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Batch file for modifying .properties file in JAR Java ARrchive file
I needed to quickly edit one .properties file in multiple versions of the same JAR file. So I write the batch-file below, that presumes you have 7-zip installed in the default directory on your system....
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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 “Reliable Communication between Applications with Delphi...
Not only can you download CodeRage 4 session on materials on Reliable Communication between Applications with Delphi and ActiveMQ, but below you can also find the chat transcripts below. VIP Room...
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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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Formatted sourcecode in WordPress now supports even more languages
I just found out that the sourcecode tag in WordPress now supports even more languages. This is the list of languages is below, it contains links to Wikipedia for each language. Starred ones (bold and...
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“Yoda Conditions” (from: stackoverflow – New programming jargon you coined?)
Having done quite a bit of C and C++ work in the past, I often still use “Yoda Conditions”, especially in environments where you have both = and == as an operator. So, in a boolean expression, I often...
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For a good laugh: Modern computer languages are a bit like people in some...
For a good laugh: read the Modern computer languages are a bit like people in some ways thread in the CodeProject lounge. –jeroen Via: The Lounge – CodeProject.Filed under: .NET, C#, Delphi,...
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Formatted sourcecode in WordPress: uses SyntaxHighlighter 3.0; complete list...
In the past I wrote a few blog posts on posting sourcecode in WordPress. Nick Hodges‘ last Flotsam and Jetsam blog post pointed me to the SyntaxHighlighter JavaScript that is used by WordPress and many...
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Stack Overflow ebooks
Greg Hewgill published a bunch Stack Overflow ebooks and StackExchange stats. His readme explains a bit more on the books. The blog he maintains makes up for some nice reading too. Be sure to read the...
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some reflections on #Delphi #FireMonkey support for #iOS based on the #FPC...
When looking over a few forums, it seems that the way Delphi XE2 will support FireMonkey on iOS (by using FPC aka the FreePascal Compiler) was very surprising, even for the FPC dev team. Actually,...
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Many more web platforms vulnerable to the hash collision attack (not only...
When writing my Patch your ASP.NET servers ASAP early this morning, I didn’t have time to research the full extend of the vulnerabilities published at 28C3 (slides, mp4), though a small bell was...
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Dear fellow programmer. If you aren’t experienced doing multi-threading,...
Recently I was asked to investigate a performance problem with a certain .NET application. The first error I got when getting the app to build in Visual Studio 2010, and then run it was like this:...
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Paros Proxy | TestingSecurity.com
On the research list as it seems a lot wider than HTTP Fiddler: Paros Proxy Paros is a valuable testing tool for your security and vulnerability testing. Paros can be used to spider/crawl your entire...
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Installing Eclipse, Android SDK and ADT on Mac OS X
Just in case I need to get my Android contacts issue solved by brushing off some Java knowledge and going for Java using Eclipse on my MacBook Air: Installing Eclipse on Mac OS X. How to Install the...
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Great session on how to prevent SQL Injection Myths and Fallacies
A few weeks ago, Bill Karwin did a must watch webinar on the prevention SQL Injection titled “SQL Injection Myths and Fallacies“. Bill Karwin (twitter, new blog, old blog, Amazon) is famous for much...
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.NET/C# duh moment of the day: “A char can be implicitly converted to ushort,...
A while ago I had a “duh” moment while calling a method that had many overloads, and one of the overloads was using int, not the char I’d expect. The result was that a default value for that char was...
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C#: any c# – .NET Enumeration allows comma in the last field – Stack Overflow
Thanks Nick Craver for answering this on StackOverflow. Array initializers can be specified in field declarations (§17.4), local variable declarations (§15.5.1), and array creation expressions...
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Forcing Java Update on Windows
Sometimes the Java Update checker crashes in the middle of something. The long solution to restart it is to logoff/logon or reboot/logon and wait for it to come up. The short solution is to manually...
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in light of the zero-day Java exploits: JRE removal/install tool JavaRa from...
Even though the JavaRa tool is Windows-only, it is a tremendous help scraping old vulnerable versions of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) from your systems and keeping only the fixed versions....
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New Java update available: patch all your machines for yet another zero-day...
It starts to be not so funny any more: almost every week a new Java security update. Time to update again, to stay secure and install the patch: Security Alert CVE-2013-1493. On the funny side: Java...
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