Archive for January, 2006

try except madness

..or should I say “try and accept some madness”? Today I came across this little gem inside of a CloseQuery event handler of a form:   try    CanClose := bIsInitialisationsOver;  except    on E: Exception do    begin      WriteErrorToLog(’Error.Exception - ‘ + E.Message);    end;  end; CanClose is a boolean variable that is part of the handler. bIsInitialisationsOver [...]

Posted by Dave Nottage on January 23rd, 2006 under Delphi stuff | Comment now »

Going forward

What is it with using the phrase “going forward”? You’ll hear a lot of execs (and maybe even some non-execs) use the phrase in relation to their business plans, but what is the point of saying it? I wouldn’t expect anyone talk about their business plan in relation to doing something that is “going backward”. Enough [...]

Posted by Dave Nottage on January 20th, 2006 under Delphi stuff | 1 Comment »

Initialization, where are you?

Working on this project in Singapore, I came across something similar to this: unit SomeUnit; … implementation … begin  DoSomeCodeHere;end. No, it wasn’t exactly the code above; it’s just to illustrate that I had forgotten this was possible. So how does Delphi treat the above code? The answer in BDS 2006 is that the code [...]

Posted by Dave Nottage on January 12th, 2006 under Delphi stuff | 2 Comments »

Software Installers part 2

Well it has been a while since I started using it, however I thoroughly recommend InnoSetup. I also recommend using ISTool to at least create scripts (easy enough to edit with a text editor later). It can be downloaded via links from the InnoSetup site.
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Posted by Dave Nottage on January 11th, 2006 under Software development | Comment now »

Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?

I’m asked that question quite often In this case, I’ve started a new blog. I’m keeping a blog separate from my TeamB blog, as I didn’t want to pollute this one with my general ramblings. I’ll stick to subjects about Borland, Delphi, and programming in general on this blog.
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Posted by Dave Nottage on January 11th, 2006 under General | Comment now »

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