Not sure why I’ve never thought about this before but if you debug your IDE plug-ins you will see the IDE throws a lot of exceptions on start-up. Now, you could ask the IDE to ignore these but they will be ignored for ever (globally) not on a project specific basis (that would be a… Read More »
While working through some bugs in one of my Open Tools API projects I came across some old code that I’ve written about here before that did not behave as I wanted it to. Up until now the tools has been used with the Object Pascal language and as such the IDE has only needed… Read More »
I’ve updated a number of my Open Tools API plug-ins as follows: Autosave Browse and Doc It IDE Fonts Integrated Testing Helper regards Dave.
I’ve just release a new RAD Studio IDE plug-in for configuring 3rd Party HTML Help in the IDE. You can find all the details on the page 3rd Party IDE Help. Dave.
Overview A number of my RAD Studio plug-ins use custom message to output information and most of them work with a themed IDE however one did not and I was wondering why. This article is about what I found and how I fixed things (Note: At this moment in time none of them had been… Read More »
I’ve updated the Open Tools API Interface Search tool to version 1.2. This fixes issues with searching as follows: You can now cancel a long search by pressing the Cancel button on the progress dialogue; You are prevented from starting a secondary search if there is a search already under way (this previously would cause… Read More »
Overview So I’ve been quiet for a while as I thought I didn’t really have much new to talk about until I decided I needed a new Open Tools API project to make it easier to added, update or delete Third Party CHM HTML Help in the later IDEs (XE8 upwards). To do this at… Read More »
I’ve made a minor update to this plug-in to provide feedback on which IDE windows and components need to have their fonts updated. These are in the messages and child-messages. You can download the binaries and source code from the DGH IDE Fonts web page or just the source code from GitHub. regards Dave.
I’ve updated my AutoSave plug-in to provide the ability to saved modified files before of after compilations. Also, this is now a DLL project rather than BPL package as it is now managed via a single DPR/DPROJ pair. You can download the binaries and source code from the Auto Save web page or just source… Read More »
Yes, I haven’t said much in the last couple of months as I’ve been a little busy with a few things. Open Tools API I have another (large) article mostly finished. Its about creating custom editor views. I started it at Xmas and then found a bug while writing it so had to go back… Read More »