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{ |   GM-Software                                               | }
{ |   ===========                                               | }
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{ |   Project: All Projects                                     | }
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{ |   Description: Commonly useful Routines/Objects/Types.      | }
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{ |   Copyright (C) - 1996 - Gerrit Moeller.                    | }
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{ |   Source code distributed under MIT license.                | }
{ |                                                             | }
{ |   See: https://www.gm-software.de                           | }
{ |                                                             | }
{ +-------------------------------------------------------------+ }

{$INCLUDE GMCompilerSettings.inc}

unit GMCommon;

interface

uses {$IFDEF JEDIAPI}jwaWinType, jwaWinError, jwaWinNT, jwaWinBase, jwaWinUser, jwaWinReg, JwaWinNLS,{$ELSE}Windows,{$ENDIF}
     SysUtils, GMStrDef, GMActiveX, GMIntf, GMCollections, GMUnionValue, TypInfo
     {$IFDEF CALLSTACK}, GMCallStack{$ENDIF};

type

  TGMTracePrefix = (tpNone, tpInformation, tpWarning, tpError, tpException, tpCall, tpExecute,
                    tpSQL, tpHttp, tpSOAP, tpTime, tpInterface, tpHTML, tpXML, tpSocket, tpFtp, tpText);

  TGMErrorAction = (eaContinue, eaAskUser, eaAbort);
  //TGMWaitResult = (wrSignaled, wrTimeout, wrAbandoned, wrError);
  TGMVersionResInfo = (viCompanyName, viProductName, viVersionText, viCopyRight, viComments, viFileVersion);
  TGMWinVersion = (wvInvalid, wvWin_3_11, wvWin95, wvWin98, wvWinNT, wvWin2000, wvWinXP, wvServer2003, wvVista, wvWin7_8, wvWin10_11, wvUnknown);
  TGM2DDirection = (d2dHorizontal, d2dVertical);
  TGM2DDirections = set of TGM2DDirection;
  TGMCursor = (crArrow, crIBeam, crWait, crCross, crUpArrow, crSize, crDrag, crSizeNESW,
               crSizeNS, crSizeNWSE, crSizeWE, crNo, crHandPoint, crAppStart, crHelp);

  TGMDateTimePart = (dtpSep0, dtpSign, dtpHour, dtpMinute, dtpSecond, dtpMilliSecond, dtpDay, dtpMonth, dtpDD, dtpMM, dtpYYYY, dtpYY, dtpHH, dtpNN, dtpSS, dtpUnknown);

  ERightLeftSide = (rlsLeft, rlsRight);


const

  cGMTempFilePrefix = '~GM';
  cGMTempFileExtension = 'tmp';
  cPersistentFileExt = 'prs';
  //CHelpFileExt = 'HLP';

  cStrMaskAllFiles = '*.*';

  GM_USER = $0801; // $0400 => WM_USER, small Offset interferes with MS Up/down control ..
  //UM_DONEMODAL = GM_USER - 1;

{$IFDEF FPC}
{$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}
  {$EXTERNALSYM QS_KEY}
  QS_KEY                  = $0001;
  {$EXTERNALSYM QS_MOUSEMOVE}
  QS_MOUSEMOVE            = $0002;
  {$EXTERNALSYM QS_MOUSEBUTTON}
  QS_MOUSEBUTTON          = $0004;
  {$EXTERNALSYM QS_POSTMESSAGE}
  QS_POSTMESSAGE          = $0008;
  {$EXTERNALSYM QS_TIMER}
  QS_TIMER                = $0010;
  {$EXTERNALSYM QS_PAINT}
  QS_PAINT                = $0020;
  {$EXTERNALSYM QS_SENDMESSAGE}
  QS_SENDMESSAGE          = $0040;
  {$EXTERNALSYM QS_HOTKEY}
  QS_HOTKEY               = $0080;
  {$EXTERNALSYM QS_ALLPOSTMESSAGE}
  QS_ALLPOSTMESSAGE       = $0100;

  {$EXTERNALSYM DT_WORD_ELLIPSIS}
  DT_WORD_ELLIPSIS = $40000;

  {$EXTERNALSYM CONNECT_E_FIRST}
  CONNECT_E_FIRST = HRESULT($80040200);
  {$EXTERNALSYM CONNECT_E_LAST}
  CONNECT_E_LAST  = HRESULT($8004020F);

  {$EXTERNALSYM CONNECT_E_NOCONNECTION}
  CONNECT_E_NOCONNECTION  = CONNECT_E_FIRST + 0;
  {$EXTERNALSYM CONNECT_E_ADVISELIMIT}
  CONNECT_E_ADVISELIMIT   = CONNECT_E_FIRST + 1;
  {$EXTERNALSYM CONNECT_E_CANNOTCONNECT}
  CONNECT_E_CANNOTCONNECT = CONNECT_E_FIRST + 2;
  {$EXTERNALSYM CONNECT_E_OVERRIDDEN}
  CONNECT_E_OVERRIDDEN    = CONNECT_E_FIRST + 3;
{$ENDIF}
{$ENDIF}


{$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}
  INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES  = DWORD(-1);
  {$EXTERNALSYM INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES}
  SORT_DIGITSASNUMBERS = $00000008; // treat digits like numbers
  {$EXTERNALSYM SORT_DIGITSASNUMBERS}
{$ENDIF}

  cUtf16LEBom: RawByteString = #$FF#$FE;
  cUtf16BEBom: RawByteString = #$FE#$FF;
  cUtf8Bom: RawByteString = #$EF#$BB#$BF;

  cMsgAwakeByAll = QS_ALLEVENTS or QS_ALLINPUT or QS_ALLPOSTMESSAGE;

  cFalseInt = 0;
  cTrueInt =  1;
  cBoolInt: array [Boolean] of LongInt = (cFalseInt, cTrueInt);
  //cBoolInt: array [Boolean] of Int64 = (0, 1);
  cBoolStr: array [Boolean] of TGMString = ('False', 'True');

  cSpaceCh = ' ';
  cWhiteSpace = cSpaceCh + #9#10#13;
  cChDontTerm = '^';

  cDfltExceptionMsg = '';
  cDfltHelpCtx = 0;
  cBeepInvalidChar = 0;
  cDfltPrntWnd = 0;
  cNoUIWnd = $FFFFFFFF;
  cHrPrntWnd = cNoUIWnd;

  cDontChangeTimerInterval = $FFFFFFFF;

  //CInvalidRefCount = -1;
  cDfltDateTime = 0;
  cDfltSizeInBytes = 0;

  cDfltAllocAlignment = SizeOf(Pointer);
  cDfltGlobalAllocFlags = GMEM_MOVEABLE;
  cDfltActiveStored = False;
  cDfltActivePersists = True;
  cDfltIIDRequired = True;
  cDfltCallEventsWhenDisabled = False;
  cDfltTimerInterval = 1000;
  cDfltSaveUSerData = False;
  cDfltAlwaysNotify = False;
  cDfltTextDrawFlags = DT_WORD_ELLIPSIS or DT_NOPREFIX;
  cDfltStorageRootKey = HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
  cDontUseRootKey = 0;

  cCoInitUseDflt = -1;
  cDontCoInit = -2;

  cInvalidUIPos = Low(LongInt);

  KEY_CREATE = KEY_READ or KEY_WRITE;
  KEY_DELETE = KEY_READ or KEY_WRITE; //  or _DELETE; // KEY_READ or KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY or _DELETE; //

{$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}
  {$EXTERNALSYM MB_CANCELTRYCONTINUE}
  MB_CANCELTRYCONTINUE = $00000006;

  {$EXTERNALSYM FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED}
  FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED = $00000040;
  {$EXTERNALSYM FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE}
  FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE = $00000200;
  {$EXTERNALSYM FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT}
  FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT = $00000400;

  {$EXTERNALSYM STGM_DIRECT_SWMR}
  STGM_DIRECT_SWMR = $00400000;

  {$EXTERNALSYM WS_EX_LAYERED}
  WS_EX_LAYERED = $00080000;
  {$EXTERNALSYM WS_EX_COMPOSITED}
  WS_EX_COMPOSITED = $02000000;
  {$EXTERNALSYM LWA_COLORKEY}
  LWA_COLORKEY = $00000001;
  {$EXTERNALSYM LWA_ALPHA}
  LWA_ALPHA = $00000002;

  {$EXTERNALSYM KEY_WOW64_64KEY}
  KEY_WOW64_64KEY = $0100;
  {$EXTERNALSYM KEY_WOW64_32KEY}
  KEY_WOW64_32KEY = $0200;
{$ENDIF}

  {$EXTERNALSYM STGC_CONSOLIDATE}
  STGC_CONSOLIDATE = 8;

  cStrGMWebAddress = 'https://www.gm-software.de';
  cStrGMSupportMailAddr = 'support@gm-software.de';
  cStrGMProblemReportMailAddr = 'problem-reports@gm-software.de';
  cStrGMPersistentBasePath = '\Software\GM-Software';

  cStrNULL = 'NULL';
  cStrNone = '<None>';
  cStrMore = '...';
  cStr_More = ' ' + cStrMore;
  cStrSoftware = 'Software';
  cDirSep = '/\';
  cAbsKeyCh = '\';
  cValSepCh = ';';
  cInvalidFileNameChars = '\/:*?"<>|';
  cAllFilesExt = '*';

  cGuidStripChars = cWhiteSpace + '(){}[]"''';

  cInvalidItemIdx = Low(LongInt); // Low(PtrInt); // -1;

  cNullPoint: TPoint = (X: 0; Y: 0);
  cNullRect: TRect = (Left: 0; Top: 0; Right: 0; Bottom: 0);
  cNullSize: TSize = (cx: 0; cy: 0);

  cInvalidUIPoint: TPoint = (X: cInvalidUIPos; Y: cInvalidUIPos);
  cInvalidUIRect: TRect = (Left: cInvalidUIPos; Top: cInvalidUIPos; Right: cInvalidUIPos; Bottom: cInvalidUIPos);

  cAll2DDirections = [Low(TGM2DDirection)..High(TGM2DDirection)];

  cStrClassName = 'ClassName';

  cStrLeft = 'Left';
  cStrTop = 'Top';
  cStrRight = 'Right';
  cStrBottom = 'Bottom';

  cStrFixedDateSep = '.';
  cStrFixedTimeSep = ':';
  cStrFixedMilliSecSep = '-';
//cStrFixedDezSep = '.';
  cStrFixedDateFmt = 'dd"'+cStrFixedDateSep+'"mm"'+cStrFixedDateSep+'"yyyy'; // <- do not localize!
  cStrFixedTimeFmt = 'hh"'+cStrFixedTimeSep+'"nn"'+cStrFixedTimeSep+'"ss"'+cStrFixedMilliSecSep+'"zzz'; // <- do not localize!
//cStrFixedDateTimeFmt = cStrFixedDateFmt + ' ' + cStrFixedTimeFmt;

//cStrFixedDateFmt = 'dd"."mm"."yyyy';     // <- do not localize!
//cStrFixedTimeFmt = 'hh":"nn":"ss"-"zzz'; // <- do not localize!
  cStrFixedDateTimeFmt = cStrFixedDateFmt + ' ' + cStrFixedTimeFmt;
  
//cStrFixedDateTimeFmt = 'dd"."mm"."yyyy hh":"nn":"ss"-"zzz';

  cDecSep = '.';

  cStrDigits = '0123456789';
  cStrSigns = '-+';
  cStrHexChars = cStrDigits + 'abcdefABCDEF';

  cStrHexConvertChars: TGMString = '0123456789ABCDEF';

  cInvalidCPCookie = 0;

  cStrTCompareResult = 'TGMCompareResult';

  cStrVerInfoCompany = 'CompanyName';
  cStrVerInfoProduct = 'ProductName';
  cStrVerInfoCopyright = 'LegalCopyright';
  cStrVerInfoVersion = 'FileVersion';
  cStrVerInfoComments = 'Comments';

  cStrUserName = 'Username';
  cStrPassword = 'Password';
  cStrIsEncryptedPwd = 'PwdIsEncrypted';
  cStrSaveUserData = 'SaveUserData';

  cDfltUserName = '';
  cDfltPassword = '';

  cUnixStartDate: TDateTime = 25569.0;

  cMessageBoxIcon: array [TGMSeverityLevel] of LongWord = (0, mb_IconQuestion, mb_IconInformation, mb_IconExclamation, mb_IconStop);
  cVersionInfoKeys: array [TGMVersionResInfo] of TGMString = (cStrVerInfoCompany, cStrVerInfoProduct, cStrVerInfoVersion, cStrVerInfoCopyright, cStrVerInfoComments, '');
  cVersionInfoKeysA: array [TGMVersionResInfo] of AnsiString = (cStrVerInfoCompany, cStrVerInfoProduct, cStrVerInfoVersion, cStrVerInfoCopyright, cStrVerInfoComments, '');
  cGMTracePrefixes: array [TGMTracePrefix] of TGMString = ('', 'INFORMATION', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'EXCEPTION', 'CALL', 'EXECUTE', 'SQL', 'HTTP', 'SOAP', 'TIME', 'INTERFACE', 'HTML', 'XML', 'SOCKET', 'FTP', 'TEXT');
  cWinCursorRes: array [TGMCursor] of Pointer = (IDC_ARROW, IDC_IBEAM, IDC_WAIT, IDC_CROSS, IDC_UPARROW, IDC_SIZE, IDC_ICON,
                          IDC_SIZENESW, IDC_SIZENS, IDC_SIZENWSE, IDC_SIZEWE, IDC_NO, IDC_HAND, IDC_APPSTARTING, IDC_HELP);

  //TGMSeverityLevel = (svNone, svConfirmation, svInformation, svWarning, svError);
  cGMSeveritySound: array [TGMSeverityLevel] of LongWord = (0, MB_ICONQUESTION, MB_ICONASTERISK, MB_ICONEXCLAMATION, MB_ICONHAND);

  cDateTimeFmtPatterns: array [TGMDateTimePart] of TGMString = ('*', 'SIGN', 'HOUR', 'MINUTE', 'SECOND', 'MILLISECOND', 'DAY', 'MONTH', 'DD', 'MM', 'YYYY', 'YY', 'HH', 'NN', 'SS', '');

  
type

  //PBoolean = ^Boolean;
  
  { ----------------------------- }
  { ---- Function Prototypes ---- }
  { ----------------------------- }

  TProcedure = procedure;

  TGMBooleanFunc = function: Boolean; stdcall;
  TGMMessageBoxFunc = function (const Msg: TGMString; const Severity: TGMSeverityLevel = svInformation; Flags: LongWord = 0; const ParentWnd: HWnd = cDfltPrntWnd): LongInt; stdcall;
  TGMTraceProc = procedure (const AText: TGMString; const APrefix: TGMString = '');
  TGMTraceLineProc = procedure (const ALine: TGMString);
  TProcessLineProc = procedure (const ALine: TGMString; const Data: Pointer);
  TGMInfoProc = TProcedure;

  //TGMExceptionHandlerFunc = function (const AException: TObject; const ParentWnd: HWnd = cDfltPrntWnd; const DefaultCode: LongWord = ERROR_INTERNAL_ERROR): LongWord; stdcall;
  TGMHrExceptionHandlerFunc = function (const AException: TObject; const ParentWnd: HWnd; const DefaultCode: HResult = E_UNEXPECTED): HResult; stdcall; // cHrPrntWnd
  TGMExceptionDlgFunc = function (const AException: TObject; const ParentWnd: HWnd = cDfltPrntWnd): LongInt; stdcall;

  TGMObjectProc = procedure of object;
  TGMObjNotifyProc = procedure(const Sender: TObject) of object;
  TGMObjNotifyBoolFunc = function(const Sender: TObject): Boolean of object;

  TGMGetStringFunc = function: TGMString of object;
  TGMSetStringProc = procedure (const Value: TGMString) of object;

  TGMProcessLineFunc = function (const ALine: TGMString; const ALastLine: Boolean; const AData: Pointer): Boolean; // <- return false to stop iterating more lines


  { ----------------- }
  { ---- Classes ---- }
  { ----------------- }

  TGMHandleObj = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMGetHandle, IGMHashCode)
   protected
    FHandle: THandle;

   public
    constructor Create(const AHandle: THandle; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    function GetHandle: THandle; stdcall;
    function GetHandleAddr: Pointer;
    function HashCode: TGMHashCode;
    property Handle: THandle read FHandle;
    property HandleAddr: Pointer read GetHandleAddr; // <- useful for calls to WaitForMultipleObjects
  end;


  TGMCloseHandleObj = class(TGMHandleObj)
   public
    destructor Destroy; override;
  end;


  TGMHotKeyTable = class(TGMHandleObj)
  // Virtual key codes:
  // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/inputdev/virtual-key-codes
   public
    constructor Create(const AKeys: array of TAccel; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    destructor Destroy; override;
  end;


  TGMNamedOsHandleObj = class(TGMCloseHandleObj, IGMGetName)
   protected
    FName: TGMString;
   public
    function GetName: TGMString; stdcall;
    property Name: TGMString read FName;
  end;


  TGMMutableHandleObj = class(TGMHandleObj, IGMGetSetHandle)
   public
    procedure SetHandle(const Value: THandle); stdcall;
  end;


  TGMRegKey = class;

  IGMRegKey = interface(IGMGetHandle)
    ['{9211EC93-F0A1-4e99-AD71-1BEE41B15EB4}']
    function Obj: TGMRegKey;
  end;


  TGMRegKey = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMGetHandle, IGMRegKey)
   protected
    FRootKeyRef: IUnknown;
    FRootKey: HKEY;
    FHandle: HKEY;

    function FormatKeyPath(const Value: TGMString): TGMString;

   public // Interfaces
    function Obj: TGMRegKey;
    function GetHandle: THandle; stdcall;

    constructor Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); override;
    constructor CreateKey(const ARootKey: HKEY; AKeyPath: TGMString = ''; const AAccessMode: DWORD = KEY_CREATE; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    constructor CreateKey(const ARootKey: IUnknown; const AKeyPath: TGMString = ''; const AAccessMode: DWORD = KEY_CREATE; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    destructor Destroy; override;
    procedure CloseKey;
    function OpenKey(const ARootKey: HKEY; const AKeyPath: TGMString = ''; const ACheckExists: Boolean = False; const AAccessMode: DWORD = KEY_READ): Boolean; overload;
    function OpenKey(const ARootKey: IUnknown; const AKeyPath: TGMString = ''; const ACheckExists: Boolean = False; const AAccessMode: DWORD = KEY_READ): Boolean; overload;
    procedure ReadValueNames(var Names: TGMStringArray);
    procedure ReadSubKeyNames(var Names: TGMStringArray);
    function DeleteValue(const AValueName: TGMString): Boolean;
    function DeleteKey(const ARootKey: HKEY; const AKeyPath: TGMString; const ARecurse: Boolean): Boolean;
    function ValueExists(const AValueName: TGMString): Boolean;
    function ReadString(const AValueName: TGMString; const ADefaultValue: TGMString = ''): TGMString;
    function ReadInteger(const AValueName: TGMString; const ADefaultValue: LongInt = 0): LongInt;
    function ReadBinary(const AValueName: TGMString; const ADestData: Pointer; const ADestDataSizeInBytes: LongInt): DWORD;
    procedure WriteString(const AValueName, Value: TGMString);
    procedure WriteInteger(const AValueName: TGMString; const Value: LongInt);
    procedure WriteBinary(const AValueName: TGMString; const Data; const DataSize: DWORD);
  end;


  IGMWaitFor = interface(IUnknown)
    ['{340FE1DC-8690-4A51-83F1-19472E1C19A1}']
    function WaitFor(const AProcessMessages: Boolean; const Timeout: DWORD = INFINITE): DWORD;
  end;


  IGMEvent = interface(IGMWaitFor)
    ['{016F7E8A-7219-4CC2-9132-AD61CB0E7A9E}']
    procedure Signal;
    procedure Reset;
  end;


  TGMEvent = class(TGMNamedOsHandleObj, IGMEvent)
   public
    constructor Create(const AManualReset, AInitialSignaled: Boolean;
                       const AName: TGMString = '';
                       const ASecurityAttr: PSecurityAttributes= nil;
                       const ARefLifetime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;
    function WaitFor(const AProcessMessages: Boolean; const Timeout: DWORD = INFINITE): DWORD;
    procedure Signal;
    procedure Reset;
  end;


  TGMMutex = class(TGMNamedOsHandleObj, IGMCriticalSection)
   //
   // Use a mutex like a critical section. This allows so serve the message queue while waiting.
   // A Mutex is re-entrant like a critical section but works across process boundaries too.
   //
   protected
    FProcessMessagesWhileWaiting: Boolean;
    FTimeout: DWORD;

   public
    constructor Create(const AName: TGMString = '';
                       const AProcessMessagesWhileWaiting: Boolean = False;
                       const ATimeout: DWORD = INFINITE;
                       const ASecurityAttr: PSecurityAttributes= nil;
                       const ARefLifetime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;

    procedure EnterCriticalSection;
    procedure LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;


  IGMSemaphore = interface(IUnknown)
    ['{FCFBC53F-BBAB-404B-B414-E338FD5C762C}']
    procedure EnterShared;
    procedure LeaveShared;

    procedure EnterSingleExclusive;
    procedure LeaveSingleExclusive;
  end;

  TGMSemaphore = class(TGMNamedOsHandleObj, IGMSemaphore)
   protected
    FMaxShareCount: LongInt;

   public
    constructor Create(const AMaxShareCount: LongInt;
                       const AName: TGMString = '';
//                     const AProcessMessagesWhileWaiting: Boolean = False;
                       const ASecurityAttr: PSecurityAttributes= nil;
                       const ARefLifetime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;

    procedure EnterShared;
    procedure LeaveShared;

    procedure EnterSingleExclusive;
    procedure LeaveSingleExclusive;
  end;


  IGMTimer = interface(IGMGetHandle)
    ['{5D2C8DAA-3C88-4EE3-9B34-6BD418D3B1BE}']
    procedure Restart(const ANewIntervalMS: UINT = cDontChangeTimerInterval);
    procedure Start;
    procedure Stop;
    function IsRunning: BOOL;
    function GetInterval: UINT;
    procedure SetInterval(const AInterval: UINT);
    property Interval: UINT read GetInterval write SetInterval;
  end;


  {$IFDEF JEDIAPI}
  TGMWaitableTimer = class(TGMNamedOsHandleObj, IGMTimer)
   protected
    FDueTime: LARGE_INTEGER;
    FInterval: LONG;
    FIsRunning: BOOL;
    FExecRoutine: PTIMERAPCROUTINE;
    FExecRoutineArg: Pointer;

   public
    constructor Create(const ADueTime: Int64; // See Microsoft help for CreateWaitableTimer
                       const AAutoStart: Boolean = False;
                       const AName: TGMString = '';
                       const AInterval: LONG = 0;
                       const AExecRoutine: PTIMERAPCROUTINE = nil;
                       const AExecRoutineArg: Pointer = nil;
                       const ASecurityAttr: PSecurityAttributes= nil;
                       const ARefLifetime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;

    destructor Destroy; override;
    procedure Start;
    procedure Restart(const ANewIntervalMS: UINT = cDontChangeTimerInterval);
    procedure Stop;
    function IsRunning: BOOL;
    function GetInterval: UINT;
    procedure SetInterval(const AInterval: UINT);
  end;
  {$ENDIF}


  TGMTimerBase = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMGetHandle, IGMTimer)
   protected
    FTimerId: UINT;
    FInterval: UINT;
    function GetInterval: UINT;
    procedure SetInterval(const AInterval: UINT);
    function GetHandle: THandle; virtual; stdcall;

   public
    destructor Destroy; override;
//  function Obj: TGMTimerBase;
    procedure Restart(const ANewIntervalMS: UINT = cDontChangeTimerInterval);
    procedure Start; virtual; abstract;
    procedure Stop; virtual; abstract;
    function IsRunning: BOOL;
    property Interval: UINT read GetInterval write SetInterval;
  end;


  TGMThreadTimer = class(TGMTimerBase)
   protected
    FCaller: TObject;   
    FOnTimerProc: TGMObjNotifyProc;
    procedure DoOnTimer; virtual;

   public
    constructor Create(const AOnTimerProc: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil;
                       const ACaller: TObject = nil;
                       const AWaitTimeoutMilliSec: UINT = cDfltTimerInterval;
                       const AAutoStart: Boolean = False;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload; virtual;

    procedure Start; override;
    procedure Stop; override;
    property OnTimer: TGMObjNotifyProc read FOnTimerProc write FOnTimerProc;
  end;


  TGMWndTimer = class(TGMTimerBase)
   protected
    FWnd: HWnd;
    FClientID: LongInt;
    function GetHandle: THandle; override;

   public
    constructor Create(const AWnd: HWnd; const ATimerID: LongInt; const AWaitTimeoutMilliSec: LongInt = cDfltTimerInterval;
        const AAutoStart: Boolean = False; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload; virtual;

    procedure Start; override;
    procedure Stop; override;
  end;


  TGMThread = class;

  IGMThread = interface(IUnknown)
    ['{3DC881DD-24DC-41dc-B309-6629CDA7D434}']
    function Obj: TGMThread;
  end;

  TGMThread = class(TGMCloseHandleObj, IGMThread)
   //
   // Get rid of all the stupid things in borlands Classes.TThread.
   // This one is much simpler and has a nice exception wrapper and COM initialization.
   //
   protected
    FThreadId: DWORD;
    FSuspendCount: LongInt;
    FCanceled: BOOL;
    FCoInitFlags: LongInt;
    FTerminated: Boolean;
    FAllowExceptDlg: Boolean;
    FHasBeenRunning: Boolean;

   public
    FreeOnTerminate: Boolean;
    WaitTimeoutOnDestroy: DWORD;

    constructor Create(const ACoInitFlags: LongInt = cCoInitUseDflt; // <- must be first parameter to avoid ambiguity with inherited constructor
                       const ACreateSuspended: Boolean = True;
                       const APriority: LongInt = THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL;
                       const AAllowExceptDlg: Boolean = False;
                       AThreadProc: Pointer = nil;
                       const AStackSize: LongWord = 0;
                       const ASecurityAttr: PSecurityAttributes = nil;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;

    destructor Destroy; override;
    function Obj: TGMThread;
    function Execute: HResult; virtual; abstract; // <- return value becomes thread Exit code

    function Suspend: DWORD;
    function Resume: DWORD;
    procedure Run; virtual;
    procedure Cancel; virtual;
    function WaitFor(const AProcessMessages: Boolean; const ATimeoutMS: DWORD = INFINITE): HResult;

    function GetPriority: LongInt;
    procedure SetPriority(const AValue: LongInt);
    function ExitCode: DWORD;

    property ThreadID: LongWord read FThreadId;
    property SuspendCount: LongInt read FSuspendCount;
    property HasBeenRunning: Boolean read FHasBeenRunning;
    property Priority: LongInt read GetPriority write SetPriority;
    property Canceled: BOOL read FCanceled;
    property Terminated: Boolean read FTerminated;
  end;


  TGMThreadTermMsgDataRec = record
    TargetWnd: THandle;
    Msg: Integer;
    WParam: WPARAM;
    LParam: LPARAM;
  end;

  TGMSilentThread = class;

  IGMSilentThread = interface(IUnknown)
    ['{C26731AE-59DF-4689-92F3-A5A487D8D975}']
    function Obj: TGMSilentThread;
  end;

  TGMSilentThread = class(TGMThread, IGMSilentThread)
   protected
    FExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation;
    FCSTermMsgData: IGMCriticalSection;
    FTermMsg: TGMThreadTermMsgDataRec;

    function DfltExceptResult: HResult; virtual;
    function Obj: TGMSilentThread;

   public
    {$IFDEF CALLSTACK}
    ExceptCallStack: IGMThreadCallStack;
//  ExceptCallStack: TGMPtrIntArray;
    {$ENDIF}

    constructor Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean); overload; override;
    procedure SetTermMsgData(const ATermMsgData: TGMThreadTermMsgDataRec); virtual;
    procedure SendTerminationMsg; virtual;
    function InternalExecute: HResult; virtual; abstract;
    function Execute: HResult; override;
    property ExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation read FExceptInfo write FExceptInfo;
  end;


  TGMTempCursor = class(TGMRefCountedObj)
   protected
    FOldCursor: HCursor;
    FPMemberVar: PHandle;
    FOldMemeberVarValue: THandle;

   public
    constructor Create(const ANewCursor: TGMCursor; const APMemberVar: PHandle = nil; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;
    destructor Destroy; override;
  end;


  {IGMMemoryBuffer = interface(IUnknown)
    ['9C07F06F-FFC9-4047-8A23-FBEBB88AF307']
    function GetMemory: Pointer;
    function GetSizeInBytes: Cardinal;
    function GetAllocAlignment: LongWord;
    function GetZeroInit: Boolean;
    function GetFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean;
    procedure SetAllocAlignment(const Value: LongWord);
    procedure SetZeroInit(const Value: Boolean);
    procedure SetFreeMemoryOnDestroy(const Value: Boolean);
    procedure Realloc(NewSizeInBytes: Cardinal);
    procedure FreeMemory;
    property Memory: Pointer read GetMemory;
    property SizeInBytes: Cardinal read GetSizeInBytes;
    property AllocAlignment: LongWord read GetAllocAlignment write SetAllocAlignment;
    property ZeroInit: Boolean read GetZeroInit write SetZeroInit;
    property FreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean read GetFreeMemoryOnDestroy write SetFreeMemoryOnDestroy;
  end;}

  TGMMemoryBuffer = class;

  IGMMemoryBuffer = interface(IUnknown)
    ['{9C07F06F-FFC9-4047-8A23-FBEBB88AF307}']
    function Obj: TGMMemoryBuffer;
  end;

  TGMMemoryBuffer = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMMemoryBuffer)
   //
   // Can be used as a aggregate for interface delegation via "implements" compiler featrue.
   // Will redirect QueryInterface calls to it's owner if the requested interface isn't
   // supported by itself and owner <> nil.
   //
   // If used as interface delegation member the owner must refernece this class by a normal
   // object pointer and not an interface. Because reference counts are routed back to the
   // owner by this class a cyclic reference would keep the owner forever. For the same reason
   // this class must not reference other delegation classes of the owner by interfaces.
   //
   // Note: This is the only solution always working.
   //
   protected
    FOwner: TObject;
    FMemory: Pointer;
    FAllocAlignment: LongWord;
    FZeroInit: Boolean;
    FFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean;
    FSizeInBytes: Int64;
    FOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc;

    //function GetMemory: Pointer;
    //function GetSizeInBytes: Int64;
    //function GetAllocAlignment: LongWord;
    //function GetZeroInit: Boolean;
    //function GetFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean;
    procedure SetAllocAlignment(const AValue: LongWord);
    //procedure SetZeroInit(const Value: Boolean);
    //procedure SetFreeMemoryOnDestroy(const Value: Boolean);
    procedure InternalRealloc(const ANewSizeInBytes: Int64); virtual;

   public
    constructor Create(const AOwner: TObject = nil;
                       const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = 0;
                       const AAllocAlignment: LongWord = cDfltAllocAlignment;
                       const AZeroInit: Boolean = False;
                       const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean = True;
                       const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; virtual;

    destructor Destroy; override;
    function QueryInterface({$IFDEF FPC}constref{$ELSE}const{$ENDIF} IID: TGUID; out Intf): HResult; override;
    function _AddRef: LongInt; override;
    function _Release: LongInt; override;
    function Obj: TGMMemoryBuffer;
    procedure FreeMemory; virtual;
    procedure ReallocMemory(ANewSizeInBytes: Int64); virtual;
    property Memory: Pointer read FMemory; // GetMemory;
    property AllocAlignment: LongWord read FAllocAlignment write SetAllocAlignment; // GetAllocAlignment
    property SizeInBytes: Int64 read FSizeInBytes; // GetSizeInBytes;
    property ZeroInit: Boolean read FZeroInit write FZeroInit;  // GetZeroInit write SetZeroInit;
    property FreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean read FFreeMemoryOnDestroy write FFreeMemoryOnDestroy; // GetFreeMemoryOnDestroy write SetFreeMemoryOnDestroy;
  end;


  TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer = class(TGMMemoryBuffer, IGMGetHandle, IGMGetSetHandle)
   protected
    FHGlobal: HGLOBAL;
    FAllocFlags: LongWord;
    procedure InternalRealloc(const ANewSizeInBytes: Int64); override;

   public
    function GetHandle: THandle; stdcall;
    procedure SetHandle(const Value: THandle); stdcall;

   public
    constructor Create(const AOwner: TObject = nil;
                       const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = 0;
                       const AAllocAlignment: LongWord = cDfltAllocAlignment;
                       const AZeroInit: Boolean = False;
                       const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean = True;
                       const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); overload; override;

    constructor Create(const AOwner: TObject = nil;
                       const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = 0;
                       const AAllocAlignment: LongWord = cDfltAllocAlignment;
                       const AAllocFlags: LongWord = cDfltGlobalAllocFlags;
                       const AZeroInit: Boolean = False;
                       const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean = True;
                       const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload; virtual;
   destructor Destroy; override;

   property Handle: THandle read GetHandle;
  end;


  IGMGetAnsiText = interface(IUnknown)
    ['{E6114C8A-BA01-430F-BBCD-B1AB1FEBD27F}']
    function GetAnsiText: AnsiString;
  end;


  TGMAnsiStringMemoryBuffer = class(TGMMemoryBuffer, IGMGetText, IGMGetAnsiText)
   protected
    FAnsiStringBuffer: AnsiString;
    procedure InternalRealloc(const ANewSizeInBytes: Int64); override;
   public
    constructor Create(const AOwner: TObject = nil;
                       const AContentAsString: AnsiString = '';
                       const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; // overload; virtual;
    function GetText: TGMString; stdcall;
    function GetAnsiText: AnsiString;
  end;


  TGMStringMemoryBuffer = class(TGMMemoryBuffer, IGMGetText) // IGMGetAnsiText
   protected
    FStringBuffer: TGMString;
    procedure InternalRealloc(const ANewSizeInBytes: Int64); override;
   public
    constructor Create(const AOwner: TObject = nil;
                       const AContentAsString: TGMString = '';
                       const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; // overload; virtual;

    function GetText: TGMString; stdcall;
    //function GetAnsiText: AnsiString;
  end;


  TGMResourceMemoryBuffer = class(TGMMemoryBuffer)
   protected
    procedure InternalRealloc(const ANewSizeInBytes: Int64); override;

   public
    constructor Create(const AOwner: TObject = nil;
                       const AResourceName: PGMChar = nil;
                       const AResourceType: PGMChar = nil;
                       AModuleHandle: THandle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
                       const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; // virtual;
  end;


  TGMMemoryLockBytes = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMGetOffset,
                                               IGMGetSetOffset,
                                               ILockBytes,
                                               IGMShiftOffset,
                                               IGMAssignFromIntf,
                                               IGMMemoryBuffer)
   //
   // This class is a ILockBytes implementation on Heap memory.
   //
   protected
    FMemoryBuffer: TGMMemoryBuffer;
    FFullDataSize: Int64;
    FOffset: PtrInt;
    FCTime, FATime, FMTime: TFileTime;

    function GetDataSize: Int64; virtual;
    procedure InternalSetSize(ANewSize: Int64); virtual;
    //function CreateMemoryBuffer(const ASizeInBytes, AAllocAlignment: LongInt; const AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean): TGMMemoryBuffer; virtual;
    procedure OnAfterRealloc(const ASender: TObject); virtual;

   public
    constructor Create(const AAllocAlignment: LongInt = cDfltAllocAlignment;
                       const AZeroInit: Boolean = False;
                       const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean = True;
                       const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = 0;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; virtual;

    destructor Destroy; override;

    function Memory: Pointer; inline;

    procedure AssignFromIntf(const ASource: IUnknown); virtual; stdcall;
    procedure Clear(const AResetOffset: Boolean = True); virtual;

    // IGMGetSetOffset
    function GetOffset: PtrInt; virtual; stdcall;
    procedure SetOffset(AValue: PtrInt); virtual; stdcall;

    // IGMShiftOffset
    procedure SetOffsetAndShiftData(const ANewOffset: LongInt); virtual; stdcall;

    // ILockBytes
    function ReadAt(ulOffset: Int64; pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function WriteAt(ulOffset: Int64; pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function SetSize(cb: Int64): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function LockRegion(libOffset: Int64; cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function UnlockRegion(libOffset: Int64; cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function Stat(out statstg: TStatStg; grfStatFlag: LongInt): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function Flush: HResult; virtual; stdcall;

    property DataSize: Int64 read GetDataSize;
    property Offset: PtrInt read GetOffset write SetOffset;
    property MemoryBuffer: TGMMemoryBuffer read FMemoryBuffer implements IGMMemoryBuffer;
  end;


  TGMIStreamBase = class;
  TGMIStreamRootClass = class of TGMIStreamBase;

  TGMIStreamBase = class(TGMRefCountedObj, ISequentialStream, IStream, IGMGetName)
   protected
    FCaptureExceptions: Boolean;
    FMode: DWORD;
    FName: UnicodeString;

    function InternalGetSize: Int64; virtual;

   public // Interfaces
    constructor Create(const AMode: DWORD; const AName: UnicodeString = ''; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    function GetName: TGMString; stdcall;
    // ISequentialStream
    function Read(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult; virtual; stdcall; abstract;
    function Write(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult; virtual; stdcall; abstract;

    // IStream
    function Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult; virtual; stdcall; abstract;
    function SetSize(libNewSize: Int64): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function CopyTo(stm: IStream; cb: Int64; out cbRead: Int64; out cbWritten: Int64): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function Commit(grfCommitFlags: LongInt): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function Revert: HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function LockRegion(libOffset: Int64; cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function UnlockRegion(libOffset: Int64; cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function Stat(out statstg: TStatStg; grfStatFlag: LongInt): HResult; virtual; stdcall;
    function Clone(out stm: IStream): HResult; virtual; stdcall;

    function CloneCreateClass: TGMIStreamRootClass; virtual;

    property CaptureExceptions: Boolean read FCaptureExceptions write FCaptureExceptions;
  end;


  TGMSequentialIStream = class(TGMIStreamBase)
   //
   // Internal read/write are called repeatedly if they dont deliver all
   // data with the first call until all requested data is processed.
   // Seek does the best sequential streams can do.
   //
   protected
    FSize: Int64;
    FPosition: Int64;
    // Internal rotuines may raise, and may deliver less data than requested
    function InternalGetSize: Int64; override;
    procedure InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord); virtual; abstract;
    procedure InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord); virtual; abstract;

   public
    function Read(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult; override; stdcall;
    function Write(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult; override; stdcall;
    function Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult; override; stdcall;
  end;


  TGMMemoryIStreamBase = class;

  IGMMemoryStream = interface(IUnknown)
    ['{732B500B-F422-43cd-A45D-6181D5B02405}']
    function Obj: TGMMemoryIStreamBase;
  end;

  TGMMemoryIStreamBase = class(TGMSequentialIStream, IGMMemoryBuffer, IGMMemoryStream)
   protected
    FMemoryBuffer: TGMMemoryBuffer;

    procedure InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord); override;
    procedure InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord); override;
    procedure InternalSetSize(NewSize: Int64); virtual;
    procedure LimitPosition; virtual;

    procedure OnAfterRealloc(const Sender: TObject); virtual;

   public
    destructor Destroy; override;
    function Obj: TGMMemoryIStreamBase;
    function Memory: Pointer;
    function Size: Int64;
    procedure Clear; virtual;

    function SetSize(libNewSize: Int64): HResult; override;
    function Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult; override;

    property MemoryBuffer: TGMMemoryBuffer read FMemoryBuffer implements IGMMemoryBuffer;
  end;


  TGMMemoryIStream = class(TGMMemoryIStreamBase)
   protected
    function CreateMemoryBuffer(const ASizeInBytes: Int64; const AAllocAlignment: LongInt; const AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean): TGMMemoryBuffer; virtual;

   public
    constructor Create(const AAllocAlignment: LongInt = cDfltAllocAlignment;
                       const AZeroInit: Boolean = False;
                       const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean = True;
                       const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = 0;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); overload; virtual;
  end;


  TGMGlobalMemoryIStream = class(TGMMemoryIStream, IGMGetHandle)
   protected
    FAllocFlags: LongWord;
    
    function CreateMemoryBuffer(const ASizeInBytes: Int64; const AAllocAlignment: LongInt; const AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean): TGMMemoryBuffer; override;

   public
    constructor Create(const AAllocAlignment: LongInt = cDfltAllocAlignment;
                       const AZeroInit: Boolean = False;
                       const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean = True;
                       const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = 0;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); overload; override;

    constructor Create(const AAllocAlignment: LongInt = cDfltAllocAlignment;
                       const AAllocFlags: LongWord = cDfltGlobalAllocFlags;
                       const AHGlobal: HGlobal = 0;
                       const AZeroInit: Boolean = False;
                       const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean = True;
                       const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = 0;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload; virtual;

    function GetHandle: THandle; stdcall;
    procedure AssignGlobalMemory(const AHGlobal: HGLOBAL; const ADataSize: Int64 = -1; const APosition: LongInt = 0);
    property Handle: THandle read GetHandle;
  end;


  TGMResourceIStream = class(TGMMemoryIStreamBase)
   public
    constructor Create(const AResourceName: PGMChar = nil;
                       const AResourceType: PGMChar = nil;
                       const AModuleHandle: THandle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; virtual;
  end;


  TGMAnsiStringIStream  = class(TGMMemoryIStreamBase, IGMGetText, IGMGetAnsiText)
   public
    constructor Create(const AContentAsString: AnsiString = ''; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; virtual;
    function GetText: TGMString; stdcall;
    function GetAnsiText: AnsiString;
  end;


  TGMStringIStream  = class(TGMMemoryIStreamBase, IGMGetText) // IGMGetAnsiText
   public
    constructor Create(const AContentAsString: TGMString = ''; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; virtual;
    function GetText: TGMString; stdcall;
    //function GetAnsiText: AnsiString;
  end;


  TGMLockBytesIStream = class(TGMSequentialIStream {, IGMGetOffset, IGMGetSetOffset})
   protected
    FLockBytes: ILockBytes;
    //FOffset: LongInt;
    procedure InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord); override;
    procedure InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord); override;

