http://www.clixiesoft.com My bit by bit daily journey Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:41:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's the latest version of my Shutdown Timer. I didn't plan to do this actually; but just in case I need it someday. Download Here Developed using Delphi 7. http://www.clixiesoft.com/2009/09/shutdown-timer/ It's been several years since I had this stupid bug. I made a program using Delphi 6 that uses TeeChart. The program works fine. Several months later, I changed platform to using Delphi 7. I've installed TQReport and TQRChart (TeeChart) into Delphi 7 (Since QReport is no longer installed by default ... http://www.clixiesoft.com/2009/02/xp-manifest-tee-chart/ Just in case you don't know that QuickReport is not included on Delphi 7 installation, here's how to enable QuickReport: Open Delphi Click Components -> Install Package A component window will open. Click Add... Browse to Delphi7\bin and locate dclqrt70.bpl (QuickReport), dcltqr70.bpl (TeeChart for QuickReport), dcltee70.bpl (TeeChart) Click OK and you're set. Notice that the QuickReport ... http://www.clixiesoft.com/2008/11/quickreport-in-delphi-7/ I'm having a little trouble connecting to my own laptop from my newly installed PC. The problem seems to come from my PC, since other PCs connecting to my laptop work perfectly fine. While browsing for solutions, I found a simple yet descriptive solution to my problem: "On Windows XP, by default, ... http://www.clixiesoft.com/2008/11/trouble-connecting-to-windows-network/ I'm now translating all my articles to english. This probably better since more people will benefit from reading this article, not only several who speaks my native tounge. This probably the best time though, if I waited any longer, who knows how many articles I should rewrite :P http://www.clixiesoft.com/2008/08/a-quick-update/ One thing that keeps me worried when installing a web based application in my client's computer is the browser dependency. There's usually something going wrong when porting my web application from my stable development environment to the client's. Sometimes a visit to the client's computer is like opening a birthday present. ... http://www.clixiesoft.com/2008/08/replacing-twebbrowser-with-tmozillabrowser/ I found a website link when crawling the web, named JEDI Visual Component Library. Somehow I believe the initiator of this project is a big fans of StarWars. Maybe it’s just me. It’s a collection of great components for Delphi, which lead me to believe I found a treasure. After I downloaded ... http://www.clixiesoft.com/2008/08/jcl-jvcl-installation/ This printer gives me quite a problem  when installing it at the first time, namely the serial one. Simply just clicking the driver installer will not do the trick; making it work the way I want it is another task on hand. Here’s what I probably have to note after successfully ... http://www.clixiesoft.com/2008/07/epson-tm-u220/ I’m using splash screen for quite a while. But to realize I’m doing it in a very wrong way is another. I usually used my Splash Screen as the main form (Since it’s the first one to show up). The problem is I can’t CLOSE it (by doing that will also ... http://www.clixiesoft.com/2008/07/making-a-splash-screen/ It's been days since I'm working on a bug which always generates Access Violation errors. By slicing and analyzing the pattern, this error always occurs when I'm trying to Free and NIL an object. I'm pretty much confident for the array index, so it should not be the reason for this ... http://www.clixiesoft.com/2008/07/dynamic-object-creation/