This was one problem I have been facing as I have no network card on my home PC. So how do I get VS .NET to allow me to debug my CF application? The answer is to add MS Loopback Adapter on your machine.
How to do this? Below is a step by step instruction -
To install (using XP)
Open Control Panel, choose Add Hardware, and then choose Next.
Choose Yes, I have already connected the hardware, and then choose Next.
From the Installed hardware list, select Add a new hardware device, and then choose Next.
Choose Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced), and then choose Next.
From the Common hardware types list, select Network adapters, and then choose Next.
From the Manufacturer list, select Microsoft.
From the Network Adapter list, select Microsoft Loopback Adapter, and then choose Next.
Choose Next, and then choose Finish.
Friday, November 05, 2004
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Delphi 9 Preview
Borcon 2004 at Bangalore was great this year. Thanks to Borland India for arranging it. There was lot of enthusiasm among all. John Kaster show cased Delphi 9. Finally we have a new Delphi product that seems to live up to Delphi community expectations! After Delphi 8 release most of the Delphi fanatics were bit disappointed as lot was expected from Borland. And at time Visual Studio .NET 2003 seemed to be far better than Delphi 8.
Anyway, now we are going to have Delphi 9 in about 2 month’s time. And from what I can see in the preview / demo that JK gave us, Delphi 9 rocks and is ready to kick ass competition.
New Features of Delphi 9
Single IDE for Delphi Win32, Delphi VCL .NET, Delphi WinForms and C# (Remember Galileo?)
Refactoring - After seeing this in Borland JBuilder all Delphi Developers wanted this and finally it's debuting with D9
Extract method
Extract resource string
Rename
Declare field and variable
Find unit or namespace
Versioning / new History tab
SyncEdit
New language features (for both Win32 and .NET)
for ... in ... do enumeration syntax (like for...each in C#)
Function inlining
Compact Framework Support
No designer or debugger - only compile. I think this has to do with MS not
releasing the SDK for CF.
ECO II
Extended ASP .NET support
Some Delphi 9 "cool features" that are not part of CLR 1.0
Class reference types
Class helpers
Sets
Virtual constructors
Built-in IDE QualityCentral reporting
What's missing in D9 -
There is no support for Generics (Whidbey / .NET 2.0), Multicast events
What I feel is that Delphi 9 is a great product for converting the existing Delphi VCL applications to .NET. Borland is very well known for giving backward compatibility. Also VCL .NET is supposed to faster than WinForms in terms of performance.
However, a few questions comes to mind for which it is difficult to find answers.
1. It's easier to port a VCL application to VCL .NET agreed. But what if the existing VCL product uses a lot of 3rd party components which are written using VCL but there exists not solution for VCL .NET?
2. I happen use Dev Express components such as Quantum Grid, Express Bar for VCL on Win32 and their WinForms components (Xtra Grid and Xtra Bar, which are unbeleivably similar). So if I want to port my VCL application that uses these components I would look at VS .NET and C# since I already have these components for .NET. Dev Express has stated that they will come out with VCL .NET versions, but not sure when they will?
3. Finally I feel that when MS comes out with a newer version of .NET (say 2.0 next year), they also come out with the IDE that supports the latest version. Where as Delphi developers have to wait for 6 - 12 months to use these new technologies. For e.g. Delphi 9 won't be supporting .NET 2.0 or SQL Server 2005 (John Kaster says there might not be an update for D9 to support .NET 2.0!) So we have to wait for D10 to work with .NET 2.0.
4. No support for Comptact Framework development
But whatever said and done, Delphi 9 is out now! and is a great upgrade for those who have Delphi 6/7 with them. So go and get your licensed copy now!
Any suggestions please feel free to contact me at - nbaliga@tiersolution.com or fill up the Comments at this site.
Anyway, now we are going to have Delphi 9 in about 2 month’s time. And from what I can see in the preview / demo that JK gave us, Delphi 9 rocks and is ready to kick ass competition.
New Features of Delphi 9
Single IDE for Delphi Win32, Delphi VCL .NET, Delphi WinForms and C# (Remember Galileo?)