   //public // Interfaces
    //function GetOffset: LongInt; stdcall;
    //procedure SetOffset(Value: LongInt); stdcall;

   public
    constructor Create(const ALockBytes: ILockBytes; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;
    function SetSize(libNewSize: Int64): HResult; override;
    function Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult; override;
  end;


  TGMFileHandleIStream = class(TGMSequentialIStream, IGMGetHandle)
   //
   // IStream implementation based on Windows ReadFile/WriteFile routines
   // ReadFile/WriteFile works on Files, Pipes, Sockets, ..
   //
   protected
    FHandle: THandle;

    procedure InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord); override;
    procedure InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord); override;

   public
    constructor Create(const AHandle: LongWord; const AMode: LongInt; const AName: UnicodeString = ''; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    function GetHandle: THandle; stdcall;
    function HandleIsValid: Boolean;
    property Handle: THandle read FHandle;
  end;


  TGMFileIStream = class(TGMFileHandleIStream)
   public
    constructor Create(const AFileName: TGMString; const AAccess, AShare, ACreateKind: DWORD; const AFlags: DWORD = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL;
      const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    constructor CreateRead(const AFileName: TGMString; const AShare: DWORD = FILE_SHARE_READ; const AFlags: DWORD = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
    constructor CreateOverwrite(const AFileName: TGMString; const AAccess: DWORD = GENERIC_WRITE; const AFlags: DWORD = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
    destructor Destroy; override;
    function Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult; override;
  end;


  TOverlappedWaitHandles = (owhAbort, owhIOComple); // <- Order matters here! Check aborted before checking IOComplete!
  TFileRWFunc = function (hFile: THandle; pBuffer: Pointer; nNumberOfBytes: DWORD; var lpBytesTransferred: DWORD; lpOverlapped: POverlapped): BOOL;

  TGMOverlappedIStream = class(TGMFileHandleIStream)
   protected
    FEvIOCompleted: IGMGetHandle;
    FOverlappedIOData: TOverlapped;
    FWaitHandles: array [TOverlappedWaitHandles] of THandle;

    procedure FileRWWrapper(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord; const FileRWFunc: TFileRWFunc);
    procedure InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord); override;
    procedure InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord); override;

   public
    constructor Create(const AHandle: LongWord; const AMode: LongInt; const AEvAbort: IGMGetHandle; const AName: UnicodeString = '';
                const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
  end;


  TGMChainedIStream = class(TGMIStreamBase)
   protected
    FChainedStream: IStream;

   public
    // ISequentialStream
    function Read(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult; override; stdcall;
    function Write(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult; override; stdcall;

    // IStream
    function Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult; override; stdcall;
    function SetSize(libNewSize: Int64): HResult; override; stdcall;
    function Commit(grfCommitFlags: LongInt): HResult; override; stdcall;
    function Revert: HResult; override; stdcall;
    function LockRegion(libOffset: Int64; cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult; override; stdcall;
    function UnlockRegion(libOffset: Int64; cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult; override; stdcall;
    function Stat(out statstg: TStatStg; grfStatFlag: LongInt): HResult; override; stdcall;

    constructor Create(const AChainedStream: IStream; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;
  end;


  TGMNotifyingIStream = class(TGMChainedIStream, IConnectionPointContainer, IGMCreateConnectionPoint)
   //
   // This stream may be chained between other streams.
   // All operations are passed to the stream given in constructor.
   // When reading or writing connected objects will be notified about the progress.
   // This allows to get progress information when sombody else is reading or writing.
   //
   protected
    FPosition: Int64;
    FConnectionPointContainer: IConnectionPointContainer;
    FCancel: BOOL;
    //FMTime: TFileTime;

    procedure CallSinkOnProgress(const NotifySink: IUnknown; const Params: array of OleVariant);
    function OnProgress(const AProgress: Int64): Boolean;

   public
    constructor Create(const AChainedStream: IStream; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
    //constructor CreateLastMod(const AChainedStream: IStream; const ALastMod: TDateTime; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
    //function Stat(out statstg: TStatStg; grfStatFlag: LongInt): HResult; override;
    destructor Destroy; override;

    // ISequentialStream
    function Read(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult; override; stdcall;
    function Write(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult; override; stdcall;

    // IGMCreateConnectionPoint
    procedure CreateConnectionPoint(const IID: TGUID); stdcall;

    // IConnectionPointContainer
    function EnumConnectionPoints(out Enum: IEnumConnectionPoints): HResult; stdcall;
    function FindConnectionPoint(const iid: TGUID; out cp: IConnectionPoint): HResult; stdcall;
  end;


  TGMBufferedIStream = class(TGMSequentialIStream)
   protected
    FChainedStream: IStream;
    FAnsiStrBuffer: AnsiString;
    FBufWriteCount: LongInt;
    FBufDataSize: LongInt;
    FBufPos: LongInt;

    function FillBuffer: HResult;
    function FlushBuffer: HResult;

    procedure InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord); override;
    procedure InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord); override;

   public
    constructor Create(const AChainedStream: IStream; const ABufSizeInBytes: Integer = cDfltCopyBufferSize; const AName: TGMString = ''; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;
    destructor Destroy; override;

    // ISequentialStream
    function Read(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult; override; stdcall;
    function Write(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult; override; stdcall;
//  function Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult; override; stdcall;
  end;


  TGMInterfaceIDArray = array of TGUID;

  TGMIntfConnectDataRec = record
   IID: TGUID;
   Cookie: LongInt;
   Required: Boolean;
  end;

  TGMIntfSourceChangeEvent = procedure (const OldSource, NewSource: IUnknown) of object;
//TGMIntfSourceObjChangeEvent = procedure (const OldSource, NewSource: TObject) of object;
  TGMIntfProc = procedure (const Intf: IUnknown) of object;

  TIntfIDsToConnectArray = array of TGMIntfConnectDataRec;

  TGMObjInterfaceConnector = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMGetActive, IGMGetSetActive, IGMDisconnectFromConnectionPoint, IGMAskBoolean,
                                                     IGMGetInterfaceSource, IGMGetSetInterfaceSource)
   protected
    FOwner: TObject;
    FObjectToBeConnected: TObject;
    FInterfaceSource: IUnknown;
//  FInterfaceSourceObject: TObject;
    FNeededInterfaceIDs: TGMInterfaceIDArray;
    FIntfIDsToConnect: TIntfIDsToConnectArray;
    FAlwaysNotify: Boolean;

    FOnBeforeIntfSourceChange: TGMIntfSourceChangeEvent;
    FOnAfterIntfSourceChange: TGMIntfSourceChangeEvent;
//  FOnBeforeIntfSourceObjChange: TGMIntfSourceObjChangeEvent;
//  FOnAfterIntfSourceObjChange: TGMIntfSourceObjChangeEvent;
    FOnCheckIntfCanBeConnected: TGMIntfProc;

    function GetInterfaceSource: IUnknown; virtual; stdcall;
    procedure SetInterfaceSource(const AValue: IUnknown); virtual; stdcall;
//  procedure SetInterfaceSourceObject(const Value: TObject);

    procedure CheckNotConnected(AMethodName: TGMString);

    // IGMGetSetActive
    function GetActive: Boolean; virtual; stdcall;
    procedure SetActive(const Value: Boolean); virtual; stdcall;

    // IGMDisconnectFromConnectionPoint
    procedure DisconnectFromConnectionPoint(const ConnectionPointContainer: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; const Cookie: LongInt); virtual; stdcall;

    // IGMAskBoolean
    function AskBoolean(const ValueId: LongInt): LongInt; virtual; stdcall;

   public
    constructor Create(const AOwner: TObject; const ANeededInterfaceIDs: array of TGUID; const AIntfIDsToConnect: array of TGMIntfConnectDataRec); reintroduce;
    destructor Destroy; override;

    procedure AssignFromObj(const Source: TObject); virtual; stdcall;
    procedure CheckInterfaceCanBeConnected(const Intf: IUnknown); virtual;
    function InterfaceCanBeConnected(const Intf: IUnknown): Boolean; virtual;

    function IsConnected: Boolean; virtual;
    function GetSourceIntf(const IID: TGUID; out Intf): Boolean; virtual;
    function GetPropertyIntf(const PropertyName: TGMString; const IID: TGUID; out Intf): HResult; virtual;

    function SourceIsActive: Boolean; virtual;
    function SourceState: LongInt; virtual;

    procedure AddNeededIntfID(const IID: TGUID); virtual;
    procedure AddNeededIntfIDs(const IIDs: array of TGUID);
    procedure AddIntfIDToConnect(const IID: TGUID; const Required: Boolean = cDfltIIDRequired); virtual;
    procedure AddIntfIDsToConnect(const AIntfIDsToConnect: array of TGMIntfConnectDataRec);

    procedure ConnectInterface(const Container: IUnknown; var GMIntfConnectData: TGMIntfConnectDataRec; const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName); virtual;
    procedure DisconnectInterface(const Container: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; var Cookie: LongInt); virtual;

    procedure ConnectAllInterfaces(const Container: IUnknown); //overload;
    procedure DisconnectAllInterfaces(const Container: IUnknown); //overload;

    property NeededInterfaceIDs: TGMInterfaceIDArray read FNeededInterfaceIDs;
    property IntfIDsToConnect: TIntfIDsToConnectArray read FIntfIDsToConnect;
    property Owner: TObject read FOwner;
    property ObjectToBeConnected: TObject read FObjectToBeConnected write FObjectToBeConnected;

//  property InterfaceSourceObject: TObject read FInterfaceSourceObject write SetInterfaceSourceObject;
    property InterfaceSource: IUnknown read GetInterfaceSource write SetInterfaceSource;

    property AlwaysNotify: Boolean read FAlwaysNotify write FAlwaysNotify default cDfltAlwaysNotify;
    property OnBeforeIntfSourceChange: TGMIntfSourceChangeEvent read FOnBeforeIntfSourceChange write FOnBeforeIntfSourceChange;
    property OnAfterIntfSourceChange: TGMIntfSourceChangeEvent read FOnAfterIntfSourceChange write FOnAfterIntfSourceChange;
//  property OnBeforeIntfSourceObjChange: TGMIntfSourceObjChangeEvent read FOnBeforeIntfSourceObjChange write FOnBeforeIntfSourceObjChange;
//  property OnAfterIntfSourceObjChange: TGMIntfSourceObjChangeEvent read FOnAfterIntfSourceObjChange write FOnAfterIntfSourceObjChange;
    property OnCheckIntfCanBeConnected: TGMIntfProc read FOnCheckIntfCanBeConnected write FOnCheckIntfCanBeConnected;
  end;


  TGMActiveChangeNotifyEvent = procedure (const NewActive: Boolean) of Object;

  TGMActivatableIntfSource = class(TGMObjInterfaceConnector, IGMActiveChangeNotifications)
   protected
    FOnBeforeActiveChange: TGMActiveChangeNotifyEvent;
    FOnAfterActiveChange: TGMActiveChangeNotifyEvent;

   public
    // IGMActiveChangeNotifications
    procedure BeforeActiveChange(const NewActive: Boolean); virtual; stdcall;
    procedure AfterActiveChange(const NewActive: Boolean); virtual; stdcall;

    constructor Create(const AOwner: TObject; const ANeededInterfaceIDs: array of TGUID; const AIntfIDsToConnect: array of TGMIntfConnectDataRec);

   published
    property OnBeforeActiveChange: TGMActiveChangeNotifyEvent read FOnBeforeActiveChange write FOnBeforeActiveChange;
    property OnAfterActiveChange: TGMActiveChangeNotifyEvent read FOnAfterActiveChange write FOnAfterActiveChange;
  end;
                                                                          

  { -------------------- }
  { ---- Components ---- }
  { -------------------- }

  TGMConnectableObject = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IConnectionPointContainer, IGMCreateConnectionPoint,
                                                 IGMEnableNotifications, IGMGetPropertyIntf,
                                                 IGMGetInterfaceSource, IGMGetSetInterfaceSource)
   protected
    FObjectConnectedTo: TGMObjInterfaceConnector;
    FConnectionPointContainer: IConnectionPointContainer;
    FNotifyDisableCount: LongInt;
    FCallEventsWhenDisabled: Boolean;

    procedure InternalClose; virtual;
    //procedure CallSinkClose(const NotifySink: IUnknown; const Params: array of OleVariant);
    procedure ConnectInterface(const Container: TObject; const IID: TGUID; var Cookie: LongInt; const CallingRoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName); overload; virtual;
    procedure ConnectInterface(const Container: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; var Cookie: LongInt; const CallingRoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName); overload; virtual;

    procedure DisconnectInterface(const Container: TObject; const IID: TGUID; var Cookie: LongInt); overload; virtual;
    procedure DisconnectInterface(const Container: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; var Cookie: LongInt); overload; virtual;

    procedure NotifyConnectedObjectsOnFirstDisable(const NotificationOnFirstDisable: LongInt = Ord(rgNone)); virtual;
    procedure NotifyConnectedObjectsOnReEnable(const NotificationOnReEnable: LongInt = Ord(rgNone)); virtual;

   public
    constructor Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean); override;
    destructor Destroy; override;

    // IGMGetPropertyIntf
    function GetPropertyIntf(const PropertyName: TGMString; const IID: TGUID; out Intf): HResult; virtual; stdcall;

    // IGMCreateConnectionPoint
    procedure CreateConnectionPoint(const IID: TGUID); virtual; stdcall;

    // IConnectionPointContainer
    function EnumConnectionPoints(out Enum: IEnumConnectionPoints): HResult; stdcall;
    function FindConnectionPoint(const iid: TGUID; out cp: IConnectionPoint): HResult; stdcall;

    // IGMEnableNotifications
    function GetNotifyDisableCount: LongInt; virtual; stdcall;
    function EnableNotifications(const NotificationOnReEnable: LongInt = Ord(rgNone)): LongInt; virtual; stdcall;
    function DisableNotifications(const NotificationOnFirstDisable: LongInt = Ord(rgNone)): LongInt; virtual; stdcall;

    function DoCallEvents: Boolean; virtual;
    function DoNotifySink(const NotifySink: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; out Intf): Boolean; virtual;

    property ConnectionPointContainer: IConnectionPointContainer read FConnectionPointContainer;
    property NotifyDisableCount: LongInt read GetNotifyDisableCount;
    property ObjectConnectedTo: TGMObjInterfaceConnector read FObjectConnectedTo implements IGMGetSetInterfaceSource, IGMGetInterfaceSource;
    property CallEventsWhenDisabled: Boolean read FCallEventsWhenDisabled write FCallEventsWhenDisabled default cDfltCallEventsWhenDisabled;
  end;


  TGMActivationProperties = class(TGMRefCountedObj)
   protected
    FOwner: TObject;
    FActiveStored: Boolean;

    function GetActive: Boolean; virtual;
    procedure SetActive(Value: Boolean); virtual;
    function IsActiveStored: Boolean; virtual;

   public
    constructor Create(const AOwner: TObject); reintroduce; virtual;
    property Owner: TObject read FOwner;

   published
    property Active: Boolean read GetActive write SetActive stored IsActiveStored;
    property StoreActive: Boolean read FActiveStored write FActiveStored default cDfltActiveStored;
  end;

  TGMActivationPropertyClass = class of TGMActivationProperties;


  TGMActivationStoredProperties = class(TGMActivationProperties)
   public
    constructor Create(const AOwner: TObject); override;

   published
    property StoreActive default cDfltActivePersists;
  end;


  TGMActivatableObject = class;

  TGMActiveChangeEvent = procedure (Sender: TGMActivatableObject; const NewActive: Boolean) of object;

  TGMActivatableObject = class(TGMConnectableObject, IGMGetActive, IGMGetSetActive, IGMVerifyActivation)
   protected
    FWasActive: Boolean;
    FActivationProperties: TGMActivationProperties;

    FOnBeforeActiveChange: TGMActiveChangeEvent;
    FOnAfterActiveChange: TGMActiveChangeEvent;

    function ActivationPropertyCreateClass: TGMActivationPropertyClass; virtual;

    function GetActive: Boolean; virtual; stdcall; abstract;
    procedure SetActive(const Value: Boolean); virtual; stdcall;
    procedure SetActivationProperties(const Value: TGMActivationProperties);

    procedure CheckIsActive(const MemberName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName); virtual; stdcall;
    procedure CheckIsInactive(const MemberName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName); virtual; stdcall;

    procedure DoBeforeOpen; virtual;
    procedure DoAfterOpen; virtual;
    procedure DoBeforeClose; virtual;  
    procedure DoAfterClose; virtual;

    //procedure CallSinkBeforeActiveChange(const NotifySink: IUnknown; const Params: array of OleVariant);
    //procedure CallSinkAfterActiveChange(const NotifySink: IUnknown; const Params: array of OleVariant);

    procedure NotifyBeforeActiveChange(const NewActive: Boolean); virtual;
    procedure NotifyAfterActiveChange(const NewActive: Boolean); virtual;

    procedure InternalOpen; virtual; abstract;

    function CloseOnDestroy: Boolean; virtual;

   public
    constructor Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean); override;
    destructor Destroy; override;

    procedure Open;
    procedure Close;

    property Active: Boolean read GetActive write SetActive;
    property ActivationProperties: TGMActivationProperties read FActivationProperties write SetActivationProperties;

    property OnBeforeActiveChange: TGMActiveChangeEvent read FOnBeforeActiveChange write FOnBeforeActiveChange;
    property OnAfterActiveChange: TGMActiveChangeEvent read FOnAfterActiveChange write FOnAfterActiveChange;
  end;


  TGMHandleActivateObj = class(TGMActivatableObject, IGMGetHandle)
   protected
    FHandle: THandle;

    function GetActive: Boolean; override;

    procedure InternalOpen; override;
    procedure InternalClose; override;

    procedure AllocHandle; virtual; abstract;
    procedure ReleaseHandle; virtual; abstract;

   public
    function GetHandle: THandle; virtual; stdcall;
    function GetHandleAllocated: Boolean; virtual; stdcall;

    property Handle: THandle read GetHandle;
  end;


  TGMClipboard = class;

  IGMClipboard = interface(IUnknown)
    ['{153C4E19-E12B-452d-A05F-FC53D9D10461}']
    function Obj: TGMClipboard;
  end;


  TGMClipboard = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMClipboard)
   public
    procedure SetEmpty; 

    procedure SetAsHandle(const AFormat: UINT; const AValue: THandle; const ASetEmptyBefore: Boolean = False);
    procedure SetAsLockBytes(const AFormat: UINT; const AValue: ILockBytes; const ASetEmptyBefore: Boolean = False);
    procedure SetAsText(const AValue: TGMString; const ASetEmptyBefore: Boolean = False);

    function GetAsHandle(const AFormat: UINT): THandle;
    procedure ReplaceByHandle(const AFormat: UINT; const AValue: THandle);
    function GetAsText: TGMString;
    procedure ReplaceByText(const AValue: TGMString);
    function GetAsLockBytes(const AFormat: UINT): ILockBytes;
    procedure ReplaceByLockBytes(const AFormat: UINT; const AValue: ILockBytes);
    procedure PasteToLockBytes(const AFormat: UINT; const LockBytes: ILockBytes);
    function Obj: TGMClipboard;
    //function GetAsIStream: IStream;
    //procedure SetAsIStream(const Value: IStream);

    constructor Create(const AWnd: HWnd = 0; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;
    destructor Destroy; override;

    property AsText: TGMString read GetAsText write ReplaceByText;
    property AsHandle[const AFormat: UINT]: THandle read GetAsHandle write ReplaceByHandle;
    property AsLockBytes[const AFormat: UINT]: ILockBytes read GetAsLockBytes write ReplaceByLockBytes;
    //property AsIStream: IStream read GetAsIStream write SetAsIStream;
  end;


  { ------------------------------- }
  { ---- GM Exception Handling ---- }
  { ------------------------------- }

  TGMExceptionAskBoolValId = (bevPresentToUI, bevCaptureCallStack);

  TGMExceptionInformation = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMExceptionInformation, IGMGetHRCode,
                                                    IGMAssignFromObj, IGMAssignFromIntf, IGMAskBoolean)
   //
   // A container to carry exception information
   //
   public
    FMessage: TGMString;
    FExceptionClassName: TGMString;
    FExceptAddress: Pointer;
    FRaisorName: TGMString;
    FRaisorClassName: TGMString;
    FRoutineName: TGMString;
    FSeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel;
    FHelpContext: LongInt;
    FHrCode: HResult;
    FCaptureCallStack: BOOL;
    FPresentToUI: LongInt; // <- TGMBoolAskResult;

   public
    constructor CreateFromObj(const ASource: TObject;
                              const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = False;
                              const ACaptureCallStack: Boolean = False); reintroduce;

    constructor CreateFromIntf(const ASource: IUnknown;
                               const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = False;
                               const ACaptureCallStack: Boolean = False); reintroduce;

    constructor Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = False;
                       const ACaptureCallStack: Boolean = False;
                       const AMessage: TGMString = '';
                       const AExceptionClassName: TGMString = '';
                       const AExceptAddress: Pointer = nil;
                       const ARaisorName: TGMString = '';
                       const ARaisorClassName: TGMString = '';
                       const ARoutineName: TGMString = '';
                       const ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel = svError;
                       const AHelpContext: LongInt = 0;
                       const AHRCode: HResult = ERROR_SUCCESS); reintroduce;

    procedure AssignFromObj(const ASource: TObject); stdcall;
    procedure AssignFromIntf(const ASource: IUnknown); stdcall;
    function GetHRCode: HResult; stdcall;
    function AskBoolean(const ValueId: LongInt): LongInt; stdcall;

    { ---- IGMExceptionInformation ---- }
    function GetGMMessage: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetExceptionClassName: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetExceptAddress: Pointer; stdcall;
    function GetRaisorName: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetRoutineName: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetHelpCtx: LongInt; stdcall;
    function GetSeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel; stdcall;
    function GetRaisorClassName: PGMChar; stdcall;
    //function GetPresentToUI: BOOL; stdcall;
  end;

  
  EGMException = class(Exception, IUnknown, IGMExceptionInformation, IGMGetText, IGMGetSetText, IGMSetExceptionInformation)
   protected
    FGMMessage: TGMString;
    FRefCount: LongInt;
    FExceptAddress: Pointer;
    FRaisorName: TGMString;
    FRaisorClassName: TGMString;
    FRoutineName: TGMString;
    FSeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel;
    FHelpContext: LongInt;
    FClassName: TGMString;

    procedure SetupInformation(const AMsg: TGMString = cDfltExceptionMsg;
                               const ARaisorName: TGMString = '';
                               const ARaisorClassName: TGMString = '';
                               const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                               const ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel = svError;
                               const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx); virtual;

   public
    constructor ObjError(const AMsg: TGMString = cDfltExceptionMsg;
                         const AObj: TObject = nil;
                         const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                         const ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel = svError;
                         const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx); virtual;

    constructor IntfError(const AMsg: TGMString = cDfltExceptionMsg;
                          const AIntf: IUnknown = nil;
                          const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                          const ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel = svError;
                          const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx); virtual;

    destructor Destroy; override;

//  procedure SetRoutineName(const ARoutineName: PGMChar); stdcall;
//  procedure SetMessage(const AMessage: PGMChar); stdcall;
//  procedure SetSeverityLevel(const ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel); stdcall;

    // IUnknown
    function QueryInterface({$IFDEF FPC_HAS_CONSTREF}constref{$ELSE}const{$ENDIF} AIID: TGUID; out AIntf): HResult; virtual; {$IFNDEF WINDOWS}cdecl{$ELSE}stdcall{$ENDIF};
    function _AddRef: LongInt; virtual; {$IFNDEF WINDOWS}cdecl{$ELSE}stdcall{$ENDIF};
    function _Release: LongInt; virtual; {$IFNDEF WINDOWS}cdecl{$ELSE}stdcall{$ENDIF};

    // IGMGetSetText
    function GetText: TGMString; stdcall;
    procedure SetText(const Value: TGMString); stdcall;

    // IGMSetExceptionInformation
    procedure SetMessage(AMessage: PGMChar); stdcall;
    procedure SetSeverityLevel(ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel); stdcall;

    // IGMExceptionInformation
    function GetGMMessage: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetExceptionClassName: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetExceptAddress: Pointer; stdcall;
    function GetRaisorName: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetRaisorClassName: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetRoutineName: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetSeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel; stdcall;
    function GetHelpCtx: LongInt; stdcall;

    property RefCount: LongInt read FRefCount;
//  property ARoutineName: TGMString read FRoutineName write FRoutineName;
//  property SeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel read GetSeverityLevel write FSeverityLevel;
  end;

  EGMExceptionClass = class of EGMException;


  EGMConvertException = class(EGMException);
  EGMFmtException = class(EGMException);


  EGMHrException = class(EGMException, IGMGetHRCode)
   protected
    FHrCode: HResult;

   public
    constructor ObjError(const AHRCode: HResult;
                         const AParams: array of PGMChar;
                         const AObj: TObject = nil;
                         const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                         const AMsgPostfix: TGMString = '';
                         const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx); reintroduce; overload; virtual;

    constructor IntfError(const AHRCode: HResult;
                          const AParams: array of PGMChar;
                          const AIntf: IUnknown = nil;
                          const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                          const AMsgPostfix: TGMString = '';
                          const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx); reintroduce; overload; virtual;

    function GetHrCode: HResult; stdcall;
    property HRCode: HResult read GetHRCode;
  end;


  EAPIException = class(EGMException, IGMGetHRCode)
   protected
    FErrorCode: LongWord;

   public
    constructor ObjError(const AWinApiErrorCode: LongWord;
                         const AParams: array of PGMChar;
                         const AObj: TObject = nil;
                         const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                         const AMsgPostfix: TGMString = '';
                         const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx); reintroduce; overload; virtual;

    function GetHRCode: HResult; stdcall;
    property HRCode: HResult read GetHRCode;
    property ErrorCode: LongWord read FErrorCode;
  end;


  EGMAbort = class(EAbort, IUnknown, IGMGetHRCode)
   protected
    FRefCount: LongInt;
   public
    function QueryInterface({$IFDEF FPC_HAS_CONSTREF}constref{$ELSE}const{$ENDIF} AIID: TGUID; out AIntf): HResult; virtual; {$IFNDEF WINDOWS}cdecl{$ELSE}stdcall{$ENDIF};
    function _AddRef: LongInt; virtual; {$IFNDEF WINDOWS}cdecl{$ELSE}stdcall{$ENDIF};
    function _Release: LongInt; virtual; {$IFNDEF WINDOWS}cdecl{$ELSE}stdcall{$ENDIF};
    function GetHRCode: HResult; stdcall;
  end;


  { ------------------------------------------ }
  { ---- Connection Point Implementations ---- }
  { ------------------------------------------ }

  IGMConnectedObjListEntry = interface(IUnknown)
    ['{19601AE2-1EAA-11d5-AB38-000021DCAD19}']
    procedure AssignTo(var CnData: tagConnectData); stdcall;
    function GetUnkIntf: IUnknown; stdcall;
    function GetCookie: LongInt; stdcall;
    procedure SetUnkIntf(const Value: IUnknown); stdcall;
    procedure SetCookie(const Value: LongInt); stdcall;
    property UnkIntf: IUnknown read GetUnkIntf write SetUnkIntf;
    property Cookie: LongInt read GetCookie write SetCookie;
  end;


  TGMConnectedObjListEntry = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMConnectedObjListEntry)
   protected
    FUnkIntf: IUnknown;
    FCookie: LongInt;

    function GetUnkIntf: IUnknown; stdcall;
    function GetCookie: LongInt; stdcall;
    procedure SetUnkIntf(const Value: IUnknown); stdcall;
    procedure SetCookie(const Value: LongInt); stdcall;

   public
    constructor Create(const AUnkIntf: IUnknown; const ACookie: LongInt); reintroduce;
    destructor Destroy; override;
    procedure AssignTo(var CnData: tagConnectData); stdcall;
    property UnkIntf: IUnknown read GetUnkIntf write SetUnkIntf;
    property Cookie: LongInt read GetCookie write SetCookie;
  end;


  TGMEnumXxxxImpl = class;
  TGMEnumXxxxImplClass = class of TGMEnumXxxxImpl;
  TGMEnumXxxxImpl = class(TGMRefCountedObj)
   protected
    FList: IGMIntfArrayCollection;
    FListPos: LongInt;
    FElemIID: TGUID;

   public
    constructor Create(const AList: IGMIntfArrayCollection; const AElemIID: TGUID; const AListPos: LongInt = cGMUnknownPosition); reintroduce;
    function CreateCloneClass: TGMEnumXxxxImplClass; virtual; abstract;

    property ElemIID: TGUID read FElemIID;

    function CreateClone(const IID: TGUID; out Enum): HResult; stdcall;

    { ---- IEnumXxxx ---- }
    function Skip(celt: LongInt): HResult; stdcall;
    function Reset: HResult; stdcall;
  end;


  TGMEnumConnectionPointsImpl = class(TGMEnumXxxxImpl, IEnumConnectionPoints)
   public
    constructor Create(const AList: IGMIntfArrayCollection);
    function CreateCloneClass: TGMEnumXxxxImplClass; override;
    function Clone(out Enum: IEnumConnectionPoints): HResult; stdcall;
    function Next(celt: LongInt; out elt; pceltFetched: PLongint): HResult; stdcall;
  end;


  TGMEnumConnectionsImpl = class(TGMEnumXxxxImpl, IEnumConnections)
   public
    constructor Create(const AList: IGMIntfArrayCollection);
    function CreateCloneClass: TGMEnumXxxxImplClass; override;
    function Clone(out Enum: IEnumConnections): HResult; stdcall;
    function Next(celt: LongInt; out elt; pceltFetched: PLongint): HResult; stdcall;
  end;


  TGMConnectionPointContainerImpl = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IConnectionPointContainer,
                                                            IGMReleaseReferences,
                                                            IGMCreateConnectionPoint)
   protected
    FConnectionPoints: IGMIntfArrayCollection;

   public
    constructor Create(const AConnectionPoints: array of TGUID; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;

    // IGMReleaseReferences
    procedure ReleaseReferences; virtual; stdcall;

    // IGMMaintainConnectionPoints
    procedure CreateConnectionPoint(const IID: TGUID); virtual; stdcall;

    // IConnectionPointContainer
    function EnumConnectionPoints(out Enum: IEnumConnectionPoints): HResult; stdcall;
    function FindConnectionPoint(const iid: TGUID; out cp: IConnectionPoint): HResult; stdcall;
  end;


  TGMConnectionPointImpl = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IConnectionPoint)
   protected
    FIntfID: TGUID;
    FOwner: IUnknown;
    FConnectedObjects: IGMIntfArrayCollection;
    FCurrentCookie: LongWord;

   public
    constructor Create(const AOwner: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;
    destructor Destroy; override;

    property IntfID: TGUID read FIntfID;

    // IConnectionPoint 
    function GetConnectionInterface(out iid: TGUID): HResult; stdcall;
    function GetConnectionPointContainer(out Cpc: IConnectionPointContainer): HResult; stdcall;
    function EnumConnections(out Enum: IEnumConnections): HResult; stdcall;
    function Advise(const unkSink: IUnknown; out dwCookie: LongInt): HResult; stdcall;
    function Unadvise(dwCookie: LongInt): HResult; stdcall;
  end;


  { --------------------- }
  { ---- File System ---- }
  { --------------------- }

  TGMFileProperties = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMFileProperties, IGMGetFileName, IGMGetSetFileName, IGMAssignFromIntf, IGMCriticalSection)
   protected
    FCriticalSection: IGMCriticalSection;
    FFileName: TGMString;
    FDisplayName: TGMString;
    FAttributes: TFileAttributes;
    FCreationTime: TDateTime;
    FLastAccessTime: TDateTime;
    FLastWriteTime: TDateTime;
    FSizeInBytes: Int64;

    function GetFileName: TGMString; stdcall;
    function GetDisplayName: TGMString; stdcall;
    function GetAttributes: TFileAttributes; stdcall;
    function GetCreationTime: TDateTime; stdcall;
    function GetLastAccessTime: TDateTime; stdcall;
    function GetLastWriteTime: TDateTime; stdcall;
    function GetSizeInBytes: Int64; stdcall;

   public
    constructor Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); overload; override;
    constructor CreateFromExisting(const AExistingFileName: TGMString; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    constructor Create(const FindData: TWin32FindData; const AFilePath: TGMString = ''; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    constructor Create(const AFileName: TGMString;
                       const AAttributes: TFileAttributes = [];
                       const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = cDfltSizeInBytes;
                       const ACreationTime: TDateTime = cDfltDateTime;
                       const ALastWriteTime: TDateTime = cDfltDateTime;
                       const ALastAccessTime: TDateTime = cDfltDateTime;
                       const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;

    //constructor Create(const AFileName: TGMString; const AAttributes: TFileAttributes = []; const ASize: Int64 = -1; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); overload;
    //function CriticalSection: IGMCriticalSection;
    procedure SetFileName(const Value: TGMString); stdcall;
    procedure AssignFromIntf(const Source: IUnknown); stdcall;

    property AFileName: TGMString read FFileName;
    property Attributes: TFileAttributes read FAttributes;
    property CreationTime: TDateTime read FCreationTime;
    property LastAccessTime: TDateTime read FLastAccessTime;
    property LastWriteTime: TDateTime read FLastWriteTime;
    property SizeInBytes: Int64 read FSizeInBytes;

    property CriticalSection: IGMCriticalSection read FCriticalSection implements IGMCriticalSection;
  end;


  { ----------------------- }
  { ---- Miscellaneous ---- }
  { ----------------------- }

  type


//PMetafileHeader = ^TMetafileHeader;
//TMetafileHeader = packed record
//  Key: LongInt;
//  Handle: SmallInt;
//  Box: TSmallRect;
//  Inch: Word;
//  Reserved: LongInt;
//  CheckSum: Word;
//end;

//PCursorOrIconRec = ^TCursorOrIconRec;
//TCursorOrIconRec = packed record
//  Reserved: Word;
//  wType: Word;
//  Count: Word;
//end;


  //
  // A set of char that works with ansi chars and unicode chars.
  // Performance is almost the same as "set of char" compiler generated code.
  //
  TGMSetOfChar = class
   protected
    //FElementsAsBits: array [0..Ord(High(TGMChar)) div (SizeOf(PtrInt)) * 8] of PtrInt;
    FElementsAsBits: array [0..Ord(High(TGMChar)) div 8] of Byte;
   public
    procedure AddChar(AChar: TGMChar);
    procedure RemoveChar(AChar: TGMChar); // : Boolean;
    procedure RemoveAllChars;
    procedure AddAllChars;
    function Contains(AChar: TGMChar): Boolean;
    procedure Union(AOther: TGMSetOfChar);
  end;


  //
  // Objects To be used as temprary Reference Items for the TGMObjArrayCollection Find/FindNearest Methods
  //

  TGMNameObj = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMGetName, IGMHashCode, IGMGetSetName)
   protected
    FName: TGMString;
   public
    constructor Create(const AName: TGMString; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    function GetName: TGMString; virtual; stdcall;
    procedure SetName(const ANewName: TGMString); virtual; stdcall;
    function HashCode: TGMHashCode;

    property Name: TGMString read GetName write SetName;
  end;


  TGMIntegerObj = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMHashCode)
   protected
    FValue: PtrInt;
   public
    constructor Create(const AValue: PtrInt; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;
    function HashCode: TGMHashCode;
    property Value: PtrInt read FValue;
  end;


  TGMPositionObj = class(TGMIntegerObj, IGMGetPosition)
   public
    destructor Destroy; override;
    function GetPosition: PtrInt; virtual; stdcall;
  end;


  TGMLeftObj = class(TGMIntegerObj, IGMGetLeft)
   public
    function GetLeft: LongInt; virtual; stdcall;
  end;


  TGMGuidObj = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMGetGUID)
   protected
    FGuid: TGUID;
   public
    constructor Create(const AGuid: TGUID; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;
    function GetGUID: TGUID; stdcall;
    property Guid: TGUID read FGuid;
  end;


  TGMNameAndPosObj = class(TGMNameObj, IGMGetPosition)
   protected
    FPosition: PtrInt;
   public
    constructor Create(const AName: TGMString; const APosition: LongInt; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; virtual;
    function GetPosition: PtrInt; virtual; stdcall;
  end;


  TGMNameAndStrValueObj = class(TGMNameObj, IGMGetStringValue, IGMGetUnionValue, IGMGetText, IGMGetSetStringValue, IGMGetSetUnionValue, IGMGetSetText)
   protected
    FStrValue: TGMString;

   public
    constructor Create(const AName, AStrValue: TGMString; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    function GetStringValue: TGMString; virtual;
    procedure SetStringValue(const AStrValue: TGMString); virtual;
    function GetUnionValue: RGMUnionValue; virtual;
    procedure SetUnionValue(const AUnionValue: RGMUnionValue); virtual;
    function GetText: TGMString; virtual; stdcall;
    procedure SetText(const AStrValue: TGMString); virtual; stdcall;

    property StrValue: TGMString read GetStringValue write SetStringValue;
  end;


  TGMNameAndValueObj = class(TGMNameObj, IGMGetUnionValue, IGMGetStringValue, IGMGetText,
                                         IGMLoadStoreData, IGMGetSetUnionValue, IGMGetSetText)
   protected
    FValue: RGMUnionValue;

   public
    constructor Create(const AName: TGMString; const AValue: RGMUnionValue; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;

    function GetKeyValue: RGMUnionValue; virtual;
//  function GetName: TGMString; virtual; stdcall;
//  procedure SetName(const AValue: TGMString); virtual; stdcall;
    function GetUnionValue: RGMUnionValue; virtual;
    function GetStringValue: TGMString;
    procedure SetUnionValue(const AUnionValue: RGMUnionValue); virtual;
    function GetText: TGMString; virtual; stdcall;
    procedure SetText(const AValue: TGMString); virtual; stdcall;
    procedure LoadData(const ASource: IGMValueStorage; const ACryptCtrlData: PGMCryptCtrlData = nil); virtual; stdcall;
    procedure StoreData(const ADest: IGMValueStorage; const ACryptCtrlData: PGMCryptCtrlData = nil); virtual; stdcall;
//  function HashCode: TGMHashCode;

    property Value: RGMUnionValue read GetUnionValue write SetUnionValue;
  end;


  TGMUserAccountObj = class(TGMRefCountedObj, IGMUserAccount)
   protected
    FUsername: TGMString;
    FPassword: TGMString;
//  FDomain: TGMString;
    FSaveUserData: Boolean;

    function GetUsername: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetPassword: PGMChar; stdcall;
//  function GetDomain: PGMChar; stdcall;
    function GetSaveUserData: Boolean; stdcall;
    procedure SetUsername(AUSername: PGMChar); stdcall;
    procedure SetPassword(APassword: PGMChar); stdcall;
//  procedure SetDomain(ADomain: PGMChar); stdcall;
    procedure SetSaveUserData(Value: Boolean); stdcall;

   public
    constructor Create(const AUsername, APassword: TGMString; const ASAveUserData: Boolean = cDfltSaveUSerData; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce;
  end;


  RGMNameAndStrValue = record
    Name: TGMString;
    StrValue: TGMString;
    //function Init(const AName, AStrValue: TGMString): RGMNameAndStrValue;
    procedure Init(const AName, AStrValue: TGMString);
  end;


  PGMNameAndStrValArray = ^TGMNameAndStrValArray;
  TGMNameAndStrValArray = Array of RGMNameAndStrValue;


  function InitRGMNameAndStrValue(const AName, AStrValue: TGMString): RGMNameAndStrValue;


  { ----------------------- }
  { ---- Smart classes ---- }
  { ----------------------- }

type

  TGMDLLHandleObj = class(TGMHandleObj)
   protected
    FLoadErrorCode: DWORD;
   public
    constructor Create(const ADLLFilePath: TGMString; const ACheckSuccess: Boolean = False; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True); reintroduce; overload;
    destructor Destroy; override;
  end;


  TGMIconHolder = class(TGMHandleObj)
   public
    destructor Destroy; override;
  end;


  TStringReplaceRec = record
   SearchStr: TGMString;
   Replacement: TGMString;
  end;


  RPathWalkData = record
   ValuePart, MaskPart: TGMString;
   ValueChPos, MaskchPos: PtrInt;
  end;


{ ------------------------- }
{ ---- Global Routines ---- }
{ ------------------------- }

{ ---- Data Load Store ---- }

//function GMReadValidRect(const Source: IGMValueStorage; const RectName: TGMString; var Value: TRect; const DefaultValue: LongInt = cInvalidUIPos): Boolean;
function GMReadRect(const ASource: IGMValueStorage; const ARectName: TGMString; const ADefaultRect: TRect): TRect;
procedure GMWriteRect(const ADest: IGMValueStorage; const ARectName: TGMString; const AValue: TRect; const ADefaultValue: LongInt = cInvalidUIPos);

//function GMFontStyleToInt(const Value: TFontStyles): LongInt;
//function GMFontStyleFromInt(const Value: LongInt): TFontStyles;

//procedure GMReadFont(const Source: IGMValueStorage; const FontName: TGMString; const Font: TFont);
//procedure GMWriteFont(const Dest: IGMValueStorage; const FontName: TGMString; const Font: TFont);


{ ---- AStream routines ---- }

function GMIStreamHasSignature(const AStream: IStream; const AFormatSig: AnsiString): Boolean;
function GMIStreamContainsJpeg(const AStream: IStream): boolean;
function GMIStreamContainsGIF(const AStream: IStream): boolean;
function GMIStreamContainsBmp(const AStream: IStream): boolean;

function GMIStreamReadStrA(const AStream: ISequentialStream): AnsiString;
function GMIStreamReadStrW(const AStream: ISequentialStream): UnicodeString;
procedure GMIStreamWriteStrA(const AStream: ISequentialStream; const AValue: AnsiString);
procedure GMIStreamWriteStrW(const AStream: ISequentialStream; const AValue: UnicodeString);

function GMReadBOMCharKind(const AStream: IStream; const ADefaultChKind: TGMCharKind = ckAnsi): TGMCharKind;
procedure GMWriteBOM(const ADestStream: ISequentialStream; const ACharKind: TGMCharKind);

function GMIStreamContainsASCIIText(const AStream: IStream): Boolean;
function GMIStreamContainsXml(const AStream: IStream): Boolean;
procedure GMConsumeStreamContent(const AStream: ISequentialStream; const ABufferSize: LongInt = $8000);


