07Aug 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Stopping a Delphi application from having too many instances.

Rad Studio Delphi Development
Every single developer wishes to have their client start up only a single instance of their application.   This reduces the amount of possible application issues if the code makes a database connection or does some sort of processing that takes away the machine resources.   The following code snippet will help Delphi programmers to keep the process count down to a single instance.  This was coded using Rad Studio XE8 Delphi and is used in many of my applications. The code will be embedded in the project's source because it has to occur prior to the application creating the main form. Click on the menu Project / View Source or using the project manager, you can right click and upon getting the pop-up, you can select view source as…
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30Jul 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Baron Software announces Document Manager for Windows.

Software Releases
  Baron Software wishes to present the latest application to assist the Law Offices, the application is called Document Manager. Baron Software's Document Manager Software allows you to manage your documents more efficiently, increase productivity, and meet compliance requirements. Documents Centralization are stored on your server or any location you wish, the system produces PDFs of each document and provides the company the ability of emailing them to a client in seconds, ensure only accurate and up-to-date versions are used, be prepared for audits and reduce man hours and administrative costs. System Requirements Windows 7 or above Microsoft Word or Office Acrobat Reader Near future enhancement will be for Wordperfect Office as well. Call or email for pricing!
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30Jul 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

CodeRage X is coming October 13-15, 2015

Software Events
CodeRage X is coming October 13-15, 2015 Call for papers and pre-registration are open now! Embarcadero Technologies has begun planning for our tenth annual CodeRage online conference. The theme for this year’s CodeRage conference is “Develop Anything, Anytime, Anywhere.” The CodeRage X Online Developer Conference will take place October 13-15, 2015. The conference will cover development topics for the Object Pascal and C++ programming languages. Sessions about Windows 10 development using VCL, Multi-Device development using FireMonkey, the Internet of Things, Proximity app development using Beacons, Cloud Services, Enterprise Data and Programming Tips, Tricks and Techniques will be covered. The conference will have two live stream developer tracks – one for Object Pascal and one for C++ Start your Registration now! Interested in presenting? You are invited to submit abstracts for…
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04Jul 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Software Development planning or how not to have a project from Hell!

Software development Concepts
Recently I was given an assignment to develop an Android application and the agreement to the price was based on the client's budget which sometimes you get what you agreed to. What I would like to do with this posting is give young software developers guidelines on how to forge a better project and attitude towards completion for the client and the developer. This is based on recent past experience where the client either kept adding on, told that the development was not what they expected, graphics not cut correctly by the client and finally target dates missed. The following insights provide any developer with a check list making sure the project is ready to be designed, developed and finally released. Payment Payment, to judge the amount of time needed…
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25Mar 2015 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Will Windows 10 Become a Subscription Model?

Software Events
When Windows 10 is released later this year, free upgrades will be available for Windows 7 and 8 users for one full year.  Now as we all know, the Microsoft machine is not here for charity and things will cost down the road.  Microsoft is hoping to take reliable Windows 7 machines and actually brand new Windows 8 machines thinking that if they give it away free for a year, people will move to the new OS.  As it is known any upgrade doesn't always work with the older technology from years in the past.  Happened with Vista upgrades or NT to XP which created a IT department nightmares forcing for budgets to include new machines with OS licenses. The story is the same as last time, Microsoft indicates a…
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