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With RAD Studio XE, you can:

• Rapidly build ultra-rich, ultra-fast applications across multiple platforms
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WSCC is a free, portable program that allows you to install, update, execute and organize the utilities from various system utility suites (Sysinternals, NirSoft). WSCC is only an interface, you need to download and install the utilities separately. Alternatively, WSCC can use the http protocol to download and run the programs.

The included Update Manager can check for newer versions of the utilities already installed and can download and install the missing items.

http://www.kls-soft.com/wscc/

Microsoft has released the final build (4763.1000) of Office 2010 to MSDN and TechNet subscribers today.

Microsoft said on Friday that its new Office suite, due in May for businesses and June for consumers, had reached the released to manufacturing (RTM) milestone. The build leaked shortly after the official RTM announcement last Friday. Volume License customers with Software Assurance will be able to download the RTM bits on April 27.

http://www.microsoft.com/office

Microsoft has been criticized for complicating things by having XP Mode only work on processors that supported either Intel’s VT or AMD’s AMD-V. This requirement was troublesome and confusing, as many Intel owners weren’t sure if their CPU supported hardware virtualization, and if it did, whether it was turned on in the BIOS. Now that problem has been eliminated, removing a barrier to the adoption of Windows 7 among small and mid-size businesses that still cling to Windows XP.

Windows XP Mode: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

Update for Windows 7 (KB977206) – Install this update to remove the prerequisites required to run Windows Virtual PC and XP mode. The prerequisites include a processor which supports hardware assisted virtualization (HAV) which is also enabled in the BIOS. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=837f12aa-1d37-464e-ae59-20c9ecbebaf6

To use the Microsoft Flex Grid in Delphi use the following steps:

The Flex Grid control is part of Visual Basic 6.0, and can be redistributed with the right license information.

1] Download the control from Microsoft http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSFLXGRD.CAB. Extract the OCX from the CAB-file, copy the OCX to the Windows\System32 folder, and register it with regsvr32.exe.

2] Get a license for the control. An option is to install Visual Basic 6.0, or import the following registry key:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Licenses\72E67120-5959-11cf-91F6-C2863C385E30]
@="ibcbbbebqbdbciebmcobmbhifcmciibblgmf"

3] Import the control in the Delphi environment

Component, Import Component…

(x) Import ActiveX Control, [Next >>]

[Add], Enter: %windir%\system32\msflxgrd.ocx, [Open], [Next >>]

[Next >>]

(x) Install to new package, [Next >>]

Package name: C:\Program Files\CodeGear\RAD Studio\Units\MSFlxGrd.dpk, Description: Microsoft Flex Grid Control, [Finish]

The following new components have been registered: TDataObject, TDataObjectFiles, TMSFlexGrid, TMSFlexGrid2.

4] You can use the controls from the ActiveX-tab.

Finally made the step from Borland Delphi 7 to Embarcadero Delphi 2010!

Embarcadero RAD Studio 2010 – Embarcadero® RAD Studio 2010 is the industry’s most powerful rapid application development suite for visually building GUI-intensive, data-driven end-user applications for both native Windows® and .NET. RAD Studio includes Delphi®, C++Builder® and Delphi Prism™, enabling you to deliver applications up to 5x faster across multiple Windows and database platforms.

Delphi – Delphi® is one of the most respected and widely used Rapid Application Development (RAD) environments today. Over 1.7 million developers worldwide choose Delphi over other tools because Delphi radically speeds desktop, workstation, touch, kiosk, and Web application development without sacrificing an ounce of programming power or control. Applications built with Delphi are lightning fast, compact, provide rich UIs, and can connect with virtually any database or data source “out-of-the-box”.

C++Builder – C++Builder® is an award-winning C++ development environment for building interactive, UI-oriented desktop, workstation, touch-screen, kiosk, and Web applications. Millions of developers worldwide choose C++Builder over other C++ development tools because it provides them with the world’s only true two-way visual RAD C++ development environment with outstanding features for quickly building rich UI and database applications.

Windows 7 has several built-in tools to help with application compatibility and Windows XP applications should be installed directly on Windows 7. Windows XP Mode runs some older productivity applications that may not run otherwise on Windows 7.

– Windows XP Mode
– Windows Virtual PC

Download Windows XP Mode

Finally released!

Sometimes folks can’t install any OpenType CFF (“.otf”) or Type 1 (a.k.a. “PostScript”) fonts on a Windows computer. There are (at least) four known causes for this. (The new outbreak of problem #4 below spurred me to write them all up.)

1. What version of Windows is the user running? If a really ancient version (Windows ME, Windows 98, Windows 95, or Windows NT 4), then they need to install ATM (Light) on their computer. Note that Windows NT 4 uses a different version than Windows 98/ME. Type 1 and OpenType CFF fonts simply will not work on these operating systems without ATM.
2. One common source of this problem in the past was if the user uninstalled ATM (Light or Deluxe) without first updating/patching things properly. This problem can occur on Windows 2000, XP and Vista. Adobe has had a simple fix for this since 2002. (Similar problems could occur if one somehow ended up with the Windows 9x/ME ATM installed on a 2000/XP/Vista machine.) This problem is uncommon now, as few people on these operating systems have had ATM installed in the first place.
3. If somebody has turned on the “/3GB switch” on the computer, that can cause this problem, but the use of the /3GB switch does not cause this problem for all users. You may want to better understand what the /3GB switch does, the consequences thereof, and then look at how to toggle it (how to turn it on is also how to check it or turn it off). Basically it’s a matter of removing the phrase “/3GB” from the boot.ini file. On Windows XP, one can go into the control panels and select the “System” (System Properties) one. Go to the Advanced tab. In the “Startup and Recovery” section, select “Settings.” Then click on the “Edit” button to edit the startup settings manually. This will open the boot.ini file in Notepad. Typically the /3GB switch if present will be the last entry, right after “/fastdetect”.
4. The latest problem occurs even with brand new and unmodified machines running Windows XP or possibly Vista, being unable to use Type 1 or OpenType CFF fonts, with an error message that the fonts are “invalid.” It is a video driver configuration issue, and reverting to an older (!) video driver generally solves the problem, but that’s not ideal. A few weeks ago, this problem was solved: it can be fixed with a simply registry edit. Nvidia says the problem occurs on Windows XP only, and Vista users are unaffected, but at least one Vista user has reported they had this problem and the fix resolved it. It affects multiple NVidia cards, and some (unspecified) ATI cards. The fix, posted by David Ingraham in a horribly lengthy thread on the Adobe User Forums, and in a post by “PixelNinja” on the NVidia forums is this:— start of email from HP —Good news. Nvidia has identified the problem and provided a fix. The way it was explained to me, Windows expects the device driver to be a certain size (maximum). In this case, the nvidia driver is slightly larger than expected. A simply registry entry will resolve the issue in WinXP (the issue doesn’t occur in Vista).To resolve the problem, do the following:Open the registry editor (regedit)Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management. Add a new REG_DWORD entry called SessionImageSize with a value (decimal) of 20 Reboot The Type 1 fonts should now open/install without any problems. — End of HP email — Tech support is a painful and mostly unsung profession. We should all give a special thanks to HP tech support guy John Camparone, who apparently went to truly great lengths to diagnose and debug this last problem with Nvidia. Thanks, man.

http://www.thomasphinney.com/2008/12/no-font-instal/