// ---- String type conversion ---- //

//function GMStrToHexStr(const AValue: AnsiString): AnsiString; <- Use GMCharCoding.GMEncodeBase16Str instead
//function GMHexStrToStr(const AValue: AnsiString): AnsiString; <- Use GMCharCoding.GMDecodeBase16Str instead

{$IFDEF DELPHI9}
function GMIntToStr(const AValue: QWord): TGMString; overload;
{$ENDIF}
function GMIntToStr(const AValue: Int64): TGMString; overload;
function GMIntToStr(const AValue: LongInt): TGMString; overload;

function GMIntToHexStr(AValue: LongInt): TGMString; overload;
function GMIntToHexStr(AValue: Int64): TGMString; overload;
{$IFDEF DELPHI9}
function GMIntToHexStr(AValue: QWord): TGMString; overload;
{$ENDIF}

{ $IFDEF DELPHI9}
function GMStrToInt(const AValue: TGMString): Int64; // overload;
{ $ENDIF}
//function GMStrToInt(const AValue: TGMString): LongInt; {$IFDEF DELPHI9}overload;{$ENDIF}

function GMStrToInt32(const AValue: TGMString): LongInt;
function GMStrToUInt32(const AValue: TGMString): LongWord;
function GMStrToInt64(const AValue: TGMString): Int64;
{$IFDEF DELPHI9}
function GMStrToUInt64(const AValue: TGMString): QWord;
{$ENDIF}
function GMStrToSingle(AValue: TGMString): Single;
function GMStrToDouble(AValue: TGMString): Double;
function GMStrToCurrency(AValue: TGMString): Currency;

function GMSingleToStr(const AValue: Single; const AWidth: Integer = -1; const APrecision: Integer = -1): TGMString;
function GMDoubleToStr(const AValue: Double; const AWidth: Integer = -1; const APrecision: Integer = 17): TGMString;
function GMExtendedToStr(const AValue: Extended; const AWidth: Integer = -1; const APrecision: Integer = -1): TGMString;
function GMCurrencyToStr(const AValue: Currency; const AWidth: Integer = -1; const APrecision: Integer = -1): TGMString;

// ---- String routines ---- //

function GMIsPrefixStr(const APrefix, AValue: TGMString; const AIngoreCase: Boolean = True): Boolean;

function GMIsDigitA(ACh: AnsiChar): Boolean;
function GMIsDigit(ACh: TGMChar): Boolean;
function GMIsLetter(ACh: TGMChar): Boolean;

// Froward string scan until = ACh
function GMStrLScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PAnsiChar; assembler; register;
function GMStrLScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PWideChar; assembler; register;
function GMStrLScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PGMChar;

// Reverse string scan until = ACh
function GMStrRLScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PAnsiChar; assembler; register;
function GMStrRLScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PWideChar; assembler; register;
function GMStrRLScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PGMChar;

// Froward string scan until <> ACh
function GMStrCLScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PAnsiChar; assembler; register;
function GMStrCLScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PWideChar; assembler; register;
function GMStrCLScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PGMChar;

// Reverse string scan until <> ACh
function GMStrCRLScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PAnsiChar; assembler; register;
function GMStrCRLScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PWideChar; assembler; register;
function GMStrCRLScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PGMChar;

function GMStrLScanPos(const AValue: TGMString; AChToFind: TGMChar; AStartChPos: PtrInt = 1): PtrInt;


function GMStrScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar): PAnsiChar; assembler; register;
function GMStrScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar): PWideChar; assembler; register;
function GMStrScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar): PGMChar;

function GMStrLCompA(const AStr1, AStr2: PAnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PtrInt; assembler; register;
function GMStrLCompW(const AStr1, AStr2: PWideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PtrInt; assembler; register;
function GMStrLComp(const AStr1, AStr2: PGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PtrInt;
//function GMStrComp(const Str1, Str2: TGMString): LongInt;
function GMCompareMemory(const AContents1, AContents2: Pointer; const AMaxLenInBytes: PtrUInt): TGMCompareResult;

function GMStrLICompA(const AStr1, AStr2: PAnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): LongInt; assembler; register;
function GMStrLICompW(const AStr1, AStr2: PWideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): LongInt; assembler; register;
function GMStrLIComp(const AStr1, AStr2: PGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): LongInt;

function GMSameText(const AValue1, AValue2: TGMString): Boolean;

//function GMStrScanPas(const AValue: PGMChar; Ch: TGMChar): PGMChar;

function GMIsDelimiterA(const ADelimiters, AValue: AnsiString; ACharIndex: PtrInt): Boolean; {$IFDEF DELPHI9}inline;{$ENDIF}
function GMIsDelimiterW(const ADelimiters, AValue: UnicodeString; ACharIndex: PtrInt): Boolean; {$IFDEF DELPHI9}inline;{$ENDIF}
function GMIsDelimiter(const ADelimiters, AValue: TGMString; ACharIndex: PtrInt): Boolean; {$IFDEF DELPHI9}inline;{$ENDIF}

function GMLastDelimiter(const ADelimiters, AValue: TGMString): PtrInt;

function GMIsNumber(const AValue: TGMString): Boolean;

function GMDeleteLastWord(const Value: TGMString; const Separators: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMDeleteFirstWord(const Value: TGMString; const Separators: TGMString; const StripSeparators: Boolean = True): TGMString;
function GMDeleteFirstWords(const Value: TGMString; const WordCount: LongInt; const Separators: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMDeleteNextWord(const AchPos: PtrInt; const Value, Separators: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMDeleteChars(const Value: TGMString; const ADelChars: TGMString; const ANotDelChars: Boolean = False): TGMString;
function GMDeleteCharsA(const AValue: AnsiString; const ADelChars: AnsiString; const ANotDelChars: Boolean = False): AnsiString;
function GMDeleteWords(const AValue: TGMString; const AWords: array of TGMString; const ASeparators: TGMString; const AWholeWords: Boolean = True; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean = True): TGMString;
function GMKeepWords(const AValue: TGMString; const AWords: array of TGMString; const ASeparators: TGMString; const AWholeWords: Boolean = True; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean = True): TGMString;

function GMNextWord(var AChPos: PtrInt; const AValue: TGMString; ASeparatorChar: TGMChar; const ASkipLeadingSeparators: Boolean = True): TGMString; overload;
function GMNextWord(var AChPos: PtrInt; const AValue, ASeparators: TGMString; const ASkipLeadingSeparators: Boolean = True): TGMString; overload;

function GMFirstWord(const AValue: TGMString; const ASeparators: TGMString; const ASkipLeadingSeparators: Boolean = True): TGMString;
function GMLastWord(const AValue: TGMString; const ASeparators: TGMString; const ASkipTrailingSeparators: Boolean = True): TGMString;
function GMNThWord(const AValue: TGMString; const AWordNummber: Word; const ASeparators: TGMString; const AFromSide: ERightLeftSide = rlsLeft): TGMString;
function GMWordCount(const AText, ASeparators: TGMString): LongInt;
function GMNextLine(var AChPos: PtrInt; const AText: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMPreviousWord(var AChPos: PtrInt; const AValue, ASeparators: TGMString; const ASkipTrailingSeparators: Boolean = True): TGMString;
//function GMFirstLine(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;

function GMStrip(const AValue: TGMString; const AChars: TGMString = cWhiteSpace; const ANotStripChars: Boolean = False): TGMString;
function GMStripRight(const AValue: TGMString; const AChars: TGMString = cWhiteSpace): TGMString;
function GMStripLeft(const AValue: TGMString; const AChars: TGMString = cWhiteSpace): TGMString;

function GMTrimLeftA(const AValue: AnsiString; AChar: AnsiChar = ' '): AnsiString;
function GMTrimLeftW(const AValue: UnicodeString; AChar: WideChar = ' '): UnicodeString;
function GMTrimLeft(const AValue: TGMString; AChar: TGMChar = ' '): TGMString;

function GMTrimRightA(const AValue: AnsiString; AChar: AnsiChar = ' '): AnsiString;
function GMTrimRightW(const AValue: UnicodeString; AChar: WideChar = ' '): UnicodeString;
function GMTrimRight(const AValue: TGMString; AChar: TGMChar = ' '): TGMString;

function GMTrim(const AStr: TGMString; AChar: TGMChar = ' '): TGMString;

//function GMTermSentence(const AStr: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMTerminateStr(const AStr: TGMString; const ATermination: TGMString = '.'): TGMString;

function GMFindToken(const AText, AToken: TGMString; var AChPos: PtrInt; const ASeparators: TGMString; AWholeWords: Boolean = True; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean = True): Boolean;
function GMHasToken(const AValue, AToken, ASeparators: TGMString; AWholeWords: Boolean = True; AIgnoreCase: Boolean = True): Boolean;
function GMTokenCount(const AValue, AToken, ASeparators: TGMString; AWholeWords: Boolean = True; AIgnoreCase: Boolean = True): LongInt;

function GMReplaceChars(const AValue: TGMString; const AFindChars, AReplacements: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMReplaceWords(const AValue: TGMString; const AOldWord, ANewWord, Separators: TGMString; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean = True): TGMString;

function GMFindOneOfWords(const AText, Separators: TGMString; const AWords: array of TGMString; var chPos: PtrInt; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean = True): Boolean;
function GMFindTextPart(const AText, Separators: TGMString; const AStartWords, EndWords: array of TGMString; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean = True): TGMString;
function GMReplaceTextPart(const AText: TGMString; const ASeparators, NewPart: TGMString; const AStartWords, AEndWords: array of TGMString; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean = True): TGMString;

function GMCommonPrefixLen(const Str1, Str2: TGMString; const IngoreCase: Boolean = True): LongInt;
function GMQuote(const AValue: TGMString; const ALeftQuote: TGMChar = '"'; const ARightQuote: TGMChar = '"'): TGMString;
//function GMRemoveQuotes(const AValue: TGMString; const ALeftQuotes: TGMString = '"'; const ARightQuotes: TGMString = '"'): TGMString;
function GMRemoveQuotes(const AValue: TGMString; const ALeftQuote: TGMchar = '"'; const ARightQuote: TGMChar = '"'): TGMString;
//function SysStringLen(const S: UnicodeString): LongInt; stdcall; external 'oleaut32.dll' name 'SysStringLen';

function GMIsOneOfStrings(const AValue: TGMString; const AStrings: array of TGMString; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean = True): Boolean;

function GMFixedEncodeDateTime(const AValue: TDateTime): TGMString;
function GMFixedDecodeDateTime(const AValue: TGMString): TDateTime;
function GMStrToDateTime(const AValue, AFormat: TGMString): TDateTime;
function GMHasDateTimeFormat(const AValue, AFormat: TGMString): Boolean;

function GMCompareVersions(const AVersionA, AVersionB: TGMString): TGMCompareResult;

function GMUpCaseW(ACh: WideChar): WideChar;
function GMUpCaseA(ACh: AnsiChar): AnsiChar;
function GMUpCase(ACh: TGMChar): TGMChar;

function GMLoCaseW(ACh: WideChar): WideChar;
function GMLoCaseA(ACh: AnsiChar): AnsiChar;
function GMLoCase(ACh: TGMChar): TGMChar;

function GMUpperCaseA(const AValue: AnsiString): AnsiString;
function GMUpperCaseW(const AValue: UnicodeString): UnicodeString;
function GMUpperCase(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;

function GMLowerCase(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;

function GMHashCodeFromString(const AValue: TGMString): TGMHashCode;

function GMInsertEscapeChars(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMResolveEscapeChars(const AValue: TGMString; const ACaller: TObject = nil): TGMString;

function GMInsertQuotedStrEscChars(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMResolveQuotedStrEscChars(const AValue: TGMString; const ACaller: TObject = nil): TGMString;


{ ---- complex string manipulations ---- }

//function GMResolveEscapeChars(const Value: TGMString; const EscCh: TGMChar): TGMString;
function GMMakeSingleLine(const AValue: TGMString; const ANewLineStr: TGMString = ', '; const AEmitEmptyLines: Boolean = False): TGMString;
function GMReduceWhiteSpace(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
//function GMFullLineBreaks(const Value: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMInsertXMLLineBreaks(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMBlockIndent(const AValue, AIndent: TGMString; const AStrip: Boolean = True): TGMString;
function GMReplaceStrings(const AValue: TGMString; const AReplacements: array of TStringReplaceRec; const AMatchCase: Boolean = False): TGMString;
function GMExpandEnvironmentStrings(const APath: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMExpandPath(const APath: TGMString; ARootPath: TGMString = ''; const ADirSep: TGMString = '\'): TGMString;
function GMLimitedTextExtract(const AValue: TGMString; const AMaxLineCount, AMaxLineLength: Integer; const ARemoveEmptyLines: Boolean = True): TGMString;


{ ---- TGMString Buffer Routines ---- }

//function GMStrLen(AValue: PGMChar): LongWord;
function GMStrLenA(const AStr: PAnsiChar; AMaxLenInChars: PtrInt = -1): PtrInt;
function GMStrLenW(const AStr: PWideChar; AMaxLenInChars: PtrInt = -1): PtrInt;
function GMStrLen(const AStr: PGMChar; AMaxLenInChars: PtrInt = -1): PtrInt;

//function GMStrNLen(const Value: PAnsiChar; const AMaxLen: Integer): LongWord;
//function GMWStrNLen(const Value: PWideChar; const MaxLen: Integer): LongWord;

//function GMStrLenA(const Value: PAnsiChar; const MaxLen: LongInt = -1): LongInt;
//function GMBufferAsString(const Buffer: Pointer; MaxLen: LongInt = -1): AnsiString;
//function GMStrLenW(const Value: PWideChar; const MaxLen: LongInt = -1): LongInt;
//function GMBufferAsWideString(const Buffer: Pointer; MaxLen: LongInt = -1): UnicodeString;


{ ---- filepath / doc routines ---- }

function GMFileSystemEntry(const FilePath: TGMString): IGMFileProperties;
function GMFindDataFileSize(const FindData: TWin32FindData): Int64;
function GMFileExists(const AFileName: TGMString): Boolean;
procedure GMCheckFileExists(const AFileName: TGMString; const Caller: TObject = nil; const CallingName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName);
procedure GMCheckFileOpenReadOnly(const AFileName: TGMString; const OpenReadOnly: Boolean; const Caller: TObject = nil; const CallingName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName);
function GMFolderExists(const AFolderName: TGMString): Boolean;
function GMFileOrFolderExists(const AFileName: TGMString): Boolean;
procedure GMCreatePath(DirPath: TGMString; const Caller: TObject = nil);

function GMApplicationExeName: TGMString;
function GMTempFileName(AFolderPath: TGMString  = ''; Prefix: TGMString  = CGMTempFilePrefix; Extension: TGMString  = CGMTempFileExtension): TGMString;
function GMModuleFileName(const ModuleHandle: HMODULE): TGMString;
function GMThisModuleFileName: TGMString;
function GMExecutableForDocExt(DocExt: TGMString): TGMString;

function GMAppFileWithExtension(const AExtension: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMChangeFileExt(const AFileName, ANewExtension: TGMString): TGMString;

function GMIsRelativePath(const APath: TGMString): Boolean;
function GMTermPath(const Path: TGMString; const Separator: TGMString = '\'): TGMString;
function GMAbsPath(const APath: TGMString; const AAbsStart: TGMString = '\'): TGMString;
function GMApplyRelativePath(const Path, RelativePath: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMAppendPath(const APath1, APath2: TGMString; const APathSep: TGMString = '\'): TGMString;
function GMBuildPath(const APathParts: array of TGMString; const APathSep: TGMString = '\'): TGMString;
function GMAppendStrippedPath(const Path1, Path2: TGMString; const Separator: TGMString = '\'): TGMString;
function GMParentDir(const APath: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMFullPathName(const AFileName: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMLongPathName(const AShortPathName: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMFileHasExtension(const AFileName, FileExtension: TGMString): Boolean;

function GMFileVersionInfo(const AFileName: TGMString; const VersionInfoKey: TGMVersionResInfo; const AAnsiData: Boolean = True): TGMString;
function GMExeVersionInformation(const AVersionInfoKey: TGMVersionResInfo): TGMString;

function GMIsValidFileName(const AFileName: TGMString; const AInvalidChars: TGMString = cInvalidFileNameChars): Boolean;
procedure GMCheckIsValidFileName(const AFileName: TGMString;
                                 const AInvalidChars: TGMString = cInvalidFileNameChars;
                                 const Caller: TObject = nil;
                                 const CallingName: TGMString = '');

function GMExtractFileName(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMExtractPath(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMExtractPathWithoutDrive(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMExtractFileExt(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMExtractFileBaseName(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
function GMExtractDrive(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;

function GMIsStringMatch(const AValue, AMask: TGMString; const AMatchEmptyMask: Boolean = True; const ACharIndex: LongInt = 1): Boolean;
function GMWalkPathMask(const AValue, AMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString; var AWalkData: RPathWalkData): Boolean;
function GMIsAbsPathMatch(const AValue, AMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString): Boolean;
function GMIsSingleMaskMatch(const AFileName, ASingleMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString; const AMatchCase: Boolean): Boolean;
function GMIsAnyMaskMatch(const AFileName, AMultiMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString; const AMatchEmptyMask: Boolean = True; const AMatchCase: Boolean = False; const AMaskSeparators: TGMString = ';'): Boolean;
   

{ ---- Type Check/Convert ---- }

function GMDateIsNull(const AValue: TDateTime): Boolean;
function GMTimeIsNull(const AValue: TDateTime): Boolean;
function GMVarToNum(const AValue: OleVariant; const ADefaultValue: LongInt = 0): OleVariant;
function GMVarToInt(const AValue: OleVariant; const ADefaultValue: LongInt = 0): LongInt;
function GMVarToFloat(const AValue: OleVariant; const ADefaultValue: double = 0.0): OleVariant;
function GMVarToNULLStr(const AValue: OleVariant): TGMString;
function GMStrToNULLVar(const AValue: TGMString): Variant;
function GMMakeDezInt(const AValue: TGMString; const ADefaultValue: Int64 = 0): TGMString;
function GMMakeFloat(const AValue: TGMString; const ADefaultValue: Double = 0): TGMString;
function GMVarIsNullOrEmpty(const AValue: Variant): Boolean;

function GMVarToStr(const AValue: OleVariant): TGMString;
function GMVarToQuotedStr(const AValue: OleVariant): TGMString;

function GMStrToBool(const AValue: TGMString): Boolean;
function GMBoolToStr(AValue: Boolean; const AStrFalse: TGMString = ''; const AStrTrue: TGMString = ''): TGMString;

function GMGetTimeZoneInfoByRegistryKeyName(const ATimeZoneRegKeyName: TGMString; var ATimeZoneData: TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION): Boolean;
function GMUTCToLocalTime(const AUtcTime: TDateTime; const ALocalTimeZone: PTIME_ZONE_INFORMATION = nil; const ACaller: TObject = nil): TDateTime;
function GMLocalTimeToUTC(const ALocalTime: TDateTime; const ALocalTimeZone: PTIME_ZONE_INFORMATION = nil; const ACaller: TObject = nil): TDateTime;

function GMDateTimeToFileTime(const AValue: TDateTime; const ACaller: TObject = nil): TFileTime;
function GMFileTimeToDateTime(const AValue: TFileTime; const ACaller: TObject = nil): TDateTime;

function GMUnixTimeToDateTime(const AUnixTime: Int64): TDateTime;
function GMUnixTimeFromDateTime(const ADateTime: TDateTime): Int64;


{ ---- formating ---- }

function GMDateTimeToStr(const ADateTime: TDateTime): TGMString;
function GMIntWithThousandSep(const Value: Int64): TGMString;
function GMFileSizeAsString(const FileSize: Int64): TGMString;
function GMFileAttrAsString(const FileEntry: IGMFileProperties; const Separator: TGMString = ', '): TGMString;
function GMFileEntryAsString(const FileEntry: IGMFileProperties; const Separator: TGMString = ', '): TGMString;

function GMFormat(const AFormatStr: TGMString; const Args: array of const): TGMString;

function GMStringToUtf8(const AValue: UnicodeString): AnsiString;
function GMUtf8ToString(const AValue: AnsiString): UnicodeString;


{ ---- Rectangle Routines ---- }

function GMRect(const ALeft, ATop, ARight, ABottom: LongInt): TRect; overload; inline;
function GMRect(const ATopLeft, ABottomRight: TPoint): TRect; overload; inline;
function GMPoint(const AX, AY: LongInt): TPoint; inline;
function GMSize(const cx, cy: LongInt): TSize; inline;
function GMInflateRect(const R: TRect; const dx: LongInt = 0; const dy: LongInt = 0): TRect; inline;
function GMMoveRect(const R: TRect; const dx: LongInt = 0; const dy: LongInt = 0): TRect; overload; inline;
function GMMoveRect(const R: TRect; const Delta: TPoint): TRect; overload; inline;
function GMRectModifiedBy(const R: TRect; const dLeft: LongInt = 0; const dTop: LongInt = 0; const dRight: LongInt = 0; const dBottom: LongInt = 0): TRect;
function GMRectIntersection(const R1, R2: TRect): TRect;
function GMRectUnion(const R1, R2: TRect): TRect;
function GMCenterRectInRect(const Inner, Outer: Trect): TRect;
function GMCenterExtent(const AValue: LongInt; const ASize: TPoint): TPoint;
function GMCenterExtentInRect(const ASize: TPoint; const ARect: TRect): TRect;
function GMRectSize(const ARect: TRect): TPoint;
function GMLayoutRect(const RDraw: TRect; const LayoutSize: TPoint; const HAlignment: TGMHorizontalAlignment; const VAlignment: TGMVerticalAlignment): TRect;
function GMPointOffsBy(const APoint: TPoint; const ADelta: LongInt): TPoint;
function GMAddPoints(const APointA, APointB: TPoint; const AScale: SmallInt = 1): TPoint;
function GMEqualPoints(const PointA, PointB: TPoint): Boolean; deprecated 'Use "PointA = PointB or PointA <> PointB" instead (TPoint.Equal operator)';
procedure GMExchangeLongInt(var AValue1, AValue2: LongInt);
procedure GMExchangePtrInt(var AValue1, AValue2: PtrInt);


{ ---- window Stack ---- }

function GMTopwindow: HWnd;
procedure GMPushModalDlgWnd(AWnd: HWnd);
function GMPopModalDlgWnd: HWnd;
function GMWndStackCloseAll(const AStopAtWnd: HWnd = 0; const AModalResult: LongInt = IDCLOSE; const AMessage: LongInt = WM_CLOSE): LongInt;


{ ---- Registered Classes ---- }
                    
function GMIsClass(AClassInstance, AClass: TClass): Boolean;
function GMIsClassByName(const AObj: TObject; const AClass: TClass): Boolean;


{ ---- Compiler Design Interface ---- }

function GMGetOrdinalProperty(const AObject: TObject; const PropertyName: TGMString; var PropertyValue: LongInt): Boolean;
function GMGetStringProperty(const AObject: TObject; const PropertyName: TGMString; var PropertyValue: TGMString): Boolean;
function GMSetStringProperty(const AObject: TObject; const PropertyName: TGMString; const PropertyValue: TGMString): Boolean;
// GMAssignObjProperties works only for classes declared with the $M+ compiler directive
function GMCheckGetEnumValFromName(const ATypInfo: PTypeInfo; const AEnumValueName: TGMString): Integer;
procedure GMAssignObjProperties(const Source, Dest: TObject; const TypeKinds: TTypeKinds);


{ ---- Arithmetic Functions ---- }

function Min(A, B: LongInt): LongInt; overload; inline;
function Min(A, B: Int64): Int64; overload; inline;
function Max(A, B: LongInt): LongInt; overload; inline;
function Max(A, B: Int64): Int64; overload; inline;
function MakeLongInt(Lo, Hi: SmallInt): LongInt; inline;

function GMBoundedInt(Value, Min, Max: LongInt; const MinBased: Boolean = True): LongInt; overload; inline;
function GMBoundedInt(Value, Min, Max: Int64; const MinBased: Boolean = True): Int64; overload; inline;

function GMBoundedDouble(Value, Min, Max: Double; const MinBased: Boolean = True): Double;

function GMIsInRange(const Value, Min, Max: LongInt): Boolean; overload; inline;
function GMIsInRange(const Value, Min, Max: Int64): Boolean; overload; inline;

//function GMAbsInt(const Value: LongInt): LongInt;
//function GMAbsPtrInt(AValue: PtrInt): PtrInt; inline;
function GMAddPtr(const APointer: Pointer; const AOffset: LongInt): Pointer; overload; inline;
function GMAddPtr(const APointer: Pointer; const AOffset: Int64): Pointer; overload; inline;

function GMAlignedValue(const AValue, AlignDelta: PtrInt): PtrInt; inline;


{ ---- Dlg window related ---- }

function GMAddMsgBoxIcon(const Flags: LongWord; const Severity: TGMSeverityLevel): LongWord;
function GMWindowsMsgBox(const Msg: TGMString; const Severity: TGMSeverityLevel = svInformation; Flags: LongWord = 0; const ParentWnd: HWnd = cDfltPrntWnd): LongInt; stdcall;
function GMActiveProcessWindow: HWnd;
function GMDlgRootWindow(const AWnd: HWnd): HWnd;
function GMAppRootWindow(const AWnd: HWnd = cDfltPrntWnd; const SearchProcess: Boolean = True): HWnd;
function GMModalDlgParentWnd(const AParentWnd: HWnd = cDfltPrntWnd; const ASearchProcess: Boolean = True): HWnd;
procedure GMRemoveAllMenuItems(const Menu: HMenu);


{ ---- Exceptions ---- }

function GMHrCheckObj(const HRCode: HResult;
                      const Obj: TObject = nil;
                      const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                      const AMsgPostfix: TGMString = '';
                      const Strict: Boolean = False;
                      const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx): HResult;

function GMHrCheckObjParams(const HRCode: HResult;
                            const Params: array of PGMChar;
                            const Obj: TObject = nil;
                            const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                            const AMsgPostfix: TGMString = '';
                            const Strict: Boolean = False;
                            const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx): HResult;

procedure GMHrTraceObjParams(const HRCode: HResult;
                             const Params: array of PGMChar;
                             const Obj: TObject = nil;
                             const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                             const AMsgPostfix: TGMString = '';
                             const Strict: Boolean = False;
                             const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx);

procedure GMHrCheckIntf(const HRCode: HResult;
                        const Intf: IUnknown = nil;
                        const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                        const AMsgPostfix: TGMString = '';
                        const Strict: Boolean = False;
                        const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx);

procedure GMAPICheckObj(const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                        const AMsgPostfix: TGMString;
                        const AWinApiErrorCode: DWORD; const AWinApiRetVal: BOOL;
                        const AObj: TObject = nil;
                        const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx);

procedure GMAPICheckObjParams(const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                              const AMsgPostfix: TGMString;
                              const AWinApiErrorCode: DWORD; const AWinApiRetVal: BOOL;
                              const Params: array of PGMChar;
                              const Obj: TObject = nil;
                              const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx);

procedure GMAPICheckObjEx(const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                          const AMsgPostfix: TGMString;
                          const AWinApiErrorCode: DWORD; const AWinApiRetVal: BOOL;
                          const SuccessCodes: array of PtrInt;
                          const Obj: TObject = nil;
                          const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx);



function GMExceptObject: TObject; deprecated 'Use: "on ex: TObject do .. ;" instead!';
//function GMExceptAddr: Pointer;


{ ---- OLE ---- }

function OLEFormatEtc(const cfFormat: TClipFormat = 0; const ptd: PDVTargetDevice = nil; const dwAspect: LongInt = DVASPECT_CONTENT; const lindex: LongInt = -1; const tymed: LongInt = TYMED_HGLOBAL): TFormatEtc;

function OLEStgMedium(const tymed: LongInt; const handle: THandle; const unkForRelease: Pointer = nil): TStgMedium; overload;
function OLEStgMedium(const tymed: LongInt; const pUnknown: Pointer; const unkForRelease: Pointer = nil): TStgMedium; overload;
function OLEStgMedium(const tymed: LongInt; const lpszFileName: POleStr; const unkForRelease: Pointer = nil): TStgMedium; overload;

//function GMFindOleServerForClassId(const ClassId: TGUID; var OleServer: TGMString; var IconIndex: LongInt): Boolean;



{ ---- system ---- }

function GMWindowsDir: TGMString;
function GMWinSystemDir: TGMString;
function GMWinTempDir: TGMString;
function GMCurrentDir: TGMString;
{$IFDEF JEDIAPI}
procedure GMGetUserAndDomainNames(var AUserName, ADomainName: TGMString);
{$ENDIF}
function GMThisComputerName: TGMString;
function GMThisUserName: TGMString;
function GMThisUserSID: TGMString;
procedure GMGetAllUserNames(var AUserNames: TGMStringArray);
procedure GMGetAllUserSettingsDirectories(var ADirectories: TGMStringArray; const ASubDirName: TGMString);

function GMWinVersion: TGMWinVersion;
function GMIs64BitOS: BOOL;
function GMPointerSizeInBits: Integer;
function GMPointerSizeAsString(const AAddLeft: TGMString = ''; const AAddRight: TGMString = ''): TGMString;
function GMMousePosition: TPoint;
procedure GMRefreshMouseCursor;
procedure GMSetCaretPos(const ACaretPos: TPoint);
function GMSetLayeredWindowAttributes(Wnd: HWnd; crKey: COLORREF; bAlpha: Byte; dwFlags: DWORD): BOOL;
function GMCanUseLayeredWindows: Boolean;
function GMGetProcAddress(const AModuleName: TGMString; const AProcName: AnsiString; const ACheck: Boolean = True): Pointer;
procedure GMLoadProcAddress(const AModuleName: TGMString; const AProcName: AnsiString; var AProc);
procedure GMSplitParameterStr(AParameterStr: PGMChar; var ADestParams: TGMStringArray);
function GMParseCommandLine(var ADestParams: TGMStringArray): TGMString; // <- returns the application path+name


{ ---- Tracing ---- }

//procedure GMIterateLines(const AText: TGMString; const ALineProc: TProcessLineProc; const AData: Pointer);
function GMDfltDoTracing: Boolean; stdcall;
procedure GMDfltTraceLine(const ALine: TGMString);
procedure GMDfltTrace(const AText: TGMString; const APrefix: TGMString = '');
procedure GMTraceMethod(const AObj: TObject; const AMethodName: TGMString; const AText: TGMString = '');
procedure GMTraceException(const AException: TObject; const ASingleLine: Boolean = True);
procedure GMTraceAllInterfaces(const AIntf: IUnknown; const AName: TGMString);


{ ---- Exception handling ---- }

function GMPresentExceptionUI(const AException: TObject): Boolean;

function GMHResultFromWin32(const AWinErrorCode: LongWord; const AFacilitycode: LongWord = FACILITY_WIN32): HResult;
//function GMWin32FromHResult(const HRCode: HResult): LongWord;

function GMDfltExecExceptionDlg(const AException: TObject; const AParentWnd: HWnd= cDfltPrntWnd): LongInt; stdcall;
//function GMDfltVerboseExceptionMessages: Boolean; stdcall;
function GMDfltHrExceptionHandler(const AException: TObject; const AParentWnd: HWnd; const ADefaultCode: HResult = E_UNEXPECTED): HResult; stdcall; // cHrPrntWnd
function GMBuildExceptionMsg(const AExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation; const AVerbose: Boolean = {$IFDEF DEBUG}True{$ELSE}False{$ENDIF}): TGMString;
function GMMsgFromExceptObj(const AException: TObject; const AVerbose: Boolean = {$IFDEF DEBUG}True{$ELSE}False{$ENDIF}): TGMString;
function GMExceptionSeverity(const AException: TObject; const ADefaultValue: TGMSeverityLevel = svError): TGMSeverityLevel;
function GMIsFatalException(const AExceptObject: TObject): Boolean;
function GMAskExceptionContinue(const AException: TObject; const ErrorAction: TGMErrorAction; AskContinue: TGMString = ''; const ParentWnd: HWnd = cDfltPrntWnd): Boolean;
function GMModuleErrorMessage(const ModuleFileName: TGMString; const ErrorCode: DWORD): TGMString;


{ ---- Compare Routines ---- }
                                                                                  // LINGUISTIC_IGNORECASE ??
function GMCompareNames(const AName1, AName2: TGMString; const ACmpareFlags: DWORD = NORM_IGNORECASE; ALocale: LCID = 0): TGMCompareResult;

function GMCompareByLeft(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareByName(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareByString(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareByNameDigitsAsNumbers(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareByFileName(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareByPosition(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
//function GMCompareByKeyValue(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareByInstance(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareByGuid(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareByHandle(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;

function GMCompareFileEntryByName(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareFileEntryBySize(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareFileEntryByLastMod(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;

function GMCompareVariants(const ValueA, ValueB: Variant; const MatchCase: Boolean = True): TGMCompareResult;
function GMCompareUnionValues(const ValueA, ValueB: RGMUnionValue; const MatchCase: Boolean = True): TGMCompareResult;


{ ---- Message processing ---- }

function GMHotKeyRec(const AFlags: Byte; const AKey, ACommand: Word): TAccel;
function GMTranslateAndDispatchMsg(var AMsg: TMsg): LRESULT;
procedure GMProcessAllMessages;
procedure GMProcessMessages(const AMessages: array of LongInt);
function GMMsgLoopWaitForMultipleObjects(const AHandleCount: DWORD; const AHandles: Pointer; const AProcessMessages: Boolean;
    const AWaitTimeoutMilliSec: DWORD = INFINITE; const AWaitForAll: BOOL = False): DWORD;
function GMExecProcess(const ACmdLine: TGMString; const AProcessFlags: DWORD = 0; const AWaitForTermination: Boolean = False;
    const AUserToken: THandle = 0; const AWaitForInputReady: Boolean = True): DWORD;


{ ---- creators ---- }

function GMIntfConnectData(const IID: TGUID; const Required: Boolean = cDfltIIDRequired): TGMIntfConnectDataRec;
function GMStringReplaceRec(const ASearchStr, AReplacement: TGMString): TStringReplaceRec;


{ ---- global memory ---- }

//procedure GMFreeMetafileHandle(const HMetaFile: HGlobal);
function GMCopyToGlobalMem(const PData: Pointer; const DataSize: LongWord; const AllocFlags: LongWord = GMEM_MOVEABLE): HGlobal;
function GMCopyHGlobal(const Handle: HGLOBAL; const AllocFlags: LongWord = GMEM_MOVEABLE): HGLOBAL;


{ ---- TGMString Arrays ---- }

procedure GMParseLinesToStrArray(const AMultiLineText: TGMString; var ADstLines: TGMStringArray; const AddEmptyLines: Boolean = False);
procedure GMSplitWordsToStrArray(const AValue, ASeparators: TGMString; const AAllowDuplicates: Boolean; var ADestStrings: TGMStringArray);


{ ---- Other ---- }

function GMErrorActionName(const ErrorAction: TGMErrorAction): TGMString;
//procedure GMAssignImgFromRes(const Picture: TPicture; const ResourceName: TGMString; const GraphicClass: TGraphicClass; const ResTypeName: TGMString = cDfltGMResTypeName; ResModuleHandle: THandle = 0);

// GMParseLines smartly recognizes all kinds of line breaks CRLF | LFCR | CR | LF
procedure GMParseLines(const AMultiLineText: TGMString; const AProcessLineFunc: TGMProcessLineFunc; const AData: Pointer; const AddEmptyLines: Boolean = False);

function GMRegKeyAsString(const ARootKey: HKEY): TGMString;

function GMScrollData(const fMask: UINT = 0; const nMin: LongInt = 0; const nMax: LongInt = 0;
                      const nPage: UINT = 0; const nPos: LongInt = 0; const nTrackPos: LongInt = 0): TScrollInfo;
function GMScrollDataFromWnd(const AHandle: HWnd; const ACtlKind, AMask: LongWord): TScrollInfo;
function GMWheelScrollDelta(const PageSize: LongInt; const Direction: LongInt): LongInt;
function GMCalcScrollPos(const AScrollCode: LongInt; const AScrollData: TScrollInfo): LongInt;

function GMIsUrl(const AUrl: TGMString): Boolean;
procedure GMCheckIsValidUrl(const AUrl: TGMString; const Caller: TObject = nil; const CallingName: TGMString = '');
procedure GMShowURL(const AURL: TGMString; const ACaller: TObject = nil);

function GMTimerList: TGMObjArrayCollection;

procedure GMTrace(const AText: TGMString; const APrefix: TGMTracePrefix = tpNone);

procedure GMFreeAndNil(var Obj);

procedure GMAddCharsToSetOfChar(const ACharSet: TGMSetOfChar; const ACharsToAdd: TGMString; const ARemoveOtherChars: Boolean);

{$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}
function TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime(lpTimeZoneInformation: PTimeZoneInformation;
        const lpLocalTime: TSystemTime; var lpUniversalTime: TSystemTime): BOOL; stdcall; external 'kernel32.dll';
{$ENDIF}

{$EXTERNALSYM ShellExecute}
function ShellExecute(Wnd: HWND; Operation, FileName, Parameters,
  Directory: PGMChar; ShowCmd: Integer): THandle; stdcall; external 'shell32.dll' name {$IFDEF UNICODE}'ShellExecuteW'{$ELSE}'ShellExecuteA'{$ENDIF};



resourcestring

  //RStrUnknown = '<Unknown>';
  RStrUnknown = '?';
  RStrMessage = 'Message';

  RStrPassword = 'Password';
  RStrUsername = 'Username';

  RStrYes = 'Yes';
  RStrNo = 'No';

  RStrTrue = 'True';
  RStrFalse = 'False';

  RStrOperationCanceled = 'Operation canceled';
  RStrOperationError = 'Operation Error';

  RStrWriteErrorFmt = 'Write Error, bytes to write %d, bytes that have been written %d';
  RStrReadErrorFmt = 'Read Error, bytes to read %d, bytes that have been read %d';

  RStrNoExceptInfo = 'No exception information available';

  RStrContinueOperation = 'Continue Operation';
  RStrAskUser = 'Ask User';
  RStrAbort = 'Abort Operation';

  RStrExceptionClass = 'Exception Class';
  RStrSeverityLevel = 'Severity Level';
  RStrObjectName = 'Object Name';
  RStrObjectClass = 'Object Class';
  RStrRoutineName = 'Routine Name';
  RStrExceptAddr = 'Exception Address';

  RStrUnknownError = 'Unknown Error';

  RStrFileNotExists = 'File not found: "%s"';
  RStrFileReadonlyFmt = 'The file "%s" is readonly and can only be opened in read only mode';
  RStrValueBoundsHint = 'The value must be between %d and %d';

  RStrResWriteNotSupported = 'Writing to resources not supported';

  RStrAllFiles = 'All Files';

  RStrInvalidESCSequenceFmt = 'Invalid escape char sequence "%s" in string "%s" at position %d';

  RStrInvalidIntStrFmt = 'Invalid character in integer value "%s" at position %d';
  RStrInvalidFloatStrFmt = 'Invalid character in floating point value "%s" at position %d';
  RStrInvalidCurrencyStrFmt = 'Invalid character in currency value "%s" at position %d';
  RStrInvalidFmtChar = 'Invalid format type char';
  RStrInvalidArgTypeFmtChar = 'Invalid argument type for format type char';
  RStrFmtDigitExpected = 'Digit expected in format string but found';
  RStrInvalidDateTimeFmtStr = 'Invalid date time format string "%s" at character position %d';

  RStrInvalidFileName = 'Invalid file or folder name "%s". The name must not be empty and must not contain one of the following charachters: %s';
  //RStrInvalidFileName = '"%s" ist kein g�ltiger Datei- oder Ordnername. Der Name darf nicht leer sein und folgende Zeichen nicht enthalten: %s';

const

  cGMNoHandler: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil; // <- useful for overloaded inherited constructor call
  //cIntfNil: IUnknown = nil; // <- useful for overloaded inherited constructor call

var

  gGMMainThreadID: LongWord = 0;
//vfGMVerboseExceptionMessages: TGMBooleanFunc = GMDfltVerboseExceptionMessages;
  vfGMDoTracing: TGMBooleanFunc = GMDfltDoTracing;
  vfGMTraceLine: TGMTraceLineProc = GMDfltTraceLine;
  vfGMTrace: TGMTraceProc = GMDfltTrace;
  vfGMMessageBox: TGMMessageBoxFunc = GMWindowsMsgBox;
  vGMWaitCursor: TGMCursor = crWait;
  vfGMHrExceptionHandler: TGMHrExceptionHandlerFunc = GMDfltHrExceptionHandler;
  vfGMExecExceptionDlg: TGMExceptionDlgFunc = GMDfltExecExceptionDlg;
  //vGMTopWindow: HWnd = 0;
  vGMModalWnd: HWnd = 0;
  gDigitAsNumberSortSupported: Boolean = False;

  vGMKeyAcceleratorTargetWnd: HWnd = 0;
  vGMKeyAcceleratorTable: IGMGetHandle = nil;

  //vGMErrorActionNames: array [TGMErrorAction] of TGMString = (RStrContinueOperation, RStrAskUser, RStrAbort);

  //vAliveMessages: array [0..18] of LongInt = (6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, $0014, $0200, $0113, $0020, $002C, $002B, $0083, $0084, $0085, $0086);
  //vAliveMessages: set of Byte = [6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, $0014, $0020, $002C, $002B, $0083, $0084, $0085, $0086]; // $0200, $0113,


implementation

{$IFDEF JEDIAPI}uses GMStrBuilder, {$ELSE}
  {$IFDEF DELPHI6}uses{$ENDIF}
{$ENDIF}

{$IFDEF DELPHI6}Variants{$ENDIF}
{$IFDEF JEDIAPI}{$IFDEF DELPHI6},{$ENDIF}jwaWinVer, JwaSddl{$ENDIF}

{$IFDEF JEDIAPI};{$ELSE}
  {$IFDEF DELPHI6};{$ENDIF}
{$ENDIF}


resourcestring

  RStrIntfListCantChange = 'The Interface Lists cannot be changed while the Object is connected';
  RStrExceptionModule = 'Exception in Module';
  //RStrNoModuleName = 'No module name specified';
  RStrRoutineNotFound = 'Routine "%s" not found in DLL "%s"';
  //RStrInvalidListSize = 'Ivalid List Size: %d';
  RStrCharPos = 'Character position';


