tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80808492024-03-07T19:01:11.366+11:00JED SoftwareInformation about upcoming developments from JED Software.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-89664336343751293732008-01-25T08:37:00.000+11:002008-01-25T08:40:24.620+11:00BLOG: You are reading the last post on this blog (it is moving)I have moved the contents of this blog and all comments over to my website.<br /><br />This blog will no longer be updated, instead please visit:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jed-software.com/blog">http://www.jed-software.com/blog</a><br /><br />A new <strong>series</strong> of posts will be starting soon.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-64768071178900810372008-01-23T00:33:00.000+11:002008-01-23T00:38:18.368+11:00CommentingFolks, comments to my blog are moderated. If you wish to comment on an older post and want me to reply - please include your email. I certainly won't publish the comment (that includes a private email address) under any circumstances.<br /><br />Also if you have an issue with a utility I have released, saying that "XYZ" didn't run correctly is not really helping. At least send me a screenshot. My email address is available in the Profile Page and I endevour reply to every email I get.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-90367881834604225762008-01-23T00:20:00.000+11:002008-01-23T00:30:14.705+11:00QC Plus: Blah, blahIn case you haven't noticed, I changed my mind about releasing an update on the weekend. Mostly this is because I had other things that were more important but also because I wanted to check out some memory issues and do a few more minor fixes.<br /><br />One thing I had to do before resolving any memory issues (using FastMM4) was to fix this VCL bug. <br /><br />Report No: 31683 (RAID: 244036) Status: Open<br />ActionManager Memory issue with FastMM4 installed<br />http://qc.codegear.com/wc/qcmain.aspx?d=31683<br /><br />Which I managed to do. Probably not the most elegant of fixes, but it works and now I can get the full FastMM4 report readout.<br /><br />As for when I will release the next update, well I changing my strategy for that question. <br /><br /><strong>"When I feel it is ready"</strong> :-)<br /><br />PS: Feel free to send any crash reports you get. I read them (and often respond to them) so don't think you are wasting your time.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-23127176452282261632008-01-19T11:03:00.000+11:002008-01-19T11:45:06.136+11:00QC Plus: New version this weekendI've finally decided to finish off a few things and release an update for QC Plus. There are two reasons for this update:<br /><br /><ol><li>Support the new voting system</li><br /><li>The way project platforms are loaded has changed (technically might not have changed but new lookup data has perhaps identified a false assumption on my part)</li></ol><p><strong>Voting changes</strong></p><p>Previously you could allocate up to 10 votes within a project. Now non sysops can allocate up to 10 votes for a single report. Depending on a sysops level, they are allowed to allocate even more votes to a single report. For example, as a sysop level 2, I can allocate up to 20 votes per report.</p><p>Another change is that you can now vote against a report. You do this by entering in a negative vote number. So -10 will allocate 10 votes against the report.</p><p>Previously QC Plus had an allocate votes dialog that allowed you to type in the number of votes to set against report - I doubt it was used much though, because the other interface shortcuts were just too efficient.</p><p>With the new voting system, a new user interface was required. This user interface was created with <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/jsd.htm">TJSEditDialog</a> and appears below. I did have a nice little image of a ballot box to the left of the instruction, however redistributing it was going to be a copyright violation.</p><br /><br /><p><br /><a href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/NewAllocateVotes.png"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/NewAllocateVotes.png" border="0" /></a><br /></p>The new voting system might see the demise of one QC Plus feature though, the Vote List. Given that you can now vote on every report in the system, this feature could consume a large amount of memory.<br /><p>So new version is coming up. Stay tuned.</p>JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-42021094727095149272007-12-09T12:22:00.000+11:002007-12-09T12:26:53.777+11:00New Host - Site5This morning I changed hosts to a company called Site5.<br /><br />They offer a very good value plan with many features. If you sign up before Christmas you also get a discount on the already competitive price.<br /><br />If you are thinking about updating your host, then consider Site5.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.site5.com/in.php?id=46422-18"><img alt="Banner, 120x60px" border="0" src="http://www.site5.com/creative/2db/120x60.gif" /></a><br /><br />My previous plan only allowed for 50 meg of disk space. With Site5 I now get 750GB of disk space.<br /><br />Expect a few more videos in the future!JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-13788302033132794622007-12-09T12:07:00.000+11:002007-12-09T14:10:55.635+11:00Now this is an Informative Dialog!I just installed 3rdRail. Went to create a new project and it asked for Registration. <br /><br />Which is fine. I input the info and click the Register button.<br /><br />... unfortunately the registration servers are down. After 4 more attempts I decide to instead click Cancel.