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Sep 30 2008

GExperts and DDevExtensions available for Delphi 2009

Posted by Olaf Monien in Delphi, Development, tags: .net, CodeGear, Delphi

GExperts
An Open Source project that adds a ton of useful wizards and other functionality to the Delphi IDE. For me CTRL+G, which pops up the “Procedure List” dialog, is one of the most, if not the most important features.

The MessageDialog wizard or “Components to code” are also very helpful.

Update 2: Erik Berry, the GExperts Project Leader, just announced the availability of a first official GExperts beta supporting D2009. See the announcement at www.gexperts.org. The setup can be found in the download section.

The official website does not have the D2009 version yet. “Toms”, a German Delphi community member compiled it for D2009 and offers it at the Delphi Praxis Forum (German only, but you should be able to locate the download). There is currently still a problem with the expert’s Registry location – you would have to manually move it from /Borland to /CodeGear …
Update 1: Toms just uploaded a fixed version and he also added an English section. Thanks Toms!
DDevExtensions
A free Delphi IDE plugin made by Andreas Hausladen.

Important update: Please use at least version 1.9.1. Version 1.9.0 had a bug, which caused “’’ is an invalid interger” exception under certain conditions. Version 1.9.1 is available here.

DDevExtensions adds stuff like “indention via TAB” – as it should work out of the box And the “Unit Selector”. Only know a part of the unit name you want to use? Hit ALT-F11 with DDevExtensions installed and get a list of all units the compiler can ‘”see” – of course with incremental search:

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Maciej Pyszka

DDevExtensions 1.9.1 has a bug in Use Unit module, it doesn't insert module name into uses implementation section correctly, it breaks it. It works correctly with interface uses section. I can't contact the author, so I write it here. If You know, where I could report this bug, let me know.

Maciek Pyszka, REKORD

Olaf Monien

I am using 1.9.1 with D2009 here, but I cannot reproduce your error. It inserts units in interface and implementation fine. Can you provide more details?

Maciej Pyszka

Example:
My unit before using Use unit:
unit MPUnitTypes;

interface

type

{: poziomy uprawnień }
TMPuPodatkiPrivLevel = ( lpl_None, lpl_Connected, lpl_User );

implementation

end.

I put cursor in line between implementation and end. After making Use Unit and choosing Match unit I get:

implementatio

uses
Math;n

I have found the reason, it's using not ansi chars in a comment. If I replaced uprawnień with uprawnien it started to work correctly.
So the conclusion is it doesn't work correctly with not ansi characters in text.

Olaf Monien

Interesting. Imo this means that there is a unicode bug either in the editor or in DDevExtensions. I will send Andreas a note.

Andreas Hausladen

It's a bug in DDevExtensions.
The new version 1.9.2 fixes the bug.
http://andy.jgknet.de/blog/?page_id=10

Olaf Monien

Thanks - that was a quick fix :)

Andreas Hausladen

To be honest, I had this fix since the end of October but I forgot to release the new version.

debose

gExperts seemed to be a very early beta.
f.e., Grep search in all project units doesn't wok.

Erik

debose, please try the build here, and I think you'll find that this works now:
http://www.gexperts.org/files/beta/1.33/GXRS200...
If you find any more problems, please report them using the feedback wizard in the about box so the reports can be tracked and addressed.

debose

Thank you, Erik.

Olaf Monien

Thanks Erik - that was fast :-)
I'll update my blog post to mention that beta. Looks fine so far!

Erik

There is now an official (beta) build for Delphi 2009 available on the GExperts web site, which some might prefer using instead:
http://www.gexperts.org/

volvox

What do you think of CnWizard? (also has Procedure list & much more) - thank

Olaf Monien

I must admit, that I never tried CnWizard. Unfortunately www.cnpack.org is down currently (it returns some SQL error). Once they are back up, I'll be happy to give it a try.

volvox

OK - i believe CNWizard is a gem - as much as GExpert (we can add any of the interesting GExpert function on the CN editor bar) - it also has tab ident. I have no idea how much burden it adds to the IDE.

Question: what is this nice commenting system (disqus?)