BDS 2006 vs. Drag/Drop

BobGo · Post by *BobGo » 2006-02-26, 15:02 UTC

Anyone here using Borland Developer Studio? Couldn't make it working with drag drop and TC?!? But was working with BCB5&6.

just found another thread on this issue: http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=9285&highlight=borland

Independently of ANSI or Unicode, should it not both support, if one fails? Why does explorer work?

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2006-02-27, 19:36 UTC

Explorer on WinNT/2000/XP is a Unicode application, since it doesn't need to run on Windows 9x. It seems to send Unicode names, and Windows creates the Ansi names when needed. The other way doesn't seem to be supported by the operating system...

BobGo · Post by *BobGo » 2006-03-11, 22:59 UTC

ghisler(Author) wrote:Explorer on WinNT/2000/XP is a Unicode application, since it doesn't need to run on Windows 9x. It seems to send Unicode names, and Windows creates the Ansi names when needed. The other way doesn't seem to be supported by the operating system...

This is more than bad! The one and only command center does not work for development guys anymore

Don't know how I'll survive w/o TC...

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2006-03-13, 16:50 UTC

Btw, I don't understand why Borland uses only Unicode, but don't allow to create Unicode programs with Delphi...

frenky · Post by *frenky » 2006-03-13, 17:08 UTC

ghisler(Author) wrote:Btw, I don't understand why Borland uses only Unicode, but don't allow to create Unicode programs with Delphi...

Me too....

CopyCats · Post by *CopyCats » 2006-03-14, 18:21 UTC

BobGo wrote:This is more than bad! The one and only command center does not work for development guys anymore :( Don't know how I'll survive w/o TC...

Have you tried launching that application through a batch file - and then creating an icon in the toolbar for that batch file? With some luck Windows will convert the parameters as it passes them to your application.

yareach · Post by *yareach » 2006-03-15, 13:48 UTC

BobGo wrote:
ghisler(Author) wrote:Explorer on WinNT/2000/XP is a Unicode application, since it doesn't need to run on Windows 9x. It seems to send Unicode names, and Windows creates the Ansi names when needed. The other way doesn't seem to be supported by the operating system...
This is more than bad! The one and only command center does not work for development guys anymore Don't know how I'll survive w/o TC...

The same way I do not understand why commander doesn't support Unicode. I think that there could simply be a choise if you want or don't want Unicode. I think that the author doesn't know how to implement it and that's the point. If it's targeted at the Windows platform it should be familiar with the Unicode feature.

Dear Mr. Author, what will you recommend to people who use more languages? Not to use diacritics? Even it's incorporated in the system? I think you should take your old school design commander back to DOS. Leave the way free for progress!

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2006-03-16, 14:41 UTC

The same way I do not understand why commander doesn't support Unicode. I think that there could simply be a choise if you want or don't want Unicode.

Well, it does, but only in some functions, because I have to rewrite a lot of code to support it. This code is then present twice, once for Win2k/XP and once for Win9x/ME...

BobGo · Post by *BobGo » 2006-03-19, 19:23 UTC

CopyCats wrote:
BobGo wrote:This is more than bad! The one and only command center does not work for development guys anymore Don't know how I'll survive w/o TC...
Have you tried launching that application through a batch file - and then creating an icon in the toolbar for that batch file? With some luck Windows will convert the parameters as it passes them to your application.

Don't know what you mean! I simply want to drag a .CPP/.H/.CS file from TC onto BDS...