  RStrFileCreatedFmt = 'Created %s';
  RStrFileModifiedFmt = 'Modified %s';
  RStrFileSizeFmt = 'Size %s';
  RStrFileAttrFmt = 'Attributes [%s]';
  RStrInFolderFmt = 'in Folder "%s"';

  RStrNoTypeInfo = 'Type information is nil';
  RStrNotEnumTypeFmt = 'Type "%s" is of kind "%s" instead of "%s"';
  RStrInvalidEnumValFmt = 'Invalid value "%s" for enumeration type "%s". Valid values are (%s)';
  RStrInvalidUrlFmt = 'Invalid URL: %s';



var

  gGMTimerList: TGMObjArrayCollection = nil;
  gCStraceText: IGMCriticalsection = nil;
  gCSExceptHandler: IGMCriticalsection = nil;
  vCSWndStack: IGMCriticalSection = nil;
  vGMModalWndStack: array of THandle = nil;


{ ------------------------------------ }
{ ---- Names from resourcestrings ---- }
{ ------------------------------------ }

function GMErrorActionName(const ErrorAction: TGMErrorAction): TGMString;
begin
  case ErrorAction of
   eaContinue: Result := RStrContinueOperation;
   eaAskUser: Result := RStrAskUser;
   eaAbort: Result := RStrAbort;
   else Result := '';
  end;
end;


{ ---------------------- }
{ ---- TGMSetOfChar ---- }
{ ---------------------- }

const

  cCharSetElementBitSize = 8;
  cByteBitMask: array [0..7] of Byte = (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128);


procedure GMAddCharsToSetOfChar(const ACharSet: TGMSetOfChar; const ACharsToAdd: TGMString; const ARemoveOtherChars: Boolean);
var i: PtrInt;
begin
  if ACharSet <> nil then
   begin
    if ARemoveOtherChars then ACharSet.RemoveAllChars;
    for i:=1 to Length(ACharsToAdd) do ACharSet.AddChar(ACharsToAdd[i]);
   end;
end;

procedure TGMSetOfChar.RemoveAllChars;
begin
  FillByte(FElementsAsBits, SizeOf(FElementsAsBits), 0);
end;

procedure TGMSetOfChar.AddAllChars;
begin
  FillByte(FElementsAsBits, SizeOf(FElementsAsBits), $FF);
end;

procedure TGMSetOfChar.AddChar(AChar: TGMChar);
var divIdx: PtrInt;
begin
  divIdx := Ord(AChar) div cCharSetElementBitSize;
  FElementsAsBits[divIdx] := FElementsAsBits[divIdx] or cByteBitMask[Ord(AChar) mod cCharSetElementBitSize];
end;

procedure TGMSetOfChar.RemoveChar(AChar: TGMChar); //: Boolean;
var divIdx: PtrInt;
begin
  //Result := Contains(AChar);
  divIdx := Ord(AChar) div cCharSetElementBitSize;
  FElementsAsBits[divIdx] := FElementsAsBits[divIdx] and not cByteBitMask[Ord(AChar) mod cCharSetElementBitSize];
end;

function TGMSetOfChar.Contains(AChar: TGMChar): Boolean;
begin
  Result := FElementsAsBits[Ord(AChar) div cCharSetElementBitSize] and cByteBitMask[Ord(AChar) mod cCharSetElementBitSize] <> 0;
end;

procedure TGMSetOfChar.Union(AOther: TGMSetOfChar);
var i: PtrInt; pSrc, pDst: PPtrUInt;
begin
  //if AOther <> nil then
  //  for i:=Low(FElementsAsBits) to High(FElementsAsBits) do
  //      FElementsAsBits[i] := FElementsAsBits[i] or AOther.FElementsAsBits[i];

  //
  // Do Assignment in granularity of a native int, using full processor register size should be faster ...
  //
  pDst := PPtrUInt(@FElementsAsBits[Low(FElementsAsBits)]);
  pSrc := PPtrUInt(@AOther.FElementsAsBits[Low(AOther.FElementsAsBits)]);
  for i:=0 to Length(FElementsAsBits) div SizeOf(PtrUInt)-1 do
   begin
     pDst^ := pDst^ or pSrc^;
     Inc(pSrc); Inc(pDst);
   end;
end;



{ ---------------------------- }
{ ---- RGMNameAndStrValue ---- }
{ ---------------------------- }

function InitRGMNameAndStrValue(const AName, AStrValue: TGMString): RGMNameAndStrValue;
begin
  Result.Name := AName;
  Result.StrValue := AStrValue;
end;


//function RGMNameAndStrValue.Init(const AName, AStrValue: TGMString): RGMNameAndStrValue;
//begin
//  Result.Name := AName;
//  Result.StrValue := AStrValue;
//end;

procedure RGMNameAndStrValue.Init(const AName, AStrValue: TGMString);
begin
  Name := AName;
  StrValue := AStrValue;
end;


{ -------------------- }
{ ---- TGMNameObj ---- }
{ -------------------- }

constructor TGMNameObj.Create(const AName: TGMString; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
//inherited
  Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FName := AName;
end;

function TGMNameObj.GetName: TGMString; stdcall;
begin
  Result := FName;
end;

procedure TGMNameObj.SetName(const ANewName: TGMString); stdcall;
begin
  FName := ANewName;
end;

function TGMNameObj.HashCode: TGMHashCode;
begin
  Result := GMHashCodeFromString(FName);
end;


{ ---------------------- }
{ ---- TGMHandleObj ---- }
{ ---------------------- }

constructor TGMHandleObj.Create(const AHandle: THandle; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
//inherited
  Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FHandle := AHandle;
end;

function TGMHandleObj.GetHandle: THandle;
begin
  Result := Handle;
end;

function TGMHandleObj.HashCode: TGMHashCode;
begin
  Result := TGMHashCode(FHandle);
end;

function TGMHandleObj.GetHandleAddr: Pointer;
begin
  Result := @FHandle;
end;


{ --------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMCloseHandleObj ---- }
{ --------------------------- }

destructor TGMCloseHandleObj.Destroy;
begin
  if FHandle <> 0 then begin CloseHandle(FHandle); FHandle := 0; end;
  inherited Destroy;
end;


{ --------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMCloseHandleObj ---- }
{ --------------------------- }

constructor TGMHotKeyTable.Create(const AKeys: array of TAccel; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
{$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}var pa: PAccel;{$ENDIF}
begin
  {$IFDEF JEDIAPI}
  FHandle := CreateAcceleratorTable(@AKeys[Low(AKeys)], Length(AKeys));
  {$ELSE}
  pa := @AKeys[Low(AKeys)];
  FHandle := CreateAcceleratorTable(pa^, Length(AKeys));
  {$ENDIF}

  inherited Create(FHandle, ARefLifeTime);
  GMApiCheckObj('CreateAcceleratorTable', '', GetLastError, FHandle <> 0, Self);
end;

destructor TGMHotKeyTable.Destroy;
begin
  if FHandle <> 0 then begin DestroyAcceleratorTable(FHandle); FHandle := 0; end;
  inherited Destroy;
end;


{ ----------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMNamedOsHandleObj ---- }
{ ----------------------------- }

function TGMNamedOsHandleObj.GetName: TGMString;
begin
  Result := FName;
end;


{ ----------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMMutableHandleObj ---- }
{ ----------------------------- }

procedure TGMMutableHandleObj.SetHandle(const Value: THandle);
begin
  FHandle := Value;
end;


{ ----------------------- }
{ ---- TGMIntegerObj ---- }
{ ----------------------- }

constructor TGMIntegerObj.Create(const AValue: PtrInt; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FValue := AValue;
end;

function TGMIntegerObj.HashCode: TGMHashCode;
begin
  Result := FValue;
end;


{ ------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMPositionObj ---- }
{ ------------------------ }

destructor TGMPositionObj.Destroy;
begin
  inherited;
end;

function TGMPositionObj.GetPosition: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := FValue;
end;


{ -------------------- }
{ ---- TGMLeftObj ---- }
{ -------------------- }

function TGMLeftObj.GetLeft: LongInt;
begin
  Result := FValue;
end;


{ -------------------- }
{ ---- TGMGuidObj ---- }
{ -------------------- }

constructor TGMGuidObj.Create(const AGuid: TGUID; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FGuid := AGuid;
end;

function TGMGuidObj.GetGUID: TGUID;
begin
  Result := FGuid;
end;


{ -------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMNameAndPosObj ---- }
{ -------------------------- }

constructor TGMNameAndPosObj.Create(const AName: TGMString; const APosition: LongInt; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(AName, ARefLifeTime);
  FPosition := APosition;
end;

function TGMNameAndPosObj.GetPosition: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := FPosition;
end;


{ ------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMNameAndStrValueObj ---- }
{ ------------------------------- }

constructor TGMNameAndStrValueObj.Create(const AName, AStrValue: TGMString; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  Create(AName, ARefLifeTime);
  FStrValue := AStrValue;
end;

function TGMNameAndStrValueObj.GetStringValue: TGMString;
begin
  Result := FStrValue;
end;

function TGMNameAndStrValueObj.GetText: TGMString;
begin
  Result := FStrValue;
end;

function TGMNameAndStrValueObj.GetUnionValue: RGMUnionValue;
begin
  Result := FStrValue;
end;

procedure TGMNameAndStrValueObj.SetStringValue(const AStrValue: TGMString);
begin
  FStrValue := AStrValue;
end;

procedure TGMNameAndStrValueObj.SetText(const AStrValue: TGMString);
begin
  FStrValue := AStrValue;
end;

procedure TGMNameAndStrValueObj.SetUnionValue(const AUnionValue: RGMUnionValue);
begin
  FStrValue := AUnionValue;
end;


{ ---------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMNameAndValueObj ---- }
{ ---------------------------- }

constructor TGMNameAndValueObj.Create(const AName: TGMString; const AValue: RGMUnionValue; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FName := AName;
  FValue := AValue;
end;

//function TGMNameAndValueObj.GetName: TGMString;
//begin
//Result := FName;
//end;
//
//procedure TGMNameAndValueObj.SetName(const AValue: TGMString);
//begin
//FName := AValue;
//end;

function TGMNameAndValueObj.GetUnionValue: RGMUnionValue;
begin
  Result := FValue;
end;

function TGMNameAndValueObj.GetStringValue: TGMString;
begin
  Result := FValue;
end;

function TGMNameAndValueObj.GetKeyValue: RGMUnionValue;
begin
  Result := FValue;
end;

procedure TGMNameAndValueObj.SetUnionValue(const AUnionValue: RGMUnionValue);
begin
  FValue := AUnionValue;
end;

function TGMNameAndValueObj.GetText: TGMString;
begin
  Result := FValue.AsStringDflt;
end;

procedure TGMNameAndValueObj.SetText(const AValue: TGMString);
//var ValStr: TGMString;
begin
  case FValue.ValueType of
   uvtDouble: FValue := GMStrToDouble(GMReplaceChars(AValue, '.', ','));
   uvtInt64: FValue := GMStrToInt64(AValue);
   uvtInt32: FValue := GMStrToInt(AValue);
   else FValue := AValue;
  end;
  //if FValue.ValueType in [uvtDouble] then ValStr := GMReplaceChars(AValue, '.', ',') else ValStr := AValue;
  //{$IFDEF FPC}
  //FValue := VarAsType(ValStr, VarType(FValue));
  //{$ELSE}
  //VarCast(FValue, ValStr, VarType(FValue));
  //{$ENDIF}
end;

procedure TGMNameAndValueObj.LoadData(const ASource: IGMValueStorage;
 const ACryptCtrlData: PGMCryptCtrlData); stdcall;
begin
  if ASource <> nil then FValue := ASource.ReadUnionValue(Name, FValue); // <- Dont't trigger AfterValueChange Event here
end;

procedure TGMNameAndValueObj.StoreData(const ADest: IGMValueStorage;
 const ACryptCtrlData: PGMCryptCtrlData); stdcall;
begin
  if ADest <> nil then ADest.WriteUnionValue(Name, FValue);
end;

//function TGMNameAndValueObj.HashCode: TGMHashCode;
//begin
//Result := GMHashCodeFromString(FName);
//end;


{ --------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMUserAccountObj ---- }
{ --------------------------- }

constructor TGMUserAccountObj.Create(const AUsername, APassword: TGMString; const ASaveUserData: Boolean = cDfltSaveUSerData; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FUsername := AUsername;
  FPassword := APassword;
//FDomain := ADomain;
  FSaveUserData := ASaveUserData;
end;

function TGMUserAccountObj.GetUsername: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := PGMChar(FUsername);
end;

function TGMUserAccountObj.GetPassword: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := PGMChar(FPassword);
end;

//function TGMUserAccountObj.GetDomain: PGMChar;
//begin
//Result := PGMChar(FDomain);
//end;

function TGMUserAccountObj.GetSaveUserData: Boolean;
begin
  Result := FSaveUserData;
end;

procedure TGMUserAccountObj.SetUsername(AUsername: PGMChar);
begin
  FUsername := AUsername;
end;

procedure TGMUserAccountObj.SetPassword(APassword: PGMChar);
begin
  FPassword := APassword;
end;

//procedure TGMUserAccountObj.SetDomain(ADomain: PGMChar);
//begin
//FDomain := ADomain;
//end;

procedure TGMUserAccountObj.SetSaveUserData(Value: Boolean);
begin
  FSaveUserData := Value;
end;


{ ------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMDLLHandleObj ---- }
{ ------------------------- }

constructor TGMDLLHandleObj.Create(const ADLLFilePath: TGMString; const ACheckSuccess: Boolean = False; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
begin
  inherited Create(LoadLibrary(PGMChar(ADLLFilePath)), ARefLifeTime);
  if ACheckSuccess and (Handle = 0) then
   begin
    FLoadErrorCode := GetLastError;
    GMAPICheckObjParams('LoadLibrary("'+ADLLFilePath+'")', '', FLoadErrorCode, Handle <> 0, [PGMChar(ADLLFilePath)], Self);
   end;
end;

destructor TGMDLLHandleObj.Destroy;
begin
  if Handle <> 0 then begin FreeLibrary(Handle); FHandle := 0; end;
  inherited Destroy;
end;


{ ----------------------- }
{ ---- TGMIconHolder ---- }
{ ----------------------- }

destructor TGMIconHolder.Destroy;
begin
  if FHandle <> 0 then DestroyIcon(FHandle);
  inherited;
end;


{ ------------------- }
{ ---- TGMRegKey ---- }
{ ------------------- }

constructor TGMRegKey.Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
end;

constructor TGMRegKey.CreateKey(const ARootKey: HKEY; AKeyPath: TGMString; const AAccessMode: DWORD; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FRootKey := ARootKey;
  AKeyPath := FormatKeyPath(AKeyPath);
  GMApiCheckObj('RegCreateKeyEx("'+AKeyPath+'")', '', RegCreateKeyEx(ARootKey, PGMChar(AKeyPath), 0, nil, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, AAccessMode, nil, FHandle, nil), False, Self);
end;

constructor TGMRegKey.CreateKey(const ARootKey: IUnknown; const AKeyPath: TGMString; const AAccessMode: DWORD; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
var key: IGMGetHandle;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ARootKey, IGMGetHandle, key, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  FRootKeyRef := ARootKey;
  CreateKey(key.Handle, AKeyPath, AAccessMode, ARefLifeTime);
end;

destructor TGMRegKey.Destroy;
begin
  CloseKey;
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMRegKey.Obj: TGMRegKey;
begin
  Result := Self;
end;

function TGMRegKey.GetHandle: THandle; stdcall;
begin
  Result := FHandle;
end;

procedure TGMRegKey.CloseKey;
begin
  if FHandle <> 0 then begin RegCloseKey(FHandle); FHandle := 0; end;
end;

function TGMRegKey.FormatKeyPath(const Value: TGMString): TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMStrip(Value, cWhiteSpace + '/\');
end;

function TGMRegKey.OpenKey(const ARootKey: HKEY; const AKeyPath: TGMString; const ACheckExists: Boolean; const AAccessMode: DWORD): Boolean;
var AWinApiErrorCode: LongInt;
begin
  CloseKey;
  FRootKey := ARootKey;
  //AKeyPath := FormatKeyPath(AKeyPath);
  if not ACheckExists then
   Result := RegOpenKeyEx(ARootKey, PGMChar(FormatKeyPath(AKeyPath)), 0, AAccessMode, FHandle) = ERROR_SUCCESS
  else
   begin
    AWinApiErrorCode := RegOpenKeyEx(ARootKey, PGMChar(FormatKeyPath(AKeyPath)), 0, AAccessMode, FHandle);
    if (AWinApiErrorCode <> ERROR_SUCCESS) and (AWinApiErrorCode <> ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) and (AWinApiErrorCode <> ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND) then
       GMApiCheckObj(GMFormat('RegOpenKeyEx(%s, "%s", Accessmode: %u, 0x%x)', [GMRegKeyAsString(ARootKey), AKeyPath, AAccessMode, AAccessMode]), '', AWinApiErrorCode, False, Self);
    Result := AWinApiErrorCode = ERROR_SUCCESS;
   end;
end;

function TGMRegKey.OpenKey(const ARootKey: IUnknown; const AKeyPath: TGMString; const ACheckExists: Boolean; const AAccessMode: DWORD): Boolean;
var PIKey: IGMGetHandle;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ARootKey, IGMGetHandle, PIKey, 'TGMRegKey.OpenKey');
  FRootKeyRef := ARootKey;
  Result := OpenKey(PIKey.Handle, AKeyPath, ACheckExists, AAccessMode);
end;

procedure TGMRegKey.ReadValueNames(var Names: TGMStringArray);
var RetCode: LongInt; MaxLen: DWORD; Name: TGMString; i: LongInt;
begin
  SetLength(Names, 0);
  GMApiCheckObj('RegQueryInfoKey', '', RegQueryInfoKey(FHandle, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, @MaxLen, nil, nil, nil), False, Self);
  if MaxLen = 0 then Exit;
  SetLength(Name, MaxLen);
  i := 0;
  repeat
   MaxLen := Length(Name) + 1;
   RetCode := RegEnumValue(FHandle, i, PGMChar(Name), MaxLen, nil, nil, nil, nil);
   if RetCode = ERROR_SUCCESS then GMAddStrToArray(PGMChar(Name), Names);
   Inc(i);
  until RetCode <> ERROR_SUCCESS;
  GMAPICheckObjEx('RegEnumKeyEx', '', RetCode, False, [ERROR_SUCCESS, ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS], Self);
end;

procedure TGMRegKey.ReadSubKeyNames(var Names: TGMStringArray);
var RetCode: LongInt; MaxLen: DWORD; Name: TGMString; i: LongInt;
begin
  SetLength(Names, 0);
  GMApiCheckObj('RegQueryInfoKey', '', RegQueryInfoKey(FHandle, nil, nil, nil, nil, @MaxLen, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil), False, Self);
  if (MaxLen > 0) and (GMWinVersion < wvWinNT) then Dec(MaxLen);
  if MaxLen = 0 then Exit;
  SetLength(Name, MaxLen);
  i := 0;
  repeat
   MaxLen := Length(Name) + 1;
   RetCode := RegEnumKeyEx(FHandle, i, PGMChar(Name), MaxLen, nil, nil, nil, nil);
   if RetCode = ERROR_SUCCESS then GMAddStrToArray(PGMChar(Name), Names);
   Inc(i);
  until RetCode <> ERROR_SUCCESS;
  GMAPICheckObjEx('RegEnumKeyEx', '', RetCode, False, [ERROR_SUCCESS, ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS], Self);
  //if RetCode <> ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS then raise EAPIException.ObjError(RetCode, Self, 'ReadSubKeyNames');
end;

function TGMRegKey.DeleteKey(const ARootKey: HKEY; const AKeyPath: TGMString; const ARecurse: Boolean): Boolean;
var SubKey: IGMRegKey; SubKeyNames: TGMStringArray; i: LongInt; AWinApiErrorCode: LongInt;
begin
  if ARecurse then
   begin
    Result := OpenKey(ARootKey, AKeyPath);
    try
     if not Result then Exit;
     ReadSubKeyNames(SubKeyNames);
     SubKey := TGMRegKey.Create;
     for i:=Low(SubKeyNames) to High(SubKeyNames) do SubKey.Obj.DeleteKey(ARootKey, GMAppendPath(AKeyPath, SubKeyNames[i]), ARecurse);
    finally CloseKey; end;
   end;

  AWinApiErrorCode := RegDeleteKey(ARootKey, PGMChar(FormatKeyPath(AKeyPath)));
  if (AWinApiErrorCode <> ERROR_SUCCESS) and (AWinApiErrorCode <> ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) and (AWinApiErrorCode <> ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND) then
     GMApiCheckObj(GMFormat('RegDeleteKey(%s, Valuename: "%s", Recurse: %s)', [GMRegKeyAsString(ARootKey), AKeyPath, GMBoolToStr(ARecurse)]), '', AWinApiErrorCode, False, Self);
  Result := AWinApiErrorCode = ERROR_SUCCESS;
end;

function TGMRegKey.ValueExists(const AValueName: TGMString): Boolean;
var RegType, len: DWORD;
begin
  Result := RegQueryValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), nil, @RegType, nil, @len) = ERROR_SUCCESS;
end;

function TGMRegKey.DeleteValue(const AValueName: TGMString): Boolean;
var AWinApiErrorCode: DWORD;
begin
  AWinApiErrorCode := RegDeleteValue(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName));
  if (AWinApiErrorCode <> ERROR_SUCCESS) and (AWinApiErrorCode <> ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) and (AWinApiErrorCode <> ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND) then
     GMApiCheckObj(GMFormat('RegDeleteValue(%s, Valuename: "%s")', [GMRegKeyAsString(FHandle), AValueName]), '', AWinApiErrorCode, False, Self);
  Result := AWinApiErrorCode = ERROR_SUCCESS;
end;

procedure TGMRegKey.WriteBinary(const AValueName: TGMString; const Data; const DataSize: DWORD);
begin
  GMApiCheckObj('RegSetValueEx("'+AValueName+'")', '', RegSetValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), 0, REG_BINARY, Pointer(@Data), DataSize), False, Self);
end;

procedure TGMRegKey.WriteString(const AValueName, Value: TGMString);
begin
  GMApiCheckObj(GMFormat('RegSetValueEx(Valuename: "%s", Value: "%s")', [AValueName, Value]), '', RegSetValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), 0, REG_SZ, Pointer(PGMChar(Value)), (Length(Value)+1) * SizeOf(TGMChar)), False, Self);
end;

procedure TGMRegKey.WriteInteger(const AValueName: TGMString; const Value: LongInt);
begin
  GMApiCheckObj(GMFormat('RegSetValueEx(Valuename: "%s", Value: "%d")', [AValueName, Value]), '', RegSetValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), 0, REG_DWORD, Pointer(@Value), SizeOf(Value)), False, Self);
end;

function TGMRegKey.ReadString(const AValueName: TGMString;
 const ADefaultValue: TGMString): TGMString;
var regType, len, dwValue: DWORD; // retCode: LongInt;
begin
  Result := ADefaultValue;
//retCode := RegQueryValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), nil, @regType, nil, @len);
//if retCode <> ERROR_SUCCESS then raise EApiException.ObjError(retCode, [], Self);
  if RegQueryValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), nil, @regType, nil, @len) <> ERROR_SUCCESS then Exit;

  case regType of
   REG_DWORD:
    begin
     len := SizeOf(dwValue);
     if RegQueryValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), nil, @regType, Pointer(@dwValue), @len) = ERROR_SUCCESS then Result := GMIntToStr(dwValue);
    end;

   REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ:
    if len div SizeOf(TGMChar) <= 1 then Result := '' else
     begin
      SetLength(Result, LongInt(len) div SizeOf(TGMChar)-1);
      if RegQueryValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), nil, @regType, Pointer(PGMChar(Result)), @len) <> ERROR_SUCCESS then Exit;
      if regType = REG_EXPAND_SZ then Result := GMExpandEnvironmentStrings(Result);
     end;

   //else Result := ADefaultValue;
  end;
end;

function TGMRegKey.ReadInteger(const AValueName: TGMString; const ADefaultValue: LongInt): LongInt;
var regType, len: DWORD; StrVal: TGMString;
begin
  Result := ADefaultValue;
  if RegQueryValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), nil, @regType, nil, @len) <> ERROR_SUCCESS then Exit;
  case regType of
   REG_DWORD:
    begin
     len := SizeOf(Result);
     {if not} RegQueryValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), nil, @regType, Pointer(@Result), @len); // = ERROR_SUCCESS then Result := ADefaultValue;
    end;

   REG_SZ, REG_EXPAND_SZ:
    if len <= 1 then Result := ADefaultValue else
     begin
      SetLength(StrVal, LongInt((len div SizeOf(TGMChar))-1));
      if RegQueryValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), nil, @regType, Pointer(PGMChar(StrVal)), @len) <> ERROR_SUCCESS then Exit;
      if regType = REG_EXPAND_SZ then StrVal := GMExpandEnvironmentStrings(StrVal);
      Result := GMStrToInt32(GMMakeDezInt(StrVal, ADefaultValue));
     end;

   //else Result := ADefaultValue;
  end;
end;

function TGMRegKey.ReadBinary(const AValueName: TGMString; const ADestData: Pointer; const ADestDataSizeInBytes: LongInt): DWORD;
var regType: DWORD; retVal: LongInt;
begin
  if RegQueryValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), nil, @regType, nil, @Result) <> ERROR_SUCCESS then begin Result := 0; Exit; end;
  Result := Max(0, Min(ADestDataSizeInBytes, Result));
  if Result > 0 then
   begin
    retVal := RegQueryValueEx(FHandle, PGMChar(AValueName), nil, @regType, ADestData, @Result);
    Assert(retVal = ERROR_SUCCESS);
    //if retVal <> ERROR_SUCCESS then ...
   end;
end;


{ ------------------ }
{ ---- TGMEvent ---- }
{ ------------------ }

constructor TGMEvent.Create(const AManualReset, AInitialSignaled: Boolean; const AName: TGMString; const ASecurityAttr: PSecurityAttributes; const ARefLifetime: Boolean);
var pName: PGMChar;
begin
  FName := AName;
  if Length(AName) > 0 then pName := PGMChar(AName) else pName := nil;
  inherited Create(CreateEvent(ASecurityAttr, AManualReset, AInitialSignaled, pName), ARefLifetime);
  if FHandle = 0 then GMApiCheckObj('CreateEvent', '', GetLastError, FHandle <> 0, Self);
end;

function TGMEvent.WaitFor(const AProcessMessages: Boolean; const Timeout: DWORD): DWORD;
begin
  Result := GMMsgLoopWaitForMultipleObjects(1, @FHandle, AProcessMessages, Timeout);
end;

procedure TGMEvent.Signal;
begin
  GMApiCheckObj('SetEvent', '', GetLastError, SetEvent(Handle), Self);     
end;

procedure TGMEvent.Reset;
begin
  GMApiCheckObj('ResetEvent', '', GetLastError, ResetEvent(Handle), Self);
end;


{ ------------------ }
{ ---- TGMMutex ---- }
{ ------------------ }

constructor TGMMutex.Create(const AName: TGMString;
  const AProcessMessagesWhileWaiting: Boolean; const ATimeout: DWORD;
  const ASecurityAttr: PSecurityAttributes;
  const ARefLifetime: Boolean);
var lastErr: DWORD; pName: PGMChar;
begin
  FName := AName;
  FProcessMessagesWhileWaiting := AProcessMessagesWhileWaiting;
  FTimeout := ATimeout;
  inherited Create(0, ARefLifeTime);

  if Length(AName) > 0 then pName := PGMChar(AName) else pName := nil;
  FHandle := CreateMutex(ASecurityAttr, False, pName);
  if FHandle = 0 then // <- The case ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS will set the handle!
   begin
    lastErr := GetLastError;
    if lastErr <> ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED then GMApiCheckObj('CreateMutex', '', lastErr, FHandle <> 0, Self) else
     begin
      FHandle := OpenMutex(SYNCHRONIZE, False, PGMChar(AName));
      GMApiCheckObj('OpenMutex', '', GetLastError, FHandle <> 0, Self)
     end;
   end;
end;

procedure TGMMutex.EnterCriticalSection;
begin
  GMMsgLoopWaitForMultipleObjects(1, @FHandle, FProcessMessagesWhileWaiting, FTimeout);
end;

procedure TGMMutex.LeaveCriticalSection;
begin
  GMApiCheckObj('ReleaseMutex', '', GetLastError, ReleaseMutex(Handle), Self);
end;


{ ---------------------- }
{ ---- TGMSemaphore ---- }
{ ---------------------- }

constructor TGMSemaphore.Create(const AMaxShareCount: LongInt;
                                const AName: TGMString;
//                              const AProcessMessagesWhileWaiting: Boolean = False;
                                const ASecurityAttr: PSecurityAttributes;
                                const ARefLifetime: Boolean);
var pName: PGMChar;
begin
  FMaxShareCount := AMaxShareCount;
  FName := AName;

  if Length(AName) > 0 then pName := PGMChar(AName) else pName := nil;
 inherited Create(CreateSemaphore(ASecurityAttr, AMaxShareCount, AMaxShareCount, pName), ARefLifetime);
 if FHandle = 0 then GMApiCheckObj('CreateSemaphore', '', GetLastError, FHandle <> 0, Self);
end;

procedure TGMSemaphore.EnterShared;
begin
  case WaitForSingleObject(FHandle, INFINITE) of
   WAIT_OBJECT_0: ;
   WAIT_TIMEOUT: ;
  end;
end;

procedure TGMSemaphore.LeaveShared;
var lastErr: DWORD;
begin
  if not ReleaseSemaphore(FHandle, 1, nil) then
   begin
    lastErr := GetLastError;
    GMApiCheckObj('ReleaseSemaphore(1)', '', lastErr, False, Self);
   end;
end;

procedure TGMSemaphore.EnterSingleExclusive;
var i: Integer;
begin
  for i:=1 to FMaxShareCount do
   case WaitForSingleObject(FHandle, INFINITE) of
    WAIT_OBJECT_0: ;
    WAIT_TIMEOUT: ;
   end;
end;

procedure TGMSemaphore.LeaveSingleExclusive;
var lastErr: DWORD;
begin
  if not ReleaseSemaphore(FHandle, FMaxShareCount, nil) then
   begin
    lastErr := GetLastError;
    GMApiCheckObj('ReleaseSemaphore(FMaxShareCount)', '', lastErr, False, Self);
   end;
end;


{ -------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMWaitableTimer ---- }
{ -------------------------- }

{$IFDEF JEDIAPI}
constructor TGMWaitableTimer.Create(const ADueTime: Int64;
                                    const AAutoStart: Boolean;
                                    const AName: TGMString;
                                    const AInterval: LONG;
                                    const AExecRoutine: PTIMERAPCROUTINE;
                                    const AExecRoutineArg: Pointer;
                                    const ASecurityAttr: PSecurityAttributes;
                                    const ARefLifetime: Boolean);
var pName: PGMChar;
begin
  FName := AName;
  FDueTime.QuadPart := ADueTime;
  FInterval := AInterval;
  FExecRoutine := AExecRoutine;
  FExecRoutineArg := AExecRoutineArg;
  FIsRunning := False;
  if Length(AName) > 0 then pName := PGMChar(AName) else pName := nil;
  inherited Create(CreateWaitableTimer(ASecurityAttr, False, pName), ARefLifeTime);
  if FHandle = 0 then GMApiCheckObj('CreateWaitableTimer', '', GetLastError, FHandle <> 0, Self);
  if AAutoStart then Start;
end;

destructor TGMWaitableTimer.Destroy;
begin
  try Stop; except end; // <- no exceptions in destructors!
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMWaitableTimer.IsRunning: BOOL;
begin
  Result := FIsRunning;
end;

procedure TGMWaitableTimer.Start;
begin
  FIsRunning := SetWaitableTimer(FHandle, FDueTime, FInterval, FExecRoutine, FExecRoutineArg, False);
  GMApiCheckObj('SetWaitableTimer', '', GetLastError, FIsRunning, Self);
end;

procedure TGMWaitableTimer.Stop;
begin
  if FIsRunning then GMApiCheckObj('CancelWaitableTimer', '', GetLastError, CancelWaitableTimer(FHandle), Self);
end;

function TGMWaitableTimer.GetInterval: UINT;
begin
  Result := UINT(FInterval);
end;

procedure TGMWaitableTimer.SetInterval(const AInterval: UINT);
begin
  FInterval := Max(0, Min(AInterval, High(FInterval)));
end;

procedure TGMWaitableTimer.Restart(const ANewIntervalMS: UINT);
begin
  if (ANewIntervalMS <> cDontChangeTimerInterval) then
   begin
    FDueTime.QuadPart := ANewIntervalMS * -10000;
    FInterval := ANewIntervalMS;
   end;

  Start;
end;
{$ENDIF}


{ ---------------------- }
{ ---- TGMTimerBase ---- }
{ ---------------------- }

destructor TGMTimerBase.Destroy;
begin
  try Stop; except on ex: TObject do GMTraceException(ex); end; // <- no exceptions in destructors!
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMTimerBase.GetHandle: THandle;
begin
  Result := FTimerId;
end;

//function TGMTimerBase.Obj: TGMTimerBase;
//begin
//Result := Self;
//end;

function TGMTimerBase.IsRunning: BOOL;
begin
  Result := FTimerId <> 0;
end;

function TGMTimerBase.GetInterval: UINT;
begin
  Result := FInterval;
end;

procedure TGMTimerBase.SetInterval(const AInterval: UINT);
var wasRunning: Boolean;
begin
  if AInterval <> FInterval then
   begin
    wasRunning := IsRunning;
    Stop;
    FInterval := AInterval;
    if wasRunning then Start;
   end;
end;

procedure TGMTimerBase.Restart(const ANewIntervalMS: UINT);
begin
  Stop;
  if ANewIntervalMS <> cDontChangeTimerInterval then FInterval := ANewIntervalMS;
  Start;
end;


{ ------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMThreadTimer ---- }
{ ------------------------ }

function GMTimerList: TGMObjArrayCollection;
begin
  if gGMTimerList = nil then gGMTimerList := TGMObjArrayCollection.Create(False, True, True, GMCompareByHandle);
  Result := gGMTimerList;
end;

procedure TimerProc(Wnd: HWnd; Msg: UINT; EventId: UINT; TickCount: DWORD); stdcall;
//
// This will be called by another thread from inside windows OS
//
var PIHandle: IGMGetHandle; Timer: TObject;
begin
  try
   PIHandle := TGMHandleObj.Create(EventId, True);
   if GMTimerList.Find(PIHandle, Timer) and (Timer is TGMThreadTimer) then TGMThreadTimer(Timer).DoOnTimer;
  except
   // vfGMExceptionHandler is secured by a critical section
   on ex: TObject do vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cDfltPrntWnd); // GMModalDlgParentWnd
  end;
end;

constructor TGMThreadTimer.Create(const AOnTimerProc: TGMObjNotifyProc; const ACaller: TObject; const AWaitTimeoutMilliSec: UINT; const AAutoStart, ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  //inherited
  Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FInterval := AWaitTimeoutMilliSec;
  FOnTimerProc := AOnTimerProc;
  FCaller := ACaller;
  if AAutoStart then Start;
end;

procedure TGMThreadTimer.DoOnTimer;
var Caller: TObject;
begin
  if Assigned(OnTimer) then
   try
    if FCaller <> nil then Caller := FCaller else Caller := Self;
    OnTimer(Caller);
   except Stop; raise; end;
end;

procedure TGMThreadTimer.Start;
begin
  if IsRunning then Exit;
  FTimerId := SetTimer(0, 0, FInterval, Addr(TimerProc)); // Using 0 as timer-id will assign a unique id by the system - PtrUint(Self)
  GMAPICheckObj('SetTimer', '', GetLastError, FTimerId <> 0, Self);
  GMTimerList.Add(Self);
end;

procedure TGMThreadTimer.Stop;
begin
  if not IsRunning then Exit;
  GMTimerList.RemoveByKey(Self);
  GMAPICheckObj('KillTimer', '', GetLastError, KillTimer(0, FTimerId), Self);
  FTimerId := 0;
end;


{ --------------------- }
{ ---- TGMWndTimer ---- }
{ --------------------- }

constructor TGMWndTimer.Create(const AWnd: HWnd; const ATimerID: LongInt; const AWaitTimeoutMilliSec: LongInt; const
    AAutoStart, ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  //inherited
  Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FInterval := AWaitTimeoutMilliSec;
  FWnd := AWnd;
  FClientID := ATimerID;
  if AAutoStart then Start;
end;

function TGMWndTimer.GetHandle: THandle;
begin
  Result := FWnd;
end;

procedure TGMWndTimer.Start;
begin
  if IsRunning then Exit;
  FTimerID := SetTimer(GetHandle, FClientID, FInterval, nil); // <- FTimerID is checked in IsRunning function!
  GMAPICheckObj('SetTimer', '', GetLastError, FTimerID <> 0, Self);
end;

procedure TGMWndTimer.Stop;
begin
  if not IsRunning then Exit;
  GMAPICheckObj('KillTimer', '', GetLastError, KillTimer(GetHandle, FClientID), Self);
  FTimerId := 0;
end;


{ ---------------------- }
{ ---- GMThreadProc ---- }
{ ---------------------- }

//
// The default thread code wrapper that will be executed by a new thread
//

function GMThreadProc(AParam: Pointer): HResult; stdcall;
var thread: TGMThread; allowUI: Boolean; dlgParentWnd: HWND; comInit: IUnknown;
begin
  thread := nil;
  try
   allowUI := False;
   try
    thread := TObject(AParam) as TGMThread;
    allowUI := thread.FAllowExceptDlg;
    if thread.FCoInitFlags <> cDontCoInit then comInit := TGMCOMInitializer.Create(thread.FCoInitFlags);
    try
     Result := thread.Execute;
    finally
     thread.FTerminated := True;
    end;
   except
    on ex: TObject do
     begin
      // vfGMExceptionHandler is secured by a critical section
      if allowUI then dlgParentWnd := GMModalDlgParentWnd else dlgParentWnd := cNoUIWnd;
      Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, dlgParentWnd);
     end;
   end;
  finally
   if (thread <> nil) and thread.FreeOnTerminate then thread.Free; // <- free may release interface members, do this before CoUninitialize
  end;
end;


{ ------------------- }
{ ---- TGMThread ---- }
{ ------------------- }

constructor TGMThread.Create(const ACoInitFlags: LongInt; // <- must be first parameter to avoid ambiguity with inherited constructor
                             const ACreateSuspended: Boolean;
                             const APriority: LongInt;
                             const AAllowExceptDlg: Boolean;
                             AThreadProc: Pointer;
                             const AStackSize: LongWord;
                             const ASecurityAttr: PSecurityAttributes;
                             const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
//const cFlags: array [Boolean] of DWORD = (0, CREATE_SUSPENDED);
//const cSuspendCount: array [Boolean] of DWORD = (0, 1);
begin
  IsMultiThread := True;
  FHasBeenRunning := False;
  WaitTimeoutOnDestroy := INFINITE;

  if ACoInitFlags = cCoInitUseDflt then FCoInitFlags := vGMComInitFlags else FCoInitFlags := ACoInitFlags;
  //FSuspendCount := cSuspendCount[ACreateSuspended];
  FSuspendCount := 1;
  FAllowExceptDlg := AAllowExceptDlg;
  if AThreadProc = nil then AThreadProc := @GMThreadProc;

  inherited Create(CreateThread(ASecurityAttr, AStackSize, AThreadProc, Self, CREATE_SUSPENDED, {$IFDEF JEDIAPI}@{$ENDIF}FThreadId), ARefLifeTime); // <- void ambiguity with this constructor!
  GMApiCheckObj('CreateThread', '', GetLastError, FHandle <> 0, Self);

  GMApiCheckObj('SetThreadPriority', '', GetLastError, SetThreadPriority(FHandle, APriority), Self);
  if not ACreateSuspended then Resume;
end;

destructor TGMThread.Destroy;
begin
  FreeOnTerminate := False; // <- avoid re-enter when called from GMThreadProc, if it had been called from there this has no effect.
  if FHandle <> 0 then
   begin
    if not FTerminated and FHasBeenRunning then begin Cancel; Run; WaitFor(False, WaitTimeoutOnDestroy); end;
    // else if FHasBeenRunning then TerminateThread(FHandle, DWORD(E_ABORT));
   end;
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMThread.Obj: TGMThread;
begin
  Result := Self;
end;

procedure TGMThread.Cancel;
begin
  FCanceled := True;
end;

function TGMThread.WaitFor(const AProcessMessages: Boolean; const ATimeoutMS: DWORD): HResult;
begin
  if FHandle = 0 then Result := 0 else // <- in case our constructor has been skipped by inherited class
   begin
    Result := GMMsgLoopWaitForMultipleObjects(1, @FHandle, AProcessMessages, ATimeoutMS);
    //if not GetExitCodeThread(FHandle, LongWord(Result)) then Result := 0;
    //GMApiCheckObj(GetExitCodeThread(FHandle, Result), Self, 'GetExitCodeThread');
   end;
end;

function TGMThread.Suspend: DWORD;
begin
  Result := SuspendThread(FHandle); // <- Returns previous suspend count
  GMApiCheckObj('SuspendThread', '', GetLastError, Result <> $FFFFFFFF, Self);
  Inc(FSuspendCount); // := Result;
end;

function TGMThread.Resume: DWORD;
begin
  if FSuspendCount <= 0 then Exit(0);
  Result := ResumeThread(FHandle); // <- Returns previous suspend count
  GMApiCheckObj('ResumeThread', '', GetLastError, Result <> $FFFFFFFF, Self);
  Dec(FSuspendCount); //  := Result;
  FHasBeenRunning := FHasBeenRunning or (FSuspendCount <= 0);
end;

procedure TGMThread.Run;
begin
  while FSuspendCount > 0 do Resume;
end;

function TGMThread.GetPriority: LongInt;
begin
  Result := GetThreadPriority(FHandle);
  GMApiCheckObj('GetThreadPriority', '', GetLastError, Priority <> THREAD_PRIORITY_ERROR_RETURN, Self);
end;

procedure TGMThread.SetPriority(const AValue: LongInt);
begin
  GMApiCheckObj('SetThreadPriority', '', GetLastError, SetThreadPriority(FHandle, AValue), Self);
end;

function TGMThread.ExitCode: DWORD;
begin
  GMApiCheckObj('GetExitCodeThread', '', GetLastError, GetExitCodeThread(FHandle, Result), Self);
end;


