In this post, we take a look at TCountdownEvent from the System.SyncObjs.pas unit, first introduced back in Delphi XE. To be honest, I haven’t used this class before. It’s a shame too, as it seems ...

To be honest, I have always regarded the new inline variables in Delphi 10.3 feature as something that I would never use, except perhaps variable initialization as that is obviously a very cool t...

Unfortunately, both TThreadedQueue and TMonitor have a tainted history in Delphi. The original release of TThreadedQueue looked promising, with Mason Wheeler even classifying the new feature in Del...

I haven’t heard of too many Delphi developers that insist on naming all threads created in an application, but I think it is good practice. Call me overly pedantic if you must, but the practice cer...

While today’s programmers are typically excited about new browser-based technology, the old school Component Object Model (COM) in Windows is still leveraged by a very large portion of business sof...

There are some tasks that come up infrequently, but when they occur you want a reliable solution. Losing your Windows password on an old virtual machine, laptop, or desktop happens on rare occasion...

I assume a large portion of the Delphi developer community has leveraged TWebBrowser to some degree over the years - I know I have used it many times. So, when I started a new project and wanted to...

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Sharing Delphi code between your FMX and VCL applications is pretty easy for non-visual functionality, with the exception of zero-based strings (and ARC on mobile platforms which is being rolled ba...

“Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!” Ok, I got that out of the way. If you don’t know that popular reference, I suggest you watch...