<br /><br />So I clicked Cancel and got some popup dialog with some text explaining something I wasn't interested in. Then this dialog displayed.<br /><br />What would you do if you were presented with a dialog like this?<br /><br /><a href="http://74.54.69.210/images/blog/InformativeDlg.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://74.54.69.210/images/blog/InformativeDlg.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Oh and I tried to click on the Finish button, but it didn't do anything.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-64257820623633484032007-11-14T20:51:00.000+11:002007-11-14T20:54:31.523+11:00JSDialog - 1.0.043 UpdateIf you haven't received the TJSDialog 1.0.043 update by now, it is because your email host has rejected the email. Please contact me directly to get this solved!<br /><br />You need this version installed before you can begin using TJSEditDialog.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">TJSEditDialog Update</span><br />All orders were sent last week. I'm just doing the necessary web page changes before the official announcement.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-22975597902235868652007-10-27T11:23:00.000+10:002007-10-30T02:03:49.068+11:00JSEditDialog - PreviewYou can now download a video which previews the new TJSEditDialog component. TJSEditDialog is a descendant of TJSDialog which adds edit functionality.<br /><br />Think of replacements for InputBox and InputQuery but heaps better. The download is just under 15 meg in WMV format. It was about 35meg in flash format.<br /><br />Created with the new version of Camtasia which has some nice new features.<br /><br />While not officially released you can preorder. It does require a registered TJSDialog license.<br /><br />Purchase the TJSDialog Pack for 80 EUR - <a href="https://secure.shareit.com/shareit/checkout.html?productid=300184308&language=English">Share*it!</a><br />Purchase just TJSEditDialog for 40 EUR (existing TJSDialog customers only) - <a href="https://secure.shareit.com/shareit/checkout.html?productid=300184107&language=English">Share*it!</a><br /><br />Download the Video - <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/video/JSEditDialogPreview7.zip">Video Download</a><br />Download the Demo shown in the video - <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/files/JSEditDialogDemo.zip">Demo Download</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/JSEditDialogDemo.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/JSEditDialogDemo75.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Enjoy!JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-32801372104282706662007-10-16T01:20:00.000+10:002007-10-16T01:21:52.011+10:00Ann: QC Plus 1.0 now availableQC Plus is the native windows QualityCentral client that I've been developing off and on since 2004.<br /><br />It was windows client formally called JED, QC.<br /><br />You can download the installation from the download page on my website:<br /> http://www.jed-software.com/qc_download.htm<br /><br />There are a heap of features in this version, but I'd hate to spoil the fun of finding them all by telling you what they all are.<br /><br />There is a short video in the support section detailing a common question, that also shows a few features (if you can stand the first 20 seconds of my mumbling and indecision <g>)<br /> http://www.jed-software.com/qc_support.htm<br /><br />It should play nice with existing JED, QC RC2 installations, if not, you may want to delete your cached data (steps on the support page).<br /><br />There is a help file included that is actually quite full and has not only user interface features but also some info about QualityCentral in general.<br /><br />There are some other articles in the works and hopefully I will be able to post a link to them soon.<br /><br />If you find a bug in the client you can choose to do either of the following things:<br /><br /> 1) Ignore it and get frustrated everytime you come across it<br /> 2) Email me about it (my email is in the about box)<br /> 3) Post it in QualityCentral against the "JED QC" platform in the QualityCentral project. Please search incase it is already in there though.<br /><br />I'd like to take the time to thank the following folks for helping out:<br /><br /> * Dave and Levi from Clever Icons for donating the splash image and icons - www.clevericons.com<br /> * Steema Software for donating TeeChart PRO to me to use - http://www.steema.com<br /> * Sinan at InstallAware for the copy of Installaware Studio - www.installaware (The setup is really slick and shows what you can do with an MSI installation)<br /><br />A special thanks to all the testers for the feedback, requests and for keeping me interested along the way.<br /><br />EnjoyJEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-63461015741252559802007-10-10T00:11:00.000+10:002007-10-10T00:53:47.151+10:00QC Plus: Rating reportsThere is a lot of talk about voting and rating reports in <a href="http://qc.codegear.com/">QualityCentral</a> on the newsgroups at the moment. A common issue is that people don't truly understand what each of these items are for.<br /><br />I'm going to focus on report rating for this post because I've just unwillingly changed the user interface to QC Plus. About 3 days before the version 1.0 release because of this discussion.<br /><br />First disclaimer: I like the original implementation of rating a report interface. If you know what rating a report means, there is nothing wrong with the user interface. If you don't take the time to find out what rating a report means, you could mess it up.