delphi-2009

How can I create an instance of an object using a class reference, and ensure that the constructor is executed? In this code example, the constructor of TMyClass will not be called: type TMyClass = class(TObject) MyStrings: TStrings; constructor Create; virtual; end; constructor TMyClass.Create; begin MyStrings := TStringList.Create; end; procedure Test; var Clazz: TClass; Instance: TObject; begin Clazz := TMyClass; Instance := Clazz.Create; end; Use this: type TMyClass = class(TObject) MyStrings: TStrings; constructor Create; virtual; end; TMyClassClass = class of TMyClass; // <- add this

Can someone help in telling the details on how to uninstall Indy 10 and install the latest build? I found it http://indy.fulgan.com/ZIP/IndyTiburon.zip There is a similar question , but not a satisfying answer, just some comments from the user who asked, but that is not a step by step guide. Why there is not a tool for this? Mark Robinson I did this very recently, I've done it before with 2007 and had lots of problems, but this time in D2010 it went really well... Assumptions: The Indy BPL's are stored in the bin folder DCP and DCU are stored in the lib\indy10 folder Source code is source\indy

My program has to read files that use various encodings. They may be ANSI, UTF-8 or UTF-16 (big or little endian). When the BOM (Byte Order Mark) is there, I have no problem. I know if the file is UTF-8 or UTF-16 BE or LE. I wanted to assume when there was no BOM that the file was ANSI. But I have found that the files I am dealing with often are missing their BOM. Therefore no BOM may mean that the file is ANSI, UTF-8, UTF-16 BE or LE. When the file has no BOM, what would be the best way to scan some of the file and most accurately guess the type of encoding? I'd like to be right close to 100%