{ ------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMSilentThread ---- }
{ ------------------------- }

constructor TGMSilentThread.Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FCSTermMsgData := TGMCriticalSection.Create;
end;

function TGMSilentThread.Obj: TGMSilentThread;
begin
  Result := Self;
end;

function TGMSilentThread.DfltExceptResult: HResult;
begin
  Result := E_FAIL; // E_UNEXPECTED;
end;

procedure TGMSilentThread.SetTermMsgData(const ATermMsgData: TGMThreadTermMsgDataRec);
begin
  FCSTermMsgData.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   FTermMsg := ATermMsgData;
  finally
   FCSTermMsgData.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

{function TGMSilentThread.GetExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation;
begin
  Result := FExceptInfo;
end;}

procedure TGMSilentThread.SendTerminationMsg;
begin
  FCSTermMsgData.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   if IsWindow(FTermMsg.TargetWnd) and (FTermMsg.Msg <> 0) then with FTermMsg do PostMessage(TargetWnd, Msg, WParam, LParam);
  finally
   FCSTermMsgData.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

function TGMSilentThread.Execute: HResult;
begin
  try
   try
    Result := InternalExecute;
   except
    on ex: TObject do
     begin
      {$IFDEF CALLSTACK}
   // if Length(ExceptCallStack) = 0 then GMCaptureCurrentThreadCallStack(ExceptCallStack);
      if ExceptCallStack = nil then ExceptCallStack := GMGetThreadCallStackData(ThreadID, True);
      {$ENDIF}
      GMTraceException(ex);
      Result := GMGetObjHRCode(ex, DfltExceptResult);
      //if not GMIsclassByName(GMExceptObject, EAbort) and GMAskBoolean(GMExceptObject, Ord(bevPresentToUI), True) then
      FExceptInfo := TGMExceptionInformation.CreateFromObj(ex, True); // else GMTraceException(GMExceptObject);
     end;
   end;
  finally
    //
    // Message must be send after FExceptInfo has been assigned!
    //
   SendTerminationMsg;
  end;
end;


{ ----------------------- }
{ ---- TGMTempCursor ---- }
{ ----------------------- }

constructor TGMTempCursor.Create(const ANewCursor: TGMCursor; const APMemberVar: PHandle; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
var cursor: THandle;
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  cursor := LoadCursor(0, cWinCursorRes[ANewCursor]);
  FOldCursor := SetCursor(cursor);
  FPMemberVar := APMemberVar;
  if FPMemberVar <> nil then
   begin
    FOldMemeberVarValue := FPMemberVar^;
    FPMemberVar^ := cursor;
   end;
end;

destructor TGMTempCursor.Destroy;
begin
  if FOldCursor <> 0 then SetCursor(FOldCursor);
  if FPMemberVar <> nil then FPMemberVar^ := FOldMemeberVarValue;
  inherited Destroy;
end;


{ ---------------------- }
{ ---- API Checking ---- }
{ ---------------------- }

function GMHrCheckObjParams(const HRCode: HResult;
                            const Params: array of PGMChar;
                            const Obj: TObject;
                            const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                            const AMsgPostfix: TGMString;
                            const Strict: Boolean;
                            const AHelpCtx: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := HRCode;
  if not GMHrSucceeded(HRCode) or (Strict and (HRCode <> S_OK)) then
   if (HRCode = E_ABORT) or (HRCode = GMHResultFromWin32(ERROR_CANCELLED)) then
    raise EGMAbort.Create(RStrOperationCanceled)
   else
    raise EGMHrException.ObjError(HRCode, Params, Obj, ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix, AHelpCtx);

// case HRCode of
//  E_ABORT: raise EGMAbort.Create(RStrOperationCanceled);
//  else raise EGMHrException.ObjError(HRCode, Params, Obj, ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix, AHelpCtx);
// end;
end;

function GMHrCheckObj(const HRCode: HResult;
                      const Obj: TObject;
                      const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                      const AMsgPostfix: TGMString;
                      const Strict: Boolean;
                      const AHelpCtx: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := GMHrCheckObjParams(HRCode, [], Obj, ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix, Strict, AHelpCtx);
end;

procedure GMHrTraceObjParams(const HRCode: HResult;
                             const Params: array of PGMChar;
                             const Obj: TObject;
                             const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                             const AMsgPostfix: TGMString;
                             const Strict: Boolean;
                             const AHelpCtx: LongInt);
var PIExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation;
begin
  if not GMHrSucceeded(HRCode) or (Strict and (HRCode <> S_OK)) then
   begin
    PIExceptInfo := TGMExceptionInformation.Create(True, False, AMsgPostfix + GMSysErrorMsg(HRCode, Params),
                                                   EGMHrException.ClassName, ExceptAddr, GMGetObjDisplayName(Obj),
                                                   GMObjClassName(Obj), ARoutineName, svWarning, AHelpCtx, HRCode);
    GMTrace(GMBuildExceptionMsg(PIExceptInfo, True), tpWarning);
   end;
end;

procedure GMHrCheckIntfParams(const HRCode: HResult; const AMsgFmtParams: array of PGMChar; const Intf: IUnknown; const
    ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix: TGMString; const Strict: Boolean; const AHelpCtx: LongInt);
begin
  if not GMHrSucceeded(HRCode) or (Strict and (HRCode <> S_OK)) then
   if (HRCode = E_ABORT) or (HRCode = GMHResultFromWin32(ERROR_CANCELLED)) then
    raise EGMAbort.Create(RStrOperationCanceled)
   else
    raise EGMHrException.IntfError(HRCode, AMsgFmtParams, Intf, ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix, AHelpCtx);
end;

procedure GMHrCheckIntf(const HRCode: HResult;
                        const Intf: IUnknown;
                        const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                        const AMsgPostfix: TGMString;
                        const Strict: Boolean;
                        const AHelpCtx: LongInt);
begin
  GMHrCheckIntfParams(HRCode, [], Intf, ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix, Strict, AHelpCtx);
end;

procedure GMAPICheckObjParams(const ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix: TGMString; const AWinApiErrorCode: DWORD; const AWinApiRetVal: BOOL;
    const Params: array of PGMChar; const Obj: TObject; const AHelpCtx: LongInt);
begin
  if not AWinApiRetVal and (AWinApiErrorCode <> NO_ERROR) then
     raise EAPIException.ObjError(AWinApiErrorCode, Params, Obj, ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix, AHelpCtx);
end;

procedure GMAPICheckObj(const ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix: TGMString; const AWinApiErrorCode: DWORD; const AWinApiRetVal: BOOL;
    const AObj: TObject; const AHelpCtx: LongInt);
begin
  if not AWinApiRetVal and (AWinApiErrorCode <> NO_ERROR) then
     raise EAPIException.ObjError(AWinApiErrorCode, [], AObj, ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix, AHelpCtx);
end;

procedure GMAPICheckObjEx(const ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix: TGMString; const AWinApiErrorCode: DWORD; const AWinApiRetVal: BOOL;
    const SuccessCodes: array of PtrInt; const Obj: TObject; const AHelpCtx: LongInt);
begin
  if AWinApiRetVal then Exit;
  if GMIsOneOfIntegers(PtrInt(AWinApiErrorCode), SuccessCodes) then Exit;
  raise EAPIException.ObjError(AWinApiErrorCode, [], Obj, ARoutineName, AMsgPostfix, AHelpCtx);
end;


type
  PRaiseFrameRec = ^TRaiseFrameRec;
  TRaiseFrameRec = packed record
    NextRaise: PRaiseFrameRec;
    ExceptAddr: Pointer;
    ExceptObject: TObject;
    ExceptionRecord: PExceptionRecord;
  end;

function GMExceptObject: TObject;
begin
  if RaiseList = nil then Result := nil else
    {$IFDEF FPC}
    Result := RaiseList^.FObject;
    {$ELSE}
    Result := PRaiseFrameRec(RaiseList)^.ExceptObject;
    {$ENDIF}
end;

//function GMExceptAddr: Pointer;
//begin
//  if RaiseList <> nil then
//    Result := PRaiseFrameRec(RaiseList)^.ExceptAddr else
//    Result := nil;
//end;


function OLEFormatEtc(const cfFormat: TClipFormat; const ptd: PDVTargetDevice; const dwAspect: LongInt; const lindex: LongInt; const tymed: LongInt): TFormatEtc;
begin
  Result.cfFormat := cfFormat;
  Result.ptd := ptd;
  Result.dwAspect := dwAspect;
  Result.lindex := lindex;
  Result.tymed := tymed;
end;

function OLEStgMedium(const tymed: LongInt; const handle: THandle; const unkForRelease: Pointer): TStgMedium; overload;
begin
  Result.tymed := tymed;
  Result.hGlobal := handle;
  Result.unkForRelease := unkForRelease;
end;

function OLEStgMedium(const tymed: LongInt; const pUnknown: Pointer; const unkForRelease: Pointer): TStgMedium; overload;
begin
  Result.tymed := tymed;
  Result.stm := pUnknown;
  Result.unkForRelease := unkForRelease;
end;

function OLEStgMedium(const tymed: LongInt; const lpszFileName: POleStr; const unkForRelease: Pointer): TStgMedium; overload;
begin
  Result.tymed := tymed;
  Result.lpszFileName := lpszFileName;
  Result.unkForRelease := unkForRelease;
end;

//procedure GMFreeMetafileHandle(const HMetaFile: HGlobal);
//var P: Pointer;
//begin
//if HMetaFile <> 0 then
// begin
//  P := GlobalLock(HMetaFile);
//  try
//   if P <> nil then DeleteMetaFile(PMetaFilePict(P)^.hMF);
//  finally
//   GlobalUnlock(HMetaFile);
//  end;
//  GlobalFree(HMetaFile);
// end;
//end;

function GMRegKeyAsString(const ARootKey: HKEY): TGMString;
begin
  case ARootKey of
   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT:      Result := 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT';
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER:      Result := 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER (' + GMThisUserName + ')';
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:     Result := 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE';
   HKEY_USERS:             Result := 'HKEY_USERS';
   HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA:  Result := 'HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA';
   HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG:    Result := 'HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG';
   HKEY_DYN_DATA:          Result := 'HKEY_DYN_DATA';
   else Result := GMFormat('HKEY(Dez: %u, Hex: 0x%x)', [ARootKey, ARootKey]);
  end;
end;


{ -------------------------- }
{ ---- Compare Routines ---- }
{ -------------------------- }

function GMCompareNames(const AName1, AName2: TGMString; const ACmpareFlags: DWORD; ALocale: LCID): TGMCompareResult;
begin
  if ALocale = 0 then ALocale := LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT;
  Result := TGMCompareResult(CompareString(ALocale, ACmpareFlags, PGMChar(AName1), Length(AName1), PGMChar(AName2), Length(AName2)) - 1);
end;

function GMCompareByInstance(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
begin
  if PtrUInt(ItemA) > PtrUInt(ItemB) then Result := crAGreaterThanB else
  if PtrUInt(ItemA) = PtrUInt(ItemB) then Result := crAEqualToB else
  Result := crALessThanB;
end;

function GMCompareByLeft(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var leftA, leftB: IGMGetLeft;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMGetLeft, leftA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMGetLeft, leftB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});

  if leftA.Left > leftB.Left then Result := crAGreaterThanB else
  if leftA.Left = leftB.Left then Result := crAEqualToB else
  Result := crALessThanB;
end;

function GMCompareByName(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var nameA, nameB: IGMGetName;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMGetName, nameA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMGetName, nameB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  Result := GMCompareNames(nameA.Name, nameB.Name);
end;

function GMCompareByString(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var nameA, nameB: IGMGetName; // cmp: LongInt;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMGetName, nameA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMGetName, nameB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  Result := GMCompareNames(nameA.Name, nameB.Name, 0);
end;

function GMCompareByNameDigitsAsNumbers(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var nameA, nameB: IGMGetName; caseFlags: DWORD;
begin
  caseFlags := NORM_IGNORECASE;
  if gDigitAsNumberSortSupported then caseFlags := caseFlags or SORT_DIGITSASNUMBERS;

  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMGetName, nameA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMGetName, nameB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  Result := GMCompareNames(nameA.Name, nameB.Name, caseFlags);
end;

function GMCompareByFileName(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var nameA, nameB: IGMGetFileName;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMGetFileName, nameA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMGetFileName, nameB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  Result := GMCompareNames(nameA.FileName, nameB.FileName);
end;

function GMCompareByPosition(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var positionA, positionB: IGMGetPosition;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMGetPosition, positionA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMGetPosition, positionB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  if positionA.Position > positionB.Position then Result := crAGreaterThanB else
  if positionA.Position = positionB.Position then Result := crAEqualToB else
  Result := crALessThanB;
end;

//function GMCompareByKeyValue(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
//var keyValueA, keyValueB: IGMGetKeyValue;
//begin
//  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMGetKeyValue, keyValueA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
//  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMGetKeyValue, keyValueB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
//  if keyValueA.KeyValue > keyValueB.KeyValue then Result := crAGreaterThanB else
//  if keyValueA.KeyValue = keyValueB.KeyValue then Result := crAEqualToB else
//  Result := crALessThanB;
//end;

function GMCompareByGuid(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var guidA, guidB: IGMGetGUID;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMGetGUID, guidA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMGetGUID, guidB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  Result := GMCompareGuids(guidA.Guid, guidB.Guid);
end;

function GMCompareByHandle(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var handleA, handleB: IGMGetHandle;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMGetHandle, handleA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMGetHandle, handleB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  if handleA.Handle > handleB.Handle then Result := crAGreaterThanB else
  if handleA.Handle = handleB.Handle then Result := crAEqualToB else
  Result := crALessThanB;
end;

function GMCompareFileEntryByName(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var entryA, entryB: IGMFileProperties;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMFileProperties, entryA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMFileProperties, entryB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  Result := GMCompareNames(entryA.FileName, entryB.FileName);
end;

function GMCompareFileEntryBySize(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var entryA, entryB: IGMFileProperties;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMFileProperties, entryA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMFileProperties, entryB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  if entryA.SizeInBytes > entryB.SizeInBytes then Result := crAGreaterThanB else
  if entryA.SizeInBytes = entryB.SizeInBytes then Result := crAEqualToB else
  Result := crALessThanB;
end;

function GMCompareFileEntryByLastMod(const ItemA, ItemB: IUnknown): TGMCompareResult;
var entryA, entryB: IGMFileProperties;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemA, IGMFileProperties, entryA, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ItemB, IGMFileProperties, entryB, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  if entryA.LastWriteTime > entryB.LastWriteTime then Result := crAGreaterThanB else
  if entryA.LastWriteTime = entryB.LastWriteTime then Result := crAEqualToB else
  Result := crALessThanB;
end;

procedure GMParseLines(const AMultiLineText: TGMString; const AProcessLineFunc: TGMProcessLineFunc; const AData: Pointer; const AddEmptyLines: Boolean = False);
const cLineEndSize: array [Boolean] of PtrInt = (1, 2);
var lnStart, lnEnd: PGMChar; lineLenInChars, lineEndSizeInChars: PtrInt; i: LongWord; line: TGMString;
begin
  if not Assigned(AProcessLineFunc) or (Length(AMultiLineText) <= 0) then Exit;

  lnStart := PGMChar(AMultiLineText);
  lnEnd := lnStart; lineEndSizeInChars := 0;
  SetLength(line, 0);

  repeat
   for i:=0 to High(i) do
    case lnEnd^ of
     #0: begin lnEnd := nil; Break; end;
     #10: begin lineEndSizeInChars := cLineEndSize[(lnEnd + 1)^ = #13]; Break; end;
     #13: begin lineEndSizeInChars := cLineEndSize[(lnEnd + 1)^ = #10]; Break; end;
     else Inc(lnEnd);
    end;

   if lnEnd <> nil then
     lineLenInChars := lnEnd - lnStart
   else
     if lnStart^= #0 then lineLenInChars := 0 else
        lineLenInChars := PGMChar(AMultiLineText) + Length(AMultiLineText) - lnStart;

   SetString(line, lnStart, lineLenInChars);

   if (Length(line) > 0) or AddEmptyLines then if not AProcessLineFunc(line, lnEnd <> nil, AData) then Break;

   if lnEnd <> nil then lnEnd += lineEndSizeInChars;
   lnStart := lnEnd;
  until lnEnd = nil;
end;

function GMAddLineToStrArray(const ALine: TGMString; const AEndsWithLineBreak: Boolean; const AData: Pointer): Boolean;
begin
  if AData = nil then Result := False else begin GMAddStrToArray(ALine, PGMStringArray(AData)^, True); Result := True; end;
end;

procedure GMParseLinesToStrArray(const AMultiLineText: TGMString; var ADstLines: TGMStringArray; const AddEmptyLines: Boolean = False);
begin
  SetLength(ADstLines, 0);
  if Length(AMultiLineText) > 0 then GMParseLines(AMultiLineText, GMAddLineToStrArray, @ADstLines, AddEmptyLines);
end;

procedure GMSplitWordsToStrArray(const AValue, ASeparators: TGMString; const AAllowDuplicates: Boolean; var ADestStrings: TGMStringArray);
var chPos: PtrInt; token: TGMString;
begin
  SetLength(ADestStrings, 0); chPos := 1;
  repeat
   token := GMNextWord(chPos, AValue, ASeparators);
   if (Length(token) > 0) and (AAllowDuplicates or not GMIsOneOfStrings(token, ADestStrings)) then GMAddStrToArray(token, ADestStrings);
  until Length(token) <= 0;
end;


{ --------------------- }
{ ---- Scroll Data ---- }
{ --------------------- }

function GMScrollData(const fMask: UINT; const nMin: LongInt; const nMax: LongInt; const nPage: UINT; const nPos: LongInt; const nTrackPos: LongInt): TScrollInfo;
begin
  Result.cbSize := SizeOf(Result);
  Result.fMask := fMask;
  Result.nMin := nMin;
  Result.nMax := nMax;
  Result.nPage := nPage;
  Result.nPos := nPos;
  Result.nTrackPos := nTrackPos;
end;

function GMScrollDataFromWnd(const AHandle: HWnd; const ACtlKind, AMask: LongWord): TScrollInfo;
begin
  //FillByte(Result, SizeOf(Result), 0);
  Result := Default(TScrollInfo);
  Result.cbSize := SizeOf(Result);
  Result.fMask := AMask;
  GetScrollInfo(AHandle, ACtlKind, Result); // <- leaves Result untouched when it fails
end;

function GMWheelScrollDelta(const PageSize: LongInt; const Direction: LongInt): LongInt;
const cSign: array [Boolean] of LongInt = (1, -1); cPercent: array [Boolean] of Double = (0.13, 0.67);
begin
  Result := Round(PageSize * cSign[Direction < 0] * cPercent[GetKeyState(VK_CONTROL) < 0]);
end;

function GMCalcScrollPos(const AScrollCode: LongInt; const AScrollData: TScrollInfo): LongInt;
//var AScrollData: TScrollInfo;
  function LineScrollAmmount: LongInt;
  begin
    Result := Max(1, Round(AScrollData.nPage * 0.06));
  end;

  function PageScrollAmmount: LongInt;
  begin
    Result := Max(1, Round(AScrollData.nPage * 0.95));
  end;
begin
  //if AWnd = 0 then begin Result := 0; Exit; end;
  Result := AScrollData.nPos;
  case AScrollCode of
   SB_TOP:         Result := AScrollData.nMin;
   SB_BOTTOM:      Result := AScrollData.nMax;
   SB_LINEDOWN:    Inc(Result, LineScrollAmmount);
   SB_LINEUP:      Dec(Result, LineScrollAmmount);
   SB_PAGEDOWN:    Inc(Result, PageScrollAmmount);
   SB_PAGEUP:      Dec(Result, PageScrollAmmount);
   SB_THUMBPOSITION, SB_THUMBTRACK: Result := AScrollData.nTrackPos; // Result := GMScrollDataFromWnd(Handle, SB_CTL, SIF_TRACKPOS).nTrackPos;
   //SB_ENDSCROLL:
  end;
  Result := GMBoundedInt(Result, AScrollData.nMin, AScrollData.nMax - Max(LongInt(AScrollData.nPage)-1, 0));
end;


{ ----------------- }
{ ---- Tracing ---- }
{ ----------------- }

function GMDfltDoTracing: Boolean;
begin
  {$IFDEF DEBUG}Result := True;{$ELSE}Result := False;{$ENDIF}
end;

procedure GMTrace(const AText: TGMString; const APrefix: TGMTracePrefix);
begin
  vfGMTrace(AText, cGMTracePrefixes[APrefix]);
end;

procedure GMDfltTraceLine(const ALine: TGMString);
begin
  OutputDebugString(PGMChar(ALine));
end;

function GMPrefixedTrace(const ALine: TGMString; const ALastLine: Boolean; const AData: Pointer): Boolean;
var prefix: TGMString;
begin
  Result := True;
  if (AData <> nil) and (PGMChar(AData)^ <> #0) then
   begin
    prefix := PGMChar(AData);
    vfGMTraceLine('[' + prefix + '] ' + ALine);
   end
  else
   vfGMTraceLine(ALine);
end;

//procedure GMIterateLines(const AText: TGMString; const ALineProc: TProcessLineProc; const AData: Pointer);
//var a,b : LongInt;
//procedure TellLine;
//var s: TGMString;
//begin
//  s := GMStripRight(Copy(AText, a, b-a), cNewLine);
//  if Length(s) > 0 then ALineProc(s, AData);
//end;
//begin
//if not Assigned(ALineProc) then Exit;
//a:=1; b:=1;
//while b <= Length(AText) do
// if not GMIsDelimiter(cNewLine, AText, b) then Inc(b) else
//  begin
//   TellLine;
//   while GMIsDelimiter(cNewLine, AText, b) do Inc(b);
//   a:=b;
//  end;
//TellLine;
//end;

procedure GMDfltTrace(const AText: TGMString; const APrefix: TGMString);
var threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  threadSync.Lock(gCStraceText);
  if not vfGMDoTracing then Exit; // <- Do it inside critical section? Maybe it needs some initialization ..
  GMParseLines(AText, GMPrefixedTrace, PGMChar(APrefix));
end;

procedure GMTraceMethod(const AObj: TObject; const AMethodName: TGMString; const AText: TGMString = '');
begin
  if not vfGMDoTracing then Exit;
  if AText <> '' then
   GMTrace(GMFormat('%s[%p].%s: %s', [GMObjClassName(AObj), Pointer(AObj), AMethodName, AText]), tpCall)
  else
   GMTrace(GMFormat('%s[%p].%s', [GMObjClassName(AObj), Pointer(AObj), AMethodName]), tpCall);
end;

procedure GMTraceException(const AException: TObject; const ASingleLine: Boolean);
var ExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation; Msg: TGMString;
begin
  try
   //if (AException = nil) or not (AException is Exception) or not vfGMDoTracing then Exit;
   //with AException as Exception do if AsSingleLine then Msg := GMMakeSingleLine(Message) else Msg := Message;
   //vfGMTrace(GMFormat('%s: %s', [AException.ClassName, Msg]), tpException);
   if not vfGMDoTracing then Exit;
   ExceptInfo := TGMExceptionInformation.CreateFromObj(AException, True);
   Msg := GMBuildExceptionMsg(ExceptInfo, True);
   if ASingleLine then Msg := GMMakeSingleLine(Msg);
   GMTrace(Msg, tpException);
  except end;
end;

procedure GMTraceAllInterfaces(const AIntf: IUnknown; const AName: TGMString);
var RegKey: IGMRegKey; SubDirNames: TGMStringArray; i: LongInt; PIUnk: IUnknown;
begin
  if AIntf = nil then Exit;
  RegKey := TGMRegKey.Create;
  if not RegKey.Obj.OpenKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, '\Interface') then Exit;
  RegKey.Obj.ReadSubKeyNames(SubDirNames);
  for i:=Low(SubDirNames) to High(SubDirNames) do
   try
    //if Registry.OpenKey('\Interface\' + SubDirNames[i], False) then IntfName := Registry.ReadString('') else IntfName := '';
    if GMQueryInterface(AIntf, GMStringToGuid(SubDirNames[i]), PIUnk) then
     GMTrace(GMFormat('"%s" Supports Interface: %s %s', [AName, GMIntfIIDName(SubDirNames[i]), SubDirNames[i]]), tpInterface);
   except end;
end;


{ --------------------------------- }
{ ---- Complex Data Load Store ---- }
{ --------------------------------- }

function GMRectValName(const ARectName, AValueName: TGMString): TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMStringJoin(ARectName, ' ', AValueName); //GMStrip(GMFormat('%s %s', [ARectName, AValueName]), cWhiteSpace);
end;

{function GMReadValidRect(const Source: IGMValueStorage; const RectName: TGMString; var Value: TRect; const DefaultValue: LongInt): Boolean;
begin
  if Source <> nil then
   begin
    Value.Left := Source.ReadInteger(GMRectValName(RectName, cStrLeft), DefaultValue);
    Value.Top := Source.ReadInteger(GMRectValName(RectName, cStrTop), DefaultValue);
    Value.Right := Source.ReadInteger(GMRectValName(RectName, cStrRight), DefaultValue);
    Value.Bottom := Source.ReadInteger(GMRectValName(RectName, cStrBottom), DefaultValue);
   end;
  Result := (Value.Left <> DefaultValue) and (Value.Top <> DefaultValue);
end;}

function GMReadRect(const ASource: IGMValueStorage; const ARectName: TGMString; const ADefaultRect: TRect): TRect;
begin
  Result := ADefaultRect;
  if ASource = nil then Exit;
  Result.Left := ASource.ReadInteger(GMRectValName(ARectName, cStrLeft), ADefaultRect.Left);
  Result.Top := ASource.ReadInteger(GMRectValName(ARectName, cStrTop), ADefaultRect.Top);
  Result.Right := ASource.ReadInteger(GMRectValName(ARectName, cStrRight), ADefaultRect.Right);
  Result.Bottom := ASource.ReadInteger(GMRectValName(ARectName, cStrBottom), ADefaultRect.Bottom);
end;

procedure GMWriteRect(const ADest: IGMValueStorage; const ARectName: TGMString; const AValue: TRect; const ADefaultValue: LongInt);
begin
  if ADest = nil then Exit;
  GMStoreInteger(ADest, GMRectValName(ARectName, cStrLeft), AValue.Left, ADefaultValue);
  GMStoreInteger(ADest, GMRectValName(ARectName, cStrTop), AValue.Top, ADefaultValue);
  GMStoreInteger(ADest, GMRectValName(ARectName, cStrRight), AValue.Right, ADefaultValue);
  GMStoreInteger(ADest, GMRectValName(ARectName, cStrBottom), AValue.Bottom, ADefaultValue);
end;

{
  cStrFontCharset = 'charset';
  cStrFontColor = 'Color';
  cStrFontHeight = 'Height';
  cStrFontName = 'Name';
  cStrFontPitch = 'Pitch';
  cStrFontSize = 'Size';
  cStrFontStyle = 'Style';

function GMFontStyleToInt(const Value: TFontStyles): LongInt;
var i: TFontStyle;
begin
  Result := 0;
  for i:=Low(i) to High(i) do if i in Value then Result := Result or (1 shl Ord(i));
end;

function GMFontStyleFromInt(const Value: LongInt): TFontStyles;
var i: TFontStyle;
begin
  Result := [];
  for i:=Low(i) to High(i) do if Value and (1 shl Ord(i)) <> 0 then Include(Result, i);
end;

procedure GMReadFont(const Source: IGMValueStorage; const FontName: TGMString; const Font: TFont);
begin
  if Source = nil then Exit;
  Font.Charset := TFontCharset(Source.ReadInteger(GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontCharset]), cDfltFontCharset));
  Font.Color := TColor(Source.ReadInteger(GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontColor]), cDfltFontColor));
  Font.Height := Source.ReadInteger(GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontHeight]), cDfltFontHeight);
  Font.Name := Source.ReadString(GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontName]), cDfltFontName);
  Font.Pitch := TFontPitch(Source.ReadInteger(GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontPitch]), cDfltFontPitch));
  Font.Size := Source.ReadInteger(GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontSize]), cDfltFontSize);
  Font.Style := GMFontStyleFromInt(Source.ReadInteger(GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontStyle]), GMFontStyleToInt(cDfltFontStyle)));
end;

procedure GMWriteFont(const Dest: IGMValueStorage; const FontName: TGMString; const Font: TFont);
begin
  if Dest = nil then Exit;
  GMStoreInteger(Dest, GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontCharset]), LongInt(Font.Charset), cDfltFontCharset);
  GMStoreInteger(Dest, GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontColor]), Font.Color, cDfltFontColor);
  GMStoreInteger(Dest, GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontHeight]), Font.Height, cDfltFontHeight);
  GMStoreString(Dest, GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontName]), Font.Name, cDfltFontName);
  GMStoreInteger(Dest, GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontPitch]), LongInt(Font.Pitch), cDfltFontPitch);
  GMStoreInteger(Dest, GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontSize]), Font.Size, cDfltFontSize);
  GMStoreInteger(Dest, GMFormat('%s %s', [FontName, cStrFontStyle]), GMFontStyleToInt(Font.Style), GMFontStyleToInt(cDfltFontStyle));
end;}


{ ---------------------------------- }
{ ---- Core TGMString functions ---- }
{ ---------------------------------- }

function GMStrLScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PAnsiChar;
// 64-Bit: RCX = AStr, RDX = ACh, R8 = AMaxLen
// 32-Bit: On enter EAX contains AStr, EDX contains ACh and ECX AMaxLen.
// On Exit EAX contains Result pointer (may be nil).
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        CMP     AMaxLen, 0
        JG      @@1
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    MOV     RDI, AStr     // RCX
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen
        MOV     AL, ACh
        REPNE   SCASB
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JNE     @@3
        MOV     RAX, RDI
        DEC     RAX
@@3:    POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        CMP     ECX, 0 // AMaxLen
        JG      @@1
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    MOV     EDI, AStr // prepare SCASx operation
        MOV     AL, ACh
        REPNE   SCASB  // <- Scan while unequal
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JNE     @@3
        MOV     EAX, EDI
        DEC     EAX
@@3:    POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrLScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PWideChar;
// 64-Bit: RCX = AStr, RDX = ACh, R8 = AMaxLen
// 32-Bit: On enter EAX contains AStr, EDX contains ACh and ECX AMaxLen.
// On Exit EAX contains Result pointer (may be nil).
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        CMP     AMaxLen, 0
        JG      @@1
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    MOV     RDI, AStr
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen
        MOV     AX, ACh
        REPNE   SCASW  // <- Scan while unequal
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JNE     @@3
        MOV     RAX, RDI
        SUB     RAX, 2
@@3:    POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        CMP     ECX, 0 // AMaxLen
        JG      @@1
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    MOV     EDI, AStr
        MOV     AX, ACh
        REPNE   SCASW  // <- Scan while unequal
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JNE     @@3
        MOV     EAX, EDI
        SUB     EAX, 2
@@3:    POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrLScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PGMChar;
begin
  //function ODBCEscScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PGMCHar;
  //var i: PtrUInt;
  //begin
  //  if AStr = nil then Exit(nil);
  //  for i:=1 to AMaxLen do
  //   case AStr^ of
  //    '{': Exit(AStr);
  //    #0: Exit(nil);
  //    else Inc(AStr);
  //   end;
  //end;
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMStrLScanW(AStr, ACh, AMaxLen);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMStrLScanA(AStr, ACh, AMaxLen);
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrLScanPos(const AValue: TGMString; AChToFind: TGMChar; AStartChPos: PtrInt): PtrInt;
var pEndCh: PGMChar;
begin
  if (AStartChPos < 1) or (AStartChPos > Length(AValue)) then
   pEndCh := nil
  else
   pEndCh := GMStrLScan(PGMChar(@AValue[AStartChPos]), AChToFind, Length(AValue)-AStartChPos+1);

  if pEndCh <> nil then
   Result := pEndCh + AStartChPos - PGMChar(@AValue[AStartChPos])
  else
   Result := Length(AValue) + 1;
end;


function GMStrRLScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PAnsiChar;
// 64-Bit: RCX = AStr, RDX = ACh, R8 = AMaxLen
// 32-Bit: On enter EAX contains AStr, EDX contains ACh and ECX AMaxLen.
// On Exit EAX contains Result pointer (may be nil).
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        CMP     AMaxLen, 0
        JG      @@1
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    STD            // <- set direction flag => reverse scan
        MOV     RDI, AStr     // RCX
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen  // R8
        MOV     AL, ACh       // RDX
        REPNE   SCASB
        MOV     RAX, 0
        CLD            // <- direction flag MUST be cleared!
        JNE     @@3
        MOV     RAX, RDI
        INC     RAX
@@3:    POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        CMP     ECX, 0 // AMaxLen
        JG      @@1
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    STD            // <- set direction flag => reverse scan
        MOV     EDI, AStr
        MOV     AL, ACh
        REPNE   SCASB
        MOV     EAX, 0
        CLD            // <- direction flag MUST be cleared!
        JNE     @@3
        MOV     EAX, EDI
        INC     EAX
@@3:    POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrRLScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PWideChar;
// 64-Bit: RCX = AStr, RDX = ACh, R8 = AMaxLen
// 32-Bit: On enter EAX contains AStr, EDX contains ACh and ECX AMaxLen.
// On Exit EAX contains Result pointer (may be nil).
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        CMP     AMaxLen, 0
        JG      @@1
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    STD            // <- set direction flag => reverse scan
        MOV     RDI, AStr     // RCX
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen  // R8
        MOV     AX, ACh       // RDX
        REPNE   SCASW
        MOV     RAX, 0
        CLD           // <- direction flag MUST be cleared!
        JNE     @@3
        MOV     RAX, RDI
        ADD     RAX, 2
@@3:    POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        CMP     ECX, 0 // AMaxLen
        JG      @@1
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    STD            // <- set direction flag => reverse scan
        MOV     EDI, AStr
        MOV     AX, ACh
        REPNE   SCASW
        MOV     EAX, 0
        CLD            // <- direction flag MUST be cleared!
        JNE     @@3
        MOV     EAX, EDI
        ADD     EAX, 2
@@3:    POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrRLScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PGMChar;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMStrRLScanW(AStr, ACh, AMaxLen);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMStrRLScanA(AStr, ACh, AMaxLen);
  {$ENDIF}
end;


function GMStrCLScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PAnsiChar;
// 64-Bit: RCX = AStr, RDX = ACh, R8 = AMaxLen
// 32-Bit: On enter EAX contains AStr, EDX contains ACh and ECX AMaxLen.
// On Exit EAX contains Result pointer (may be nil).
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        CMP     AMaxLen, 0
        JG      @@1
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    MOV     RDI, AStr
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen
        MOV     AL, ACh
        REPE    SCASB
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JE      @@3
        MOV     RAX, RDI
        DEC     RAX
@@3:    POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        CMP     ECX, 0 // AMaxLen
        JG      @@1
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    MOV     EDI, AStr
        MOV     AL, ACh
        REPE    SCASB
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JE      @@3
        MOV     EAX, EDI
        DEC     EAX
@@3:    POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrCLScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PWideChar;
// 64-Bit: RCX = AStr, RDX = ACh, R8 = AMaxLen
// 32-Bit: On enter EAX contains AStr, EDX contains ACh and ECX AMaxLen.
// On Exit EAX contains Result pointer (may be nil).
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        CMP     AMaxLen, 0
        JG      @@1
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    MOV     RDI, AStr
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen
        MOV     AX, ACh
        REPE    SCASW
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JE      @@3
        MOV     RAX, RDI
        SUB     RAX, 2
@@3:    POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        CMP     ECX, 0 // AMaxLen
        JG      @@1
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    MOV     EDI, AStr
        MOV     AX, ACh
        REPE    SCASW
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JE      @@3
        MOV     EAX, EDI
        SUB     EAX, 2
@@3:    POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrCLScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PGMChar;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMStrCLScanW(AStr, ACh, AMaxLen);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMStrCLScanA(AStr, ACh, AMaxLen);
  {$ENDIF}
end;


function GMStrCRLScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PAnsiChar;
// 64-Bit: RCX = AStr, RDX = ACh, R8 = AMaxLen
// 32-Bit: On enter EAX contains AStr, EDX contains ACh and ECX AMaxLen.
// On Exit EAX contains Result pointer (may be nil).
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        CMP     AMaxLen, 0
        JG      @@1
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    STD            // <- set direction flag => reverse scan
        MOV     RDI, AStr     // RCX
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen  // R8
        MOV     AL, ACh       // RDX
        REPE    SCASB
        MOV     RAX, 0
        CLD            // <- direction flag MUST be cleared!
        JE      @@3
        MOV     RAX, RDI
        INC     RAX
@@3:    POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        CMP     ECX, 0 // AMaxLen
        JG      @@1
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    STD            // <- set direction flag => reverse scan
        MOV     EDI, AStr
        MOV     AL, ACh
        REPE    SCASB
        MOV     EAX, 0
        CLD            // <- direction flag MUST be cleared!
        JE      @@3
        MOV     EAX, EDI
        INC     EAX
@@3:    POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrCRLScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PWideChar;
// 64-Bit: RCX = AStr, RDX = ACh, R8 = AMaxLen
// 32-Bit: On enter EAX contains AStr, EDX contains ACh and ECX AMaxLen.
// On Exit EAX contains Result pointer (may be nil).
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        CMP     AMaxLen, 0
        JG      @@1
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     RAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    STD            // <- set direction flag => reverse scan
        MOV     RDI, AStr     // RCX
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen  // R8
        MOV     AX, ACh       // RDX
        REPE    SCASW
        MOV     RAX, 0
        CLD           // <- direction flag MUST be cleared!
        JE      @@3
        MOV     RAX, RDI
        ADD     RAX, 2
@@3:    POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        CMP     ECX, 0 // AMaxLen
        JG      @@1
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AMaxLen <= 0

@@1:    CMP     AStr, 0
        JNE     @@2
        MOV     EAX, 0
        JMP     @@3    // <- exit returning nil if AStr = nil

@@2:    STD            // <- set direction flag => reverse scan
        MOV     EDI, AStr
        MOV     AX, ACh
        REPE    SCASW
        MOV     EAX, 0
        CLD            // <- direction flag MUST be cleared!
        JE      @@3
        MOV     EAX, EDI
        ADD     EAX, 2
@@3:    POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrCRLScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PGMChar;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMStrCRLScanW(AStr, ACh, AMaxLen);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMStrCRLScanA(AStr, ACh, AMaxLen);
  {$ENDIF}
end;



function GMStrScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar): PAnsiChar;
// Searches until it hits either 0 or ACh
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        MOV     RAX, AStr
        TEST    RAX, RAX
        JZ      @@Exit  // <- AStr is nil and Result is nil, Exit!
  @@Loop:
        CMP     [RAX], DL
        JE      @@Exit
        CMP     BYTE PTR [RAX], 0
        JE      @@Clear
        INC     RAX
        JMP     @@Loop
  @@Clear:
        XOR     RAX, RAX
  @@Exit:
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        TEST    EAX, EAX
        JZ      @@Exit  // <- AStr is nil and Result is nil, Exit!
  @@Loop:
        CMP     [EAX], DL
        JE      @@Exit
        CMP     BYTE PTR [EAX], 0
        JE      @@Clear
        INC     EAX
        JMP     @@Loop
  @@Clear:
        XOR     EAX, EAX
  @@Exit:
{$ELSE}
  {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar): PWideChar;
// Searches until it hits either 0 or ACh
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        MOV     RAX, AStr
        TEST    RAX, RAX
        JZ      @@Exit  // <- AStr is nil and Result is nil, Exit!
  @@Loop:
        CMP     [RAX], DX
        JE      @@Exit
        CMP     WORD PTR [RAX], 0
        JE      @@Clear
        ADD     RAX, 2
        JMP     @@Loop
  @@Clear:
        XOR     RAX, RAX
  @@Exit:
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        TEST    EAX, EAX
        JZ      @@Exit  // <- AStr is nil and Result is nil, Exit!
  @@Loop:
        CMP     [EAX], DX
        JE      @@Exit
        CMP     WORD PTR [EAX], 0
        JE      @@Clear
        ADD     EAX, 2
        JMP     @@Loop
  @@Clear:
        XOR     EAX, EAX
  @@Exit:
{$ELSE}
  {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

//function GMStrScanA(AStr: PAnsiChar; ACh: AnsiChar): PAnsiChar;
//begin
//Result := AStr;
//if Result = nil then Exit;
//while (Result^ <> ACh) and (Result^ <> #0) do Inc(Result);
//if Result^ <> ACh then Result := nil;
//end;

//function GMStrScanW(AStr: PWideChar; ACh: WideChar): PWideChar;
//begin
//Result := AStr;
//if Result = nil then Exit;
//while (Result^ <> ACh) and (Result^ <> #0) do Inc(Result);
//if Result^ <> ACh then Result := nil;
//end;

function GMStrScan(AStr: PGMChar; ACh: TGMChar): PGMChar;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMStrScanW(AStr, ACh);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMStrScanA(AStr, ACh);
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrLCompA(const AStr1, AStr2: PAnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PtrInt;
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        PUSH    RSI
        MOV     RDI, AStr1
        MOV     RSI, AStr2
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen
        XOR     RAX, RAX
        XOR     RDX, RDX
        OR      RCX, RCX
        JE      @@1      // <- check zero length
        REPE    CMPSB
        MOV     AL, [RSI-1]
        MOV     DL, [RDI-1]
        SUB     RAX, RDX
@@1:    POP     RSI
        POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        PUSH    ESI
        MOV     EDI,EDX
        MOV     ESI,EAX
        XOR     EAX,EAX
        XOR     EDX,EDX
        OR      ECX,ECX
        JE      @@1      // <- check zero length
        REPE    CMPSB
        MOV     AL,[ESI-1]
        MOV     DL,[EDI-1]
        SUB     EAX,EDX
@@1:    POP     ESI
        POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrLCompW(const AStr1, AStr2: PWideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PtrInt;
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        PUSH    RSI
        MOV     RDI, AStr1
        MOV     RSI, AStr2
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen
        XOR     RAX, RAX
        XOR     RDX, RDX
        OR      RCX, RCX
        JE      @@1      // <- check zero length
        REPE    CMPSW
        MOV     AX, [RSI-2]
        MOV     DX, [RDI-2]
        SUB     RAX, RDX
@@1:    POP     RSI
        POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        PUSH    ESI
        MOV     EDI,EDX
        MOV     ESI,EAX
        XOR     EAX,EAX
        XOR     EDX,EDX
        OR      ECX,ECX
        JE      @@1      // <- check zero length
        REPE    CMPSW
        MOV     AX,[ESI-2]
        MOV     DX,[EDI-2]
        SUB     EAX,EDX
@@1:    POP     ESI
        POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrLComp(const AStr1, AStr2: PGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): PtrInt;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMStrLCompW(AStr1, AStr2, AMaxLen);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMStrLCompA(AStr1, AStr2, AMaxLen);
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMCompareMemory(const AContents1, AContents2: Pointer; const AMaxLenInBytes: PtrUInt): TGMCompareResult;
var cmp: PtrInt;
begin
  cmp := GMStrLCompA(AContents1, AContents2, AMaxLenInBytes);
  if cmp < 0 then Result := crALessThanB else if cmp = 0 then Result := crAEqualToB else Result := crAGreaterThanB;
end;