<br /><br />If you don't take the time to find out what the brake pedal does, you could die.<br /><br />The new user interface is now the default user interface for report rating. You have to use the new interface at least once, before being able to revert back to the previous (or alternative) interface.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The changes made</span><br /><ol><li>Where possible when rating a report the text now mentions <span style="font-weight: bold;">Quality</span>. So instead of "Rate Report" it is "Rate Report Quality". Will that help, probably not. </li><li>The Rating / Voting group visible when viewing a report is now captioned as Feedback. When rating a report you are providing feedback to a) the report creator b) other users and c) your friendly neighborhood sysop.<br /></li><li>Where previously you clicked on the value you wanted to rate a report, you now have to click a button captioned "Set Quality". Unfortunately Set Report Quality didn't really fit so a compromise for the caption text had to be reached. Will be interesting to see what the German translation of that text will be!<br /></li></ol>When you press the Set Quality button the following dialog displays:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/RateReport.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/RateReport.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>Second disclaimer: Text isn't final. If you have suggestions feel free to post a comment or email me (available in profile).<br /><br />You then select the radiobuttons text that you think best describes the quality of the report; then click OK. If you are playing the numbers game - "rating value") "rating string"<br /><ol><li>Useless</li><li>Poor</li><li>Average</li><li>Good</li><li>Excellent<br /></li></ol><br />If you want the old, better and more efficient (my opinion naturally) interface back - check the <span style="font-style: italic;">I prefer to use the alternate rating interface</span>. The option only sticks when you click OK - so that is like confirming you now understand what rating a report really means!<br /><br />I've also updated the help file that ships with QC Plus to include further detail and a little FAQ about rating the quality of a report. Clicking the link will take you to that specific page.<br /><br />Naturally even with such a dialog guiding the user, abuse or neglect can still occur.<br /><br />Clear as mud, eh?JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-58775293801415930672007-10-04T00:50:00.000+10:002007-10-04T01:02:13.387+10:00JSDialog - Update now availableAs mentioned yesterday, the new version of TJSDialog has been released to registered users.<br /><br />You can download a compiled version of the <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/files/TJSDialog_Demo.zip">main demo</a> for the component.<br /><br />More information about the new release available from <a href="http://www.jed-software.com">http://www.jed-software.com</a><br /><br />To purchase your own license(s) visit the <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/jsd_purchase.htm">purchase</a> page.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-53437236513035723442007-10-02T23:27:00.000+10:002007-10-03T00:26:14.876+10:00JSDialog - Check these outAn update for <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/jsd.htm">TJSDialog</a> should be available tomorrow. Here are a couple of dialogs you can create using TJSDialog the you can't with the native Vista API.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/jsdCustomHeader.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/jsdCustomHeader.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>The native API doesn't even support a header section, let alone a header section with a gradient background.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/jsdChooseOptions.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/jsdChooseOptions.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>The native API supports radiobuttons. TJSDialog supports radiobuttons and given the powerful nature of TJSDialog, it can also support checkboxes inplace of the radiobuttons. An extra component is even included so you don't have to handle the required events. All the work is done for you.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/jsdUpdateQCPlus.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/jsdUpdateQCPlus.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>The commandlink control used in TJSDialog is more advanced than the default Vista implementation. You can assign an additional picture (such as what is displayed on the Copy file dialog) as well as assign the additional picture or glyph from a specific image list.<br /><br />There are a number of other additional features in TJSDialog that isn't included when you use the native API, apart from the fact that TJSDialog works under Win2000 and WinXP (and should also work under Win95 and Win98).<br /><br />The code for TJSDialog compiles in every <a href="http://www.codegear.com/delphi">Delphi</a> version from Delphi 5 through to RAD Studio 2007 (except Delphi 8).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Custom Controls<br /></span>With TJSDialog you can even use other vendors controls to keep a consistent look and feel for your entire application, including the dialogs. This means that if you use one of the custom <a href="http://www.raize.com">Raize</a> or <a href="http://www.devexpress.com">Developer Express</a> styles, you can replace the default Buttons on TJSDialog with a button from one of these vendors and not have your dialogs look totally different from your application.