---------------------------------------------------------------- --- F.I.P.S./32 v0.95 Win95/NT * Origin: If you don't like VGAP then don't bother breathing... (2:250/182.17) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: EAY00003 Date: 06/27/97 From: VISA HARVEY Time: 01:01am \/To: SOEREN SOERENSEN (Read 0 times) Subj: Visual basic vs. Delphi Hello Soeren! Monday June 23 1997 07:22, Soeren Soerensen wrote to Alle: SS> Can anybody give me the 3 best reasons, NOT to use VB, but to use SS> Delphi instead ? 1) Delphi's not by microsoft 2) Delphi has always been a compiled langauge ( VB just playing catchup ) and thus 3) delphis faster and doesn't need any runtime libraries by efault oh and 4) delphi uses a better language IMHO, which is more powerfull and MHO easier to learn ( or is that last one just me? ) Visa --- * Origin: ABSTRACT Software-you know who to trust,and it's not 2:254/211.24) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: EAY00004 Date: 06/25/97 From: BRAD CROCHET Time: 01:46am \/To: SOEREN SOERENSEN (Read 0 times) Subj: Visual basic vs. Delphi Hello Soeren! Monday June 23 1997 07:22, Soeren Soerensen wrote to Alle: SS> Can anybody give me the 3 best reasons, NOT to use VB, but to use SS> Delphi instead ? Sure. 1) Delphi is NOT made by Microsoft. 2) Delphi is Pascal, not BASIC. and 3) Delphi is NOT made by Microsoft. Any questions? :) Brad ... Linux, the choice of the GNU generation. --- * Origin: MegaCity-One (1:105/40.22) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: EAY00005 Date: 06/25/97 From: GARY WEINFURTHER Time: 08:49am \/To: ERIC SCHREIBER (Read 0 times) Subj: Loading files with spaces in names Eric Schreiber mentioned this to Carl Waring: ES> However, when I port that editor into 32-bit and associate .TXT files to ES> the new 32-bit version, when I double click "Read Me Now.txt" in explorer, ES> I get error "File not found: Read". My program is parsing paramstr(1) ES> ('Read') as unrelated to paramstr(2) ('Me') etc. You have to configure Explorer so that it automatically includes the double quotes. To do this, edit the file type (in Explorer, select View|Options) and modify the "Open" action. At the end of the command line, append: "%1" ...Gary --- GoldED 2.41 * Origin: The Flying Circus BBS, Farmington Hills, MI, USA. (1:2410/905) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: EAY00006 Date: 06/25/97 From: GARY WEINFURTHER Time: 08:36am \/To: SOEREN SOERENSEN (Read 0 times) Subj: Visual basic vs. Delphi Soeren Soerensen mentioned this to Alle: SS> Can anybody give me the 3 best reasons, NOT to use VB, but to use Delphi SS> instead ? 1. True OOP. 2. True compiled EXE. 3. Easily create your own custom components. 4. No huge runtime DLLs. 5. Bigger and better selection of included controls. 6. Can use all of the Windows API, including callbacks, pointers, and resources. 7. Default parameter passing convention is by value, not by reference. 8. Two-way code and form designer (changes in one are automatically reflected in the other). 9. Customize or enhance any of the built-in controls. 10. Visual form inheritance. 11. All controls properties have enumerated, descriptive values. You don't have to look up or remember obscure numeric codes for things like flags or options. 12. Most controls are compiled into the EXE. No installation or version incompatibilities. 13. OCX controls are also supported. Oops, you wanted only three. Sorry. ...Gary --- GoldED 2.41 * Origin: The Flying Circus BBS, Farmington Hills, MI. (1:2410/905) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: EAY00007 Date: 06/21/97 From: KRISTOF ADRIAENSSENS Time: 04:03pm \/To: ATH0 (Read 0 times) Subj: +++ ath0 at%c0h0 +++ +++ +++ --- ProBoard v2.16 [Reg] * Origin: The World of Magic (+32-53-67.19.11) (2:291/1200) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: EAY00008 Date: 06/24/97 From: FRANCOIS PIETTE Time: 08:09pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Delphi Expert Hello All ! I have put on my web page the source files for an add-on expert which add to the Delphi Edit two new items to insert a standard header in the current source file and to insert a standard separator between two functions or procedures. It's free code of course. You'll find it at http://www.rtfm.be/fpiette/indexuk.htm Amitis, {-Francois Piette-} francois.piette@ping.be http://www.rtfm.be/fpiette --- SvFido 1.32 * Origin: OverByte BBS (Embourg-Belgium) 32-4-3651395 VFC/V34+ (2:293/2202) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: EAY00009 Date: 06/24/97 From: FRANCOIS PIETTE Time: 08:00pm \/To: ERIC SCHREIBER (Read 0 times) Subj: Loading files with spaces in names Salut Eric Schreiber ! Dans un message de Eric Schreiber dat du 19 Jun 97 08:06:31 il tait dit: ES>> Anyone know how to handle accepting long file names on the ES> command line? FP> Use the double quotes around the file name. ES> Unfortunately, ES> I don't have control over the case I'm interested in. I want to be ES> able to double click a long file name in, say, Explorer, and have that ES> fed to my (associated) program. I'm looking for the trick I need to ES> parse what Win95 feeds me - does Win95 put "quotes" around the ES> filename ? In short, I want my program to uderstand a long filename fed ES> to it, not create one to be fed to other ES> programs. Windows 95 does what you instructed him to do ! When you associated you program with a file extension, in the explorer option dialog bow, you should put yourself the quotes around the file name. Amitis, {-Francois Piette-} francois.piette@ping.be http://www.rtfm.be/fpiette --- SvFido 1.32 * Origin: OverByte BBS (Embourg-Belgium) 32-4-3651395 VFC/V34+ (2:293/2202) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: EAY00010 Date: 06/22/97 From: MICHAEL JOSEPHSON Time: 10:10am \/To: QUINTIN OLIVER (Read 0 times) Subj: Shelling... Hello Quintin! 19 Jun 97 16:28, Quintin Oliver wrote to Michael Josephson: QO> Erm sorry I should have explained the problem more clearly, I'm trying QO> to run a executable thats in DOS, my program has to be able to run QO> 'Command.Com' is this possible ? Sure is. You can use the WinExec API call to launch /any/ DOS or Windows program. Check it out in the SDK help file which should come with Delphi. If you need any help or sample source let me know cos I'll be reinstalling Delphi later on today. /\/\ike ... 100,000 lemmings can't be wrong --- FMailX 1.02 * Origin: Michael's Point in Sunny Whitefield (2:250/102.7) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 269 DELPHI Ref: EAY00011 Date: 06/25/97 From: TOM MOORE Time: 03:10pm \/To: DANIL LAVRENTIUCK (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: TStrings, TIniFile *** Quoting Danil Lavrentiuck from a message to Gary Weinfurther *** GW> Use TStringList instead. Or use TIniFile as follows: GW> IniFile := TIniFile.Create('some.ini'); GW> try GW> Value := IniFile.ReadString('Section', 'Key', 'DefaultValue'); GW> finally GW> IniFile.Free; GW> end; DL> It's not a solution. He needs to get a list of all keys in section. DL> Work with single key - is a wrong way. If this is the case then he should surely use the readsection method. It will return the names of the keys in that section. Regards, Tom Moore --- Telegard v3.02/mL * Origin: Time Passages - 405-372-2880 (1:3814/8)