//function GMStrComp(const Str1, Str2: TGMString): LongInt;
//begin
//Result := GMStrLComp(PGMChar(Str1), PGMChar(Str2), Min(Length(Str1), Length(Str2)));
//if Result = 0 then
// begin
//  if Length(Str1) < Length(Str2) then Result := -1
//  else
//  if Length(Str1) > Length(Str2) then Result := 1;
// end;
//end;

function GMStrLICompA(const AStr1, AStr2: PAnsiChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): LongInt;
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        PUSH    RSI
        MOV     RDI, AStr1
        MOV     RSI, AStr2
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen
        XOR     RAX, RAX
        XOR     RDX, RDX
        OR      RCX, RCX
        JE      @@4      // <- check zero length
@@1:    REPE    CMPSB
        JE      @@4
        MOV     AL, [RSI-1]
        CMP     AL, 'a'
        JB      @@2
        CMP     AL, 'z'
        JA      @@2
        SUB     AL, 20H
@@2:    MOV     DL, [RDI-1]
        CMP     DL, 'a'
        JB      @@3 
        CMP     DL, 'z'
        JA      @@3
        SUB     DL, 20H
@@3:    SUB     RAX, RDX
        JE      @@1
@@4:    POP     RSI
        POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        PUSH    ESI
        MOV     EDI,EDX
        MOV     ESI,EAX
        XOR     EAX,EAX
        XOR     EDX,EDX
        OR      ECX,ECX
        JE      @@4      // <- check zero length
@@1:    REPE    CMPSB
        JE      @@4
        MOV     AL,[ESI-1]
        CMP     AL,'a'
        JB      @@2
        CMP     AL,'z'
        JA      @@2
        SUB     AL,20H
@@2:    MOV     DL,[EDI-1]
        CMP     DL,'a'
        JB      @@3
        CMP     DL,'z'
        JA      @@3
        SUB     DL,20H
@@3:    SUB     EAX,EDX
        JE      @@1
@@4:    POP     ESI
        POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

function GMStrLICompW(const AStr1, AStr2: PWideChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): LongInt;
asm
{$IFDEF CPUX64}
        PUSH    RDI
        PUSH    RSI
        MOV     RDI, AStr1
        MOV     RSI, AStr2
        MOV     RCX, AMaxLen
        XOR     RAX, RAX
        XOR     RDX, RDX
        OR      RCX, RCX
        JE      @@4      // <- check zero length
@@1:    REPE    CMPSW
        JE      @@4
        MOV     AX, [RSI-2]
        CMP     AX, 'a'
        JB      @@2
        CMP     AX, 'z'
        JA      @@2
        SUB     AX, 20H
@@2:    MOV     DX, [RDI-2]
        CMP     DX, 'a'
        JB      @@3
        CMP     DX, 'z'
        JA      @@3
        SUB     DX,20H
@@3:    SUB     RAX,RDX
        JE      @@1
@@4:    POP     RSI
        POP     RDI
{$ELSEIF DEFINED(CPU386)}
        PUSH    EDI
        PUSH    ESI
        MOV     EDI,EDX
        MOV     ESI,EAX
        XOR     EAX,EAX
        XOR     EDX,EDX
        OR      ECX,ECX
        JE      @@4      // <- check zero length
@@1:    REPE    CMPSW
        JE      @@4
        MOV     AX,[ESI-2]
        CMP     AX,'a'
        JB      @@2
        CMP     AX,'z'
        JA      @@2
        SUB     AX,20H
@@2:    MOV     DX,[EDI-2]
        CMP     DX,'a'
        JB      @@3
        CMP     DX,'z'
        JA      @@3
        SUB     DX,20H
@@3:    SUB     EAX,EDX
        JE      @@1
@@4:    POP     ESI
        POP     EDI
{$ELSE}
 {$ERROR Unsupported CPU type}
{$ENDIF}
end;

//function GMStrLICompA(const Str1, Str2: PAnsiChar; MaxLen: Cardinal): Integer;
//var P1, P2: PAnsiChar; I: Cardinal; C1, C2: AnsiChar;
//begin
//P1 := Str1; P2 := Str2; I := 0;
//while I < MaxLen do
// begin
//  if P1^ in ['a'..'z'] then
//    C1 := AnsiChar(Byte(P1^) xor $20)
//  else
//    C1 := P1^;
//
//  if P2^ in ['a'..'z'] then
//    C2 := AnsiChar(Byte(P2^) xor $20)
//  else
//    C2 := P2^;
//
//  if (C1 <> C2) or (C1 = #0) then
//    begin Result := Ord(C1) - Ord(C2); Exit; end;
//
//  Inc(P1); Inc(P2); Inc(I);
// end;
//Result := 0;
//end;

//function GMStrLICompW(const Str1, Str2: PWideChar; MaxLen: Cardinal): Integer;
//var P1, P2: PWideChar; I: Cardinal; C1, C2: WideChar;
//begin
//P1 := Str1; P2 := Str2; I := 0;
//while I < MaxLen do
// begin
//  if (P1^ >= 'a') and (P1^ <= 'z') then
//    C1 := WideChar(Word(P1^) xor $20)
//  else
//    C1 := P1^;
//
//  if (P2^ >= 'a') and (P2^ <= 'z') then
//    C2 := WideChar(Word(P2^) xor $20)
//  else
//    C2 := P2^;
//
//  if (C1 <> C2) or (C1 = #0) then
//    begin Result := Ord(C1) - Ord(C2); Exit; end;
//
//  Inc(P1); Inc(P2); Inc(I);
// end;
//Result := 0;
//end;

function GMStrLIComp(const AStr1, AStr2: PGMChar; AMaxLen: PtrUInt): LongInt;
begin
//Result := lstrcmpi(Str1, Str2);  CompareStringEx(...);
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMStrLICompW(AStr1, AStr2, AMaxLen);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMStrLICompA(AStr1, AStr2, AMaxLen);
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMSameText(const AValue1, AValue2: TGMString): Boolean;
begin
  Result := Length(AValue1) = Length(AValue2);
  if Result then Result := GMStrLIComp(PGMChar(AVAlue1), PGMChar(AValue2), Length(AValue1)) = 0;
end;

function GMStrCopyA(ADest, ASrc: PAnsiChar; ADstBufSize: PtrInt): PtrInt;
begin
  if (ADest = nil) or (ASrc = nil) or (ADstBufSize <= 0) then Exit(0);

  for Result := 1 to ADstBufSize do
   begin
    ADest^ := ASrc^;
    Inc(ADest);
    Inc(ASrc);
    if ASrc^ = #0 then Break;
   end;
end;

function GMLoCaseW(ACh: WideChar): WideChar;
begin
  Result := ACh;
  case ACh of
    'A'..'Z': Result := WideChar(Word(ACh) or not $FFDF);
  end;
end;

function GMLoCaseA(ACh: AnsiChar): AnsiChar;
begin
  Result := ACh;
  if Result in ['A'..'Z'] then Inc(Result, Ord('a')-Ord('A'));
end;

function GMLoCase(ACh: TGMChar): TGMChar;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMLoCaseW(ACh);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMLoCaseA(ACh);
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMUpCaseA(ACh: AnsiChar): AnsiChar;
begin
  Result := ACh;
  if Result in ['a'..'z'] then Dec(Result, Ord('a')-Ord('A'));
end;

function GMUpCaseW(ACh: WideChar): WideChar;
begin
  Result := ACh;
  case ACh of
    'a'..'z': Result := WideChar(Word(ACh) and $FFDF);
  end;
end;

function GMUpCase(ACh: TGMChar): TGMChar;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMUpCaseW(ACh);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMUpCaseA(ACh);
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMUpperCaseA(const AValue: AnsiString): AnsiString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  Result := AValue;
  for i:= 1 to Length(Result) do Result[i] := GMUpCaseA(Result[i]);
end;

function GMUpperCaseW(const AValue: UnicodeString): UnicodeString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  Result := AValue;
  for i:= 1 to Length(Result) do Result[i] := GMUpCaseW(Result[i]);
end;

function GMUpperCase(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMUpperCaseW(AValue);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMUpperCaseA(AValue);
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMLowerCase(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  Result := AValue;
  for i:= 1 to Length(Result) do Result[i] := GMLoCase(Result[i]);
end;

//function GMStrScanPas(const AValue: PGMChar; Ch: TGMChar): PGMChar;
//begin
//Result := AValue;
//if Result = nil then Exit;
//while (Result^ <> Ch) and (Result^ <> #0) do Inc(Result);
//if Result^ = #0 then Result := nil;
//end;


{ ----------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMString functions ---- }
{ ----------------------------- }

function GMTimeToString(const ADateTime: TDateTime): TGMString;
var hour, minute, second, milliSeconds: Word;
  function LeftPaddedInt(AIntVal: Word; ALen: Word = 2): TGMString;
  begin
    Result := GMIntToStr(AIntVal);
    while Length(Result) < ALen do Result := '0' + Result;
  end;
begin
  DecodeTime(ADateTime, hour, minute, second, milliSeconds);
  Result := LeftPaddedInt(hour) + FormatSettings.TimeSeparator + LeftPaddedInt(minute) + FormatSettings.TimeSeparator + LeftPaddedInt(second);
  if milliSeconds <> 0 then Result += '.' + LeftPaddedInt(milliSeconds, 3);
end;

function GMDateTimeToStr(const ADateTime: TDateTime): TGMString;
var formatStr: TGMString; {$IFDEF UNICODE}dateStr: AnsiString;{$ENDIF}
begin
  if GMDateIsNull(ADateTime) then
   begin
    //if GMTimeIsNull(ADateTime) then Exit('') else Exit(GMTimeToString(ADateTime));
    Exit(GMTimeToString(ADateTime));
   end
  else
   begin
    formatStr := DefaultFormatSettings.ShortDateFormat;
    {$IFDEF UNICODE}
    DateTimeToString(dateStr, formatStr, ADateTime);
    Result := dateStr;
    {$ELSE}
    DateTimeToString(Result, FormatStr, ADateTime);
    {$ENDIF}
    if not GMTimeIsNull(ADateTime) then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, ' ', GMTimeToString(ADateTime));
   end;
end;

function GMCommonPrefixLen(const Str1, Str2: TGMString; const IngoreCase: Boolean = True): LongInt;
begin
  Result := 0;
  while (Result < Length(Str1)) and (Result < Length(Str2)) do
   begin
    if IngoreCase then
     begin if GMUpCase(Str1[Result+1]) <> GMUpCase(Str2[Result+1]) then Break; end
    else
     begin if Str1[Result+1] <> Str2[Result+1] then Break; end;

    Inc(Result);
   end;
end;

function GMQuote(const AValue: TGMString; const ALeftQuote, ARightQuote: TGMChar): TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMStripRight(GMStripLeft(AValue, ALeftQuote), ARightQuote);
//if Result <> '' then
  Result := ALeftQuote + Result + ARightQuote;
end;

//function GMRemoveQuotes(const AValue: TGMString; const ALeftQuotes, ARightQuotes: TGMString): TGMString;
//begin
//Result := AValue;
//if (Length(Result) > 0) and (Length(ALeftQuotes) > 0) and GMIsdelimiter(ALeftQuotes, Result, 1) then System.Delete(Result, 1, 1);
//if (Length(Result) > 0) and (Length(ARightQuotes) > 0) and GMIsdelimiter(ARightQuotes, Result, Length(Result)) then System.Delete(Result, Length(Result), 1);
//end;

function GMRemoveQuotes(const AValue: TGMString; const ALeftQuote, ARightQuote: TGMChar): TGMString;
var startChPos, endChPos: PtrInt;
begin
  if Length(AValue) <= 0 then Result := AValue else
   begin
    if AValue[1] = ALeftQuote then startChPos := 2 else startChPos := 1;
    if (Length(AValue) >= startChPos) and (AValue[Length(AValue)] = ARightQuote) then endChPos := Length(AValue) else endChPos := Length(AValue) + 1;

    if (startChPos = 1) and (endChPos = Length(AValue) + 1) then Result := AValue else
       Result := System.Copy(AValue, startChPos, endChPos - startChPos);
   end;
end;

//function GMResolveEscapeChars2(const Value: TGMString; const EscCh: TGMChar): TGMString;
//var chPos, startPos, ASCII: LongInt;
//begin
//Result := Value;
//chPos := 1;
//while chPos <= Length(Result) do
// if not (Result[chPos] = EscCh) then Inc(chPos) else
//  begin
//   startPos := chPos;
//   Inc(chPos);
//   if (chPos <= Length(Result)) and (Result[chPos] = EscCh) then System.Delete(Result, chPos, 1)
//   else
//    begin
//     while (chPos <= Length(Result)) and GMIsDigit(Result[chPos]) do Inc(chPos);
//     ASCII := GMStrToInt(GMMakeDezInt(Copy(Result, startPos, chPos - startPos), -1));
//     System.Delete(Result, startPos, chPos - startPos);
//     if GMIsInRange(ASCII, 0, 255) then System.Insert(Chr(ASCII), Result, startPos);
//     chPos := startPos + 1;
//    end;
//  end;
//end;

function GMIsPrefixStr(const APrefix, AValue: TGMString; const AIngoreCase: Boolean): Boolean;
var len: PtrInt;
begin
  if APrefix = '' then Result := False else
   begin
    len := Min(Length(APrefix), Length(AValue));
    if len < Length(APrefix) then Result := False else
     if AIngoreCase then
      Result := GMStrLIComp(PGMChar(APrefix), PGMChar(AValue), len) = 0
     else
      Result := GMStrLComp(PGMChar(APrefix), PGMChar(AValue), len) = 0;
   end;
end;

function GMDeleteLastWord(const Value: TGMString; const Separators: TGMString): TGMString;
var chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := Value;

  chPos := Length(Result);
  while (chPos >= 1) and GMIsDelimiter(Separators, Result, chPos) do Dec(chPos);
//if chPos < Length(Result) then System.Delete(Result, chPos+1, Length(Result)-chPos);

//chPos := Length(Result);
  while (chPos >= 1) and not GMIsDelimiter(Separators, Result, chPos) do Dec(chPos);
//if chPos < Length(Result) then System.Delete(Result, chPos+1, Length(Result)-chPos);

//chPos := Length(Result);
  while (chPos >= 1) and GMIsDelimiter(Separators, Result, chPos) do Dec(chPos);
  if chPos < Length(Result) then System.Delete(Result, chPos+1, Length(Result)-chPos);
end;

function GMDeleteFirstWord(const Value: TGMString; const Separators: TGMString; const StripSeparators: Boolean = True): TGMString;
var chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := Value;

  chPos := 1;
  While (chPos <= Length(Result)) and GMIsDelimiter(Separators, Result, chPos) do Inc(chPos);
  if chPos > 1 then System.Delete(Result, 1, chPos-1);

  chPos := 1;
  While (chPos <= Length(Result)) and not GMIsDelimiter(Separators, Result, chPos) do Inc(chPos);
  if chPos > 1 then System.Delete(Result, 1, chPos-1);

  if not StripSeparators then Exit;

  chPos := 1;
  While (chPos <= Length(Result)) and GMIsDelimiter(Separators, Result, chPos) do Inc(chPos);
  if chPos > 1 then System.Delete(Result, 1, chPos-1);
end;

function GMDeleteFirstWords(const Value: TGMString; const WordCount: LongInt; const Separators: TGMString): TGMString;
var i: LongInt;
begin
  Result := Value;
  for i:=1 to WordCount do Result := GMDeleteFirstWord(Result, Separators);
end;

function GMDeleteNextWord(const AchPos: PtrInt; const Value, Separators: TGMString): TGMString;
var chps: LongInt;
begin
  Result := Value;
  if Length(Result) >= AChPos then
   begin
    chps := AChPos;
    While (chps <= Length(Result)) and GMIsDelimiter(Separators, Result, chps) do Inc(chps);
    if chps > AChPos then System.Delete(Result, AChPos, chps-AChPos);

    chps := AChPos;
    While (chps <= Length(Result)) and not GMIsDelimiter(Separators, Result, chps) do Inc(chps);
    if chps > AChPos then System.Delete(Result, AChPos, chps-AChPos);

    chps := AChPos;
    While (chps <= Length(Result)) and GMIsDelimiter(Separators, Result, chps) do Inc(chps);
    if chps > AChPos then System.Delete(Result, AChPos, chps-AChPos);
   end;
end;

function GMFindToken(const AText, AToken: TGMString; var AChPos: PtrInt; const ASeparators: TGMString; AWholeWords: Boolean; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean): Boolean;
var len, TokenLen: LongInt;
  function IsSubStrAtPos(const AText, AToken: TGMString; const AChPos: LongInt): Boolean;
  begin
    if AIgnoreCase then
     Result := GMStrLIComp(@AText[AChPos], PGMChar(AToken), TokenLen) = 0
    else
     Result := GMStrLComp(@AText[AChPos], PGMChar(AToken), TokenLen) = 0;
  end;
begin
  Result := False; len := Length(AText); TokenLen := Length(AToken);
  if AChPos < 1 then AChPos := 1;
  if AChPos > len - TokenLen + 1 then Exit;
  //if not GMIsInRange(AChPos, 1, len - TokenLen + 1) then Exit;
  if TokenLen = 0 then Exit;
  if ASeparators = '' then AWholeWords := False;
  if AWholeWords then while (AChPos <= len - TokenLen + 1) and GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AText, AChPos) do Inc(AChPos);

  while (AChPos <= len - TokenLen + 1) and not Result do
   begin
    if IsSubStrAtPos(AText, AToken, AChPos) then
     begin
      if not AWholeWords then Result := True else
       begin
        if len < AChPos + TokenLen then Result := True else
         if GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AText, AChPos + TokenLen) then Result := True;
       end;
     end;

    if not Result then
     if not AWholeWords then Inc(AChPos) else
      begin
       while (AChPos <= len - TokenLen + 1) and not GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AText, AChPos) do Inc(AChPos);
       while (AChPos <= len - TokenLen + 1) and GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AText, AChPos) do Inc(AChPos);
      end;
   end;
end;

function GMHasToken(const AValue, AToken, ASeparators: TGMString; AWholeWords, AIgnoreCase: Boolean ): Boolean;
var chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  chPos := 1;
  Result := GMFindToken(AValue, AToken, chPos, ASeparators, AWholeWords, AIgnoreCase);
end;

function GMTokenCount(const AValue, AToken, ASeparators: TGMString; AWholeWords, AIgnoreCase: Boolean): LongInt;
var chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  chPos := 1; Result := 0;
  while GMFindToken(AValue, AToken, chPos, ASeparators, AWholeWords, AIgnoreCase) do begin Inc(Result); Inc(chPos, Length(AToken)); end;
end;

function GMDeleteWords(const AValue: TGMString; const AWords: array of TGMString; const ASeparators: TGMString; const AWholeWords, AIgnoreCase: Boolean): TGMString;
var i, chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := AValue;
  for i:=Low(AWords) to High(AWords) do
   if AWords[i] <> '' then
    begin
     chPos := 1;
     while GMFindToken(Result, AWords[i], chPos, ASeparators, AWholeWords, AIgnoreCase) do System.Delete(Result, chPos, Length(AWords[i]));
    end;
end;

function GMKeepWords(const AValue: TGMString; const AWords: array of TGMString; const ASeparators: TGMString; const AWholeWords, AIgnoreCase: Boolean): TGMString;
var i, chPos: PtrInt; resStr: RGMStringBuilder;
begin
  //Result := '';
  for i:=Low(AWords) to High(AWords) do
   if AWords[i] <> '' then
    begin
     chPos := 1;
     if GMFindToken(AValue, AWords[i], chPos, ASeparators, AWholeWords, AIgnoreCase) then
        //Result := GMStringJoin(Result, ' ', AWords[i]);
        resStr.Join(' ', AWords[i]);
    end;
  Result := resStr;
end;

function GMReplaceWords(const AValue: TGMString; const AOldWord, ANewWord, Separators: TGMString; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean): TGMString;
var chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := AValue;
  chPos := 1;
  while GMFindToken(Result, AOldWord, chPos, Separators, True, AIgnoreCase) do
   begin
    System.Delete(Result, chPos, Length(AOldWord));
    Insert(ANewWord, Result, chPos);
    chPos := chPos + Length(ANewWord);
   end;
end;

function GMFindOneOfWords(const AText, Separators: TGMString; const AWords: array of TGMString; var chPos: PtrInt; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean): Boolean;
var i, startPos: LongInt;
begin
  Result := False;
  if (Length(AWords) > 0) and (AText <> '') then
   begin
    startPos := chPos;
    for i:=Low(AWords) to High(AWords) do
     if (AWords[i] <> '') and GMFindToken(AText, AWords[i], chPos, Separators, True, AIgnoreCase) then
       begin Result := True; Break; end else chPos := startPos;

    if not Result then chPos := startPos;
   end;         
end;

function GMIsOneOfStrings(const AValue: TGMString; const AStrings: array of TGMString; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean): Boolean;
var strng: TGMString; // i: LongInt;
  function CompareStrings(const Str1, Str2: TGMString): Boolean;
  begin
    if AIgnoreCase then Result := GMSameText(Str1, Str2) else Result := Str1 = Str2;
  end;
begin
  for strng in AStrings do if CompareStrings(AValue, strng) then Exit(True); // begin Result := True; Break; end;

  Result := False;

  //for i:=Low(AStrings) to High(AStrings) do
  // if CompareStrings(AValue, AStrings[i]) then begin Result := True; Break; end;
end;

function GMFindTextPart(const AText, Separators: TGMString; const AStartWords, EndWords: array of TGMString; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean): TGMString;
var startPos, endPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := ''; startPos := 1;
  if GMFindOneOfWords(AText, Separators, AStartWords, startPos, AIgnoreCase) then
   begin
    endPos := startPos;
    if not GMFindOneOfWords(AText, Separators, EndWords, endPos, AIgnoreCase) then endPos := Length(AText) + 1;
    Result := GMStrip(GMDeleteFirstWord(Copy(AText, startPos, endPos - startPos), cWhiteSpace), cWhiteSpace + ';');
   end;
end;

function GMReplaceTextPart(const AText: TGMString; const ASeparators, NewPart: TGMString; const AStartWords, AEndWords: array of TGMString; const AIgnoreCase: Boolean): TGMString;
var startPos, endPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := AText;
  startPos := 1;

  if not GMFindOneOfWords(Result, ASeparators, AStartWords, startPos, AIgnoreCase) then startPos := Length(Result) else Dec(startPos);

  while (startPos >= 1) and GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, Result, startPos) do Dec(startPos);
  Inc(startPos);

  endPos := 1;
  if not GMFindOneOfWords(Result, ASeparators, AEndWords, endPos, AIgnoreCase) then endPos := Length(Result)+1;

  //While (endPos <= Length(Result)) and GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, Result, endPos) do Inc(endPos);
  //if endPos = Length(Result) then Inc(endPos);

  if startPos < endPos then
    System.Delete(Result, startPos, endPos - startPos)
  else
    startPos := endPos;

  if NewPart <> '' then Insert(NewPart, Result, startPos);
end;

function GMNextLine(var AChPos: PtrInt; const AText: TGMString): TGMString;
const cIncCount: array [Boolean] of PtrInt = (1, 2);
var ch1, ch2: TGMChar; startPos: PtrInt;
begin
  startPos := AChPos;
  while (AChPos <= Length(AText)) do
   case AText[AChPos] of
     #13, #10: Break;
     else Inc(AChPos);
   end;

  if AChPos > startPos then Result := Copy(AText, startPos, AChPos-startPos) else Result := '';

  if AChPos <= Length(AText) then ch1 := AText[AChPos] else ch1 := #0;
  if AChPos+1 <= Length(AText) then ch2 := AText[AChPos+1] else ch2 := #0;

  //if ch1 = #13 then Inc(AChPos, cIncCount[ch2 = #10]) else if ch1 = #10 then Inc(AChPos, cIncCount[ch2 = #13]);

  case ch1 of
    #13: Inc(AChPos, cIncCount[ch2 = #10]);
    #10: Inc(AChPos, cIncCount[ch2 = #13]);
  end;
end;

function GMLimitedTextExtract(const AValue: TGMString; const AMaxLineCount, AMaxLineLength: Integer; const ARemoveEmptyLines: Boolean): TGMString;
var lineNo, chPos: PtrInt; line: TGMString;
//function NextLine(var AChPos: Integer): TGMString;
//var startPos, len: Integer;
//begin
//  while (AChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsDelimiter(#10#13, AValue, chPos) do Inc(AChPos);
//  startPos := AChPos;
//  while (AChPos <= Length(AValue)) and not GMIsDelimiter(#10#13, AValue, chPos) do Inc(AChPos);
//
//  len := AChPos - startPos;
//  if AMaxLineLength > 0 then len := Min(AMaxLineLength, len);
//
//  Result := Copy(AValue, startPos, len);
//
//  if AChPos - startPos > len then Result := Result + cStr_More;
//end;
begin
  Result := '';
  lineNo := 1; chPos := 1;
  while ((AMaxLineCount <= 0) or (lineNo <= AMaxLineCount)) and (chPos <= Length(AValue)) do
   begin
    line := GMStrip(GMNextLine(chPos, AValue));
    if (AMaxLineLength > 0) and (Length(line) > AMaxLineLength) then line := Copy(line, 1, AMaxLineLength) + cStr_More;
    if not ARemoveEmptyLines or (Length(line) > 0) then
       begin Result := GMStringJoin(Result, cNewLine, line); Inc(lineNo); end;
   end;
end;

function GMNextWord(var AChPos: PtrInt; const AValue, ASeparators: TGMString; const ASkipLeadingSeparators: Boolean): TGMString;
var startPos: PtrInt;
begin
  if ASkipLeadingSeparators then while (AChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AValue, AChPos) do Inc(AChPos);
  startPos := AChPos;
  while (AChPos <= Length(AValue)) and not GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AValue, AChPos) do Inc(AChPos);
  if AChPos > startPos then Result := Copy(AValue, startPos, AChPos-startPos) else Result := '';
  if (AChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AValue, AChPos) then Inc(AChPos);
//  {if SkipSeparators then} while (AChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AValue, AChPos) do Inc(AChPos);
end;

function GMNextWord(var AChPos: PtrInt; const AValue: TGMString; ASeparatorChar: TGMChar; const ASkipLeadingSeparators: Boolean): TGMString;
const cFoundInc: array [Boolean] of PtrInt = (1, 0);
var pChEnd: PGMChar; len: PtrInt;
begin
  if (Length(AValue) <= 0) or (AChPos < 1) or (AChPos > Length(AValue)) then begin Result := ''; Exit; end;

  if ASkipLeadingSeparators then
   begin
    pChEnd := GMStrCLScan(@AValue[AChPos], ASeparatorChar, Length(AValue) - AChPos + 1);
    if pChEnd <> nil then Inc(AChPos, pChEnd - PGMChar(@AValue[AChPos])) else
       begin AChPos := Length(AValue) + 1; Result := ''; Exit; end; // <- Note:  EXIT Here!
   end;

  pChEnd := GMStrLScan(@AValue[AChPos], ASeparatorChar, Length(AValue) - AChPos + 1);
  if pChEnd = nil then len := Length(AValue) - AChPos + 1 else len := pChEnd - PGMChar(@AValue[AChPos]);
  Result := System.Copy(AValue, AChPos, len);
  Inc(AChPos, len + cFoundInc[pChEnd = nil]);
end;

function GMPreviousWord(var AChPos: PtrInt; const AValue, ASeparators: TGMString; const ASkipTrailingSeparators: Boolean): TGMString;
var startPos: LongInt;
begin
//Result := '';
  if ASkipTrailingSeparators then while (AChPos > 0) and GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AValue, AChPos) do Dec(AChPos);
  startPos := AChPos;
  while (AChPos > 0) and not GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AValue, AChPos) do Dec(AChPos);
  if AChPos < startPos then Result := Copy(AValue, AChPos+1, startPos - AChPos) else Result := '';
//while (AChPos > 0) and GMIsDelimiter(ASeparators, AValue, AChPos) do Dec(AChPos);
end;

//function GMFirstLine(const Value: TGMString): TGMString;
//const cLineBreaks = #10#13;
//var i: LongInt;
//begin
//i:=1;
//while (i <= Length(Value)) and not GMIsDelimiter(cLineBreaks, Value, i) do Inc(i);
//Result := Copy(Value, 1, i-1);
//end;

function GMFirstWord(const AValue: TGMString; const ASeparators: TGMString; const ASkipLeadingSeparators: Boolean): TGMString;
var chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  chPos := 1;
  Result := GMNextWord(chPos, AValue, ASeparators, ASkipLeadingSeparators);
end;

function GMLastWord(const AValue: TGMString; const ASeparators: TGMString; const ASkipTrailingSeparators: Boolean): TGMString;
var chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  chPos := Length(AValue);
  Result := GMPreviousWord(chPos, AValue, ASeparators, ASkipTrailingSeparators);
end;

function GMNThWord(const AValue: TGMString; const AWordNummber: Word; const ASeparators: TGMString; const AFromSide: ERightLeftSide): TGMString;
var i, chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := '';
  case AFromSide of
   rlsLeft: begin
             chPos := 1;
             for i:=1 to AWordNummber do Result := GMNextWord(chPos, AValue, ASeparators, True);
            end;

   rlsRight: begin
              chPos := Length(AValue);
              for i:=1 to AWordNummber do Result := GMPreviousWord(chPos, AValue, ASeparators, True);
             end;
  end;
end;

function GMWordCount(const AText, ASeparators: TGMString): LongInt;
var token: TGMString; chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := 0; chPos := 1;
  token := GMNextWord(chPos, AText, ASeparators);
  while Length(token) > 0 do
   begin
    Inc(Result);
    token := GMNextWord(chPos, AText, ASeparators);
   end;
end;

function GMIsDigitA(ACh: AnsiChar): Boolean;
begin
  Result := (ACh >= '0') and (ACh <= '9');
end;

function GMIsDigit(ACh: TGMChar): Boolean;
begin
  Result := (ACh >= '0') and (ACh <= '9');
end;

function GMIsLetter(ACh: TGMChar): Boolean;
begin
  Result := ((ACh >= 'A') and (ACh <= 'Z')) or ((ACh >= 'a') and (ACh <= 'z'));
end;

function GMMakeDezInt(const AValue: TGMString; const ADefaultValue: Int64): TGMString;
var isSigned: Boolean; chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  chPos := 1;
  while (chPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, AValue, chPos) do Inc(chPos);
  isSigned := (chPos <= Length(AValue)) and (AValue[chPos] = '-');
  Result := GMDeleteChars(AValue, cStrDigits, True);
  if Result = '' then Result := GMIntToStr(ADefaultValue)
   else if isSigned then Result := '-' + Result;
end;

function GMMakeFloat(const AValue: TGMString; const ADefaultValue: Double = 0): TGMString;
var isSigned: Boolean; chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  chPos := 1;
  while (chPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, AValue, chPos) do Inc(chPos);
  isSigned := (chPos <= Length(AValue)) and (AValue[chPos] = '-');
  Result := GMDeleteChars(AValue, cStrDigits + '.,', True);
  if Result = '' then Result := GMDoubleToStr(ADefaultValue)
   else if isSigned then Result := '-' + Result;
end;

{function GMStrip(const AValue: TGMString; const AChars: TGMString; const ANotStripChars: Boolean): TGMString;
begin
  Result := AValue;

  if ANotStripChars then
   begin
    while (Length(Result) > 0) and not GMIsDelimiter(AChars, Result, 1) do System.Delete(Result, 1, 1);
    while (Length(Result) > 0) and not GMIsDelimiter(AChars, Result, Length(Result)) do System.Delete(Result, Length(Result), 1);
   end
  else
   begin
    while (Length(Result) > 0) and GMIsDelimiter(AChars, Result, 1) do System.Delete(Result, 1, 1);
    while (Length(Result) > 0) and GMIsDelimiter(AChars, Result, Length(Result)) do System.Delete(Result, Length(Result), 1);
   end;
end;}

function GMTrimLeftA(const AValue: AnsiString; AChar: AnsiChar): AnsiString;
var pStart: PAnsiChar; startIdx: Integer;
begin
  pStart := GMStrCLScanA(PAnsiChar(AValue), AChar, Length(AValue));
  if pStart = nil then Result := '' else
   begin
    startIdx := pStart - PAnsiChar(AValue);
    if startIdx = 0 then Result := AValue else
       Result := Copy(AValue, startIdx + 1, Length(AValue) - startIdx);
   end;
end;

function GMTrimLeftW(const AValue: UnicodeString; AChar: WideChar): UnicodeString;
var pStart: PWideChar; startIdx: Integer;
begin
  pStart := GMStrCLScanW(PWideChar(AValue), AChar, Length(AValue));
  if pStart = nil then Result := '' else
   begin
    startIdx := pStart - PWideChar(AValue);
    if startIdx = 0 then Result := AValue else
       Result := Copy(AValue, startIdx + 1, Length(AValue) - startIdx);
   end;
end;

function GMTrimLeft(const AValue: TGMString; AChar: TGMChar): TGMString;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMTrimLeftW(AValue, AChar);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMTrimLeftA(AValue, AChar);
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMTrimRightA(const AValue: AnsiString; AChar: AnsiChar): AnsiString;
var pEnd: PAnsiChar;
begin
  if Length(AValue) <= 0 then Result := AValue else
   begin
    pEnd := GMStrCRLScanA(PAnsiChar(AValue) + Length(AValue)-1, AChar, Length(AValue));
    if pEnd = nil then Result := ''
    else
    if pEnd = @AValue[Length(AValue)] then Result := AValue else
       Result := Copy(AValue, 1, pEnd - PAnsiChar(AValue) + 1);
   end;
end;

function GMTrimRightW(const AValue: UnicodeString; AChar: WideChar): UnicodeString;
var pEnd: PWideChar;
begin
  if Length(AValue) <= 0 then Result := AValue else
   begin
    pEnd := GMStrCRLScanW(PWideChar(AValue) + Length(AValue)-1, AChar, Length(AValue));
    if pEnd = nil then Result := ''
    else
    if pEnd = @AValue[Length(AValue)] then Result := AValue else
       Result := Copy(AValue, 1, pEnd - PWideChar(AValue) + 1);
   end;
end;

function GMTrimRight(const AValue: TGMString; AChar: TGMChar): TGMString;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMTrimRightW(AValue, AChar);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMTrimRightA(AValue, AChar);
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMTrim(const AStr: TGMString; AChar: TGMChar = ' '): TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMTrimLeft(GMTrimRight(AStr, AChar), AChar);
end;

function GMStrip(const AValue: TGMString; const AChars: TGMString; const ANotStripChars: Boolean): TGMString;
var l, r, len: Integer;
begin
  len := Length(AValue); l := 1; r := len;
  if ANotStripChars then
   begin
    while (l <= len) and not GMIsDelimiter(AChars, AValue, l) do Inc(l);
    while (r >= l) and not GMIsDelimiter(AChars, AValue, r) do Dec(r);
   end
  else
   begin
    while (l <= len) and GMIsDelimiter(AChars, AValue, l) do Inc(l);
    while (r >= l) and GMIsDelimiter(AChars, AValue, r) do Dec(r);
   end;

  // if nothing has to be rmoved from the string, then return AValue directly to avoid copying of content
  if (l = 1) and (r = len) then Result := AValue else Result := Copy(AValue, l, r-l+1);
end;

function GMStripRight(const AValue: TGMString; const AChars: TGMString): TGMString;
var r: Integer;
begin
  r := Length(AValue);
  while (r >= 1) and GMIsDelimiter(AChars, AValue, r) do Dec(r);
  // if nothing has to be rmoved from the string, then return AValue directly to avoid copying of content
  if r = Length(AValue) then Result := AValue else Result := Copy(AValue, 1, r);
end;

function GMStripLeft(const AValue: TGMString; const AChars: TGMString): TGMString;
var l, len: Integer;
begin
  len := Length(AValue); l := 1;
  while (l <= len) and GMIsDelimiter(AChars, AValue, l) do Inc(l);
  // if nothing has to be rmoved from the string, then return AValue directly to avoid copying of content
  if l = 1 then Result := AValue else Result := Copy(AValue, l, len-l+1);
end;

function GMReplaceChars(const AValue: TGMString; const AFindChars, AReplacements: TGMString): TGMString;
var i, chPos: Integer; pCh: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := AValue;
  for i:=1 to Length(Result) do
   begin
    //chPos := Pos();
    pCh := GMStrLScan(PGMCHar(AFindChars), Result[i], Length(AFindChars));
    if pCh = nil then Continue;
    chPos := pCh - PGMChar(AFindChars) + 1;
    if chPos <= Length(AReplacements) then Result[i] := AReplacements[chPos];
   end;
end;

function GMTerminateStr(const AStr: TGMString; const ATermination: TGMString): TGMString;
var lastCh: TGMChar;
begin
  Result := AStr;
  if Length(Result) <= 0 then Exit;
  lastCh := Result[Length(Result)];

  if lastCh = cChDontTerm then
   begin
    System.Delete(Result, Length(Result), 1);
    Exit;
   end;

  if (Length(Result) >= Length(ATermination))
     and not GMSameText(Copy(AStr, Length(AStr) - Length(ATermination) + 1, Length(ATermination)), ATermination)
     and (lastCh <> '.') and (lastCh <> '?') and (lastCh <> '!') and (lastCh <> cChDontTerm)
   then Result := Result + ATermination;
end;

function GMDeleteChars(const Value: TGMString; const ADelChars: TGMString; const ANotDelChars: Boolean = False): TGMString;
var i: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := Value;
  i:=1;
  if ANotDelChars then
   while i<= Length(Result) do if not GMIsDelimiter(ADelChars, Result, i) then System.Delete(Result, i, 1) else Inc(i)
  else
   while i<= Length(Result) do if GMIsDelimiter(ADelChars, Result, i) then System.Delete(Result, i, 1) else Inc(i);
end;

function GMDeleteCharsA(const AValue: AnsiString; const ADelChars: AnsiString; const ANotDelChars: Boolean = False): AnsiString;
var i: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := AValue;
  i:=1;
  if ANotDelChars then
   while i<= Length(Result) do if not GMIsDelimiterA(ADelChars, Result, i) then System.Delete(Result, i, 1) else Inc(i)
  else
   while i<= Length(Result) do if GMIsDelimiterA(ADelChars, Result, i) then System.Delete(Result, i, 1) else Inc(i);
end;

function GMIsDelimiterA(const ADelimiters, AValue: AnsiString; ACharIndex: PtrInt): Boolean;
begin
  if (ACharIndex < 1) or (ACharIndex > Length(AValue)) then Exit(False);
  Result := GMStrLScanA(PAnsiChar(ADelimiters), AValue[ACharIndex], Length(ADelimiters)) <> nil;
end;

function GMIsDelimiterW(const ADelimiters, AValue: UnicodeString; ACharIndex: PtrInt): Boolean;
begin
  if (ACharIndex < 1) or (ACharIndex > Length(AValue)) then Exit(False);
  Result := GMStrLScanW(PWideChar(ADelimiters), AValue[ACharIndex], Length(ADelimiters)) <> nil;
end;

function GMIsDelimiter(const ADelimiters, AValue: TGMString; ACharIndex: PtrInt): Boolean;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
  Result := GMIsDelimiterW(ADelimiters, AValue, ACharIndex);
  {$ELSE}
  Result := GMIsDelimiterA(ADelimiters, AValue, ACharIndex);
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMLastDelimiter(const ADelimiters, AValue: TGMString): PtrInt;
begin
  for Result := Length(AValue) downto 1 do if GMStrLScan(PGMChar(ADelimiters), AValue[Result], Length(ADelimiters)) <> nil then Exit;
  Result := 0;
end;

function GMIsNumber(const AValue: TGMString): Boolean;
var i: PtrInt;
begin
  for i:=1 to Length(AValue) do if not GMIsDigit(AValue[i]) then begin Result := False; Exit; end;
  Result := Length(AValue) > 0;
end;

//function IsNumber(const ANumVal: TGMString): Boolean;
//var chPos: Integer;
//begin
//for chPos:=1 to Length(ANumVal) do
// if not GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, ANumVal, chPos) then begin Result := False; Exit; end;
//
//Result := Length(ANumVal) > 0;
//end;

function GMHashCodeFromString(const AValue: TGMString): TGMHashCode;
var i: LongInt; pb: PByte;
begin
  Result := 0;
  pb := Pointer(PGMChar(AValue));
  for i:=1 to Length(AValue) * SizeOf(TGMChar) do
   begin
    Result += pb^ * (i - 1) * 256;
//  Result := Result + (Ord(AValue[i]) * (i - 1) * 256);
//  Result := Result shl 5 + Ord(HashString[i]) + Result;
    Inc(pb);
   end;
end;

//function HashOf(const key: string): cardinal;
//asm
//xor edx,edx     { Result := 0 }
//and eax,eax     { test if 0 }
//jz @End         { skip if nil }
//mov ecx,[eax-4] { ecx := string length }
//jecxz @End      { skip if length = 0 }
//@loop:            { repeat }
//rol edx,2       { edx := (edx shl 2) or (edx shr 30)... }
//xor dl,[eax]    { ... xor Ord(key[eax]) }
//inc eax         { inc(eax) }
//loop @loop      { until ecx = 0 }
//@End:
//mov eax,edx     { Result := eax }
//end;