<br /><br />Don't like the TJSDialog progress bar implementation, replace it with a thirdparty one.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><br /></span><br />TJSDialog is extremely powerful, it is just waiting for you to unlock it. It is so powerful that you will find that many custom forms in your projects can be removed and replaced with TJSDialog components. I have done this several times in projects of my own.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Component Editor</span><br />TJSDialog ships with a comprehensive component editor that offers preview functionality. This way it is easy to experiment with properties and easily check how the dialog will look.<br /><br />You can visit the TJSDialog <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/jsd.htm">website</a> for further information.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-7066969929002323062007-09-27T23:10:00.000+10:002007-09-27T23:33:47.818+10:00Visual Forms - Version 1.4 now availableAn update to Visual Forms is now available.<br /><br />Some changes that are included in Version 1.4 is:<br /><ol><li>New Feature - Thumbnail quality selector added to options dialog</li><li>New Feature - Zoom preview</li><li>New Feature - Remember last zoom size and reload project with that zoom size</li><li>New Feature - Support for Italian translation (thanks Dario)</li><li>New Feature - Incremental search added to Select Form dialog</li><li>Update - Incremental search now brings a form into view</li><li>Fix bug where placing commands onto a toolbar might corrupt the images</li><li>Fix bug where only open forms are displayed was not being updated when a new form was opened</li><li>Fix bug where only open forms are displayed the Open Form dialog would only show open forms as well</li><li>Fix bug where Saving a new project would fail</li><li>Replace ActionManager toolbars with TToolbar</li></ol>Quality Selector (Item 1):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/VisualForms14_02.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/VisualForms14_02thumb.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Zoom Preview (Item 2):<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/VisualForms14_01.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/VisualForms14_01thumb.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Existing customers should have received notification of the new build a couple of weeks ago. If you have not, please contact me.<br /><br />You can found out more about the Visual Forms IDE Expert from:<br /> <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/vf.htm">http://www.jed-software.com/vf.htm</a><br /> <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/vf_screen.htm">http://www.jed-software.com/vf_screen.htm</a><br /><br />An updated feature video is currently in the works.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-64403534149131947822007-08-19T10:15:00.000+10:002007-08-19T10:20:42.724+10:00NEW: Beyond Compare IDE Expert for BDS2006The Beyond Compare IDE Expert is now available for Borland Developer Studio 2006 (and Turbo Delphi PRO).<br /><br />More information and download locations from the online readme file.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jed-software.com/docs/bc_readme.htm">http://www.jed-software.com/docs/bc_readme.htm</a>JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-89218312185827405592007-07-30T21:20:00.000+10:002007-07-30T22:05:12.747+10:00NEW: FastMM4 Options InterfaceToday I am releasing a little application I wrote to help folks that perhaps don't have the confidence to read through the FastMM4Options.inc file and determine what options they want to activate/deactivate for their copy of FastMM4.<br /><br />To download the full version of FastMM4:<br /> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fastmm/">FastMM on sourceforge</a> by Pierre le Riche<br />To download the installation file:<br /> <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/files/FastMM4GUISetup.exe">FastMM4 Options Interface</a><br /><br />This utility was written in <a href="http://www.codegear.com">CodeGear</a> <a href="http://www.codegear.com/delphi">Delphi</a> 2007<br />Installation program was created with <a href="http://www.installaware.com">InstallAware</a> 7 Studio<br /><br />Lets pad out this post with some images...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/FastMM4_Gui01.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/FastMM4_Gui01_blog.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Regular options<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/FastMM4_Gui02.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/FastMM4_Gui02_blog.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Showing dependant options<br /><br />UPDATE: I must add that Pierre has done an awesome job in creating and documenting each compiler option. The comments that are displayed are directly from the options include file. I have not added to any of the descriptions.<br /><br />Let me know if you find it useful.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-51029760619454512602007-06-28T01:11:00.000+10:002007-06-28T01:46:14.722+10:00Beyond Compare IDE Expert now availableI've tinkered away on the Beyond Compare IDE Expert a little this week. Thanks to everyone that responded to my call for Beta testers.<br /><br />I've now made available the first public version of Beyond Compare IDE Expert.