Refactoring - After seeing this in Borland JBuilder all Delphi Developers wanted this and finally it's debuting with D9
Extract method
Extract resource string
Rename
Declare field and variable
Find unit or namespace
Versioning / new History tab
SyncEdit
New language features (for both Win32 and .NET)
for ... in ... do enumeration syntax (like for...each in C#)
Function inlining
Compact Framework Support
No designer or debugger - only compile. I think this has to do with MS not
releasing the SDK for CF.
ECO II
Extended ASP .NET support
Some Delphi 9 "cool features" that are not part of CLR 1.0
Class reference types
Class helpers
Sets
Virtual constructors
Built-in IDE QualityCentral reporting
What's missing in D9 -
There is no support for Generics (Whidbey / .NET 2.0), Multicast events
What I feel is that Delphi 9 is a great product for converting the existing Delphi VCL applications to .NET. Borland is very well known for giving backward compatibility. Also VCL .NET is supposed to faster than WinForms in terms of performance.
However, a few questions comes to mind for which it is difficult to find answers.
1. It's easier to port a VCL application to VCL .NET agreed. But what if the existing VCL product uses a lot of 3rd party components which are written using VCL but there exists not solution for VCL .NET?
2. I happen use Dev Express components such as Quantum Grid, Express Bar for VCL on Win32 and their WinForms components (Xtra Grid and Xtra Bar, which are unbeleivably similar). So if I want to port my VCL application that uses these components I would look at VS .NET and C# since I already have these components for .NET. Dev Express has stated that they will come out with VCL .NET versions, but not sure when they will?
3. Finally I feel that when MS comes out with a newer version of .NET (say 2.0 next year), they also come out with the IDE that supports the latest version. Where as Delphi developers have to wait for 6 - 12 months to use these new technologies. For e.g. Delphi 9 won't be supporting .NET 2.0 or SQL Server 2005 (John Kaster says there might not be an update for D9 to support .NET 2.0!) So we have to wait for D10 to work with .NET 2.0.
4. No support for Comptact Framework development
But whatever said and done, Delphi 9 is out now! and is a great upgrade for those who have Delphi 6/7 with them. So go and get your licensed copy now!
Any suggestions please feel free to contact me at - nbaliga@tiersolution.com or fill up the Comments at this site.
Monday, October 11, 2004
The Konkana Kuladeva - Dalitoy
Dalitoy - This is a must gravy in all Konkana Festivals/Ceremony, without this life sucks for a konkana. So the name Kuladeva!
If you really want to eat the best "Dalitoy" you should go to SVT - Shree Venkataraman Temple in Car Street, Managlore during Ratha Sapthami, five days feast when they serve the food, it will make you lick your fingers! Really, I mean this.
Another place where you can eat Dalitoy at it's best is Hotel "Ayodhya" (Mangalore)
Anyway let's see how to make this at home.
Ingredients -
Toor Dal - 100 - 250 Gms (say for 2 people)
Geen chillies - 4
Red Chillies - 4 (the best one would be Parekal, which is available in Mangalore, though you can use any other type)
Mustard - 1 spoon
Coriandar leaves - say about 10 leaves
Kothambari - fine chopped
Hing (Asafotedia) - This is a must, without this Dalitoy won't be dalitoy
Preparation -
The Dal -
Take a cooker and put Dal in that, drop 1 table spoon of oil or Ghee and roast it for say 2 minutes, before the dal turs it color. Add 2-3 glass of water in the coocker (usualy, the raio is 1:3 for Dal and Water).
Add 2 chopped Green chillies - Chop it straight and add it
Now close the cooker and leave it for 13 minutes on the gas at a medium flame, your cooker will whistle for 3 - 4 times. After 13 minutes, off the gas.
Aftermath -
Now open the cooker and see if the Dal is cooked, it should be by now else you will have to cook it again. Take a big spoon (kaulo, I mean Daulo - Konkani, can't trnslate this) and stir the Dal, till the gravy is fine.
Now switch on the gas and keep the cooker on it and let it boil once again, this time add 2 more green chillies - this will add a great flavour. Keep stirring your kaulo... :)
Now if you have Hing (Asafotedia) then put this in a small glass with a little bit of water so that it dissolves, it is important that hing dissolves, else you might get it in mouth when earing. Add this hing water to Dal in the cooker
Tadka -
For this you need to be very quick as the Tadka can burn fast.
