[DUG] Delphi 7 on a Netbook

Alister Christie alister at salespartner.co.nz
Mon Mar 14 11:40:16 NZDT 2011


I remember developing in 800x600 or so in Delphi 3.  Going to 1024x768 
was a big upgrade ;-)

I use to record my videos in 800x600, with a largish font - that's a bit 
painful in a modern IDE.  I've just restarted making videos and have 
settled on 1280x720 (720p) which is supported on YouTube.

Alister Christie
Computers for People
Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
http://www.salespartner.co.nz
PO Box 13085
Johnsonville
Wellington


On 14/03/2011 10:15 a.m., Steve Peacocke wrote:
> Thanks Rodney,
>
> I'm trying it out - not sure of living in the world of the little 
> teeny-weeny for too long but it will allow me to get some work done 
> without lugging around the larger system. plus it allows me to work 
> without the power plug (Hello cappuccinos) for longer. My laptop only 
> works for about 30 minutes but I can get a good 6 hours from the netbook.
>
> Steve Peacocke
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> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Rodney Chan <rchan at compuspec.com 
> <mailto:rchan at compuspec.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have D6/WinXP on my Netbook and it is working fine.  I guess it
>     should be
>     also OK for D7 as the requrement is similar.
>
>     Only concern is the screen is a bit small for doing actually work
>     for a long
>     period of time.  Other thing is, the screen resolution may be
>     different from
>     your client.  I use the utility from Asus to scroll the screen so
>     that I can
>     get a 1024 x 768 (or bigger) virtual screen on my netbook if needed.
>
>
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>       1. Delphi 7 on a Netbook (Steve Peacocke)
>       2. Re: Delphi Starter Edition (Paul A Norman)
>       3. Delphi for PHP (Graham Marsden)
>       4. Re: Delphi for PHP again (Rohit Gupta)
>       5. Re: Delphi for PHP (Rohit Gupta)
>       6. Access to street maps (mark)
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>     Message: 1
>     Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:26:56 +1300
>     From: Steve Peacocke <steve at peacocke.net <mailto:steve at peacocke.net>>
>     Subject: [DUG] Delphi 7 on a Netbook
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>     I was wondering if anyone has successfully used Delphi 7 on a
>     netbook (win
>     xp). I'm heading off and will have only my netbook with me.
>
>     As I was working on a Delphi 7 project I was wondering if I could
>     get away
>     with just the little Netbook (asus eeepc 1001) and not have to
>     take the full
>     laptop.
>
>     Steve Peacocke
>     0220 612-611
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>     Message: 2
>     Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:36:38 +1300
>     From: Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com
>     <mailto:paul.a.norman at gmail.com>>
>     Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi Starter Edition
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>     Thanks Joylon and Todd, that has sorted that out,
>
>     ... I had been wondering the way things were worded whether you could
>     use 3rd party things like Zeos, or if databasing capabilities were
>     limited strictly to only what was described in the feature matrix.
>     (Remembering  the Turbo thingies they put out that didn't even let you
>     add components.)
>
>     We are charitable non-commercial (take no payments) so I take it we
>     would fit under the $USD1000 at all times?
>
>     Paul
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>     On 9 March 2011 17:11, Todd <todd.martin.nz
>     <http://todd.martin.nz>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > Hi Paul
>     >
>     > ZEOS certainly connects to MySql.
>     >
>     > Todd.
>     >>
>     >> Looking through the feature matrix, I was not sure, can Delphi
>     Starter
>     >> connect to an MySql database on local or other server please?
>     >>
>     >> Paul
>     >>
>     >> On 31 January 2011 21:06, Malcolm Groves
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>     Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:25:56 +1300
>     From: "Graham Marsden" <graham at wk.planet.gen.nz
>     <mailto:graham at wk.planet.gen.nz>>
>     Subject: [DUG] Delphi for PHP
>     To: delphi at delphi.org.nz <mailto:delphi at delphi.org.nz>
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>     Hi Rohit
>
>     When I had a play with D4PHP I fould the same
>     frustrations you have reported recently and had
>     the same problem with stuff working locally but
>     failing when deployed to the net. If you follow
>     the delpoy instructions (such as they are) then
>     that may be one problem in not installing the
>     deploy files (only a few of which surely are used
>     for a simple app) in the correct ind searchable
>     folders. Another and maybe more significant source
>     of errors is the fact that D4PHP assumes you are
>     going to have PHP 5 on the host, which may or may
>     not be the case - check with phpinfo() This last
>     one plus the poor documentation has put my D4PHP
>     life on hold until the situation clears - aside to
>     Embarcadero !! - can we have some better
>     documentation and examples ? - please
>
>     Best of luck
>
>     Graham Marsden
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>     From: Rohit Gupta <r.gupta at xtra.co.nz <mailto:r.gupta at xtra.co.nz>>
>     Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi for PHP again
