TMS components look slick, elegant and modern. Delphi’s getting old? No way. It continues to be the best IDE and the visual component development is in the heart of RAD or "Rapid Application Development" invented with Delphi 1. It makes such a difference what visual component you are dropping on the form and manipulate via Object Inspector.  Here is the description from the download:  "The TMS Smooth Controls Pack provides sophisticated looking and smoothly animated controls for Delphi and C++Builder 2009.  This special edition, available to registered users of Delphi 2009, C++Builder 2009 and CodeGear RAD Studio 2009 as part of our special promotion for purchases during March 2009 includes the full control set in binary format.  The TMS Smooth Controls Pack is provided by a third party, tmssoftware.com bvba (TMS Software)."
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Tags - delphi2009 , tms ]]> http://www.qfly.cn/post/JEDI_Windows_API-Reading_physical_memory_size_from_the_registry.pdf.php Admin <admin@qfly.cn> Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:11:33 +0000 http://www.qfly.cn/post/JEDI_Windows_API-Reading_physical_memory_size_from_the_registry.pdf.php 问题的发源：
在写TsAdminEx的时候，需要读取物理内存大小，本地的话，可以用GlobalMemoryStatusEx这个Api，但是如果是远程的话，就没有API能完成这项工作了。还有就是用WMI，但是我（注意，不是偶，偶只是大概翻译了下人家的文章）不喜欢他相当的慢，而且老版本的操作系统没有WMI，于是我找到了这个注册表键值：
HKLM\HARDWARE\RESOURCE\MAP\System Resources\Physical Memory

后面的内容还是看原文吧，偶翻译出来就没法看了，呵呵～～～
贴出来，由于空间商限制不能下载，传到网盘了：
起飞部落官方千脑网盘下载：
http://www.qiannao.com/space/show/qfly/上传分享/JEDI_Windows_API_-_Reading_physical_memory_size_from_the_registry.pdf/.page

Tags - delphi2009 , memory ]]> http://www.qfly.cn/post/use-ram-disk-for-many-small-temporary.php Admin <admin@qfly.cn> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:40:07 +0000 http://www.qfly.cn/post/use-ram-disk-for-many-small-temporary.php
Many systems use small temporary files to exchange information between two applications. There can be many reasons to do so: To support network file shares, to have a queue system that is not tied to any kind of special software, or simply to keep specifications simple. There are many well known examples of this, including mail systems like sendmail and postfix.

The problem is, that most Windows computers use the NTFS file system, which supports journaling. This means that every file that is created, actually activates the physical harddisk. On a system with a load, this can cause serious latency, which slows down any system. Unfortunately, it is not possible to turn off journaling for a single directory.

The solution? Install a RAM disk. It may take a part of your system's RAM, but it's surely extremely fast at creating and deleting files. You can get a RAM disk here. If you want to see performance numbers, see this page (use Google Translate for English version).

文章参见：
http://compaspascal.blogspot.com/2009/03/use-ram-disk-for-many-small-temporary.html
]]> http://www.qfly.cn/post/Delphi-2009-Val-Changed.php Admin <admin@qfly.cn> Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:45:19 +0000 http://www.qfly.cn/post/Delphi-2009-Val-Changed.php We call the Val procedure to convert strings to floating points, using the code parameter to determine if the string was a valid floating point or not (when not, the value is treated as an unknown value). With Delphi 2009, however, all our unknowns became "known" 0 values...

According to the online help: "If the string is invalid, the index of the offending character is stored in Code; otherwise, Code is set to zero."

A little test application shows the difference between Delphi 3-2007 and Delphi 2009:

program valtest;
(*$APPTYPE CONSOLE*)
uses
   SysUtils;

var
   e: Extended;
   code: Integer;

begin
   Val('', e, code);
   if code = 0 then writeln(e) // Delphi 2009: 0
   else 
      writeln('Error: ', code); // Delphi 2007: Error: 1
   readln;
end.

What do we know about Weaver?  Well, we are expecting it will be released mid2009, and have are guessing the version as 2010.  It won’t have the full 64-bit compiler, but it will have a preview I am expecting a command-line only compiler, so no debugger.

It may have the new front end compiler architecture, which sounds like it might get us closer to Delphi Prism syntax compatibility.

So what do you want to see in the new Delphi?  New features?  Bug fixes?  Minor tweaks?  You can make your suggestions on the Delphi User Voice page.  Then we can all vote on them.

const
  MAPVK_VK_TO_VSC    = 0;
  {$EXTERNALSYM MAPVK_VK_TO_VSC}
  MAPVK_VSC_TO_VK    = 1;
  {$EXTERNALSYM MAPVK_VSC_TO_VK}
  MAPVK_VK_TO_CHAR   = 2;
  {$EXTERNALSYM MAPVK_VK_TO_CHAR}
  MAPVK_VSC_TO_VK_EX = 3;
  {$EXTERNALSYM MAPVK_VSC_TO_VK_EX}
  MAPVK_VK_TO_VSC_EX = 4;
  {$EXTERNALSYM MAPVK_VK_TO_VSC_EX}

