Author: Alexandru Ciobanu
TZDB — new location
I have moved the TZDB to a new Google code project. There are two wiki pages explaining some basics and a download with the latest TZDB. Cheers.
Read More »TZDB — time zone database
In the previous post I offered some details on the new TTimeZone class in Delphi XE. In Today’s post I will present a new project that is based on TTimeZone and offers support for most known (if not…
Read More »TimeZone in XE
Since the inclusion of TTimeZone in Delphi XE’s RTL, I was trying to write a small introductory article into how to get started with the class but never got the time. Now, I got some free time on…
Read More »DeHL 0.8.3
I will be brief as usual — version 0.8.3 of DeHL is out. The downloads can be found on this page and changelog on this page. This release “fixes” some of the things I wanted fixed for a…
Read More »DeHL 0.8.2 is out
I’ve just released the version 0.8.2 of DeHL. The downloads can be found on this page and changelog on this page. Again, this is a minor release with a few bugs fixed and a new feature: TString (as…
Read More »DeHL 0.8.1
I’ve just released the version 0.8.1 of DeHL. The downloads can be found on this page and changelog on this page. This is mostly a fix release with only one major feature – Cloning (in DeHL.Cloning). The rest…
Read More »Replication
I must say, I am still pretty exited by the extended RTTI in Delphi 2010. It makes life so much easier in many circumstances. “Cloning” (I call it replication) is one of those. Say hello to TReplicator<T> (in…
Read More »Here you go — DeHL 0.8
This is going to be a short one. After months of no releases, here it is: DeHL 0.8 (see changelog for the list of changes on this release). As I mentioned previously, this release will only work on…
Read More »DeHL, Delphi 2010 and Serialization
A few months have passed and I did not release a new version of DeHL yet. No, it’s not dead. I’ve just been busy with a delicate new feature — Serialization. This post will demonstrate the new capabilities…
Read More »TypeInfo workaround
This is going to be a short one. Just wanted to share a simple and elegant work-around for this QC issue: Now, you can obtain the type information for any type by simply using TypeOf<T>.TypeInfo: You can also…
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