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If your trying to use a TStringList in your IOS Xe2 Firemonkey application you will probably encounter the following errors when compiling under Xcode.
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Error: Incompatible types: got "TStringList" expected "TWideStringList"
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Error: Incompatible type for arg no. 4: Got "TWideStringList", expected "TStrings"
The problem relates to the TStringList defaulting to a TWideStringList rather that the IOS compatible version, to fix this use the Classes class as follows :-
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var
lines: Classes.TStringList;
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lines := Classes.TStringList.Create();
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Just a quick code example of how to dynamically create a drop shadow effect, pretty simple stuff but with the lack of documentation examples are rare so it seems. This example adds a drop shadow to a TMemo...
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Well this is another sanity post to save me next time I need to figure this problem out again, the issue is running a applet on a server in a Headless X11 environment. There are java program settings to force checking that a X11 display is present and similar command line options do the same, however this doesn't help when trying to run on your server console terminal in a Headless environment...
I recently updated my work machine to a Apple macbook pro and have been using the laptop LCD along with my external monitor which is a Samsung 204B via a mini port to DVI connector. Resulting in the not so popular screen blank out or flicker which occurs at a random interval, no rhyme or reason...