On the other gas pad, you need to keep one Tadka pan, put 4 spoons of oil or ghee and let is heat up. Once done, add mustard (1 spoon) and it make some noise.
Add 4 Red chillies, and let it roast. Add corander leaves, this will make some noise.
Now for my most fav. part -
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! without the guidance of an expert, if you really want to try then switch off the Tadka gas. Once done, Take some Dal in a spoon and add that to the Tadka Pan, this will make a big noise, don't worry, enjoy it.
Add the tadka from the Pan to the Dal, Off the gas. Your dal is ready to be served. Thicker the better...
Kothambari is liked by some and not liked by others, so if you like it then add the fine chopped Kothambari in to the Dal and Serve HOT!
Serving -
Serves traditionlly with hot rice, you can also serve this with Idli, Chapati or Dosa...
Yours truly,
The Tadka man (Panna mam in Konkani)
If you really want to eat the best "Dalitoy" you should go to SVT - Shree Venkataraman Temple in Car Street, Managlore during Ratha Sapthami, five days feast when they serve the food, it will make you lick your fingers! Really, I mean this.
Another place where you can eat Dalitoy at it's best is Hotel "Ayodhya" (Mangalore)
Anyway let's see how to make this at home.
Ingredients -
Toor Dal - 100 - 250 Gms (say for 2 people)
Geen chillies - 4
Red Chillies - 4 (the best one would be Parekal, which is available in Mangalore, though you can use any other type)
Mustard - 1 spoon
Coriandar leaves - say about 10 leaves
Kothambari - fine chopped
Hing (Asafotedia) - This is a must, without this Dalitoy won't be dalitoy
Preparation -
The Dal -
Take a cooker and put Dal in that, drop 1 table spoon of oil or Ghee and roast it for say 2 minutes, before the dal turs it color. Add 2-3 glass of water in the coocker (usualy, the raio is 1:3 for Dal and Water).
Add 2 chopped Green chillies - Chop it straight and add it
Now close the cooker and leave it for 13 minutes on the gas at a medium flame, your cooker will whistle for 3 - 4 times. After 13 minutes, off the gas.
Aftermath -
Now open the cooker and see if the Dal is cooked, it should be by now else you will have to cook it again. Take a big spoon (kaulo, I mean Daulo - Konkani, can't trnslate this) and stir the Dal, till the gravy is fine.
Now switch on the gas and keep the cooker on it and let it boil once again, this time add 2 more green chillies - this will add a great flavour. Keep stirring your kaulo... :)
Now if you have Hing (Asafotedia) then put this in a small glass with a little bit of water so that it dissolves, it is important that hing dissolves, else you might get it in mouth when earing. Add this hing water to Dal in the cooker
Tadka -
For this you need to be very quick as the Tadka can burn fast.
On the other gas pad, you need to keep one Tadka pan, put 4 spoons of oil or ghee and let is heat up. Once done, add mustard (1 spoon) and it make some noise.
Add 4 Red chillies, and let it roast. Add corander leaves, this will make some noise.
Now for my most fav. part -
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! without the guidance of an expert, if you really want to try then switch off the Tadka gas. Once done, Take some Dal in a spoon and add that to the Tadka Pan, this will make a big noise, don't worry, enjoy it.
Add the tadka from the Pan to the Dal, Off the gas. Your dal is ready to be served. Thicker the better...
Kothambari is liked by some and not liked by others, so if you like it then add the fine chopped Kothambari in to the Dal and Serve HOT!
Serving -
Serves traditionlly with hot rice, you can also serve this with Idli, Chapati or Dosa...
Yours truly,
The Tadka man (Panna mam in Konkani)
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Cassini - alternate web server for ASP .NET
I am bugged with IIS, which I have keep shutting down and restarting or some times, reconfigre... So I found Cassini which is written in C# and which is free. This edition comes with Borland Delphi 8.0 and I am using it now.
you can download it from the below link Cassini download link
Here is - how to...
Cassini comes with Delphi 8, and it's code can be found in Demo folder of BDS installation. There is a Build.bat file which builds the project and creates the server EXE.