{function HashOf(const key: string): cardinal;
var
  I: integer;
begin
  Result := 0;
  for I := 1 to length(key) do
  begin
    Result := (Result shl 5) or (Result shr 27);
    Result := Result xor Cardinal(key[I]);
  end;
end;}


function GMInsertEscapeChars(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
var srcChIdx, dstChIdx, k, n: PtrInt; leadingBlank: Boolean; // startTicks: QWord;
  procedure AppendDestCh(ACh: TGMChar);
  begin
    if (Length(Result)) < dstChIdx then SetLength(Result, Length(Result) + Max(Round(Length(Result) * 0.2), 64));
    Result[dstChIdx] := ACh;
    Inc(dstChIdx);
  end;
begin
  //
  // Don't escape all blanks, only leading and trailing blanks.
  //
  //startTicks := GetTickCount64();
  SetLength(Result, Round(Length(AValue) * 1.3));
  dstChIdx := 1; leadingBlank := True;
  for srcChIdx:=1 to Length(AValue) do
   begin
    case AValue[srcChIdx] of
     ' ': if leadingBlank then
           begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('s'); end
          else
           AppendDestCh(' '); // AppendDestCh(AValue[srcChIdx]);

     #9:  begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('t'); leadingBlank := False; end;
     #10: begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('n'); leadingBlank := False; end;
     #13: begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('r'); leadingBlank := False; end;
     '\': begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('\'); leadingBlank := False; end;
     else begin AppendDestCh(AValue[srcChIdx]); leadingBlank := False; end;
    end;
   end;

  //
  // Escape trailing blanks, they may be stripped or ignored otherwise
  //
  srcChIdx := dstChIdx-1;
  while (srcChIdx >= 1) and (Result[srcChIdx] = ' ') do Dec(srcChIdx);
  if srcChIdx < dstChIdx-1 then
   begin
    n := dstChIdx-1;
    Dec(dstChIdx, dstChIdx-srcChIdx-1);
    for k:=srcChIdx+1 to n do begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('s'); end;
   end;

  SetLength(Result, dstChIdx-1);
  //vfGMTrace(GMFormat('GMInsertEscapeChars: %d [ms]', [GetTickCount64() - startTicks]), 'SAVE');
end;

//function GMInsertEscapeChars(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
//var i: PtrInt; startTicks: QWord;
//begin
//  startTicks := GetTickCount64();
//  Result := '';
//  for i:=1 to Length(AValue) do
//   begin
//    case AValue[i] of
//     //' ': begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('s', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     #9:  Result += '\t'; // begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('t', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     #10: Result += '\n'; // begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('n', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     #13: Result += '\r'; // begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('r', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     '\': Result += '\\'; // begin System.Insert('\', Result, i); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     else Result += AValue[i];
//    end;
//   end;
//  vfGMTrace(GMFormat('GMInsertEscapeChars: %d [ms]', [GetTickCount64() - startTicks]), 'SAVE');
//end;

//function GMInsertEscapeChars(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
//var i: PtrInt; startTicks: QWord;
//begin
//  startTicks := GetTickCount64();
//  Result := AValue;
//  //
//  // Don't escape all blanks, only leading and trailing blanks (-> done below)
//  //
//  i:=1;
//  while i <= Length(Result) do
//   begin
//    case Result[i] of
//     //' ': begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('s', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     #9:  begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('t', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     #10: begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('n', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     #13: begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('r', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     '\': begin System.Insert('\', Result, i); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//    end;
//    Inc(i);
//   end;
//
//  //
//  // Escape trailing blanks, they may be stripped or ignored otherwise
//  //
//  i := Length(Result);
//  while (i >= 1) and (Result[i] = ' ') do
//   begin
//    Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('s', Result, i+1);
//    Dec(i);
//   end;
//
//  //
//  // Escape leading blanks, they may be stripped or ignored otherwise
//  //
//  i:=1;
//  while (i <= Length(Result)) and (Result[i] = ' ') do
//   begin
//    Result[i] := '\';
//    System.Insert('s', Result, i+1);
//    Inc(i, 2);
//   end;
//  vfGMTrace(GMFormat('GMInsertEscapeChars: %d [ms]', [GetTickCount64() - startTicks]), 'SAVE');
//end;

function StrExerpt(const AValue: TGMString; const AMaxLen: PtrInt): TGMString;
begin
  if (AMaxLen > 0) and (Length(AValue) > AMaxLen) then Result := Copy(AValue, 1, AMaxLen) + cStr_More
  else Result := AValue;
end;

function GMResolveEscapeChars(const AValue: TGMString; const ACaller: TObject): TGMString;
var srcChIdx, dstChIdx: PtrInt; ch, prevCh: TGMChar; // startTicks: QWord;
begin
  //startTicks := GetTickCount64();
  dstChIdx := 1;
  SetLength(Result, Length(AValue));
  prevCh := #0;
  for srcChIdx:=1 to Length(AValue) do
   begin
    ch := AValue[srcChIdx];
    if prevCh <> '\' then
     begin
      if ch <> '\' then begin Result[dstChIdx] := ch; Inc(dstChIdx); end;
     end
    else
     case ch of
      's': begin Result[dstChIdx] := ' '; Inc(dstChIdx); end;
      't': begin Result[dstChIdx] := #9; Inc(dstChIdx); end;
      'n': begin Result[dstChIdx] := #10; Inc(dstChIdx); end;
      'r': begin Result[dstChIdx] := #13; Inc(dstChIdx); end;
      '"': begin Result[dstChIdx] := '"'; Inc(dstChIdx); end;
      '\': begin Result[dstChIdx] := '\'; ch := #0; Inc(dstChIdx); end;
      else raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidESCSequenceFmt, ['' + prevCh + ch, StrExerpt(AValue, 4096), srcChIdx-1]), ACaller, 'GMResolveEscapeChars'); // Inc(i);
     end;
    prevCh := ch;
   end;
  SetLength(Result, dstChIdx-1);
  //vfGMTrace(GMFormat('GMResolveEscapeChars: %d [ms]', [GetTickCount64() - startTicks]), 'LOAD');
end;

//function GMResolveEscapeChars(const AValue: TGMString; const ACaller: TObject): TGMString;
//var i: PtrInt; ch, prevCh: TGMChar; // startTicks: QWord;
//begin
//  //startTicks := GetTickCount64();
//  i:=1; Result := AValue; prevCh := #0;
//  while i <= Length(Result) do
//   begin
//    ch := Result[i];
//    if prevCh <> '\' then Inc(i) else
//     case ch of
//      's': begin Result[i-1] := ' '; System.Delete(Result, i, 1); end; // <- No increment here!
//      't': begin Result[i-1] := #9; System.Delete(Result, i, 1); end; // <- No increment here!
//      'n': begin Result[i-1] := #10; System.Delete(Result, i, 1); end; // <- No increment here!
//      'r': begin Result[i-1] := #13; System.Delete(Result, i, 1); end; // <- No increment here!
//      '\': begin System.Delete(Result, i, 1); ch := #0; end; // <- No increment here!
//      else raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidESCSequenceFmt, ['' + prevCh + ch, AValue, i-1]), ACaller, 'GMResolveEscapeChars'); // Inc(i);
//     end;
//    prevCh := ch;
//   end;
//  //vfGMTrace(GMFormat('GMResolveEscapeChars: %d [ms]', [GetTickCount64() - startTicks]), 'LOAD');
//end;

//function GMInsertQuotedStrEscChars(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
//var i: PtrInt;
//begin
//  i:=1; Result := AValue;
//  while i <= Length(Result) do
//   begin
//    case Result[i] of
//     //' ': begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('s', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     #9:  begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('t', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     #10: begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('n', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     #13: begin Result[i] := '\'; System.Insert('r', Result, i+1); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//     '\', '"': begin System.Insert('\', Result, i); Inc(i); end; // <- i will be incremented another time below!
//    end;
//    Inc(i);
//   end;
//end;


function GMInsertQuotedStrEscChars(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
var srcChIdx, dstChIdx: PtrInt; // leadingBlank: Boolean; // startTicks: QWord;
  procedure AppendDestCh(ACh: TGMChar);
  //var newLen: PtrInt;
  begin
    if (Length(Result)) < dstChIdx then SetLength(Result, Length(Result) + Max(Round(Length(Result) * 0.2), 64));
     //begin
     // newLen := Length(Result) + Max(Round(Length(Result) * 0.2), 64);
     // SetLength(Result, newLen);
     //end;

    Result[dstChIdx] := ACh;
    Inc(dstChIdx);
  end;
begin
  //startTicks := GetTickCount64();
  SetLength(Result, Round(Length(AValue) * 1.3));
  dstChIdx := 1;
  for srcChIdx:=1 to Length(AValue) do
   begin
    case AValue[srcChIdx] of
     //' ': if leadingBlank then
     //      begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('s'); end
     //     else
     //      AppendDestCh(AValue[srcChIdx]);

     #9:  begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('t'); end;
     #10: begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('n'); end;
     #13: begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('r'); end;
     '"': begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('"'); end;
     '\': begin AppendDestCh('\'); AppendDestCh('\'); end;
     else begin AppendDestCh(AValue[srcChIdx]); end;
    end;
   end;

  SetLength(Result, dstChIdx-1);
  //vfGMTrace(GMFormat('GMInsertEscapeChars: %d [ms]', [GetTickCount64() - startTicks]), 'SAVE');
end;


function GMResolveQuotedStrEscChars(const AValue: TGMString; const ACaller: TObject): TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMResolveEscapeChars(AValue, ACaller);
end;

//function GMResolveQuotedStrEscChars(const AValue: TGMString; const ACaller: TObject): TGMString;
//var i: PtrInt; ch, prevCh: TGMChar;
//begin
//  i:=1; Result := AValue; prevCh := #0;
//  while i <= Length(Result) do
//   begin
//    ch := Result[i];
//    if prevCh <> '\' then Inc(i) else
//     case ch of
//      //'s': begin Result[i-1] := ' '; System.Delete(Result, i, 1); end; // <- No increment here!
//      't': begin Result[i-1] := #9; System.Delete(Result, i, 1); end; // <- No increment here!
//      'n': begin Result[i-1] := #10; System.Delete(Result, i, 1); end; // <- No increment here!
//      'r': begin Result[i-1] := #13; System.Delete(Result, i, 1); end; // <- No increment here!
//      '\': begin System.Delete(Result, i, 1); ch := #0; end; // <- No increment here!
//      '"': begin System.Delete(Result, i-1, 1); ch := #0; end; // <- No increment here!
//      else raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidESCSequenceFmt, ['' + prevCh + ch, AValue, i-1]), ACaller, 'GMResolveQuotedStrEscChars'); // Inc(i);
//     end;
//    prevCh := ch;
//   end;
//end;


type
  PNewLineDataRec = ^RNewLineDataRec;
  RNewLineDataRec = record
    Value, NewLineStr: TGMString;
  end;

function AppendSingleLine(const ALine: TGMString; const ALastLine: Boolean; const AData: Pointer): Boolean;
begin
  if AData = nil then begin Result := False; Exit; end;
//PNewLineDataRec(AData).Value := GMStringJoin(PNewLineDataRec(AData).Value, PNewLineDataRec(AData).NewLineStr, ALine);
  if Length(PNewLineDataRec(AData).Value) <= 0 then PNewLineDataRec(AData).Value := ALine else
     PNewLineDataRec(AData).Value := PNewLineDataRec(AData).Value + PNewLineDataRec(AData).NewLineStr + ALine;

  Result := True;
end;

function GMMakeSingleLine(const AValue: TGMString; const ANewLineStr: TGMString; const AEmitEmptyLines: Boolean): TGMString;
var newLineData: RNewLineDataRec;
begin
  newLineData.NewLineStr := ANewLineStr;
  newLineData.Value := '';
  GMParseLines(AValue, AppendSingleLine, @newLineData, AEmitEmptyLines);
  Result := newLineData.Value;
end;

function GMReduceWhiteSpace(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
var chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := GMStrip(AValue);
  chPos := 1;
  while (chPos <= Length(Result)) do
   if GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, Result, chPos) and (chPos < Length(Result)) and
      GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, Result, chPos + 1) then System.Delete(Result, chPos + 1, 1) else Inc(chPos);
end;

//function GMMakeSingleLine(const Value: TGMString; const NewLineStr: TGMString): TGMString;
//var chPos: PtrInt; NewLine: Boolean;
//begin
//chPos := 1;
//Result := Value;
//while chPos <= Length(Result) do
// if GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, Result, chPos) then
//  begin
//   NewLine := False;
//   while GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, Result, chPos) and (chPos <= Length(Result)) do
//    begin
//     NewLine := NewLine or (Result[chPos] in [#10, #13]);
//     System.Delete(Result, chPos, 1);
//    end;
//
//   if chPos <= Length(Result) then
//    begin
//     if NewLine then begin Insert(NewLineStr, Result, chPos); Inc(chPos, Length(NewLineStr)); end;
//     Insert(' ', Result, chPos);
//     Inc(chPos);
//    end;
//  end
// else Inc(chPos);
//end;

//function GMFullLineBreaks(const Value: TGMString): TGMString;
//var i: LongInt;
//begin
//  Result := Value; i:=1;
//  while i <= Length(Result) do
//   begin
//    if Result[i] = #10 then if (i <= 1) or (Result[i-1] <> #13) then begin Insert(#13, Result, i); Inc(i); end;
//    Inc(i);
//   end;
//end;

//function GMInsertXMLLineBreaks(const Value: TGMString): TGMString;
//const cNewLine = #13#10; CXMLTrail = '</'; CXMLSingle = '/>';
//var chPos: PtrInt; // Start: DWORD; InsCount: LongInt;
//begin
//  //Start := GetTickCount; InsCount := 0;
//  Result := Value;
//  chPos:=1;
//  while GMFindToken(Result, CXMLTrail, chPos, '', False) do
//   begin
//    Inc(chPos, Length(CXMLTrail));
//    while (chPos <= Length(Result)) and (Result[chPos] <> '>') do Inc(chPos);
//    if chPos <= Length(Result) then begin Insert(cNewLine, Result, chPos+1); Inc(chPos, Length(cNewLine) + 1); end; // Inc(InsCount);
//   end;
//  chPos:=1;
//  while GMFindToken(Result, CXMLSingle, chPos, '', False) do
//   begin
//    Inc(chPos, Length(CXMLSingle));
//    if chPos <= Length(Result) then begin Insert(cNewLine, Result, chPos); Inc(chPos, Length(cNewLine)); end; // Inc(InsCount);
//   end;
//  //vfGMMEssageBox(GMFormat('ms: %d, Insertions: %d', [GetTickCount - Start, InsCount]));
//end;

function GMInsertXMLLineBreaks(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
const chStart: TGMChar = '<'; chEnd: TGMChar = '>';
type TXmlTokenKind = (tkStart, tkSingle, tkEnd);
var tokenKind, lastTokenKind: TXmlTokenKind; chPos, lastchPos: PtrInt; pCh: PGMChar; //Start: DWORD;

  procedure _InsertNewLine(AChPos: LongInt);
  begin
    Inc(AChPos); // <- switch from zero base to one base!
    //if (Ord(Result[AChPos]) > 255) or not (AnsiChar(Result[AChPos]) in [#10, #13]) then
    //if AChPos <= Length(Result) then
    case Result[AChPos] of
      #10, #13: ; // <- Nothing!
      else begin Insert(cNewLine, Result, AChPos); Inc(chPos, Length(cNewLine)); Inc(lastChPos, Length(cNewLine)); end;
    end;
  end;

begin
  //Start := GetTickCount;
  Result := AValue;
  if Length(Result) <= 0 then Exit;

  lastTokenKind := tkSingle;
  chPos := 0; lastChPos := 0;
  repeat
   tokenKind := tkStart;
   pCh := GMStrLScan(PGMChar(Result) + chPos, chStart, Length(Result) - chPos);
   if pCh = nil then Break;

   if (pCh - PGMChar(Result) + 1 < Length(Result)) then
    begin
     if ((pCh + 1)^ = '/') then tokenKind := tkEnd;
     pCh := GMStrLScan(pCh + 1, chEnd, PGMChar(Result) + Length(Result) - pCh - 1);
     if pCh = nil then Break;

     if (pCh - 1)^ = '/' then tokenKind := tkSingle;
    end;

   chPos := pCh - PGMChar(Result) + 1;

   if chPos >= Length(Result) then Break;

   case tokenKind of
    tkStart:  if lastTokenKind = tkStart then _InsertNewLine(lastChPos);
    tkSingle: if lastTokenKind in [tkEnd, tkSingle] then _InsertNewLine(chPos);
    tkEnd:    _InsertNewLine(chPos);
   end;
   lastChPos := chPos;
   lastTokenKind := tokenKind;
  until False; // chPos >= Length(Result);
  //vfGMMEssageBox(IntToStr(GetTickCount - Start));
end;

function GMCompareVersions(const AVersionA, AVersionB: TGMString): TGMCompareResult;
const //cResult: array [Boolean] of TGMCompareResult = (crALessThanB, crAEqualToB);
      cVerSep = '.'; LowVer = Low(LongInt);
var ChPA, ChPB, SegNoA, SegNoB: PtrInt;
begin
  ChPA := 1; ChPB := 1;
  repeat
   SegNoA := GMStrToInt(GMMakeDezInt(GMNextWord(ChPA, AVersionA, cVerSep, False), LowVer));
   SegNoB := GMStrToInt(GMMakeDezInt(GMNextWord(ChPB, AVersionB, cVerSep, False), LowVer));
  until (SegNoA <> SegNoB) or (SegNoA = LowVer) or (SegNoB = LowVer);
  if SegNoA < SegNoB then Result := crALessThanB else
  if SegNoA > SegNoB then Result := crAGreaterThanB else Result := crAEqualToB;
end;

function GMFixedEncodeDateTime(const AValue: TDateTime): TGMString;
var hasDate, hasTime: Boolean;
begin
  hasDate := Trunc(AValue) <> 0.0;
  hasTime := Frac(AValue) <> 0.0;
  if hasDate and hasTime then Result := FormatDateTime(cStrFixedDateTimeFmt, AValue)
  else
  if hasDate then Result := FormatDateTime(cStrFixedDateFmt, AValue)
  else
  Result := FormatDateTime(cStrFixedTimeFmt, AValue)
end;

function GMFixedDecodeDateTime(const AValue: TGMString): TDateTime;
var chPos: PtrInt; tmp, day, month, year, hour, minute, second, milliSec: LongInt;
  function NextNumber(var AchPos: PtrInt; const AValue: TGMString): LongInt;
//const cDigits = ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'];
  var startPos: LongInt;
  begin
    while (AChPos <= Length(AValue)) and ((AValue[AChPos] < '0') or (AValue[AChPos] > '9')) do Inc(AChPos);
    startPos := AChPos;
    while (AChPos <= Length(AValue)) and (AValue[AChPos] >= '0') and (AValue[AChPos] <= '9') do Inc(AChPos);
    Result := GMStrToInt(GMMakeDezInt(Copy(AValue, startPos, AChPos - startPos)));
  end;

  procedure SetAllZero(AFirstValue: Integer);
  begin
    day := 0; month := 0; year := AFirstValue; hour := 0; minute := 0; second := 0; milliSec := 0;
  end;  

  procedure ReadDate(AFirstValue: Integer);
  begin
    if AFirstValue >= 0 then day := AFirstValue else day := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
    month := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
    year := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
  end;

  procedure ReadTime(AFirstValue: Integer);
  begin
    if AFirstValue >= 0 then hour := AFirstValue else hour := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
    minute := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
    second := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
    milliSec := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
  end;
begin
  chPos := 1;
  tmp := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
  while (chPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, AValue, chPos) do Inc(chPos); // ((AValue[chPos] = ' ') or (AValue[chPos] = #9) or (AValue[chPos] = #10) or (AValue[chPos] = #13))

  if chPos > Length(AValue) then begin SetAllZero(tmp); end
  else
  if AValue[chPos] = cStrFixedDateSep then begin ReadDate(tmp); ReadTime(-1); end
  else
  if AValue[chPos] = cStrFixedTimeSep then begin ReadTime(tmp); day := 0; month := 0; year := 0; end
  else
  SetAllZero(tmp);

  if (year = 0) and (month = 0) and (day = 0) then Result := 0 else Result := EncodeDate(year, month, day);

  if Result >= 0 then
    Result := Result + EncodeTime(hour, minute, second, milliSec)
  else
    Result := Result - EncodeTime(hour, minute, second, milliSec);
end;

{function GMFixedDecodeDateTime(const AValue: TGMString): TDateTime;
var chPos, day, month, year, hour, minute, second, milliSec: LongInt;
  function NextNumber(var AchPos: PtrInt; const AValue: TGMString): LongInt;
//const cDigits = ['0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'];
  var startPos: LongInt;
  begin
    while (AChPos <= Length(AValue)) and ((AValue[AChPos] < '0') or (AValue[AChPos] > '9')) do Inc(AChPos);
    startPos := AChPos;
    while (AChPos <= Length(AValue)) and (AValue[AChPos] >= '0') and (AValue[AChPos] <= '9') do Inc(AChPos);
    Result := GMStrToInt(GMMakeDezInt(Copy(AValue, startPos, AChPos - startPos)));
  end;
begin
  chPos := 1;
  day := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
  month := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
  year := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
  hour := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
  minute := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
  second := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
  milliSec := NextNumber(chPos, AValue);
  Result := EncodeDate(year, month, day);
  if Result >= 0 then
    Result := Result + EncodeTime(hour, minute, second, milliSec)
  else
    Result := Result - EncodeTime(hour, minute, second, milliSec);
end;}

function GMHasDateTimeFormat(const AValue, AFormat: TGMString): Boolean;
var fmtChPos, valChPos, startPos: PtrInt; dtp: TGMDateTimePart; valPart: TGMString; // , day, month, year, hour, minute, second, milliSec

//function NextNumber: TGMString;
//var startPos: Integer;
//begin
//  while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and not GMIsDelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valChPos) do Inc(valChPos);
//  startPos := valChPos;
//  while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsDelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valChPos) do Inc(valChPos);
//  Result := Copy(AValue, startPos, valChPos - startPos);
////  while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and not GMIsDelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valChPos) do Inc(valChPos);
//end;
begin
  Result := (Length(AValue) > 0) and (Length(AFormat) > 0);

  fmtChPos := 1; valChPos := 1; // day := 0; month := 0; year := 0; hour := 0; minute := 0; second := 0; milliSec := 0;
  while Result and (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and (fmtChPos <= Length(AFormat)) do
   begin
    for dtp := Low(dtp) to High(dtp) do if GMSameText(Copy(AFormat, fmtChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtp])), cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtp]) then Break;
    Inc(fmtChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtp]));


    case dtp of
     dtpDD, dtpMM, dtpYYYY, dtpYY, dtpHH, dtpNN, dtpSS:
      begin
       valPart := Copy(AValue, valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtp]));
       Inc(valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtp]));
       if not GMIsNumber(valPart) then Exit(False); // <- NOTE: May Exit here!
      end;

     dtpHour, dtpMinute, dtpSecond, dtpMilliSecond, dtpDay, dtpMonth:
      begin
       startPos := valChPos;
       while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);
       valPart := Copy(AValue, startPos, valChPos-startPos);
       if not GMIsNumber(valPart) then Exit(False); // <- NOTE: May Exit here!
      end;

     dtpUnknown: raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidDateTimeFmtStr, [AFormat, fmtChPos]), nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});

     dtpSep0: while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and not GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);

     else valPart := '';
    end;

//  if not (dtp in [dtpUnknown, dtpSep0]) then // valPart := '' else
//   begin
//    valPart := Copy(AValue, valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtp]));
//    if not GMIsNumber(valPart) then begin Result := False; Exit; end; // <- NOTE: Exit here!
//   end;

    case dtp of
     dtpDD, dtpDay:                      Result := GMIsInRange(GMStrToInt(valPart), 1, 31);
     dtpMM, dtpMonth:                    Result := GMIsInRange(GMStrToInt(valPart), 1, 12);
     dtpYYYY:                            Result := GMIsInRange(GMStrToInt(valPart), 0, 9999);
     dtpYY:                              Result := GMIsInRange(GMStrToInt(valPart), 0, 99);
     dtpHH, dtpHour:                     Result := GMIsInRange(GMStrToInt(valPart), 0, 23);
     dtpNN, dtpSS, dtpSecond, dtpMinute: Result := GMIsInRange(GMStrToInt(valPart), 0, 59);
     dtpMilliSecond:                     Result := GMIsInRange(GMStrToInt(valPart), 0, 999);
    end;

//  if not (dtp in [dtpSep0]) then Inc(valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtp]));
   end;
end;

function GMStrToDateTime(const AValue, AFormat: TGMString): TDateTime;
var fmtChPos, valChPos, oldValChPos, day, month, year, hour, minute, second, milliSec, i, intVal: Integer; dtPart: TGMDateTimePart; // valStr: TGMString;
    token: TGMString; isNegative: Boolean; time: TDateTime;

  function CurrentYear: Integer;
  var sysTime: TSystemTime;
  begin
    //FillByte(sysTime, SizeOf(sysTime), 0);
    sysTime := Default(TSystemTime);
    GetLocalTime(sysTime);
    Result := sysTime.wYear;
  end;
begin
  fmtChPos := 1; valChPos := 1; day := 0; month := 0; year := 0; hour := 0; minute := 0; second := 0; milliSec := 0; isNegative := False;

  while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and (fmtChPos <= Length(AFormat)) do
   begin
    for dtPart := Low(dtPart) to High(dtPart) do if GMSameText(Copy(AFormat, fmtChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])), cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart]) then Break;
    Inc(fmtChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart]));

    case dtPart of
     dtpUnknown: raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidDateTimeFmtStr, [AFormat, fmtChPos]), nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});

     dtpSign:
      begin
       oldValChPos := valChPos;
       while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsdelimiter(cWhiteSpace + '+-', AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);
       token := Copy(AValue, oldValChPos, valChPos - oldValChPos); // GMStrip( cWhiteSpace);
       for i:=1 to Length(token) do
        case token[i] of
         '-': isNegative := not isNegative;
         '+': isNegative := False;
        end;
      end;

     dtpSep0: while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and not GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);

     dtpDay, dtpMonth, dtpHour, dtpMinute, dtpSecond, dtpMilliSecond:
      begin
       oldValChPos := valChPos;
       while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);
       intVal := GMStrToInt(Copy(AValue, oldValChPos, valChPos - oldValChPos));
       case dtPart of
        dtpDay:      day := intVal;
        dtpMonth:    month := intVal;
        dtpHour:     hour := intVal;
        dtpMinute:   minute := intVal;
        dtpSecond:   second := intVal;
        dtpMilliSecond: milliSec := intVal;
       end;
      end;

     //dtpDay:
     // begin
     //  oldValChPos := valChPos;
     //  while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);
     //  day := GMStrToInt(Copy(AValue, oldValChPos, valChPos - oldValChPos));
     // end;
     //
     //dtpMonth:
     // begin
     //  oldValChPos := valChPos;
     //  while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);
     //  month := GMStrToInt(Copy(AValue, oldValChPos, valChPos - oldValChPos));
     // end;
     //
     //dtpHour:
     // begin
     //  oldValChPos := valChPos;
     //  while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);
     //  hour := GMStrToInt(Copy(AValue, oldValChPos, valChPos - oldValChPos));
     // end;
     //
     //dtpMinute:
     // begin
     //  oldValChPos := valChPos;
     //  while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);
     //  minute := GMStrToInt(Copy(AValue, oldValChPos, valChPos - oldValChPos));
     // end;
     //
     //dtpSecond:
     // begin
     //  oldValChPos := valChPos;
     //  while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);
     //  second := GMStrToInt(Copy(AValue, oldValChPos, valChPos - oldValChPos));
     // end;
     //
     //dtpMilliSecond:
     // begin
     //  oldValChPos := valChPos;
     //  while (valChPos <= Length(AValue)) and GMIsdelimiter(cStrDigits, AValue, valchPos) do Inc(valchPos);
     //  milliSec := GMStrToInt(Copy(AValue, oldValChPos, valChPos - oldValChPos));
     // end;

     dtpDD:   begin day := GMStrToInt32(Copy(AValue, valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])));    Inc(valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])); end;
     dtpMM:   begin month := GMStrToInt32(Copy(AValue, valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])));  Inc(valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])); end;
     dtpYYYY: begin year := GMStrToInt32(Copy(AValue, valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])));   Inc(valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])); end;
     dtpHH:   begin hour := GMStrToInt32(Copy(AValue, valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])));   Inc(valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])); end;
     dtpNN:   begin minute := GMStrToInt32(Copy(AValue, valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart]))); Inc(valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])); end;
     dtpSS:   begin second := GMStrToInt32(Copy(AValue, valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart]))); Inc(valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart])); end;
     dtpYY:   begin
               year := GMStrToInt32(Copy(AValue, valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart]))) + ((CurrentYear div 100) * 100);
               Inc(valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart]));
//             year := year + ((CurrentYear div 100) * 100);
              end;
    end;

//  if not (dtPart in [dtpSign, dtpSep0, dtpDay, dtpMonth, dtpHour, dtpMinute, dtpSecond]) then Inc(valChPos, Length(cDateTimeFmtPatterns[dtPart]));
   end;

  if (year = 0) and (month = 0) and (day = 0) then Result := 0 else Result := EncodeDate(year, month, day);

  time := (hour / 24) + (minute / 1440) + (second / 86400) + (milliSec / 86400000);

  if Result >= 0 then
    Result := Result + time //EncodeTime(hour, minute, second, milliSec)
  else
    Result := Result - time; //EncodeTime(hour, minute, second, milliSec);

  if isNegative then Result := Result * -1;
end;

function GMBlockIndent(const AValue, AIndent: TGMString; const AStrip: Boolean): TGMString;
var p: LongInt;
begin
  p:=1;
  Result := AValue;
  if AStrip then while (p <= Length(Result)) and GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, Result, p) do System.Delete(Result, p, 1);
  Result := AIndent + Result;
  repeat
   while (p <= Length(Result)) and (Result[p] <> #10) and (Result[p] <> #13) do Inc(p);
   while (p <= Length(Result)) and (Result[p] = #10) or (Result[p] = #13) do Inc(p);
   if AStrip then while (p <= Length(Result)) and GMIsDelimiter(cWhiteSpace, Result, p) do System.Delete(Result, p, 1);
   if (p <= Length(Result)) then begin Insert(AIndent, Result, p); Inc(p, Length(AIndent)); end;
  until p > Length(Result);
end;

function GMStringReplaceRec(const ASearchStr, AReplacement: TGMString): TStringReplaceRec;
begin
  Result.SearchStr := ASearchStr;
  Result.Replacement := AReplacement;
end;

function GMReplaceStrings(const AValue: TGMString; const AReplacements: array of TStringReplaceRec; const AMatchCase: Boolean): TGMString;
var i, chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := AValue;
  for i:=Low(AReplacements) to High(AReplacements) do
   begin
    chPos := 1;
    while GMFindToken(Result, AReplacements[i].SearchStr, chPos, '', False, not AMatchCase) do
     begin
      System.Delete(Result, chPos, Length(AReplacements[i].SearchStr));
      Insert(AReplacements[i].Replacement, Result, chPos);
      Inc(chPos, Length(AReplacements[i].Replacement));
     end;
   end;
end;

//function GMPresentExceptInfoToUI(const AUnkExceptInfo: IUnknown): Boolean;
//var AExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation;
//begin
//Result := GMAskBoolean(AUnkExceptInfo, Ord(bevPresentToUI), True) and
//          (not GMQueryInterface(AUnkExceptInfo, IGMExceptionInformation, AExceptInfo) or
//           (CompareText(AExceptInfo.GetExceptionClassName, EAbort.ClassName) <> 0))
//end;

function GMPresentExceptionUI(const AException: TObject): Boolean;
var AskBoolean: IGMAskBoolean;
begin
  //Result := GMIsClassByName(AException, EAbort);
  Result := (AException <> nil) and
            (not GMGetInterface(AException, IGMAskBoolean, AskBoolean) or (AskBoolean.AskBoolean(Ord(bevPresentToUI)) <> Ord(barFalse))) and
            not GMIsClassByName(AException, EAbort);
end;

//function GMDfltVerboseExceptionMessages: Boolean;
//begin
//{$IFDEF DEBUG} Result := True; {$ELSE} Result := False; {$ENDIF}
//end;

function GMBuildExceptionMsg(const AExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation; const AVerbose: Boolean): TGMString;
var EClassName, ObjName, ObjClassName, ARoutineName, Msg, FormatStr, Severity: TGMString; EAddr: Pointer; HRCode: HResult;
begin
  if AVerbose then // or vfGMVerboseExceptionMessages then
   begin
    FormatStr := RStrExceptionModule + ': %s'+ c2NewLine +
                 RStrExceptionClass + ': %s' + cNewLine +
                 RStrSeverityLevel + ': %s' + cNewLine +
                 RStrObjectName + ': %s' + cNewLine +
                 RStrObjectClass + ': %s' + cNewLine +
                 RStrRoutineName + ': %s' + cNewLine +
                 RStrExceptAddr + ': $%p' + c2NewLine +
                 RStrMessage + ':' + cNewLine +
                 '---------------' + cNewLine +
                 '%s' + c2NewLine;

    if AExceptInfo <> nil then Severity := GMSeverityName(AExceptInfo.SeverityLevel) else Severity := RStrUnknown;
    if AExceptInfo <> nil then ObjName := AExceptInfo.RaisorName else ObjName := RStrUnknown;
    if (AExceptInfo <> nil) and (AExceptInfo.RaisorClassName <> '') then ObjClassName := AExceptInfo.RaisorClassName else ObjClassName := RStrUnknown;
    if (AExceptInfo <> nil) and (AExceptInfo.RoutineName <> '') then ARoutineName := AExceptInfo.RoutineName else ARoutineName := RStrUnknown;
    if (AExceptInfo <> nil) and (AExceptInfo.ExceptionClassName <> '') then EClassName := AExceptInfo.ExceptionClassName else EClassName := RStrUnknown;
    if AExceptInfo <> nil  then EAddr := AExceptInfo.ExceptAddress else EAddr := nil;
    if AExceptInfo <> nil then Msg := AExceptInfo.GMMessage else Msg := RStrNoExceptInfo;

    HRCode := GMGetIntfHRCode(AExceptInfo, S_OK);
    if HRCode <> S_OK then Msg := GMStringJoin(GMFormat('(Hex: 0x%X, Dez: %d)', [HRCode, HRCode]), ' ', Msg);

    Result := GMFormat(FormatStr, [GMUpperCase(GMExtractFileName(GMThisModuleFileName)),
                     EClassName, Severity, ObjName, ObjClassName, ARoutineName, EAddr, Msg]);
   end
  else
   if AExceptInfo <> nil then Result := AExceptInfo.GMMessage else Result := RStrNoExceptInfo;

  Result := GMTerminateStr(Result);
end;

function GMMsgFromExceptObj(const AException: TObject; const AVerbose: Boolean): TGMString;
var exceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation;
begin
  if GMGetInterface(AException, IGMExceptionInformation, exceptInfo) then
    Result := GMBuildExceptionMsg(exceptInfo, AVerbose)
  else
   if GMIsClassByName(AException, Exception) then // Result := PChar(Exception(AException).Message)
    {$IFDEF FPC}
    Result := Exception(AException).Message
    {$ELSE}
    Result := PChar(Exception(AException).Message)
    {$ENDIF}
    else Result := GMGetObjText(AException);
end;

function GMExceptionSeverity(const AException: TObject; const ADefaultValue: TGMSeverityLevel): TGMSeverityLevel;
var exceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation;
begin
  if GMGetInterface(AException, IGMExceptionInformation, exceptInfo) then
    Result := exceptInfo.SeverityLevel
  else
    Result := ADefaultValue; // svError;
end;


{ ----------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMString Buffer Routines ---- }
{ ----------------------------------- }

//function GMStrLen(AValue: PGMChar): LongWord;
//begin
////{$IFDEF UNICODE}Result := lstrlenw(AValue);{$ELSE}Result := lstrlena(AValue);{$ENDIF}
//if AValue = nil then Result := 0 else Result := GMStrLScan(AValue, #0, High(LongInt)) - AValue;
//end;

function GMStrLenA(const AStr: PAnsiChar; AMaxLenInChars: PtrInt): PtrInt;
var pEnd: PAnsiChar;
begin
  if AStr = nil then Result := 0 else
   begin
    if AMaxLenInChars < 0 then AMaxLenInChars := High(PtrInt);
    pEnd := GMStrLScanA(AStr, #0, AMaxLenInChars);
    if pEnd = nil then Result := AMaxLenInChars else Result := pEnd - AStr;
   end;
end;

function GMStrLenW(const AStr: PWideChar; AMaxLenInChars: PtrInt): PtrInt;
var pEnd: PWideChar;
begin
  if AStr = nil then Result := 0 else
   begin
    if AMaxLenInChars < 0 then AMaxLenInChars := High(PtrInt);
    pEnd := GMStrLScanW(AStr, #0, AMaxLenInChars);
    if pEnd = nil then Result := AMaxLenInChars else Result := pEnd - AStr;
   end;
end;

function GMStrLen(const AStr: PGMChar; AMaxLenInChars: PtrInt): PtrInt;
//var pEnd: PGMChar;
begin
  {$IFDEF UNICODE}
   Result := GMStrLenW(AStr, AMaxLenInChars);
  {$ELSE}
   Result := GMStrLenA(AStr, AMaxLenInChars);
  {$ENDIF}
  //if AStr = nil then Result := 0 else
  // begin
  //  if AMaxLenInChars < 0 then AMaxLenInChars := High(PtrInt);
  //  pEnd := GMStrLScan(AStr, #0, AMaxLenInChars);
  //  if pEnd = nil then Result := AMaxLenInChars else Result := pEnd - AStr;
  // end;
end;

//function GMStrNLen(const Value: PAnsiChar; const MaxLen: LongInt): LongWord;
//begin
//for Result:=0 to MaxLen-1 do if (Value + Result)^ = #0 then Break;
//end;
//
//function GMWStrNLen(const Value: PWideChar; const MaxLen: LongInt): LongWord;
//begin
//for Result:=0 to MaxLen-1 do if (Value + Result)^ = #0 then Break;
//end;
//
//function GMStrLenA(const Value: PAnsiChar; const MaxLen: LongInt = -1): LongInt;
//begin
//if MaxLen < 0 then Result := lstrlena(Value) else Result := GMStrNLen(Value, MaxLen);
//end;

//function GMBufferAsString(const Buffer: Pointer; MaxLen: LongInt = -1): AnsiString;
//begin
//if (Buffer <> nil) and (MaxLen <> 0) then SetString(Result, PGMChar(Buffer), GMStrLenA(Buffer, MaxLen));
//end;

//function GMBufferAsWideString(const Buffer: Pointer; MaxLen: LongInt = -1): UnicodeString;
//begin
//if (Buffer <> nil) and (MaxLen <> 0) then SetString(Result, PWideChar(Buffer), GMStrLenW(Buffer, MaxLen));
//end;


{ ------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMMemoryBuffer ---- }
{ ------------------------- }

constructor TGMMemoryBuffer.Create(const AOwner: TObject = nil;
                                   const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = 0;
                                   const AAllocAlignment: LongWord = cDfltAllocAlignment;
                                   const AZeroInit: Boolean = False;
                                   const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean = True;
                                   const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil;
                                   const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
begin
  FOwner := AOwner;
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  AllocAlignment := AAllocAlignment; // <- Use SetAllocAlignment here
  ZeroInit := AZeroInit;
  FreeMemoryOnDestroy := AFreeMemoryOnDestroy;
  FOnAfterRealloc := AOnAfterRealloc;
  ReallocMemory(ASizeInBytes);
end;

destructor TGMMemoryBuffer.Destroy;
begin
  if FFreeMemoryOnDestroy then FreeMemory;
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMMemoryBuffer.Obj: TGMMemoryBuffer;
begin
  Result := Self;
end;

function TGMMemoryBuffer.QueryInterface({$IFDEF FPC}constref{$ELSE}const{$ENDIF} IID: TGUID; out Intf): HResult;
var PIUnkOwner: IUnknown;
begin
  Result := inherited QueryInterface(IID, Intf);
  if (Result <> S_OK) and GMGetInterface(FOwner, IUnknown, PIUnkOwner) then
   Result := PIUnkOwner.QueryInterface(IID, Intf);
end;

function TGMMemoryBuffer._AddRef: LongInt;
var PIUnkOwner: IUnknown;
begin
  if GMGetInterface(FOwner, IUnknown, PIUnkOwner) then
   Result := PIUnkOwner._AddRef
  else
   Result := inherited _AddRef;
end;

function TGMMemoryBuffer._Release: LongInt;
var PIUnkOwner: IUnknown;
begin
  if GMGetInterface(FOwner, IUnknown, PIUnkOwner) then
    Result := PIUnkOwner._Release
  else
    Result := inherited _Release;
end;

procedure TGMMemoryBuffer.FreeMemory;
begin
  ReallocMemory(0);
end;

procedure TGMMemoryBuffer.InternalRealloc(const ANewSizeInBytes: Int64);
begin
  ReallocMem(FMemory, ANewSizeInBytes);
end;

procedure TGMMemoryBuffer.ReallocMemory(ANewSizeInBytes: Int64);
begin
  ANewSizeInBytes := GMAlignedValue(ANewSizeInBytes, FAllocAlignment);
  if ANewSizeInBytes <> FSizeInBytes then
   begin
    InternalRealloc(ANewSizeInBytes);
    if FZeroInit and (ANewSizeInBytes > FSizeInBytes) then FillByte(GMAddPtr(FMemory, FSizeInBytes)^, ANewSizeInBytes - FSizeInBytes, 0);
    FSizeInBytes := ANewSizeInBytes;
    if Assigned(FOnAfterRealloc) then FOnAfterRealloc(Self);
   end;
end;

