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Cool post from Marc’s Blog: Delphi XE2’s hidden hints and warnings options
A while ago, I had to disable a couple of warnings from legacy code so I could first perform the Unicode conversion, then make time to eliminate the actual warning cause. This post was much helpful...
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Recommended reads when dealing with Character Encodings in software
Apart from the mandatory Joel on Software article about Unicode and Character sets, these two articles are of great value too: Encodings Before ASCII From a Mechanical Perspective. Character Encodings...
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Windows key character that displays on non-Windows systems (like Mac)
Though there is a Unicode character for the Apple Command Key, there is none for the Windows Key. The Windows font WinDings does have a character 255 for it, but that font usually is not installed on...
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Delphi hinting directives: deprecated, experimental, library and platform
I’ve been experimenting with the Delphi hinting directives lately to make it easier to migrate some libraries to newer versions of Delphi and newer platforms. Hinting directives (deprecated,...
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Default comparers in Delphi used by TArray.Sort (via: Stack Overflow)
A long while ago, I posted a detailed answer on what functions the default comparers actually were calling to get a feel for if they would apply or not answering delphi – What does the default...
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Delphi: ZEROBASEDSTRINGS and maintaining cross-version Delphi libraries
One of the features that bites me over and over again is the ZEROBASEDSTRINGS that got introduced in Delphi XE3 and is by default ON in mobile compilers and OFF in Desktop compilers. Back then, Mark...
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Great Unicode presentation by
Stefan Heymann did a great presentation Character Sets and Unicode in Firebird at fbcon11. About 90% of it is not about Firebird, but about Unicode: a highly recommended presentation. There is also a...
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ASCII is not just an RFC. It is an Internet Standard, but only recently.
When people tell you that ASCII is not an Internet Standard but an RFC. They are wrong. They used to be right though. Until 2015-01-12, when IETF declared the RFC 20 to be an Internet Standard:...
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Windows Alt Key Codes
Brillant!: Windows Alt Key Codes. The page has both lists of four-digit ALT+#### codes, a how-to, and reference links: Letters with Accents – (e.g. ó, ò, ñ) Other Foreign Characters – (e.g. ç, ¿, ß)...
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[NL] encoding blijft moeilijk, waarom toch? (dit keer in een brief van @xs4all)
Hoe moeilijk kan het toch zijn om je encoding goed te doen. Deze keer uit een brief van xs4all: encoding foutje… Als je een trema in een brief zet, dan controleer je toch even dat die ook goed op de...
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.NET/C# – converting UTF8 to ASCII (yes, you *can* loose information with...
Quite a while ago, we needed to exchange some text files with .NET and a DOS application (yes, they still exist!). Since the .NET app already exchanged text files with other applications using UTF8, we...
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20 resources on migrating to Unicode with Delphi | Software on a String
Great post by Marjan Venema when you need to migrate your old Delphi programs to the modern Delphi world: 20 resources on migrating to Unicode with Delphi | Software on a String. I’m glad that some of...
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Jon Skeet’s speech “Back to basics” is really a good watch – via Jørn Einar...
Thanks Jørn Einar Angeltveit for sharing this a while ago: A session by Jon Skeet and Tony the Pony (which has strong teeth) presented during the Polish DevDay 2013 in Kraków, Poland. +Jon Skeet’s...
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ASCII and Unicode. Love and hate?
So I won’t forget: I ASCII I � Unicode Even though this does not work on most USA T-Shirt sites, it works on this Dutch one: T-Shirt Ontwerpen – t-shirt zelf ontwerpen | Spreadshirt. –jeroen PS: What...
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CodeRage 4: session replays are online too!
Embarcadero has made available the replays of the CodeRage 4 sessions. You can find them in the CodeRage 4 sessions overview. In order to download them from that overview, NOTE: To access this session...
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10 Articles Every Programmer Must Read – I am programmer
10 Articles Every Programmer Must Read – I am programmer.Filed under: Development, Encoding, Software Development
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.NET/C# – converting UTF8 to ASCII (yes, you *can* loose information with...
Quite a while ago, we needed to exchange some text files with .NET and a DOS application (yes, they still exist!). Since the .NET app already exchanged text files with other applications using UTF8, we...
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StUF – receiving data from a provider where UTF-8 is in fact ISO-8859
Recently when receiving information from a StUF webservice created by a large Dutch provider of government IT systems, we had an issue with characters having their high bit set. Although the...
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CodeRage 4: sessions recorded; Delphi 2010 migration was a beeze;...
I just finished recording my CodeRage 4 sessions: Practical XML in Delphi Reliable Communication between Applications with Delphi and ActiveMQ Using Unicode and Other Encodings in your Programs...
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CodeRage 4: session materials are available for download« The Wiert Corner –...
My CodeRage 4 session materials are available for download: Practical XML in Delphi Reliable Communication between Applications with Delphi and ActiveMQ Using Unicode and Other Encodings in your...
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