Dropbox Delphi Component With Sources V1.3

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Lutero Chaloux

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Jun 29, 2024, 11:51:12 AM6/29/24

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I suppose I could just sort out the problem on the one PC, but am not having much luck so far. I would rather invest the time in only having one Delphi setup. And since I am moving lots of other stuff to DropBox anyway ...

Dropbox Delphi Component with Sources v1.3

Download File ✺ https://www.google.com/url?hl=ko&q=https://lomogd.com/2yN4Pf&source=gmail&ust=1719762669136000&usg=AOvVaw0eP17hlyFc6EfQcyMcdsXu

This is also useful if your testing components that you plan to remove later and keeping a backup of your installation incase something goes wrong you can save time with new delphi installation if hard drive dies. Keep a copy on flashdrive or somewhere safe

You may compare/diff the config file created by cnPack using a tool like Beyond Compare and see what the differences are to find out why third party components give problems on one of the machines. It may be a Delphi registry/installation problem or a problem in the paths of the thirdparty components. Components need to be installed in an order perhaps it did not find the needed dcu or dll it depends on.

I don't know of any way to do so with DropBox. Here's an old post I made (related to Delphi 7, but with correction of registry keys still applicable) in the CodeGear newsgroups; hopefully it will help.

(It probably goes without saying, but back up the existing registry settings on the destination machine before starting by using RegEdit and exporting them, just in case. You'll at least be able to get back to the point you're at now if something goes wrong by deleting the imported entries and then importing the saved ones.)

You may be able to (for going from the old computer to the new computer running the same exact version of Windows!) by exporting the registry keys under HKCU\Software\Embarcadero and HKLM\Software\Embarcadero from the old machine, and then after installing Delphi on the new machine (in the exact same folder location) importing that registry file.

Third-party components are a problem, as I mentioned above. You may be able to get away with using the registry export/import if you copy each third-party component set from the old computer into exactly the same location on the new machine before importing the registry file. You'll probably have to track down some .BPL files that end up in the $(BDS)\Bin and possibly other folders under the $(BDS) tree; the IDE will tell you about missing stuff when you try and start it. Make sure you answer "Yes " when asked if you want to try and load it again next time!

Most of my development is hobby stuff or wannabe releases. Instead of dying trying to move my XE2 Pro from my Dell Inspiron N7110 Win 7 machine to my new Win 10 SSD machine, I'm seriously thinking of switching to Lazarus. I've used Lazarus 2.x with Indy 10, ZeosLib, and Firebird and successfully created a working distributed internet system. I also created Lazarus version of my XE2 Blackjack program. When compared to XE2, Lazarus (IMO) has only two weakness and neither are deal breakers for me. BTW, I have successfully duplicated Lazarus (with all installed components) from one machine to another simply by copying and pasting the Lazarus directory and it works. Try that with Delphi. Sam

The Dropbox API allows developers to work with files in Dropbox, including advanced functionality like full-text search, thumbnails, and sharing. The Dropbox API explorer is the easiest way to get started making API calls.

In general, the Dropbox API uses HTTP POST requests with JSON arguments and JSON responses. Request authentication is via OAuth 2.0 using the Authorization request header or authorization URL parameter.

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These endpoints accept file content in the request body, so their arguments are instead passed as JSON in the Dropbox-API-Arg request header or arg URL parameter. These endpoints are on the content.dropboxapi.com domain.

As with content-upload endpoints, arguments are passed in the Dropbox-API-Arg request header or arg URL parameter. The response body contains file content, so the result will appear as JSON in the Dropbox-API-Result response header. These endpoints are also on the content.dropboxapi.com domain.

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Paths are relative to an application's root (either an app folder or the root of a user's Dropbox, depending on the app's access type). The empty string ("") represents the root folder. All other paths must start with a slash (e.g. "/hello/world.txt"). Paths may not end with a slash or whitespace. For other path restrictions, refer to the help center.

Every file and folder in Dropbox also has an ID (e.g. "id:abc123xyz") that can be obtained from any endpoint that returns metadata. These IDs are case-sensitive, so they should always be stored with their case preserved, and always compared in a case-sensitive manner. Some endpoints, as noted in the individual endpoint documentation below, can accept IDs in addition to normal paths. A path relative to a folder's ID can be constructed by using a slash (e.g. "id:abc123xyz/hello.txt").

For endpoints that accept performing actions on behalf of a team administrator using the Dropbox-API-Select-Admin header, files may be referenced using a namespace-relative path (e.g. "ns:123456/cupcake.png"). In this case, the namespace ID, "123456", would be the shared_folder_id or team_folder_id of the shared folder or the team folder containing the file or folder, and the path, "/cupcake.png", would be the logical path to the content relative to its shared folder or team folder container.

This can cause problems for apps that store file metadata from users in case-sensitive databases (such as SQLite or Postgres). Case insensitive collations should be used when storing Dropbox path metadata in such databases. Alternatively, developers need to make sure their query operators are explicitly case insensitive.

Also, while Dropbox is case-insensitive, it makes efforts to be case-preserving. Metadata.name will contain the correct case. Metadata.path_display usually will contain the correct case, but sometimes only in the last path component. If your app needs the correct case for all path components, it can get it from the Metadata.name or last path component of each relevant Metadata.path_display entry.

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Access tokens provided by Dropbox should be treated as opaque. Applications must support variable token size with tokens capable of exceeding 1KB. Applications should not depend on details such as access token composition as Dropbox reserves the right to make changes to token contents.

Your app should send the user to this app authorization page in their system browser, which will display the permissions being granted. If the user isn't already signed in to the Dropbox website, they will be prompted to do so on this web page. This web page should not be displayed in a web-view. This is in order to maintain compatibility with the website and to comply with Google's policy against processing their OAuth flow inside a web-view, to support users who sign in to Dropbox using their Google accounts. Learn about the dropbox.com system requirements.

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We have been developing a CRM-platform based on Unigui. As we have been lacking a number of components that are provided standard by Unigui we (me and a friend here on the Unigui forums) started to develop wrappers for SyncFusion components.

I would strongly suggest to create a task force to create wrappers for these components. I had several wrappers created, including the scheduler, authentication with Google, Microsoft, dropbox integration, OneDrive integration, drag and drop upload, ...

Abbiamo sviluppato una piattaforma CRM basata su Unigui. Poich ci sono mancati numerosi componenti forniti da Unigui standard, noi (io e un amico qui sui forum Unigui) abbiamo iniziato a sviluppare involucri per i componenti SyncFusion.