Bulk update

Delphi 2009 was released so now it’s time to publish updates to my various units … In this article I’m just publishing the short changelog; you can expect more details on some enhancements (TGpJoinedStream, 4- and 8- aligned integer, Unicode support in GpStructuredStorage) in the near future.

DSiWin32 1.41

• Compatible with Delphi 2009.
• Created DSiInterlocked*64 family of functions by copying the code from http://qc.borland.com/wc/qcmain.aspx?d=6212. Functions were written by Will DeWitt Jr and are included with permission.
• New functions DSiCopyFileAnimated, DSiConnectToNetworkResource, DSiIsHtmlFormatOnClipboard, DSiGetHtmlFormatFromClipboard, DSiCopyHtmlFormatToClipboard, DSiYield.
• Added constants FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY, FILE_SHARE_FULL, FILE_ACTION_ADDED, FILE_ACTION_REMOVED, FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED, FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_OLD_NAME, FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_NEW_NAME.
• Forced {$T-} as the code doesn't compile in {$T+} state.
• Bug fixed: It was not possible to use DSiTimeGetTime64 in parallel from multiple threads

GpHugeFile 5.05a

• Optimization: Under some circumstances, lots of unnecessary SetFilePointer calls were made.

GpLists 1.41

• Works with Delphi 2009.

GpStreams 1.25

• Added TGpJoinedStream class.
• Span-storing class can now be modified via TGpScatteredStream.SpanClass.
• TGpScatteredStream's AddSpan and AddSpanOS now return span offset in the span list.
• Added bunch of BE_ overloads to the TGpStreamEnhancer class.
• Small optimization in KeepStreamPositionWrapper destructor.

GpStructuredStorage 2.0

• Works with Delphi 2009.
• Added Unicode support to the underlying storage. File and folder names are stored in UTF-16, as are attribute names and values. API is still based on Delphi's 'string' type - meaning that values are converted to Unicode and back on the fly using the current locale.
• Existing structured storage files will be upgraded automatically if they are not open for readonly access. Applications, compiled with GpStructuredStorage 1.x will not be able to read new/upgraded files. Version is incremented to 2.0.0.0 when 1.x file is opened unless it is opened in readonly mode. Newly created storages have version 2.0.0.0.

GpStuff 1.13

• Implemented 4-aligned integer, TGp4AlignedInt.
• Implemented 8-aligned integer, TGp8AlignedInt.
• Added function OpenArrayToVarArray, written by Thomas Schubbauer.
• ReverseWord/ReverseDWord rewritten in assembler (by GJ).
• Declared MaxInt64 constant.

GpSync 1.21

• Added optional external message counter to the message queue.

GpTextFile 4.01

• Added TGpTextFile.Write(ws: WideString) and TGpTextFile.Writeln(s: string) overloads.
• TGpTextFile.Write[ln] string parameters made 'const'.
• Bug fixed [found by AKi]: TGpTextFile.Write was not working when using CP_UTF8 codepage.

GpTextStream 1.06

• Works with Delphi 2009.
• Exported StringToWideString, WideStringToString, and GetDefaultAnsiCodepage.

GpVersion 2.02

• Added another CreateVersion overload.
• Extended IVersion interface with IsHigherThan and IsLowerThan.