Category: Day to Day Life

We all face challenges every day. Whether we like it or now, it is always helpful to share what you have learned.

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Windows 10 : How to switch from VGA to HDMI on the same PC

On a windows 10 computer, sometimes you have an HDMI port and a VGA port. Normally, you only have 1 monitor. When you try to plug both ports together, windows guesses you have 2 monitors so when you scroll to the right, the mouse disappears.

Now if you remove the VGA cable you will see a black screen. The secret is the Windows+P key. When you press this button, the system automatically switches to HDMI port. Please note that this step would take around 10 seconds to kick-in.

At first I thought it did not work. But patience is truly a virtue.

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2018 Philippines – Globe , Smart , Sun – Mobile Numbers

As we text and call people, we need to know what network or telecommunication they are so that we don’t go overboard on extended calls and crossing over. Like for me, when I call a Globe number I don’t get charged since I am using a Globe Postpaid Plan. But if I call a Smart number, that is the time I get charged.

For now, here is my own compilation for the 2018 Philippines Globe / Smart / Sun Cellular telephone numbers.

Globe and Touch Mobile SMART and Talk N’Text SUN Cellular
817 905 906 813 900 907 908 922 923
915 916 917 909 910 911 912 924 925
926 927 935 913 914 918 919 931 932
936 937 945 920 921 928 929 933 934
955 956 965 930 938 939 940 942 943
966 975 977 946 947 948 949 944
994 995 996 950 989 998 999
997
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Laptop : ASUS X455L What does expansion up to 8 GB SDRAM mean?

Right now, I have my laptop ASUSX 455L, under the memory section it says…

DDR3L 1600 MHz SDRAM, 1 x DIMM socket for expansion up to 8 GB SDRAM

The laptop already came with 4GBs of RAM. And I’m guessing you can expand it because i saw youtube video that a guy jut slided a ram chip in the slot.

For the softwares that i run, adding windows update (which i tried to disable for a few times already) on the mixture, it seems to be slowing down. So does this mean I can put 4GB more to make it 8GB or can I put 8GB on the expansion to have 12GB of RAM?

As it turns out, you cannot inject more than 8GB or ram. Comon reasons could be due to chipset limitations or max width of copper traces to the DIMM socket.

So the next move for this one is to get a 4GB ram to add to my current 4GB ram to have a maximum of 8GB which is still at the maximum level.

Hope this helps

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Delphi : Date and Time Format from ddd-mm-yy to mm/dd/yyyy

i had a case a few weeks back of a problem where the computer needs to have a date format of dd-mmm-yy which in today’s date is 21-Feb-18. What i need is for the program to act the same as it was with the format 02/21/2018.

After digging data, i came across these gems of a find. It’s so short and so obvious, i hope this code can help somebody out

Enjoy

Coffee Cup

 

 

 

{
CurrencyString, CurrencyFormat, NegCurrFormat, ThousandSeparator,
DecimalSeparator, CurrencyDecimals, DateSeparator, ShortDateFormat,
LongDateFormat, TimeSeparator, TimeAMString, TimePMString,
ShortTimeFormat, LongTimeFormat

//Change COMPUTER date and time
SetLocaleInfo(GetThreadLocale, LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, ‘MM/dd/yyyy’);
SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SETTINGCHANGE, 0, 0,
SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, 1000, PDWord(Nil)^);

//Change formatting from within the APPLICATION
DateSeparator := ‘/’;
ShortDateFormat := ‘MM/dd/yyyy’;

SetLocaleInfo(DefaultLCID, LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, ‘m/d/yy’) (short form) and
SetLocaleInfo(DefaultLCID, LOCALE_SLONGDATE, ‘mmmm d, yyyy’) (long form)

SetLocaleInfo(GetThreadLocale, LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, ‘MM/dd/yyyy’);
SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_SETTINGCHANGE, 0, 0,
SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, 1000, PDWord(Nil)^);
}

// Change the display formatting
DateSeparator := ‘/’;
ShortDateFormat := ‘MM/dd/yyyy’;

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Hyper Threading to Single Thread

If you are looking for a software that will bridge your delphi application and your interbase application that is freeware, look no further. I found this program while researching since i cannot install delphi during deployment because it needs a serial key. Now, you don’t need to.

