C++Builder Developer's Journal

Still 2010, for my part...

When in office, I have a single 32'' monitor - it's large enough for most tasks. But at home I only have my 15'' laptop.

Time and again I have to manually edit my *.cbproj files - chiefly to eliminate unwanted libraries and runtime packages. I am positive I'm not alone here, eh what? So I think it would be great if anyone here undertook to write an article about the structure of BCB project files (preferably, for all ...

I've recently managed to implement custom scripting for a C++Builder project. Since writing a hand-made script parser/compiler is a nightmare, I was initially thinking of using a ready component, when I came across the Microsoft Scripting ActiveX Control (shipped with Windows via msscript.ocx). I us...

Thanks for the links! Still, it would be great to read some more articles on boost. It seems that despite the Boost libraries' obvious power, they aren't in fact so popular with many C++Builder developers. And one reason for it might be the fact there aren't many articles with good examples of how a...

It has recently occurred to me that, what with many articles devoted to boost libraries strewn across various Internet resources, there have really been few (if any) in-depth articles on using these libraries with C++Builder. We all know that previously Borland and now Embarcadero has been shipping ...

Personally I use the JvThread component and other thread components from the JVCL distribution. They are easier to use and provide some advanced features, such as a thread progress dialog that may be used to show the progress of a thread and give the ability to pause or stop the thread. I have also ...

Looks as if (a) will pull far ahead I sometimes draw bitmaps myself, though, when there are none to suit a particular action. To be more precise, in that case I sometimes modify a bitmap downloaded from a free source using Photoshop.

Everyone should know that Windows has lots of features and settings that remain under the hood for the general user. Many commercial and free tools (such as System Mechanic, TweakNow PowerPack, jv16 PowerTools, TuneUp Utilities, WinOptimizer etc.) are based on this fact to allow users to 'tweak' num...

In fact, the first post needs a correction. The helper unit contains only 2 exception classes (one for DLL loading and one for function address retrieval) and one TDll class that does the rest of the job (DLL loading/unloading and function calls). The class is but one step away from a component/pack...

I have a bunch of template classes that I always include whenever I need to dynamically link a DLL and call its functions. The classes (an exception handler, a TDll class for the DLL itself, and a number of template classes for DLL procedures) help me a lot to avoid typing the usual code associated ...