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>     Cameron,
>
>     if someone else was asking the question I am,  I might well give him
>     your reply too.  Having invested the time in it, I haven't reached the
>     point where I can chuck it out and relearn something else.
>
>     Bit by bit, I have already replaced most of D4P with straight php,
>     html
>     or javascript - mostly for efficiency.  The only thing left now is the
>     query and grid.  And the panel does make it a lot easier than using
>     html-table manually.
>
>     Finally the debugger started working (its just temperamental), but I
>     don't need it now.
>
>
>     Rohit
>
>
>     On 11/03/2011 11:21 p.m., Cameron Hart wrote:
>     > This is the first time I haven't deleted any post that says
>     Delphi for
>     > PHP without reading it.
>     >
>     > Don't you think it's time to stop complicating your PHP development?
>     >
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>     <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>     [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
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>     > On Behalf Of Rohit Gupta
>     > Sent: Friday, 11 March 2011 10:57 p.m.
>     > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>     > Subject: [DUG] Delphi for PHP again
>     >
>     > On my pc, the stuff runs fine.  I upload it to the webserver and
>     one of
>     > the pages fires its OnCreate event about 50 times.
>     >
>     > Any ideas anyone ?
>     >
>     > Rohit
>
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>     Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:26:19 +1300
>     From: Rohit Gupta <r.gupta at xtra.co.nz <mailto:r.gupta at xtra.co.nz>>
>     Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi for PHP
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>     Graham,
>
>     I have simply not believed the deploy tool and uploaded the
>     complete vcl
>     to the web.  This way, I know its not an issue.
>
>     I had wondered about the php version, but not blaming that yet.
>
>     Really the major issue is php itself - based on basic (arguably the
>     first kiddy language invented over 30 years ago).  I cant believe
>     we are
>     using it now !!  Slight misspelling of an identifier and one is
>     history
>     with errors that have nothing to do with reality.  I have had ajax
>     stop
>     working.  Then query->open would not work but query->active = true
>     would  etc....
>
>     The issue of the oncreate firing multiple times turned out to be
>     caching
>     (probably by the php engine itself - nothing else makes sense) as
>     I had
>     cleared the browser cache.  Once I fixed that with some html tags, the
>     refresh from ajax has stopped working.  It no longer refreshes the
>     control as it used to - until the form is submitted.
>
>     I am going to have one more go at ajax based data control refresh on
>     another form.  If that doesnt work, then I will convert all of the
>     delphi stuff to php.  The ide is still useful as a project manager.
>
>     I finally discovered the _problem with constants_ in another file.  if
>     there is no vcl in the page (form) then the constants work.  As
>     soon as
>     vcl is involved, they are no longer visible...
>
>     I discovered the _problem with functions_ in another file.  There must
>     be no spaces between the identifier and the bracket.  Then they work.
>
>     Rohit
>
>
>     On 13/03/2011 5:25 p.m., Graham Marsden wrote:
>     > Hi Rohit
>     >
>     > When I had a play with D4PHP I fould the same
>     > frustrations you have reported recently and had
>     > the same problem with stuff working locally but
>     > failing when deployed to the net. If you follow
>     > the delpoy instructions (such as they are) then
>     > that may be one problem in not installing the
>     > deploy files (only a few of which surely are used
>     > for a simple app) in the correct ind searchable
>     > folders. Another and maybe more significant source
>     > of errors is the fact that D4PHP assumes you are
>     > going to have PHP 5 on the host, which may or may
>     > not be the case - check with phpinfo() This last
>     > one plus the poor documentation has put my D4PHP
>     > life on hold until the situation clears - aside to
>     > Embarcadero !! - can we have some better
>     > documentation and examples ? - please
>     >
>     > Best of luck
>     >
>     > Graham Marsden
>     >
>
>
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>     Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:22:07 +1300
>     From: "mark" <wcsl at kol.co.nz <mailto:wcsl at kol.co.nz>>
>     Subject: [DUG] Access to street maps
>     To: <delphi at delphi.org.nz <mailto:delphi at delphi.org.nz>>
>     Message-ID: <6763257B66C946ECB3CDCF56F2F54878 at MarkVAIO>
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>     I have a D2009 application which holds the addresses of employees
>     and the
>     customers they service.
>
>     Is there a way that I can display a map with a selected address?
>
>     Ideally, I would also like to be able to get the distance between two
>     addresses.
>
>     I assume that this information is available from Google or Wises,
>     but have
>     no idea how to go about accessing it. I?m guessing it will be a
>     Web Service,
>     with which I have limited experience (I have an interface to one).
>
>     Any pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.
>
>     Mark
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