June 23rd, 2009
Way back in January 2004 (not a misprint), I had an idea (some might say not too many since but I digress).
I put this idea into a system called QualityCentral. The system is full of bugs but more importantly, ideas. Some are good, some are not. You can vote on what you like, and also vote against what you don’t.
Here is a link and summary of the report.
Report No: 6932 (RAID: 193544) Status: Open
Add functionality to indicate screen resolutions when designing forms.
http://qc.codegear.com/wc/qcmain.aspx?d=6932
I set aside a couple of hours this evening to do something different (been working really hard on a JSDialog Pack update).
Here is a smallish thumb (click for the full size version) and a link to a reduced image.
Screen Resolution Indication
http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/Resolution_Half.png
Haven’t really decided what I’ll do with it (it may just sit on my hard disk for years and remain private like many others before it), although I’m planning something exciting for the Visual Forms product. It may get a call up for that.
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June 10th, 2009
You can now follow us on twitter. Either it will be really interesting or really boring. Time will tell!
http://twitter.com/jedsoftware
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May 25th, 2009
Visual Forms for Delphi 2009 has been available for several months now. If you are a registered user and perhaps missed the email announcement, send me an email and collect your order!
This new version for Delphi 2009 (only) includes a few enhancements that will also be added to the next release that will support all IDE’s.
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February 2nd, 2009
All registered users should now have been notified and sent the latest version of JSDialog Pack (TJSDialog and/or TJSEditDialog) which includes full Delphi 2009 Support.
If you have not received your notification, please contact us via the support email address.
The latest version numbers are:
TJSDialog - 1.0.053
TJSEditDialog - 1.0.011
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December 24th, 2008
JED Software will be closed on the following days over Christmas and New Years. This means sales won’t be processed and emails will not be responded to on these dates.
We thank our returning and new customers in 2008 and we’re looking forward to 2009 - when some new products will be announced.
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The dates are for Melbourne, Australia, adjust accordingly for your location in the world!
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December 11th, 2008
A beta version of the Visual Forms IDE Expert is now available for testing with Delphi 2009. Please request your copy via email.
This new version also includes a new feature where a replacement screen capture can be used to represent the form in the list. This will be useful if your application creates a lot of screen content at runtime.
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December 11th, 2008
This was sent yesterday to all registered users of JSDialog Pack (or just TJSDialog). Reposting here because occasionally emails get lost or rejected.
I am putting the finishing touches on the next official release of JSDialog Pack. By now, Delphi 2009 users should have had enough time to make sure there were no issues with the Delphi 2009 beta version that was sent out at the start of October.
If you have always wanted to request a feature (for either JSDialog or JSEditDialog) but never got around to it, now is your chance. This will be the last update (unless a hotfix is needed) until March, 2009.
Update: One response so far has been to allow supporting the GNUGetText localization method. This is currently being considered.
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December 11th, 2008
I’ve made a final change to the disable IDE gradient package. This time it disables all* toolbars within the IDE.
For GExperts, because the toolbar is not loaded immediately the IDE is loaded, I suggest you request the GExperts people add an option. They already have a number of toolbar options available.
The code has been simplified quite a bit in this version.
Download is in the same location: DisableGradient.zip
Note: It may not work for some IDE add-ins that control and update the gradient themselves when loaded. It worked for my Visual Forms expert, plus a few others of mine that are not public. It will depend on how the specific expert is coded.
* By all I mean the toolbars for windows available in the currently loaded desktop. Also if new windows are in a specific project desktop, then they should also have their toolbars updated.
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December 9th, 2008
A long time ago I wrote a sample unit that disabled the Gradient effect on the toolbars within the IDE. This was a new feature for the Delphi 2006 IDE. The old post (which is badly formatted since the change in blog engines) is still available at http://jed-software.com/blog/?p=85.
Recently this topic came up in the newsgroups (which I rarely read nowadays) so I decided to revisit what I did and make it a little easier to use.
You will still have to compile and install a package (I have included a Delphi 2007 and Delphi 2009 DPK file). Now included is the ability to toggle the effect using a menu item (View | Show Gradient and also a Show Gradient option appears on the Toolbars context menu) and also to persist the option. The value is written under the Toolbars key in the registry location for the current IDE instance.
Download the zip file with full source here - DisableGradient.zip.
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September 11th, 2008
All components and IDE experts will have Delphi 2009 support.
Most should be available early next week, email me if you have any questions.
I’ve also got a couple of new IDE experts that I’ve been using for about eight months now, although I am unsure whether these will be released.
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