--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: D5R00013 Date: 05/21/96 From: DEREK BENNER Time: 05:47pm \/To: JUSTIN MARQUEZ (Read 4 times) Subj: DLL speed JM> Everyone ALWAYS misses the point on this. I *have* such a JM> function, with error checking, which I have used for years. It would JM> be much better if the OPERATOR were built-in (like in FORTRAN). But then it would not be Pascal... JM> The self-written function works, but a function is much more JM> cumbersome to use in complex equations which may have quite a few JM> such operations in just one equation. JM> Z := power(x,y) works but definitely is uglier than Z = X**Y in JM> how it works. Z := power(x,y) is NOT uglier than Z = X**Y, nor does it work any less efficiently. Nor is it more cumbersome to use since it forces one to break down those complex equations into smaller sub-equations that are easier to maintain. derek --- FreeMail 1.07b * Origin: The Visual Programmer's Workshop - N.H., Ca (916)338-3230 * (1:203/21) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: D5S00000 Date: 05/20/96 From: GARY WEINFURTHER Time: 09:15am \/To: FRANK MALCOLM (Read 4 times) Subj: Cancel that... Frank Malcolm mentioned this to All: FM> According to the doco, a BitBtn with the Cancel property True should FM> respond to pressing Esc by calling the OnClick method - it doesn't in FM> this case. It's always worked for me. Try making your About box a separate form. There may be something else in your current form that's interfering. ...Gary --- GoldED 2.41 * Origin: Nobody expects the Flying Circus BBS! (1:2410/905) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: D5S00001 Date: 05/20/96 From: ERIC SCHREIBER Time: 08:23pm \/To: STEVE BATSON (Read 4 times) Subj: Local Interbase Server -=> Steve Batson wrote with startling eloquence to Francois Piette <=- FP> How can I cancel the automatic startup of Borland Local Interbase FP> engine that cames with Delphi 2.0? SB> take it out of the startup group. Not quite that easy, I'm afraid (wish it was). On my system, the Interbase server starts up and appears in the tray all the time, too, but is not in the startup group. I haven't taken a good look around for why it starts every time (ie - I'm too lazy to crack the docs), but a cursory look at the system didn't reveal anything obvious. EEAS eric@kobayashi.com --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 * Origin: The Aircrash Bureau Chicago 312-278-1195 33.6 (1:115/327) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: D5S00002 Date: 05/21/96 From: AMAURY LAMBRECHT Time: 11:42pm \/To: FRANCOIS PIETTE (Read 4 times) Subj: Local Interbase Server Hello Francois! 20 May 96 11:21, Francois Piette wrote to Steve Batson: FP>>> How can I cancel the automatic startup of Borland Local FP>>> Interbase engine that cames with Delphi 2.0 ? I am tired to FP> It is *NOT* in the startup group (BTW I use Windows 95) FP> In my opinion, it is somewhere in the registry. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (equivalent of the old Run= parameter in Win 3.1 WIN.INI). But you have a simplier way to disable it: right-click on the interbase icon on the taskbar, choose Startup, then Manual Startup. Regards, Amaury --- GoldED 2.50+ * Origin: Easy PC BBS - Brussels, Belgium (2:291/712) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: D5S00003 Date: 05/21/96 From: OLE ALMIND MORTENSEN Time: 12:30pm \/To: FRANCOIS PIETTE (Read 4 times) Subj: Local Interbase Server Hello Francois! Thursday May 16 1996, Francois Piette wrote to All: FP> How can I cancel the automatic startup of Borland Local Interbase FP> engine that cames with Delphi 2.0 ? I am tired to manually shutdown it FP> every time... There should be a configuration parameter to allow to FP> start it or not automatically. Just search for Interbase in your Registry (Regedit) or look here: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and then delete the value which presents Interbase. :) Kind regards Ole ... Try out Check210.Zip & Fm091.Zip --- GoldED/386 3.00.Alpha1+ /FrontDoor 2.12 * Origin: P5 100, 16Mb/2Gb, LBP-4u, SG32+, 4x CD, 28K8 (2:237/10.150) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: