After battling for half a day with that subtle bug, I am posting the workaround and analysis here, in case other stumble on it.
The issue lies with the TWICImage class, which encapsulates Microsoft Windows Imaging Component, and can be triggered in multi-threaded usage scenarios, particularly in services.
As you have probably been made aware by the flurry of privacy policy updates in your mailbox, GPDR is coming.
While I am not convinced GDPR will not turn into a perfect showcase for “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”, this is also a good opportunity to update BeginEnd.net to use the 64bit version of DWScript and add a few missing features.
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Just a quick notice that the DWScript source code has begun a transition to Delphi 10.2.3 up from Delphi XE.
The goal is to target Win32 and Win64 compilers, mobile platforms and Delphi Linux are currently not in the scope.
Find beneath this paragraph a spring mishmash of recent happenings from the DWScript repository!
Overview Dialog, Lambdas and Templates.
A lot of the advice on password hashing says that client-side password hashing is not necessary, provided you are using HTTPS or another secure protocol, for instance in