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How to pass TDataSet as TADOStoredProc parameter
Attention: Following question: How to pass DataSet: TDataSet as procedure parameter is about completely different topic. I would like to have a set of dynamic attributes for an entity in Microsoft SQL ...
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Unicode POST parameters with Indy 10 and Delphi 6
I am using Indy 10 with Delphi 6 and until now managed to pass contents as UTF-8. Unfortunately, params are parsed as ANSI, replacing, for example, ö with o when not the central european code page is ...
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How to work with substrings / delete character when content is mixed single and double byte?
I have an application, which unfortunately is written in Delphi 6, that allows the user to extract substrings / delete characters from input. The operator sees a TLabel, this is on purpose to avoid ...
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Destroying a form with TIdHTTPServer causes Socket Error # 10038 Socket operation on non-socket
Destroying a form with TIdHTTPServer causes EIdSocketError with message 'Socket Error # 10038 Socket operation on non-socket.' if some HTTP request was already processed. It makes absolutely no ...
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Delphi6 code: A simple hello world app, calling a form2.bpl but hitting a wall
I am trying to make this main app call my .bpl, but not sure why I can't make it work. When I try and find the object, or add it to my uses, I cannot find it. The main objective is to use a .bpl and ...
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Delphi 6 FormatSetting uLkJson.pas
I have a problem in a project that I have taken on. uLkJSON.pas is used, but the problem is that the TFormatSetting function is not present in the Delphi 6 version of the SysUtils unit. Can this be ...
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How to get properties out of Microsoft XML CoXMLHTTP60 response in Delphi 6?
I'm trying to connect to a REST web service using Delphi 6. I've been able to successfully do this with the code below: function WSConnect(url: WideString; params: TStringList = nil; method: ...
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Error with POST command
I have a problem with a POST command. I'm using Indy's TIdHTTP component on Delphi 6. I get a token with this POST command: URI:=EdUri.Text+Edit5.Text; Http1.Request.ContentType := 'application/...
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C++ struct with bitfields converted in Delphi 6
thanks to Rudy's Delphi Corner article on C++ -> Delphi conversion I've managed to convert more or less complex structures. I'd like to ask this community if what I did is correct. Furthermore, I ...
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Changing file path in .dpr file in delphi
We are using Delphi 6. Currently, we have kept all the different application folders under one main folder. We have below folder path for one of the applications: C:\dev_GIT\MyApplications\Delphi\...
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Delphi 6 General Update 2 - Error 115
I run D6_upd2_ent.exe after installing Borland Delphi 6.0 Enterprise. This error has occurred during installation: The dclnet60.bpl file does not exist in C:\Program Files (x86)\Borland\Delphi6\Bin. ...
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Memory allocated by the ClientDataSet is not released even after you run the EmptyDataSet, Close, and even Free methods
I have an application that contains a ClientDataSet connected in a DataSetProvider that is connected in an TIBQuery (Delphi 6). I run several queries and after each of them I run the EmptyDataSet, ...
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Programmatically increase Version number in Delphi
I was looking how to retrieve the Version number and found this: How to determine Delphi Application Version All good and works fine, but, D6 only increments that after a Build. Is there any way to ...
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parsing json delphi 6
This may be a long shot, I use Delphi 6, I know D6 is very old, but I write more as a hobby (am I'm not that good either) . I'm working on a small project to link to Google Calendars, all the ...
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Delphi 6 third party controls to inherit from Windows XP Theme Manager
Following on from my previous questions (Delphi 6 TDateTimePicker Windows Visual Theme support via Manifest), we are updating a legacy application developed in Delphi 6 to support Windows Visual ...