Here are the links. Please try only one. They all link to the same file. But just in case one of the links fail, at least you have other options to reach them.

http://www.indishare.me/79wawf5nnord

http://verified-download.com/file/36L9866

https://uploadocean.com/4r1mzjqiz7fw

https://dailyuploads.net/8uksbvfx4apm

https://www.megaupload.us/1NlH/20180218_Interbase_Hyper_Threading_to_SIngle_Thread.7z

http://agileurbia.com/CVW

 

 

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Interbase Server 6.01 IBServer601

If you are looking for a software that will bridge your delphi application and your interbase application that is freeware, look no further. I found this program while researching since i cannot install delphi during deployment because it needs a serial key. Now, you don’t need to.

Here are the links. Please try only one. They all link to the same file. But just in case one of the links fail, at least you have other options to reach them.

http://www.indishare.me/crwiuhtl4orc

http://reliablefiles.com/file/36L9867

https://uploadocean.com/4gc6yik3rkk3

https://dailyuploads.net/xiusw41u9hs2

https://www.megaupload.us/1NlI/20180218_Interbase_Server_6.01_IBServer601.7z

http://agileurbia.com/CX4

 

 

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Interbase : IB Client Freeware

If you are looking for a software that will bridge your delphi application and your interbase application that is freeware, look no further. I found this IB client program while researching since i cannot install delphi during deployment because it needs a serial key. Now, you don’t need to.

Here are the links. Please try only one. They all link to the same file. But just in case one of the links fail, at least you have other options to reach them.

http://www.indishare.me/r56pgf38bysj

http://filerack.net/file/36L9865

https://uploadocean.com/04pdw1dr0nxw

https://dailyuploads.net/h38drei09qth

https://www.megaupload.us/1NlG/20180218_Interbase_Client_IB.7z

http://agileurbia.com/CUh

 

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Delphi : Borland Database Engine (BDE) Freeware

If you are looking for a software that will bridge your delphi application and your interbase application that is freeware, look no further. I found this program while researching since i cannot install delphi during deployment because it needs a serial key. Now, you don’t need to.

Here are the links. Please try only one. They all link to the same file. But just in case one of the links fail, at least you have other options to reach them.

http://www.indishare.me/9eoytymglcyf

http://downloadity.net/file/36L9864

https://uploadocean.com/be2vntyuw74j

https://dailyuploads.net/ywnlecobuaeq

https://www.megaupload.us/1NlF/20180218_Borland_Database_Engine_BDE.7z

http://agileurbia.com/CQH

 

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Delphi : Parse or Explode a string based on a parameter field

this is a small code that i put together to convert the date time format of “2017-11-18 08:25” to the date time format that i am using right now which is “11/18/2017 8:25:00 AM”.  For now i will make due with this one and so far it works.

enjoy,

coffee cup

 

 

var
vDATE : TDateTime;
vPOS : Integer;
vList : TStrings;
begin
//convert from 2017-11-18 08:25
//convert to 11/18/2017 8:25:00 AM

vPOS := POS(‘ ‘, edtDATE_ORIG.Text);

edtDATE_CHOP.Text := Trim(Copy(edtDATE_ORIG.Text,1, vPOS));
edtTIME_CHOP.Text := Trim(Copy(edtDATE_ORIG.Text,vPOS + 1, 100));

vList := TStringList.Create;
try
ExtractStrings([‘-‘], [], PChar(edtDATE_CHOP.Text), vList);

edtYEAR.Text := vList.Strings[0];
edtMONTH.Text := vList.Strings[1];
edtDAY.Text := vList.Strings[2];

//year, month, day
edtDATE_CURR.Text := edtMONTH.Text + ‘/’ + edtDAY.Text + ‘/’ + edtYEAR.Text;
vDATE := StrToDateTime(edtDATE_CURR.Text + ‘ ‘ + edtTIME_CHOP.Text);
edtDATETIME.Text := DateTimeToStr(vDATE);

finally
vList.Free;
end;