I have updated JWSCL Version 0.9.2a to support Windows 7. Version 0.9.3 supports Windows 7 from the beginning but since many people use 0.9.2a, I have decided to merge Windows 7 support.

If you look at the MSDN documentation of CreateProcess you might notice the following remark for the lpCommandLine parameter: The Unicode version of this function, CreateProcessW, can modify the contents of this string. Therefore, this parameter cannot be a pointer to read-only memory (such as a const variable or a literal string). If this parameter [...]

Have you every wondered why 16bit applications cannot run on 64bit?

There is a design pattern called Singleton that usually applies only to classes. But imho it can also be applied to applications to prevent the user from starting several instances of the application. I came along this article on DelphiAboutCom which shows how to create a single instance application. Unfortunately it doesn’t work.

Windows 7 is released but its version is called 6.1 instead of 7. Well, the reason behind this is experience.

JEDI Windows API (JWAL) and JEDI Windows Security Library (JWSCL) are now available in version 2.3 and 0.9.3. They support Delphi 2010. You can download them or use the new Subversion branches.

There is an interesting article about checking the version of the operating system. If you are too lazy to read it then just remember this: Do not check it at all! Well, I changed my mind. You should read it! So go to Yochay Kiriaty’s Article, read it and then get back her for the [...]

Some time ago, I was in the situation to set up a new computer with a Windows XP 64 CD. Well it doesn’t matter that it was 64bit.  However, I always create a separate partitions for Windows XP. And because user profiles tend to get big, I moved a new user to a second partition. [...]

You want to burn a CD out of your Delphi application easily? Read on!

Recently, I found an article about some API headers of the JEDI library. The article pointed to the very old JEDI API site which contains FTP links to the Delphi API header units. However the FTP server is empty and so all the links are invalid. Luckily, you can find the most recent versions in [...]