Michael Justin Delphi, Free Pascal, ScroogeXHTML

What’s new in ScroogeXHTML 10.0?

ScroogeXHTML for Object Pascal 10.0 — Release Candidate 1 ScroogeXHTML is the Object Pascal component that converts RTF (rich text) files, strings, and streams into clean HTML5, XHTML, or plain text. It ships as source, has no UI dependencies beyond the RTL/VCL/LCL, and builds on Delphi 2009+ and Free Pascal / Lazarus. Version 10.0 is … Continue reading What’s new in ScroogeXHTML 10.0?

Michael Justin ActiveMQ, Artemis, Delphi, Free Pascal, OpenMQ, RabbitMQ

PREVIEW: What’s New in Habari STOMP Client 10.2

Version 10.2 of the Habari STOMP Client libraries moves two settings that used to require a recompile into ordinary properties on the connection, and fixes two defects that could stall or corrupt a connection at run time. As always, the same code works against all four supported brokers. New New: The maximum length of a STOMP … Continue reading PREVIEW: What’s New in Habari STOMP Client 10.2

Michael Justin ActiveMQ, Artemis, Delphi, Free Pascal, OpenMQ, RabbitMQ

PREVIEW: The timeout that wasn’t

Every read in the mORMot2 transport took a timeout parameter, and none of them honoured it. Here is why a Receive(1000) could wait forever, and what changed. Affects: mORMot2 comm adapter only Unaffected: Indy, Synapse Products: all Habari Client libraries (for ActiveMQ · Artemis · OpenMQ · RabbitMQ) Verified on: Delphi 2009, FPC 3.2.2 The symptom Select … Continue reading PREVIEW: The timeout that wasn’t

Michael Justin ActiveMQ, Artemis, Delphi, Free Pascal, OpenMQ, RabbitMQ

PREVIEW: Setting the line‑length limit from code

A new MaxLineLength property on IConnection replaces the HABARI_X_MAXLINELENGTH compile‑time switch — so one application can raise the limit for one connection without rebuilding the library. Applies to The Indy transport. Synapse and mORMot2 accept the value and ignore it. New API IMaxLineLength in BTCommInterfaces, implemented by every IConnection. Supersedes HABARI_X_MAXLINELENGTH — still honoured, now with a deprecation warning. The problem Indy caps how long … Continue reading PREVIEW: Setting the line‑length limit from code

Michael Justin ActiveMQ, Artemis, Delphi, Free Pascal, OpenMQ, RabbitMQ

PREVIEW: Two runners, one executable

The unit tests used to need a window. Now the same Unittests program — Delphi's and Free Pascal's alike — runs headless the moment you hand it a parameter, and still comes up in its GUI runner when you don't. One set of test sources, compiled by two toolchains: Delphi runs them under DUnit, Free Pascal under … Continue reading PREVIEW: Two runners, one executable