D5S00004 Date: 05/21/96 From: OLE ALMIND MORTENSEN Time: 02:15pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: ExtractIcon Hello All! How do I view the Icon which I extract from a file with the following parameter? ExtractIcon(Handle,Pchar(Filelistbox1.Filename),0); Kind regards Ole ... Try out Check210.Zip & Fm091.Zip --- GoldED/386 3.00.Alpha1+ /FrontDoor 2.12 * Origin: P5 100, 16Mb/2Gb, LBP-4u, SG32+, 4x CD, 28K8 (2:237/10.150) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: D5S00005 Date: 05/21/96 From: OLE ALMIND MORTENSEN Time: 04:09pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: Multiselect (delphi 2.0) Hello All! I have a big problem with Itemindex, Items and so on. I need the following: When I select more than one file in the filelistbox, and wants to delete them all, what am I the suppose to do? Source/example would be a great help. Kind regards Ole ... Try out Check210.Zip & Fm091.Zip --- GoldED/386 3.00.Alpha1+ /FrontDoor 2.12 * Origin: P5 100, 16Mb/2Gb, LBP-4u, SG32+, 4x CD, 28K8 (2:237/10.150) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: D5S00006 Date: 05/21/96 From: MARTIN PELLETIER Time: 08:18pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: Printing BMP Field with Report Smith Does anyone tried to print a Graphic BLOB field with Report Smith? It's been a week and nothing works. It seem that Report Smith cannot load simple BMPs from a table. If anyone was able to make it works, PLEASE leave me a message. Martin Pelletier - I am Bill Gates of Borg. You will be bought. --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/5 * Origin: SOLAR -+- Sherbrooke,QC -+- 819-564-3198 (1:167/1103) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: D5S00007 Date: 05/21/96 From: YVES VAN HAL Time: 12:44am \/To: THEO LEIJEN (Read 4 times) Subj: dynamic SQL Hello Theo, > I have made an application in which i use a query with SQL. > I'm using a 'WHERE' claus in that query but it doesn't work as it > should! > In this 'WHERE' clause, i want to compare a DATE with an inputfield. > I tried al sorts of formats for that inputfield but the query doesn't > work. > Can somebody tell me how to deal with this problem. > Thank you I quickly tried the following: I created a table named D with one field name DT, which has a date format, in it. Then, on a form I put a DataAccess object and a query object and a TDBGrid. In addition I added a TButton called select and an TInput called Edit1. The SQL property for the query is set to the following TString: select dt from d where dt = :h_dt After that, I inspected the Params property of the TQuery object and assigned the date type to the h_dt parameter. To the OnClick event of the select button, I assigned the following code : begin query1.close; query1.params[0].asdate:=strtodatetime(Edit1.text); query1.open; end; This results in the query selecting only those entries from the table having their dt column set to the value of Edit1 when clicking the select button. Of course, you will have to add some checking before assigning the value to the params property. Or, you will have to write a try ... construction to trap all errors generated by the query1.open statement. Hope this helped, Yves Belgium --- FMail 0.92 * Origin: First there was Oracle, finally we got Delphi (2:292/8014.9) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: D5S00008 Date: 05/22/96 From: STEVE BATSON Time: 08:05am \/To: DEREK BENNER (Read 4 times) Subj: Delphi RAM Requirements DB> When I installed Delphi 1.0, I did so on both my Pentium 8Meg RAM DB> machine and my 386SX 6Meg RAM machine and it ran on both. Although I DB> wouldn't make a strong recommendation for 6Meg and 386SX, it is DB> useable. Still, a 486DX 66 and 8Meg should be just fine for most DB> D1.0 developers. D2.0 really doesn't like it less than 12Meg RAM and DB> I've seen the 486 machines with Windows 95-pitiful! So, for D2.0, DB> I'd recommend the 16Meg/Pentium 75MHz combination as the 'best' cheap DB> value system for developers. I agree. Steve --- FreeMail 1.07b * Origin: The Visual Programmer's Workshop - N.H., Ca (916)338-3230 * (1:203/21)