<br /><br />You can read the readme file (which includes the Installation and User Guide) online at <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/docs/bc_readme.htm">www.jed-software.com/docs/bc_readme.htm</a>.<br /><br />You can download the actual expert from <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/files/BCIDEExpert2007.zip">www.jed-software.com/files/BCIDEExpert2007.zip</a>.<br /><br />This screenshot shows where the commands are available when the expert is installed.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/where_in_ide.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/where_in_ide.PNG" alt="" border="0" /></a>JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-8723545786638560762007-06-28T00:58:00.000+10:002007-06-28T01:10:49.715+10:00CFBuilder: The FutureWell to put it bluntly, it doesn't have one.<br /><br />With CodeGear announcing the removal of the WinForms designers from the upcoming Highlander release, there really is no place of CFBuilder.<br /><br />It was a fun tool to work with. It helped me learn a lot about many new IDE OpenTool API's I hadn't used before.<br /><br />I really didn't expect it to be so popular (my ISP threatened to ban me because of the downloads!), although because of this popularity it got to the feature stage it was today.<br /><br />I really must say thanks to Jeroen Pluimers for giving me the motivation needed to get the releases out to you guys and for his wonderful Class Helpers. His work with Class Helpers for CF specific features just proves how valuable they are for Delphi developers.<br /><br />What does the future hold for Delphi and CF development, who knows.<br /><br /><br />I guess the burning question everyone is wanting to know is whether or not they will see my little game that I wrote for the CF framework. Well, I'll be honest and say a decision is yet to be made. Perhaps 60% (yes) - 40% (no) as I write this.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-8063635027608182292007-06-18T22:21:00.000+10:002007-06-18T22:29:24.049+10:00[Beta] Are you a Beyond Compare user?If you are a registered <a href="http://www.scootersoftware.com/">Beyond Compare</a><sup>®</sup> user and also use Delphi 2007 and want to try something new. Send me an email.<br /><br />Beyond Compare is an advanced file and folder comparison utility.<br /><br />Beyond Compare is an indispensable tool for me. Only <a href="http://www.finalbuilder.com/">FinalBuilder</a> beats it on my must have tools list.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-30137551093143108932007-05-19T02:22:00.000+10:002007-05-19T02:32:08.966+10:00TJSDialog: Version 1.0.031 now availableThe new version of TJSDialog was released today. Registered users should have received an email with the new version details in it.<br /><br />If you have not received an email from me, please check your spam folder. If you can't find the email amongst your spam, please contact me.<br /><br /><p>Some of the new items for this version:</p><ul><li>Improved Command Link Button appearance and sizing</li><li>Improved Dialog sizing when long strings appear in content</li><li>Support for Snap to default button setting</li><li>Accelerator prefixes not shown in message text</li><li>Accelerator prefixes only shown when supposed to on Command Link Buttons</li><li>Improved Classic look</li><li>Support for multiline footers</li><li>Ability to localise strings at runtime</li><li>Implement Picture property on Command Link Buttons</li><li>plus more...</li></ul><p>To find out more about TJSDialog visit <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/jsd.htm">www.jed-software.com/jsd.htm</a>.</p>JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-2029115395156341602007-05-17T21:08:00.000+10:002007-05-17T21:18:34.334+10:00JSDialog - Snap to it!One feature request for a future <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/jsd.htm">TJSDialog</a> release was to support the feature in Microsoft Windows that moves the mouse to the default button when a dialog is displayed.<br /><br />I'm pleased to announce that the new version of TJSDialog that <span style="font-weight: bold;">should</span> be released today adds support for this functionality.<br /><br />This is feature I've generally glossed over and never really taken the time to get used to it. However since I had to have the feature switched on for testing, I've gotten used to it and I think I might keep it on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/JSD_SnapTo.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/JSD_SnapTo.PNG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Interesting footnote, why do two tabs have the hot theme style at the same time. That shouldn't happen!JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-15655424119211583642007-05-17T18:56:00.000+10:002007-05-17T19:30:25.341+10:00NEW: ActionManager Style - VISTAWell I've been sitting on this style for about 6 or 7 months now and I've decided to share it.<br /><br />This is a style the mimics the Microsoft Windows Vista menu style in Notepad and WordPad (amongst other applications). This style includes a menu bar with a gradient applied and menu items, sub menus are positioned different to previous menu styles.<br /><br />Here is an example of the style in action:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/VistaStyle.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/VistaStyle.PNG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The cost will be 10 Euros and payment will be via paypal (or can be arranged by other means if necessary).