Delphi Headers now available for VLC
VLC (VideoLan Client) is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocol. It can also act as a video on demand broadcaster.
While it has had an external control mechanism for a number of years, it has never been what could be called Delphi friendly.… Continue reading ›
Extend search to form files
Recently I worked on a project with many forms and database components, where I had to change the references in the components itself.
The problem I had was to find and edit all the components which had a special keyword / reference in it!… Continue reading ›
Using tortoise svn 1.7 and Delphi XE2
Just a heads up for anyone using tortoise svn 1.7 and Delphi XE2.
It is extremely rare that I’ve needed to use svn via the command line, but in trying it today I received a spurious error:
"svn: '.' is not a working copy"… Continue reading ›
Incorporating Maps into your application
As everyone knows, Google provides a web mapping service application that allows maps to be embedded into third-party websites via the Google Maps API.These APIs can be used to incorporate static maps into your Delphi applications. (Refer to Google’s terms of use for these APIs here.)… Continue reading ›