript9.dll showing the welcome page and function's hints
I have Delphi XE7 installed on a Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bit).
One week ago, it started crashing on startup, while displaying the welcome page with the following error message:
Firma problema:
Nome evento problema: APPCRASH
Nome applicazione:…
Fabrizio
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Can't detect network drive under Debugger with Delphi 2007 on Windows 10
It is probably me being stupid, but I am having problems detecting if a network drive is up, but only when running the program in the IDE – when running the program outside of the IDE, the network drive is correctly detected. The IDE works fine on…
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Strange Delphi IDE behaviour related to cursor position
I have found a very strange Delphi IDE behavior related to cursor position.
Create a sample project:
unit Unit2;
interface
uses
Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
Vcl.Controls,…
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Delphi 2007 IDE hints displayed as HTML text
Since some days, my Delphi 2007 IDE has stopped formatting hint's text.
When the cursor moves over a class or a function, it displays hints as plain HTML text.
Syntax highlight is active and as far as I remember, I didn't change any option in the…
Fabrizio
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Need to identify this 'appearing before compilation' dialog in my Delphi xe4 IDE
I want to disable the dialog (shown below, titled "Processing File") appears each time I compile or build my project, but I failed to find which IDE plugins it's from since I use a lot of productivity plugins (also shown below).
Anybody has any hint…
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Do Delphi IDEs have a project/grouproject's file count and line count functionality?
Do any Delphi IDE versions provide functionality that gives the total line count and file count of a given project group (or at least of a single project)?
If no, are there any IDE add-on tools that add this feature?
Fabrizio
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Why does DragAcceptFiles not work on the TEdit controls of the Tool Properties dialog in Delphi >=2005?
I am trying to make the TEdit control for the program on the "Tool Properties" dialog in the Delphi IDE (*1) accept dropping files from the explorer. This works fine in Delphi 6 and 7 but no longer works in the "new" IDE of Delphi 2005 up.
In Delphi…
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User defined macro in CnPack
Do you know how to create an user defined macro in CnPack ?
The instructions shipped with it say it can be done but don't explain how. I tried to sign in the dedicated forum, twice, but it didn't work.
I searched for some tutorials online but didn't…
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