The only problem is that the build assumes that you have both the .Net framework's and the .Net SDK's \bin directory on your path. So, you can either manually follow the steps in the build.bat file or you can add these two paths to your Environment's PATH: (use Windows + Break key to launch System Properties -> go to Advanced tab and click on Envirnoment variables to update the PATH variable
C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322
C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin
Your paths may vary slightly -- these are the paths on my machine as a result of the default installation locations. Now if you run build.bat, it will compile and register the Cassini server. Cassini actually requires command line parameters to run, but the IDE takes care of all of that for you.
Then, once you have Cassini built, you can add it into the IDE. Go to Tools|Options and select ASP.NET in the treeview on the left. Then, in the 'Cassini Web Server' group box, use the Browse button to navigate to the EXE for Cassini that you created above, and select it. You can change the default port for Cassini if you like, but the default of 8080 is probably fine.
All set to run ASP .NET using Cassini now. Create a new ASP .NET project in Delphi and the wizard will have Cassini selected, compile and run, every thing should run smoothly!
you can download it from the below link Cassini download link
Here is - how to...
Cassini comes with Delphi 8, and it's code can be found in Demo folder of BDS installation. There is a Build.bat file which builds the project and creates the server EXE.
The only problem is that the build assumes that you have both the .Net framework's and the .Net SDK's \bin directory on your path. So, you can either manually follow the steps in the build.bat file or you can add these two paths to your Environment's PATH: (use Windows + Break key to launch System Properties -> go to Advanced tab and click on Envirnoment variables to update the PATH variable
C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322
C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin
Your paths may vary slightly -- these are the paths on my machine as a result of the default installation locations. Now if you run build.bat, it will compile and register the Cassini server. Cassini actually requires command line parameters to run, but the IDE takes care of all of that for you.
Then, once you have Cassini built, you can add it into the IDE. Go to Tools|Options and select ASP.NET in the treeview on the left. Then, in the 'Cassini Web Server' group box, use the Browse button to navigate to the EXE for Cassini that you created above, and select it. You can change the default port for Cassini if you like, but the default of 8080 is probably fine.
All set to run ASP .NET using Cassini now. Create a new ASP .NET project in Delphi and the wizard will have Cassini selected, compile and run, every thing should run smoothly!
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
A list of Win 32 applications developed using Borland Delphi
Please note that this list is not complete. Also the applications are appearing in Alphabetical order.
Xana news reader applicatiion - beats Outlook Express!
Neo Nelson Email Organizer
NEO is a companion product to Microsoft Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2002(XP) and 2003. NEO is an alternative interface for the email component of Outlook and is not intended to replace the other features of Outlook. You can use NEO alongside Outlook (and switch conveniently back and forth), or use it instead of Outlook. Outlook does not need to be running to use NEO. It works with the Internet mail only, corporate and workgroup, and Exchange Server platforms. NEO also works with Exchange 5.5 (SP3 and above) and Exchange 2000 (SP2 and above) mailboxes. NEO is easy to install and uninstall.
Partition Magic
Award winning PartitionMagic® can resize, split, merge, delete, undelete, and convert partitions -- all without destroying data -- and it only takes a few minutes!
PL/SQL Developer
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PL/SQL Developer is an Integrated Development Environment that is specifically targeted at the development of stored program units for Oracle Databases. Over time we have seen more and more business logic and application logic move into the Oracle Server, so that PL/SQL programming has become a significant part of the total development process. PL/SQL Developer focuses on ease of use, code quality and productivity, key advantages during Oracle application development.
Total Commander
Total commander is a Shareware file manager for Windows® 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, and Windows® 3.1.
Web Zip
Save entire Web sites - view offline
Save reference material, online books, e-zines, news articles and other Web content to your hard drive and browse them anywhere, anytime - fast
TOAD
Another IDE for PL/SQL programming...
More to come....
Xana news reader applicatiion - beats Outlook Express!
Neo Nelson Email Organizer
NEO is a companion product to Microsoft Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2002(XP) and 2003. NEO is an alternative interface for the email component of Outlook and is not intended to replace the other features of Outlook. You can use NEO alongside Outlook (and switch conveniently back and forth), or use it instead of Outlook. Outlook does not need to be running to use NEO. It works with the Internet mail only, corporate and workgroup, and Exchange Server platforms. NEO also works with Exchange 5.5 (SP3 and above) and Exchange 2000 (SP2 and above) mailboxes. NEO is easy to install and uninstall.
