AppDeActivateZOrderFix.pas is a unit that fixes the window focus bug QC #59963 which can accidentally activate a window of a different process if you close a non-modal form. This occurs if you switch to another process, switch back to your application and then close the non-modal form. If you add the AppDeActivateZOrderFix unit to your… Read More »
Because the Delphi 2009 IDE also contains the missing-stdcall bug, I thought that it would be good to have the fix for it in the IDE itself until CodeGear releases an update that fixes this serious bug. The new IDE Fix Pack 2009 version 1.0 contains two fixes inherited from the IDE Fix Pack 2007… Read More »
There is a serious bug in the Forms.pas of Delphi 2009. A “stdcall” directive got lost in the transition from Delphi 2007 to Delphi 2009. This missing directive is visible via QC #66892 (Closing forms deactivates the application) and what is worse it trashes the stack and the application can vanish or raise an access… Read More »
I’ve just removed the JVCL package Jv3rd-R that contained only one file. This file is now part of the JvCore-R package. The updated JVCLInstaller knows about this change and deletes all Jv3rd-R package related files before recompiling the changed packages. The JvgMailSlots unit from the former Globus components is now renamed to JvMailSlots (without the “g”) and… Read More »
Delphi’s standard edit actions (TEditCut, TEditCopy, …) do not work with the TJvEditor/TJvHLEditor because they require the component to be derived from TCustomEdit what TJvEditor isn’t. A better implementation would use an interface that the controls can implement if they want the actions to work for them. And that is exactly what the new JVCL… Read More »
I’ve just released the final version of the CompilerPlugin 1.0. The Delphi IDE plugin makes it possible to compile Delphi 2007 projects with the newer Delphi 2009 compiler within the Delphi 2007 IDE. This way you can work on your day to day projects and at the same time migrate them to the Unicode world.… Read More »