Archive for August, 2005

How to replace the editor for the CommandText property when CommandType = cmdText or cmdUnknown, with the regular strings editor

I’ve just added an entry to CodeCentral, which is an IDE package that replaces the editor for the CommandText property when CommandType = cmdText or cmdUnknown, with the regular strings editor. The default editor for the CommandText property in TADODataset (and other data components) when the CommandType is cmdText or cmdUnknown, can be a bit cumbersome [...]

Posted by Dave Nottage on August 25th, 2005 under Delphi stuff | Comment now »

XanaNews mod: Enhancement - auto-mark as read messages that are not found on the server.

Problem: When XanaNews is able to download a message header, but the body of the message is not on the server because (for example) the message has expired or has been cancelled, it will display a the “greyed” message image in the flags column to denote this, however it will not auto-mark the message as [...]

Posted by Dave Nottage on August 22nd, 2005 under XanaNews mods | Comment now »

XanaNews mod: Fix - Auto mark as read doesn’t timeout on messages that take longer for the body to download than the timeout.

Problem: If XanaNews is configured so that message bodies download when you select them (eg click on a message header, or press enter when a message is selected), and the message body takes longer to download than the timeout, the message never gets auto-marked as read. Solution: Modify MainForm.pas - Version 1.17.5.9 - comment out lines [...]

Posted by Dave Nottage on August 22nd, 2005 under XanaNews mods | Comment now »

Zed: I will be faster

OK, so the title is a poor attempt at making a Star Wars reference So now something from Futurama: Good news, everyone! AAPT have a great deal on their phone service/internet bundle which means my download/upload speed will soon double, so Z (who lives in the Borland general chat room) will be able to recieve text from, and post [...]

Posted by Dave Nottage on August 19th, 2005 under General | 3 Comments »

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