Malcolm

>Wow!
>You finally discovered why your overnight stay awake, didn't?

Well, no. But I have discovered how to stop it crashing by handling WM_POWERBROADCAST and turning the blinking on/off appropriately.

I think the ultimate reason is buried somewhere in the VCL and creating a window when the screen isn't active but who knows.

Roy

I seem to be able to connect OK at the moment. Anyone else?

The web site is up, but I'm not getting anything on nntp (it logs in,
but perhaps there is nothing there to get...).

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Matthew Jones

Matthew Jones wrote:

> The web site is up, but I'm not getting anything on nntp (it logs in,
> but perhaps there is nothing there to get...).

Sometimes getting a connection, but never anything coming in. I suspect
they don't care much, even if someone is working hard on it.

Up and down more times than a $%"(*&"NO CARRIER

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Matthew Jones

Matthew


Calm down and remember "please hold, your call is important to us" as they say in all the best call centres as they keep you holding for 40 minutes or more.

Roy Lambert

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Roy Lambert wrote:
Calm down and remember "please hold, your call is important to us" as they say in all the best call centres as they keep you holding for 40 minutes or more.
>>

Personally i'm getting heck of a lot more work done (by not reading non-tech and other EMB NGs) this week

Raul

The "good news" is that I'm still getting emails asking me to upgrade.


The current offer makes even less financial sense:
Delphi Pto £705
Discount 45%
Discounted cost £387.75
Now add the mandatory 1 year maintenance £212
and you get a real discount of 15%

Keeping D2006 I get a discount of 100%. I do know that at some point I'll have to upgrade

But I'm putting off the evil day as long as possible unless something nice is introduced.

Roy Lambert

On 18/08/2014 7:54 PM, Roy Lambert wrote:
> The "good news" is that I'm still getting emails asking me to upgrade.

I get the same emails too Not sure it's "good news" though.

I actually wonder if computing in general has hit a peak. It seems that
everywhere I turn companies are beginning to take away some of the
features that they previously gave. Microsoft have dropped a number of
the features they've introduced in the past - and I even saw this in
Delphi. (Removing the 'auto increment build option' when I upgraded to
XE2) was a small one. Then there was Kylix, BOLD, etc...

I end up getting nervous now with new features - I don't know which way
to go - or whether what I choose will be supported in years to come, or
let go. I think after the response I've gotten from the other thread it
seems as though there's very little incentive to upgrade for myself and
a lot of pro's sticking with what I already know.

Sad - I remember the days gone by of going to the Borland conferences,
eagerly anticipating the new features and components. It seems as though
they've lost touch with the fundamentals that made Delphi - the IDE, and
VCL platform. I have no issues with adding on - provided they don't take
away (or screw up) the former.

They really need someone like Tim on board - a visionary who's actually
got some ideas of what the average Joe developer really wants, and still
supports his original work (aka DBISAM)! But they can't have him - we
need him here.

Cheers

Adam.

JUst had a look online and now



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Roy Lambert

On 8/20/2014 4:00 AM, Roy Lambert wrote:
> JUst had a look online and now
> Site Maintenance In Progress

It's been like that for a whole now. Ran across this in another NG which
is and update from J.Frazier on Aug 15th

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All forums down until I get hardware upgrade, data migrated, and data
massaged back into shape.  I am confident I can bring them back and
stable.  I am working out hardware issues with IT as we speak.  Feel
free to let others know and if you have FB, Twitter, feel free to quote
me.  I don't have an exact ETA but I can assure you I have been all
over this problem nonstop since it was brought to me Tuesday afternoon.
To give you an idea, yesterday was a 20 hour day!

Sorry for the delay as I am doing everything humanly possible.

jmf

John Frazier
Embarcadero Developer Support
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