Partition Magic
Award winning PartitionMagic® can resize, split, merge, delete, undelete, and convert partitions -- all without destroying data -- and it only takes a few minutes!
PL/SQL Developer
">
PL/SQL Developer is an Integrated Development Environment that is specifically targeted at the development of stored program units for Oracle Databases. Over time we have seen more and more business logic and application logic move into the Oracle Server, so that PL/SQL programming has become a significant part of the total development process. PL/SQL Developer focuses on ease of use, code quality and productivity, key advantages during Oracle application development.
Total Commander
Total commander is a Shareware file manager for Windows® 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, and Windows® 3.1.
Web Zip
Save entire Web sites - view offline
Save reference material, online books, e-zines, news articles and other Web content to your hard drive and browse them anywhere, anytime - fast
TOAD
Another IDE for PL/SQL programming...
More to come....
Monday, June 07, 2004
Vatapi Jeernobhava
Soon as I hog food, I roll my hand over my stomach and say "Vatapi Jeernobhava", I feel pretty relaxed after this, as if the food I ate is digested very quickly and I am ready for the next grub.
There is an interesting story behind "vatapi Jeernobhava". In Sanskrit (ancient Indian language), Jeernobhava means to digest. Mahabharata and Ramayana are two poems of epic proportions and must be read by all. Today's Indian generation are well aquainted with the Potter's and the Hobbits, but if you ask who Rama was they would say, it's our next door neighbor named Ramnath Sharma!
Anyway, in Mahabharatha there is a story about Agastya (one of the seven magnificent hermits of ancient Hindu mythology) and how he rescues all the sages from the evil plans of Llvala and Vatapi. Llvala and Vatapi are two rakshasa (demon) brothers, who have a clever trick to kill sages. They invite the sages for lunch. Llvala would convert Vatapi in to a goat magically and make a nice dish out of it. Hermits would eat this and when they do, Llvala would say "Vatapi come out!", this would make Vatapi tear the sages stomach and kill them.
Agastya comes to know about this and plans to get rid of Vatapi. When Agastya reach Llvala's house he becomes delighted to see the sage, and offers him his hospitality. As usual he makes Vatapi in to a goat, cooks his meat and serves the meet. Agastya accepts the food and at the end says "Vatapi Jeernobahava" (Vatapi, get digested) moving his hand over his stomach....
Llvala was beside himself with grief; he attacked Agasthya. By his yogic power Agasthya destroyed the angry llvala.
The story ends here, but the impact of the story is still with me. Long before television, a generation of kids used to read comic books and in India, Amar Chitra Katha used to print such stories. I belong to that generation and such story readings have made an ever lasting impact on me...
There is an interesting story behind "vatapi Jeernobhava". In Sanskrit (ancient Indian language), Jeernobhava means to digest. Mahabharata and Ramayana are two poems of epic proportions and must be read by all. Today's Indian generation are well aquainted with the Potter's and the Hobbits, but if you ask who Rama was they would say, it's our next door neighbor named Ramnath Sharma!
Anyway, in Mahabharatha there is a story about Agastya (one of the seven magnificent hermits of ancient Hindu mythology) and how he rescues all the sages from the evil plans of Llvala and Vatapi. Llvala and Vatapi are two rakshasa (demon) brothers, who have a clever trick to kill sages. They invite the sages for lunch. Llvala would convert Vatapi in to a goat magically and make a nice dish out of it. Hermits would eat this and when they do, Llvala would say "Vatapi come out!", this would make Vatapi tear the sages stomach and kill them.
Agastya comes to know about this and plans to get rid of Vatapi. When Agastya reach Llvala's house he becomes delighted to see the sage, and offers him his hospitality. As usual he makes Vatapi in to a goat, cooks his meat and serves the meet. Agastya accepts the food and at the end says "Vatapi Jeernobahava" (Vatapi, get digested) moving his hand over his stomach....
Llvala was beside himself with grief; he attacked Agasthya. By his yogic power Agasthya destroyed the angry llvala.
The story ends here, but the impact of the story is still with me. Long before television, a generation of kids used to read comic books and in India, Amar Chitra Katha used to print such stories. I belong to that generation and such story readings have made an ever lasting impact on me...
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