PowerShell Quick Tip: Reading an XML file

Say you have an XML data like below. To read the IP element in PowerShell, do: Tags: PowerShell, Xml

Fedora 35 Workstation installation screen capture

Just an itch, wanted to see how Fedora 35 Workstation looks like.
For other versions see here.

Delphi: Wait for ESCAPE key before continuing on console app

The sample Delphi console application below shows how to wait for the ESC key before it will continue. Tags: Delphi, Console, Escape

Fedora 34 Workstation installation screen capture

Just an itch, wanted to see how Fedora 34 Workstation looks like.
For other versions see here.

EOleException: Microsoft MSXML is not installed when calling LoadXMLDocument

LoadXMLDocument returns IXMLDocument which by default uses MSXML on Windows. MSXML is a COM componet which requires client to initialize COM library. Below shows a bare bones Delphi 11.3 console application initializing COM library. Tags: COM, DCOM, Delphi, XML

Fedora 33 Workstation installation screen capture

Just an itch, wanted to see how Fedora 33 Workstation looks like.
For other versions see here.

My Git cheat sheet

Undo changes and remove untracked files

c:\> git reset --hard HEAD
c:\> git clean -fd

Push local branch to remote

c:\> git push -u origin feature/featurename

Clone and checkout remote

c:\> git clone --branch v1.3.9 --single-branch https://github.com/open62541/open62541.git

To view the name of the head (detached like above)

c:\> git show -s --pretty=%d HEAD