<br /><br />I'll create a webpage with a downloadable demo app and post here when done.<br /><br />A couple more blog posts still to come today...JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-225466271082907622007-04-10T11:24:00.000+10:002007-04-10T11:39:16.193+10:00Laptop is dying :-(Imagine my surprise when I went back to my laptop on saturday to see the screen filled with colour vertical lines.<br /><br />Hmm, that is strange. So I shut it down, unfortunately my laptop doesn't shutdown by itself anymore (which is generally why I stand by it). So I have to hold down the on button for a couple of seconds to force shutdown.<br /><br />Started it back up and a couple of coloured vertical lines appeared in the XP loadup screen. Hmmm. Eventually the login screen appeared and I did. However about 2 mins into the login process the screen started flashing on and off. Not good at all. I switched it off and didn't turn it on again until sunday morning.<br /><br />No coloured lines and no screen flashing. I login and copy some of my files to my desktop for backup purposes. Unfortunately I get sidetracked for a couple of hours and go back to the machine and lovely coloured lines and flashing again.<br /><br />Turn it off (have to go out anyway). Same thing happened monday morning, so hopefully I can get a clean login when I get home and get the rest of the stuff off I want. I'm going to hook up an external LCD tonight as well because this will let me know if it is a video card issue or a screen issue. I suspect it is a video card issue.<br /><br />I need a new laptop anyway (this one would be almost 5 years old now), just wanted to hold out for a couple of months. Oh well.<br /><br />So if you were expecting a reply to an email, or a new version of something - this is why you haven't heard from me yet. It has also set me back a couple of days in development time.<br /><br />I'll get back to you as soon as I can.<br /><br />Now I get the fun decision of which Dell to get as a replacement...JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-52634282746650390472007-04-06T17:22:00.000+10:002007-04-06T21:57:12.665+10:00Visual Forms - Version 1.3 now availableA new version of Visual Forms is now available for download.<br /><br /> The update contains the following enhancements:<br /> <ul><br /> <li>Automatically add and remove thumbs when forms are removed or added to the active project</li><br /> <li>Enhanced printing capabilities allowing for Headers, Footers and Descriptions to accompany printed forms</li><br /> <li>Delphi 2007 Support</li><br /> <li>Use Help Tip hints</li><br /> <li>Incremental search capabilities in windows</li><br /> </ul><br /> Existing users of Visual Forms can download the new version from the members section.<br /><br /> New users can purchase Visual Forms for 50 Euros <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/vf_purchase.htm">here</a>.<br /><br />Access the Visual Forms help file online <a href="http://www.jed-software.com/help/VisualForms.htm">here</a><br /><p><a href="http://www.jed-software.com/vf.htm">Visual Forms Home</a></p>JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-86033958169974922752007-04-05T23:39:00.000+10:002007-04-06T01:27:33.872+10:00JED, QC: The final postWhen the new version of my <a href="http://qc.codegear.com/">QualityCentral</a> client is released it will not be called JED, QC.<br /><br />The name has been changed to QC Plus (QCP, QC+). I was eagar to remove JED from the title and the name was selected from many put forward by some of my more vocal users. There was a version that some folks had that was called "Name Me"!<br /><br />QC Plus has many new features and bug fixes. I've written a couple of new articles about these features and these will be available either before, or as soon as QC Plus is available to download.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/QCPlusSplashBlog.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.jed-software.com/images/blog/QCPlusSplashBlog.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Special thanks to Levi from <a href="http://www.clevericons.com/">CleverIcons</a>, who not only donated the splash image and icon for QC Plus but took my "pen on paper" sketch of an image and made it look very good.JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080849.post-26949085323671164842007-03-30T10:59:00.000+10:002007-03-30T11:10:23.855+10:00New Article on CDN (with cool example)A new article by me has been posted on the <a href="http://dn.codegear.com">CDN</a> site.<br /><br /><a href="http://dn.codegear.com/article/33978">http://dn.codegear.com/article/33978</a><br /><br /><b>Extending the Project Manager Context menu</b><br /><br />The article shows you how to create your own context menu items for use in the Project Manager.<br /><br />The main sample addin adds a "Windows Explorer" context menu that has 4 submenus.<br />These are:<br /><ol><li>Copy Filename to clipboard (obvious)</li><li>Copy File Path to clipboard (obvious)</li><li>Command Line Here (opens a command prompt at the folder of the item selected)</li><li>Explorer Here (opens a explorer at the folder of the item selected)</li></ol><p>Please read the article, post questions and rate it.</p><p>The CodeCentral download includes full source code as well as binaries (BDS 2006) for the add in. The binaries also work in Delphi 2007 with recompiling.</p><p>I've been using this in my own IDE version for about 5 months now and can't live without it. Hope you find it useful as well.</p><p>Enjoy!</p>JEDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05209790259631035722noreply@blogger.com2