原文出自http://chrisbensen.blogspot.com/2009/03/delphi-performance-tip.html

• QC #47807: Error insight fails to find TObject class
• Possible deadlock when Error Insight calls ProcessMessages
• Error Insight defines VER190 instead of VER200
• QC #37462: IDE may select the wrong file when performing a ctrl + left-click on a filename in the editor
• QC #67351: Debugger invokes anonymous method by itself
• QC #22880: Cannot resolve unit name
• QC #58045: Component captions and component icons disappear from form designer
• QC #50278: IDE Compiler opens all files in ReadWrite mode and blocks command line compiler
• QC #69456: IDE dead lock when updating the editors
• QC #55910: TDBText.Color always reverts to Parent.Color
• QC #68647: Infinite loop in Forms.GetNonToolWindowPopupParent
• QC #68740: Lost focus after TOpenDialog when MainFormOnTaskBar is set
• QC #59963: Closing non-modal forms after a task switch can deactivate the application
• QC #66892: Closing forms deactivates the application (missing “stdcall”)
• QC #64484: SysUtils.Abort can raise an AccessViolation
• QC #56252: TPageControl flickers a lot with active theming
• QC #68730: TLabel is not painted on a themed, double-buffered TTabSheet in Vista

Installation:
1. Start IDEFixPackReg2009.exe under your user account
2. Select the IDE registry keys for which you want to install the bugfix
3. Press the “Install” button
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Tags - iedfixpack ]]> http://www.qfly.cn/post/VclFixPack1.2.php Admin <admin@qfly.cn> Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:37:45 +0000 http://www.qfly.cn/post/VclFixPack1.2.php New in VCLFixPack 1.2:

• Fixed: Rewritten patch for QC #59963 (AppDeActivateZOrderFix) to fix the cause instead of the symptom
• Added: QC #52439: DbNavigator paints incorrectly when flat=true in themed mode
• Added: QC #70441: ToUpper and ToLower modify a Const argument
• Added: QC #69752: ToUpper and ToLower with NullString
• Added: QC #69875, #67564: StringBuilder.Replace is incorrect + a much faster implementation

• QC #68647: Infinite loop in Forms.GetNonToolWindowPopupParent (2006-2009)
• QC #68740: Lost focus after TOpenDialog when MainFormOnTaskBar is set (2007-2009)
• QC #59963: Closing non-modal forms after a task switch can deactivate the application (2005-2009)
• QC #66892: Closing forms deactivates the application (missing “stdcall”) (2009)
• Control resize bugfix for kernel stack overflow due to WH_CALLWNDPROC hook (6-2007)
• QC #59654: TActionList access already released FActions field (6-2007)
• QC #54286 : Parent-PopupMenu overrides standard context menu (edit, memo, combobox, …) (6-2007)
• QC #50097: ObjAuto access violation on XEON (Data Execution Prevention bug) (2006-2007)
• Classes.MakeObjectInstance memory leak fix (for usage in a DLL) (6-2009)
• QC #58938: MainForm Minimize minimizes in the background (2007)
• QC #64484: SysUtils.Abort can raise an AccessViolation (6-2009)
• QC #58939: No taskbar button when starting from ShellLink with Show=Minimized (2007)
• QC #35001: MDIChild’s active control focus is not set correctly (6-2009)
• QC #56252: TPageControl flickers a lot with active theming (7-2009)
• QC #68730: TLabel is not painted on a themed, double-buffered TTabSheet in Vista (7-2009)
• TLabels on TTabSheet are not painted (themes) if a TWinControl like TMemo is on the TTabSheet (TWinControl.PaintWindow bug) (7-2009)
• Grid flickers with active theming (DBGrid, StringGrid and DrawGrid only, no derived classes) (7-2009)
• QC #69112: TSpeedButton is painted as a black rectangle on a double buffered panel on a sheet of glass. (2009)
• QC #69294: TProgressBar fails with PBS_MARQUEE and disabled Themes (Vista)
• Workaround for Windows Vista CompareString bug (Workaround is disabled by default, define “VistaCompareStringFix” to activate it) (Vista)
• QC #69294: TProgressBar fails with PBS_MARQUEE and disabled Themes (Vista)
• QC #52439: DbNavigator paints incorrectly when flat=true in themed mode (2007-2009)
• QC #70441: ToUpper and ToLower modify a Const argument (2009)
• QC #69752: ToUpper and ToLower with NullString (2009)
• QC #67564, QC #69875: StringBuilder.Replace is incorrect (2009)
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  Tags - vclfixpack ]]> http://www.qfly.cn/post/Castalia_2008_4_3_Release_DownLoad.php Admin <admin@qfly.cn> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:26:30 +0000 http://www.qfly.cn/post/Castalia_2008_4_3_Release_DownLoad.php

  I just put Castalia 2008.4.3 up on the servers. Three very significant bug fixes:

  1. Fixed the “divide by 0″ error that many people are experiencing.
  2. HUGE speed improvements on text searching
  3. Fixed the strange garbage in the library version numbers

  Current subscribers can get it at http://subscribe.twodesk.com. For everyone else, the 30 day free trial is still athttp://www.twodesk.com/castalia

  Enjoy!

  

  下载地址(30天试用版):
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  Tags - castalia , delphi2009 ]]>