A stock Delphi TToolBar will paint with a flat color or with a gradient. This is how a plain TToolBar appears in Windows Vista and Windows 7:
It looks okay, but Windows Vista has been around for a long time now, and this toolbar looks a bit dated. It doesn’t scream "old," but it certainly doesn’t [...]
Most micro-ISVs use a serial number/registration code system to allow end users to unlock or activate their purchase. The problem most of us have run into is that a few days or weeks after our software is released, someone has developed a keygen, a crack, or has leaked a serial number across the internet.
There are [...]
A while back I blogged about my major disappointments with Delphi 2007. I’m happy to say that the problems D2007 had, which prevented me from using it for project development, seem to have been adequately addressed with CodeGear’s first service pack.
To wit, I’ve just used Delphi 2007 Update 1 to compile what I hope to [...]
My recent post on Delphi 2007’s problems with the taskbar and task manager list shouldn’t simply “sit there” — my disappointment is all well and fine, but what if you have D2007 and you need to make do before a hotfix is released?
Dave Nottage, always a helpful poster in the Delphi newsgroups, has succinct workarounds.
Delphi 2007 — Oops!
Earlier this month I blogged about my enthusiasm about Delphi 2007 and CodeGear. I did so before D2007 was shipping based on what I saw in the betas. I meant every word of it.
But.
Hold on a bit. D2007 has shipped, but there exist a couple of serious problems. Suffice it to say [...]