//function TGMMemoryBuffer.GetMemory: Pointer;
//begin
//  Result := FMemory;
//end;
//
//function TGMMemoryBuffer.GetSizeInBytes: Int64;
//begin
//  Result := FSizeInBytes;
//end;
//
//function TGMMemoryBuffer.GetAllocAlignment: LongWord;
//begin
//  Result := FAllocAlignment;
//end;

procedure TGMMemoryBuffer.SetAllocAlignment(const AValue: LongWord);
begin
  FAllocAlignment := Max(AValue, 1);
  ReallocMemory(FSizeInBytes);
end;

//function TGMMemoryBuffer.GetZeroInit: Boolean;
//begin
//  Result := FZeroInit;
//end;
//
//procedure TGMMemoryBuffer.SetZeroInit(const Value: Boolean);
//begin
//  FZeroInit := Value;
//end;
//
//function TGMMemoryBuffer.GetFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean;
//begin
//  Result := FFreeMemoryOnDestroy;
//end;
//
//procedure TGMMemoryBuffer.SetFreeMemoryOnDestroy(const Value: Boolean);
//begin
//  FFreeMemoryOnDestroy := Value;
//end;


{ ------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer ---- }
{ ------------------------------- }

constructor TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer.Create(const AOwner: TObject = nil;
                                         const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = 0;
                                         const AAllocAlignment: LongWord = cDfltAllocAlignment;
                                         const AZeroInit: Boolean = False;
                                         const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean = True;
                                         const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil;
                                         const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
begin
  FAllocFlags := cDfltGlobalAllocFlags;
  inherited Create(AOwner, ASizeInBytes, AAllocAlignment, AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy, AOnAfterRealloc, ARefLifeTime);
end;

constructor TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer.Create(const AOwner: TObject = nil;
                                         const ASizeInBytes: Int64 = 0;
                                         const AAllocAlignment: LongWord = cDfltAllocAlignment;
                                         const AAllocFlags: LongWord = cDfltGlobalAllocFlags;
                                         const AZeroInit: Boolean = False;
                                         const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean = True;
                                         const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc = nil;
                                         const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
begin
  FAllocFlags := AAllocFlags;
  inherited Create(AOwner, ASizeInBytes, AAllocAlignment, AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy, AOnAfterRealloc, ARefLifeTime);
end;

destructor TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer.Destroy;
begin
  inherited Destroy;
  if FMemory <> nil then GlobalUnlock(FHGlobal); // <- Unlock in case of not FreeMemoryOnDestroy
end;

procedure TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer.InternalRealloc(const ANewSizeInBytes: Int64);
var pBuf: Pointer; oldSize: PtrUInt;
begin
  if (FMemory = nil) and (ANewSizeInBytes = 0) then Exit;

  if FMemory = nil then
   begin
    // FMemory = nil, Size > 0
    FHGlobal := GlobalAlloc(FAllocFlags, ANewSizeInBytes);
    FMemory := GlobalLock(FHGlobal);
   end
  else
  if ANewSizeInBytes > 0 then
   begin
    // FMemory <> nil, Size > 0
    oldSize := GlobalSize(FHGlobal);
    GetMem(pBuf, oldSize);
    try
     Move(FMemory^, pBuf^, oldSize);
     GlobalUnlock(FHGlobal); // <- dont check, OS says already unlocked, dont ask me why ..
     GMAPICheckObj('GlobalFree', '', GetLastError, GlobalFree(FHGlobal) = 0, Self);
     FHGlobal := GlobalAlloc(FAllocFlags, ANewSizeInBytes);
     FMemory := GlobalLock(FHGlobal);
     Move(pBuf^, FMemory^, Min(oldSize, ANewSizeInBytes));
     //HGLOBAL(FMemory) := GlobalRealloc(HGLOBAL(FMemory), ANewSizeInBytes, GPTR) <- geht nicht, shit!
    finally
     FreeMem(pBuf);
    end;
   end
  else
   begin
    // FMemory <> nil, Size = 0
    GlobalUnlock(FHGlobal); // <- dont check, OS says already unlocked, dont ask me why ..
    FHGlobal := GlobalFree(FHGlobal);
    GMAPICheckObj('GlobalFree', '', GetLastError, FHGlobal = 0, Self);
    FMemory := nil;
   end;

  GMAPICheckObj('GlobalAlloc', '', GetLastError, (ANewSizeInBytes = 0) or (FMemory <> nil), Self);
end;

function TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer.GetHandle: THandle;
begin
  Result := FHGlobal;
end;

procedure TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer.SetHandle(const Value: THandle);
begin
  if FFreeMemoryOnDestroy then FreeMemory;
  FHGlobal := Value;
  if FHGlobal = 0 then FMemory := nil else FMemory := GlobalLock(FHGlobal);
  FSizeInBytes := GlobalSize(FHGlobal);
end;


{ ----------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMAnsiStringMemoryBuffer ---- }
{ ----------------------------------- }

constructor TGMAnsiStringMemoryBuffer.Create(const AOwner: TObject; const AContentAsString: AnsiString; const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(AOwner, Length(AContentAsString), 0, False, True, AOnAfterRealloc, ARefLifeTime);
  FAnsiStringBuffer := AContentAsString;
  //FSizeInBytes := Length(AString);
  FMemory := PAnsiChar(FAnsiStringBuffer);
end;

procedure TGMAnsiStringMemoryBuffer.InternalRealloc(const ANewSizeInBytes: Int64);
begin
  SetLength(FAnsiStringBuffer, ANewSizeInBytes); 
  FMemory := PAnsiChar(FAnsiStringBuffer);
end;

function TGMAnsiStringMemoryBuffer.GetText: TGMString;
begin
  Result := FAnsiStringBuffer;
end;

function TGMAnsiStringMemoryBuffer.GetAnsiText: AnsiString;
begin
  Result := FAnsiStringBuffer;
end;


{ ------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMStringMemoryBuffer ---- }
{ ------------------------------- }

constructor TGMStringMemoryBuffer.Create(const AOwner: TObject; const AContentAsString: TGMString; const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc;
  const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(AOwner, Length(AContentAsString) * SizeOf(TGMChar), 0, False, True, AOnAfterRealloc, ARefLifeTime);
  FStringBuffer := AContentAsString;
  //FSizeInBytes := Length(AString);
  FMemory := PGMChar(FStringBuffer);
end;

procedure TGMStringMemoryBuffer.InternalRealloc(const ANewSizeInBytes: Int64);
begin
  SetLength(FStringBuffer, ANewSizeInBytes div SizeOf(TGMChar));
  FMemory := PGMChar(FStringBuffer);
end;

function TGMStringMemoryBuffer.GetText: TGMString; stdcall;
begin
  Result := FStringBuffer;
end;

//function TGMStringMemoryBuffer.GetAnsiText: AnsiString;
//begin
//  Result := FStringBuffer;
//end;


{ --------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMResourceMemoryBuffer ---- }
{ --------------------------------- }

constructor TGMResourceMemoryBuffer.Create(const AOwner: TObject;
                                           const AResourceName: PGMChar;
                                           const AResourceType: PGMChar;
                                           AModuleHandle: THandle;
                                           const AOnAfterRealloc: TGMObjNotifyProc;
                                           const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
var ResInfo, ResData: THandle;
begin
  inherited Create(AOwner, 0, 0, False, True, AOnAfterRealloc, ARefLifeTime);

  if AModuleHandle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE then AModuleHandle := {$IFNDEF FPC}SysInit.{$ELSE}System.{$ENDIF}HInstance;

  ResInfo := FindResource(AModuleHandle, AResourceName, AResourceType);
  GMApiCheckObj('FindResource', '', GetLastError, ResInfo <> 0, Self);

  ResData := LoadResource(AModuleHandle, ResInfo);
  GMApiCheckObj('LoadResource', '', GetLastError, ResData <> 0, Self);

  FSizeInBytes := SizeOfResource(AModuleHandle, ResInfo);
  FMemory := LockResource(ResData);
end;

procedure TGMResourceMemoryBuffer.InternalRealloc(const ANewSizeInBytes: Int64);
begin
  if ANewSizeInBytes <> 0 then raise EGMException.ObjError(RStrResWriteNotSupported, Self);
end;


{ ---------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMMemoryLockBytes ---- }
{ ---------------------------- }

constructor TGMMemoryLockBytes.Create(const AAllocAlignment: LongInt;
                                      const AZeroInit: Boolean;
                                      const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean;
                                      const ASizeInBytes: Int64;
                                      const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  //FMemoryBuffer := CreateMemoryBuffer(ASizeInBytes, AAllocAlignment, AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy);
  FMemoryBuffer := TGMMemoryBuffer.Create(Self, ASizeInBytes, AAllocAlignment, AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy, OnAfterRealloc, False);
  GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(FCTime);
  FATime := FCTime;
  FMTime := FCTime;
end;

destructor TGMMemoryLockBytes.Destroy;
begin
  GMFreeAndNil(FMemoryBuffer);
  inherited Destroy;
end;

procedure TGMMemoryLockBytes.Clear(const AResetOffset: Boolean = True);
begin
  if AResetOffset then Offset := 0;
  InternalSetSize(Offset);
end;

{function TGMMemoryLockBytes.CreateMemoryBuffer(const ASizeInBytes, AAllocAlignment: LongInt; const AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean): TGMMemoryBuffer;
begin
  Result := TGMMemoryBuffer.Create(Self, ASizeInBytes, AAllocAlignment, AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy, OnAfterRealloc, False);
end;}

procedure TGMMemoryLockBytes.OnAfterRealloc(const ASender: TObject);
begin
end;

function TGMMemoryLockBytes.Memory: Pointer;
begin
  Result := GMAddPtr(FMemoryBuffer.Memory, Offset);
end;

function TGMMemoryLockBytes.GetDataSize: Int64;
begin
  Result := Max(FFullDataSize - Offset, 0);
end;

procedure TGMMemoryLockBytes.InternalSetSize(ANewSize: Int64);
begin
  //
  // Offset adding is done in interface method SetSize
  //
  ANewSize := Max(ANewSize, 0);
  if ANewSize <> FFullDataSize then
   begin
    FMemoryBuffer.ReallocMemory(ANewSize);
    FFullDataSize := ANewSize;
    FOffset := Min(FOffset, ANewSize);
   end;
end;

procedure TGMMemoryLockBytes.AssignFromIntf(const ASource: IUnknown);
var srcLockBytes: ILockBytes; srcOffset: IGMGetSetOffset; orgSrcOffset: LongInt;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ASource, ILockBytes, srcLockBytes, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  GMCheckQueryInterface(ASource, IGMGetSetOffset, srcOffset, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  Offset := 0;
  orgSrcOffset := srcOffset.Offset;
  srcOffset.Offset := 0;
  try
   GMCopyLockBytes(srcLockBytes, Self);
  finally
   srcOffset.Offset := orgSrcOffset;
  end;
  Offset := orgSrcOffset;
end;

function TGMMemoryLockBytes.GetOffset: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := FOffset;
end;

procedure TGMMemoryLockBytes.SetOffset(AValue: PtrInt);
begin
  AValue := Max(0, AValue);

  if AValue <> FOffset then
   begin
    if AValue > FFullDataSize then InternalSetSize(AValue);
    FOffset := AValue;
   end;
end;

procedure TGMMemoryLockBytes.SetOffsetAndShiftData(const ANewOffset: LongInt);
begin
  if ANewOffset < Offset then
   begin
    Move(Memory^, GMAddPtr(FMemoryBuffer.Memory, ANewOffset)^, Max(0, FFullDataSize - Offset));
    InternalSetSize(FFullDataSize - Offset + ANewOffset);
   end else
  if ANewOffset > Offset then
   begin
    InternalSetSize(FFullDataSize - Offset + ANewOffset);
    Move(Memory^, GMAddPtr(FMemoryBuffer.Memory, ANewOffset)^, Max(0, FFullDataSize - ANewOffset));
   end;

  Offset := ANewOffset;
end;

function TGMMemoryLockBytes.ReadAt(ulOffset: Int64; pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult;
var N: LongInt;
begin
  try
   if pv = nil then begin Result := STG_E_INVALIDPOINTER; Exit; end;
   GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(FATime);
   N := Max(Min(cb, FFullDataSize - Offset - ulOffset), 0);
   if N > 0 then Move(GMAddPtr(Memory, ulOffset)^, pv^, N);
   if pcbRead <> nil then pcbRead^ := N;
   if N <> cb then Result := STG_E_READFAULT else Result := S_OK;
   //vfGMTrace(GMFormat('ILockBytes.ReadAt(Offset: %d, Size: %d, Read: %d)', [LongInt(ulOffset), cb, N]), tpCall);
  except
   on ex: TObject do Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd);
  end;
end;

function TGMMemoryLockBytes.WriteAt(ulOffset: Int64; pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult;
begin
  try
   if pv = nil then begin Result := STG_E_INVALIDPOINTER; Exit; end;
   GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(FATime);
   FMTime := FATime;
   InternalSetSize(Max(FFullDataSize, Offset + ulOffset + cb));
   Move(pv^, GMAddPtr(Memory, ulOffset)^, cb);
   if pcbWritten <> nil then pcbWritten^ := cb;
   Result := S_OK;
   //vfGMTrace(GMFormat('ILockBytes.WriteAt(Offset: %d, Size: %d, Written: %d)', [LongInt(ulOffset), cb, cb]), tpCall);
  except
   on ex: TObject do Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd);
  end;
end;

function TGMMemoryLockBytes.Flush: HResult;
begin
  Result := S_OK;
end;

function TGMMemoryLockBytes.SetSize(cb: Int64): HResult;
begin
  try
   GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(FATime);
   FMTime := FATime;
   InternalSetSize(cb + Offset);
   Result := S_OK;
  except
   on ex: TObject do Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd);
  end;
end;

function TGMMemoryLockBytes.LockRegion(libOffset: Int64; cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := STG_E_INVALIDFUNCTION;
end;

function TGMMemoryLockBytes.UnlockRegion(libOffset: Int64; cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := STG_E_INVALIDFUNCTION;
end;

function TGMMemoryLockBytes.Stat(out statstg: TStatStg; grfStatFlag: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  try
   if @statstg = nil then begin Result := STG_E_INVALIDPOINTER; Exit; end;
   //FillByte(statstg, SizeOf(statstg), 0);
   statstg := Default(TStatStg);
   if grfStatFlag and STATFLAG_NONAME = 0 then GMCoTaskStrDupW(ClassName);

   statstg.mtime := FMTime;
   statstg.ctime := FCTime;                 
   statstg.atime := FATime;

   statstg.dwType := STGTY_LOCKBYTES;
   statstg.cbSize := DataSize;
   statstg.grfMode := STGM_READWRITE;
   statstg.grfLocksSupported := LOCK_WRITE;
   Result := S_OK;
  except
   on ex: TObject do Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd);
  end;
end;


{ ------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMIStreamBase ---- }
{ ------------------------ }

constructor TGMIStreamBase.Create(const AMode: DWORD; const AName: UnicodeString = ''; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
begin
  Create(ARefLifeTime);
  if Length(AName) > 0 then FName := AName else FName := ClassName;
  FMode := AMode;
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.GetName: TGMString; stdcall;
begin
  Result := FName;
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.CloneCreateClass: TGMIStreamRootClass;
begin
  Result := nil; // <- Cloning is not supported, override it to support cloning
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.InternalGetSize: Int64;
begin
  Result := 0;
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.Clone(out stm: IStream): HResult;
var Clone: IUnknown;
begin
  try
   // Override CloneCreateClass to make your stream clonable
   if CloneCreateClass = nil then begin Result := E_NOTIMPL; Exit; end;
   Clone := CloneCreateClass.Create(FMode, FName, RefLifeTime);
   Result := Clone.QueryInterface(IStream, stm);
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd) else raise;
  end;
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.CopyTo(stm: IStream; cb: Int64; out cbRead, cbWritten: Int64): HResult;
const CResult: array [Boolean] of HResult = (STG_E_WRITEFAULT, S_OK);
      CBufSize = cDfltCopyBufferSize;
var Buffer: IGMMemoryBuffer; R, W: LongWord; RTotal, WTotal: Int64;
begin
  try
   if stm = nil then begin Result := E_INVALIDARG; Exit; end;
   RTotal := 0; WTotal := 0;

   if cb = 0 then Result := S_OK else
    begin
     Buffer := TGMMemoryBuffer.Create(nil, CBufSize);
     repeat
      GMHrCheckObj(Read(Buffer.Obj.Memory, Min(CBufSize, cb - RTotal), PLongInt(@R)), Self, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
      if R = 0 then Continue;
      Inc(RTotal, R);
      GMHrCheckIntf(stm.Write(Buffer.Obj.Memory, R, PLongInt(@W)), stm, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
      Inc(WTotal, W);
     until (R < CBufSize) or (W <> R);
     Result := CResult[RTotal = WTotal];
    end;

   if @cbRead <> nil then cbRead := RTotal;
   if @cbWritten <> nil then cbWritten := WTotal;
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd) else raise;
  end;
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.Stat(out statstg: TStatStg; grfStatFlag: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  try
   if @statstg = nil then begin Result := STG_E_INVALIDPOINTER; Exit; end;
   //FillByte(statstg, SizeOf(statstg), 0);
   statstg := Default(TStatStg);
   if grfStatFlag and STATFLAG_NONAME = 0 then statstg.pwcsName := GMCoTaskStrDupW(FName);
   statstg.cbSize := InternalGetSize;
   statstg.dwType := STGTY_STREAM;
   //statstg.grfLocksSupported := LOCK_WRITE; // <- leave it zero => no locks supported
   statstg.grfMode := LongInt(FMode);
   Result := S_OK;
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd) else raise;
  end;
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.SetSize(libNewSize: Int64): HResult;
begin
  Result := STG_E_INVALIDFUNCTION;
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.Revert: HResult;
begin
  Result := STG_E_REVERTED;
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.Commit(grfCommitFlags: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := S_OK;
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.LockRegion(libOffset, cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := STG_E_INVALIDFUNCTION;
end;

function TGMIStreamBase.UnlockRegion(libOffset, cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := STG_E_INVALIDFUNCTION;
end;


{ ------------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMSequentialIStream ---- }
{ ------------------------------ }

function TGMSequentialIStream.InternalGetSize: Int64;
begin
  Result := FSize;
end;

function TGMSequentialIStream.Read(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult;
var n, rest: LongWord;
begin
  try
   if pv = nil then begin Result := STG_E_INVALIDPOINTER; if pcbRead <> nil then pcbRead^ := 0; Exit; end;
   rest := cb;
   repeat
    n := 0;
    InternalRead(GMAddPtr(pv, LongWord(cb) - rest), rest, n);
    Dec(rest, n);
    Inc(FPosition, n);
   until (rest = 0) or (n = 0);
   if pcbRead <> nil then pcbRead^ := LongWord(cb) - rest;
   //FPosition := FPosition + cb - rest;
   FSize := Max(FPosition, FSize);
   Result := GMIStreamReadResult(pcbRead, rest = 0);
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd, GM_E_STREAMREAD) else raise;
  end;
end;

function TGMSequentialIStream.Write(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult;
var rest, n: DWORD;
begin
  try
   if pv = nil then begin Result := STG_E_INVALIDPOINTER; if pcbWritten <> nil then pcbWritten^ := 0; Exit; end;
   rest := cb;
   repeat
    n := 0;
    InternalWrite(GMAddPtr(pv, LongWord(cb) - rest), rest, n);
    Dec(rest, n);
    Inc(FPosition, n);
   until (rest = 0) or (n = 0);
   if pcbWritten <> nil then pcbWritten^ := LongWord(cb) - rest;
   //FPosition := FPosition + cb - rest;
   FSize := Max(FPosition, FSize);
   Result := GMIStreamWriteResult(pcbWritten, rest = 0);
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd, GM_E_STREAMWRITE) else raise;
  end;
end;

function TGMSequentialIStream.Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult;
//
// Typical implementation for sequential streams
//
const CResult: array [Boolean] of HResult = (E_FAIL, S_OK);
var NewPos: Int64; Buf: IGMMemoryBuffer;
begin
  try
   Result := CO_E_NOT_SUPPORTED;

   case dwOrigin of
    STREAM_SEEK_CUR: NewPos := Max(0, FPosition + dlibMove);
    STREAM_SEEK_SET: NewPos := Max(0, dlibMove);
    else Exit; // <- Result is CO_E_NOT_SUPPORTED
   end;

   // we cannot seek backward
   if NewPos < FPosition then Exit; // <- Result is CO_E_NOT_SUPPORTED

   if NewPos > FPosition then
    begin
     // Seeking forward not possible in write mode
     if FMode = STGM_WRITE then Exit; // <- Result is CO_E_NOT_SUPPORTED
     // Eat the gap and throw away the data when seeking forward in read mode
     Buf := TGMMemoryBuffer.Create(nil, NewPos - FPosition);
     Read(Buf.Obj.Memory, Buf.Obj.SizeInBytes, nil);
    end;

   // In write mode NewPos must be equal to FPosition to get here
   Result := CResult[FPosition = NewPos];
   if libNewPosition <> nil then libNewPosition^ := FPosition;
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd) else raise;
  end;
end;

 
{ ------------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMMemoryIStreamBase ---- }
{ ------------------------------ }

destructor TGMMemoryIStreamBase.Destroy;
begin
  GMFreeAndNil(FMemoryBuffer);
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMMemoryIStreamBase.Obj: TGMMemoryIStreamBase;
begin
  Result := Self;
end;

function TGMMemoryIStreamBase.Memory: Pointer;
begin
  Result := FMemoryBuffer.Obj.Memory;
end;

function TGMMemoryIStreamBase.Size: Int64;
begin
  Result := FSize;
end;

procedure TGMMemoryIStreamBase.Clear;
begin
  InternalSetSize(0);
end;

procedure TGMMemoryIStreamBase.OnAfterRealloc(const Sender: TObject);
begin
end;

procedure TGMMemoryIStreamBase.LimitPosition;
begin
  FPosition := Max(0, Min(FPosition, FSize));
end;

procedure TGMMemoryIStreamBase.InternalSetSize(NewSize: Int64);
begin
  NewSize := Max(NewSize, 0);
  if NewSize <> FSize then
   begin
    FMemoryBuffer.Obj.ReallocMemory(NewSize);
    FSize := NewSize;
    LimitPosition;
   end;
end;

function TGMMemoryIStreamBase.SetSize(libNewSize: Int64): HResult;
begin
  try
   InternalSetSize(libNewSize);
   Result := S_OK;
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd) else raise;
  end;
end;

procedure TGMMemoryIStreamBase.InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord);
begin
  //FPosition := Max64(0, FPosition);
  pcbRead := Max(0, Min(cb, FSize - FPosition));
  if pcbRead <= 0 then Exit;
  System.Move(GMAddPtr(FMemoryBuffer.Obj.Memory, FPosition)^, pv^, pcbRead);
  //Inc(FPosition, pcbRead);
end;

procedure TGMMemoryIStreamBase.InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord);
var NewPos: Int64;
begin
  //FPosition := Max64(0, FPosition);
  pcbWritten := cb;
  if pcbWritten <= 0 then Exit;
  NewPos := FPosition + cb;
  if NewPos > FSize then InternalSetSize(NewPos);
  System.Move(pv^, GMAddPtr(FMemoryBuffer.Obj.Memory, FPosition)^, cb);
  //FPosition := NewPos;
end;

function TGMMemoryIStreamBase.Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult;
begin
  try
   case dwOrigin of
    STREAM_SEEK_SET: FPosition := dlibMove;
    STREAM_SEEK_CUR: FPosition := FPosition + dlibMove;
    STREAM_SEEK_END: FPosition := FSize + dlibMove;
   end;
   //LimitPosition; // <- allow seek beyond end of data!
   FPosition := Max(0, FPosition);
   if libNewPosition <> nil then libNewPosition^ := FPosition;
   //Result := FPosition;
   Result := S_OK;
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd) else raise;
  end;
end;



{ -------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMMemoryIStream ---- }
{ -------------------------- }

constructor TGMMemoryIStream.Create(const AAllocAlignment: LongInt;
  const AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean;
  const ASizeInBytes: Int64; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(STGM_READWRITE, '', ARefLifeTime);
  FMemoryBuffer := CreateMemoryBuffer(ASizeInBytes, AAllocAlignment, AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy);
  FSize := ASizeInBytes;
end;

function TGMMemoryIStream.CreateMemoryBuffer(const ASizeInBytes: Int64; const AAllocAlignment: LongInt; const AZeroInit,
  AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean): TGMMemoryBuffer;
begin
  Result := TGMMemoryBuffer.Create(Self, ASizeInBytes, AAllocAlignment, AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy, OnAfterRealloc, False);
end;


{ -------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMGlobalMemoryIStream ---- }
{ -------------------------------- }

constructor TGMGlobalMemoryIStream.Create(const AAllocAlignment: LongInt;
                                          const AZeroInit: Boolean;
                                          const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean;
                                          const ASizeInBytes: Int64;
                                          const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  FAllocFlags := cDfltGlobalAllocFlags;
  inherited Create(AAllocAlignment, AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy, ASizeInBytes, ARefLifeTime);
end;

constructor TGMGlobalMemoryIStream.Create(const AAllocAlignment: LongInt;
                                          const AAllocFlags: LongWord;
                                          const AHGlobal: HGlobal;
                                          const AZeroInit: Boolean;
                                          const AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean;
                                          const ASizeInBytes: Int64;
                                          const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  FAllocFlags := AAllocFlags;
  inherited Create(AAllocAlignment, AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy, ASizeInBytes, ARefLifeTime);
  if AHGlobal <> 0 then AssignGlobalMemory(AHGlobal);
end;

function TGMGlobalMemoryIStream.GetHandle: THandle;
var PIHandle: IGMGetHandle;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(MemoryBuffer, IGMGetHandle, PIHandle, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  Result := PIHandle.Handle;
end;

function TGMGlobalMemoryIStream.CreateMemoryBuffer(const ASizeInBytes: Int64; const AAllocAlignment: LongInt; const AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy: Boolean): TGMMemoryBuffer;
begin
  Result := TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer.Create(Self, ASizeInBytes, AAllocAlignment, FAllocFlags, AZeroInit, AFreeMemoryOnDestroy, OnAfterRealloc, False);
end;

procedure TGMGlobalMemoryIStream.AssignGlobalMemory(const AHGlobal: HGLOBAL; const ADataSize: Int64; const APosition: LongInt);
var PIHandle: IGMGetSetHandle;
begin
  GMCheckQueryInterface(MemoryBuffer, IGMGetSetHandle, PIHandle, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  PIHandle.Handle := AHGlobal;
  if ADataSize = -1 then FSize := MemoryBuffer.Obj.SizeInBytes else FSize := Max(0, Min(MemoryBuffer.Obj.SizeInBytes, ADataSize));
  FPosition := APosition;
  LimitPosition;
end;


{ ---------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMResourceIStream ---- }
{ ---------------------------- }

constructor TGMAnsiStringIStream.Create(const AContentAsString: AnsiString; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(STGM_READWRITE, '', ARefLifeTime);
  FMemoryBuffer := TGMAnsiStringMemoryBuffer.Create(Self, AContentAsString, OnAfterRealloc, False);
  FSize := FMemoryBuffer.Obj.FSizeInBytes;
end;

function TGMAnsiStringIStream.GetText: TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMGetObjText(FMemoryBuffer);
end;

function TGMAnsiStringIStream.GetAnsiText: AnsiString;
var ansiText: IGMGetAnsiText;
begin
  if GMGetInterface(FMemoryBuffer, IGMGetAnsiText, ansiText) then Result := ansiText.GetAnsiText else Result := '';
end;


{ -------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMStringIStream ---- }
{ -------------------------- }

constructor TGMStringIStream.Create(const AContentAsString: TGMString; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(STGM_READWRITE, '', ARefLifeTime);
  FMemoryBuffer := TGMStringMemoryBuffer.Create(Self, AContentAsString, OnAfterRealloc, False);
  FSize := FMemoryBuffer.Obj.FSizeInBytes;
end;

function TGMStringIStream.GetText: TGMString; stdcall;
begin
  Result := GMGetObjText(FMemoryBuffer);
end;


{ ---------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMResourceIStream ---- }
{ ---------------------------- }

constructor TGMResourceIStream.Create(const AResourceName: PGMChar;
                                     const AResourceType: PGMChar;
                                     const AModuleHandle: THandle;
                                     const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(STGM_READ, '', ARefLifeTime);
  FMemoryBuffer := TGMResourceMemoryBuffer.Create(Self, AResourceName, AResourceType, AModuleHandle, OnAfterRealloc, False);
  FSize := FMemoryBuffer.Obj.FSizeInBytes;
end;


{ ----------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMLockBytesIStream ---- }
{ ----------------------------- }

constructor TGMLockBytesIStream.Create(const ALockBytes: ILockBytes; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(STGM_READWRITE, '', ARefLifeTime);
   FLockBytes := ALockBytes;
end;

{function TGMLockBytesIStream.GetOffset: LongInt;
begin
end;

procedure TGMLockBytesIStream.SetOffset(Value: LongInt);
begin
end;}

procedure TGMLockBytesIStream.InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord);
begin
  GMHrCheckObj(FLockBytes.ReadAt(FPosition, pv, cb, PLongInt(@pcbRead)), Self, 'TGMLockBytesIStream.InternalRead');
end;

procedure TGMLockBytesIStream.InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord);
begin
  GMHrCheckObj(FLockBytes.WriteAt(FPosition, pv, cb, PLongInt(@pcbWritten)), Self, 'TGMLockBytesIStream.InternalWrite');
end;

function TGMLockBytesIStream.SetSize(libNewSize: Int64): HResult;
begin
  Result := FLockBytes.SetSize(libNewSize);
end;

function TGMLockBytesIStream.Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult;
begin
  try
   case dwOrigin of
    STREAM_SEEK_SET: FPosition := dlibMove;
    STREAM_SEEK_CUR: FPosition := FPosition + dlibMove;
    STREAM_SEEK_END: FPosition := FSize + dlibMove;
   end;
   //LimitPosition; // <- allow seek beyond end of data!
   FPosition := Max(0, FPosition);
   if libNewPosition <> nil then libNewPosition^ := FPosition;
   //Result := FPosition;
   Result := S_OK;
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd) else raise;
  end;
end;


{ ------------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMFileHandleIStream ---- }
{ ------------------------------ }

constructor TGMFileHandleIStream.Create(const AHandle: LongWord; const AMode: LongInt; const AName: UnicodeString = ''; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
begin
  inherited Create(AMode, AName, ARefLifeTime);
  FHandle := AHandle;
end;

function TGMFileHandleIStream.GetHandle: THandle;
begin
  Result := FHandle;
end;

function TGMFileHandleIStream.HandleIsValid: Boolean;
begin
  Result := (FHandle <> 0) and (FHandle <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);
end;

procedure TGMFileHandleIStream.InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord);
begin
  if not ReadFile(FHandle, pv{$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}^{$ENDIF}, cb, {$IFDEF JEDIAPI}@{$ENDIF}pcbRead, nil) then
     GMApiCheckObj('ReadFile', '', GetLastError, False, Self);
end;

procedure TGMFileHandleIStream.InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord);
begin
  if not WriteFile(FHandle, pv{$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}^{$ENDIF}, cb, {$IFDEF JEDIAPI}@{$ENDIF}pcbWritten, nil) then
     GMApiCheckObj('WriteFile', '', GetLastError, False, Self);
end;


{ ------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMFileIStream ---- }
{ ------------------------ }

constructor TGMFileIStream.Create(const AFileName: TGMString; const AAccess, AShare, ACreateKind: DWORD; const AFlags: DWORD; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
var sizeLo, sizeHi: DWORD; mode, lastErr: DWORD;
begin
  if AAccess and (GENERIC_READ or GENERIC_WRITE) = GENERIC_READ or GENERIC_WRITE then mode := STGM_READWRITE
  else
  if AAccess and GENERIC_READ = GENERIC_READ then mode := STGM_READ
  else
  if AAccess and GENERIC_WRITE = GENERIC_WRITE then mode := STGM_WRITE
  else
  mode := 0;
  inherited Create(mode, AFileName, ARefLifeTime);
  FHandle := CreateFile(PGMChar(AFileName), AAccess, AShare, nil, ACreateKind, AFlags, 0); // FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL

  if not HandleIsValid then
   begin
    lastErr := GetLastError;
    GMApiCheckObjParams('CreateFile("'+AFileName+'")', '', lastErr, False, [PGMChar(AFileName)], Self);
    //GMApiCheckObj('CreateFile("'+AFileName+'")', ': "'+AFileName+'"', lastErr, False, Self);
   end;

  sizeLo := GetFileSize(FHandle, @sizeHi);
  if sizeLo <> $FFFFFFFF then FSize := (sizeHi shl 32) or sizeLo;
end;

constructor TGMFileIStream.CreateRead(const AFileName: TGMString; const AShare, AFlags: DWORD; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  Create(AFileName, GENERIC_READ, AShare, OPEN_EXISTING, AFlags, ARefLifeTime);
end;

constructor TGMFileIStream.CreateOverwrite(const AFileName: TGMString; const AAccess, AFlags: DWORD; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  Create(AFileName, AAccess, FILE_SHARE_READ, CREATE_ALWAYS, AFlags, ARefLifeTime);
end;

destructor TGMFileIStream.Destroy;
begin
  if HandleIsValid then begin CloseHandle(FHandle); FHandle := 0; end;
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMFileIStream.Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult;
//const CResult: array [Boolean] of HResult = (E_FAIL, S_OK);
var Offs: LongInt; NewPos: DWORD;
begin
  try
   Offs := dlibMove;
   {ToDo: 64 Bit variante oder SetFilePointerEx verwenden, achtung Win 95/98!}
   NewPos := SetFilePointer(FHandle, Offs, nil, dwOrigin);
   if NewPos = $FFFFFFFF then begin Result := E_FAIL; Exit; end;
   FPosition := NewPos;
   Result := S_OK;
   if libNewPosition <> nil then libNewPosition^ := FPosition;
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd) else raise;
  end;
end;


{ ------------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMOverlappedIStream ---- }
{ ------------------------------ }

function GMReadFile(hFile: THandle; pBuffer: Pointer; nNumberOfBytesToRead: LongWord;
                    var lpNumberOfBytesRead: LongWord; lpOverlapped: POverlapped): BOOL;
begin
  Result := ReadFile(hFile, pBuffer, nNumberOfBytesToRead, {$IFDEF JEDIAPI}@{$ENDIF}lpNumberOfBytesRead, lpOverlapped);
end;

function GMWriteFile(hFile: THandle; pBuffer: Pointer; nNumberOfBytesToWrite: LongWord;
                     var lpNumberOfBytesWritten: LongWord; lpOverlapped: POverlapped): BOOL;
begin
  Result := WriteFile(hFile, pBuffer, nNumberOfBytesToWrite, {$IFDEF JEDIAPI}@{$ENDIF}lpNumberOfBytesWritten, lpOverlapped);
end;

constructor TGMOverlappedIStream.Create(const AHandle: LongWord; const AMode: LongInt; const AEvAbort: IGMGetHandle;
                                        const AName: UnicodeString; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(AHandle, AMode, AName, ARefLifeTime);
  FEvIOCompleted := TGMEvent.Create(True, False, '', nil, True);
  FOverlappedIOData.hEvent := FEvIOCompleted.Handle;
  FWaitHandles[owhIOComple] := FEvIOCompleted.Handle;
  if AEvAbort <> nil then FWaitHandles[owhAbort] := AEvAbort.Handle;
end;

procedure TGMOverlappedIStream.FileRWWrapper(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord; const FileRWFunc: TFileRWFunc);
const cOverlappedRWSucces: array [0..1] of PtrInt = (ERROR_SUCCESS, ERROR_IO_PENDING);
      cCount: array [Boolean] of LongWord = (1, 2);
begin
  if not Assigned(FileRWFunc) then Exit;
  GMApiCheckObj('ResetEvent', '', GetLastError, ResetEvent(FOverlappedIOData.hEvent), Self);
  GMAPICheckObjEx('FileRWFunc', '', GetLastError, FileRWFunc(FHandle, pv, cb, pcbRead, @FOverlappedIOData), cOverlappedRWSucces, Self);
  if GMMsgLoopWaitForMultipleObjects(CCount[FWaitHandles[owhAbort] <> 0], @FWaitHandles, False) = WAIT_OBJECT_0 + Ord(owhAbort) then
   begin
    GMApiCheckObj('CancelIO', '', GetLastError, CancelIO(FHandle), Self);
    raise EGMAbort.Create(RStrOperationCanceled);
   end;
  GMApiCheckObj('GetOverlappedResult', '', GetLastError, GetOverlappedResult(FHandle, FOverlappedIOData, pcbRead, True), Self);
end;

procedure TGMOverlappedIStream.InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord);
begin
  FileRWWrapper(pv, cb, pcbRead, GMReadFile);
end;

procedure TGMOverlappedIStream.InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord);
begin
  FileRWWrapper(pv, cb, pcbWritten, GMWriteFile);
end;


{ --------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMChainedIStream ---- }
{ --------------------------- }

constructor TGMChainedIStream.Create(const AChainedStream: IStream; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
begin
  Assert(AChainedStream <> nil, 'AChainedStream <> nil');
  inherited Create(STGM_READWRITE, '', ARefLifeTime);
  FChainedStream := AChainedStream;
end;

// ---- ISequentialStream ----

function TGMChainedIStream.Read(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult;
begin
  Result := FChainedStream.Read(pv, cb, pcbRead);
end;

function TGMChainedIStream.Write(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult;
begin
  Result := FChainedStream.Write(pv, cb, pcbWritten);
end;

// ---- IStream ----

function TGMChainedIStream.Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult;
begin
  Result := FChainedStream.Seek(dlibMove, dwOrigin, libNewPosition);
end;

function TGMChainedIStream.SetSize(libNewSize: Int64): HResult;
begin
  Result := FChainedStream.SetSize(libNewSize);
end;

function TGMChainedIStream.Commit(grfCommitFlags: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := FChainedStream.Commit(grfCommitFlags);
end;

function TGMChainedIStream.Revert: HResult;
begin
  Result := FChainedStream.Revert;
end;

function TGMChainedIStream.LockRegion(libOffset: Int64; cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := FChainedStream.LockRegion(libOffset, cb, dwLockType);
end;

function TGMChainedIStream.UnlockRegion(libOffset: Int64; cb: Int64; dwLockType: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := FChainedStream.UnlockRegion(libOffset, cb, dwLockType);
end;

function TGMChainedIStream.Stat(out statstg: TStatStg; grfStatFlag: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  Result := FChainedStream.Stat(statstg, grfStatFlag);
end;


{ ----------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMNotifyingIStream ---- }
{ ----------------------------- }

constructor TGMNotifyingIStream.Create(const AChainedStream: IStream; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
begin
  inherited Create(AChainedStream, ARefLifeTime);
  FConnectionPointContainer := TGMConnectionPointContainerImpl.Create([IGMDisconnectFromConnectionPoint]);
  CreateConnectionPoint(IGMOnProgress);
end;

destructor TGMNotifyingIStream.Destroy;
var PIOwnerDestroy: IGMReleaseReferences;
begin
  GMRequestCPCDisconnect(FConnectionPointContainer);
  if GMQueryInterface(FConnectionPointContainer, IGMReleaseReferences, PIOwnerDestroy) then PIOwnerDestroy.ReleaseReferences;
  inherited Destroy;
end;

procedure TGMNotifyingIStream.CallSinkOnProgress(const NotifySink: IUnknown; const Params: array of OleVariant);
var Sink: IGMOnProgress;
begin
  if (Length(Params) > 1) and GMQueryInterface(NotifySink, IGMOnProgress, Sink) then
   {$IFDEF DELPHI5}
   try Sink.OnProgress(LongInt(Params[Low(Params)]), FCancel, TGMCalcProgressKind(Params[Low(Params)+1])); except end;
   {$ELSE}
   try Sink.OnProgress(Params[Low(Params)], FCancel, TGMCalcProgressKind(Params[Low(Params)+1])); except end;
   {$ENDIF}
end;

function TGMNotifyingIStream.OnProgress(const AProgress: Int64): Boolean;
begin
  FCancel := False;
  GMCpcCallNotifySinksObj(Self, IGMOnProgress, CallSinkOnProgress, True, [LongInt(AProgress)]);
  Result := not FCancel;
end;

{ ---- ISequentialStream ---- }

function TGMNotifyingIStream.Read(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult;
var N: LongInt;
begin
  try
   N := 0;
   Result := inherited Read(pv, cb, @N);
   if pcbRead <> nil then pcbRead^ := N;
   if not GMHrSucceeded(Result) then Exit;
   Inc(FPosition, LongWord(N));
   if not OnProgress(FPosition) then Result := E_ABORT; // Result := GMIStreamReadResult(pcbRead, N = cb)
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd, GM_E_STREAMREAD) else raise;
  end;
end;

function TGMNotifyingIStream.Write(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult;
var N: LongInt;
begin
  try
   N := 0;
   Result := inherited Write(pv, cb, @N);
   if pcbWritten <> nil then pcbWritten^ := N;
   if not GMHrSucceeded(Result) then Exit;
   Inc(FPosition, LongWord(N));
   if not OnProgress(FPosition) then Result := E_ABORT; // Result := GMIStreamWriteResult(pcbWritten, N = cb)
  except
   on ex: TObject do if FCaptureExceptions then Result := vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cHrPrntWnd, GM_E_STREAMWRITE) else raise;
  end;
end;

// ---- IGMCreateConnectionPoint ----

procedure TGMNotifyingIStream.CreateConnectionPoint(const IID: TGUID);
var CreateCp: IGMCreateConnectionPoint;
begin
  if GMQueryInterface(FConnectionPointContainer, IGMCreateConnectionPoint, CreateCp) then
   CreateCp.CreateConnectionPoint(IID);
end;


// ---- IConnectionPointContainer ----

function TGMNotifyingIStream.EnumConnectionPoints(out Enum: IEnumConnectionPoints): HResult;
begin
  Result := FConnectionPointContainer.EnumConnectionPoints(Enum);
end;

function TGMNotifyingIStream.FindConnectionPoint(const iid: TGUID; out cp: IConnectionPoint): HResult;
begin
  Result := FConnectionPointContainer.FindConnectionPoint(iid, cp);
end;


{ ---------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMBufferedIStream ---- }
{ ---------------------------- }

constructor TGMBufferedIStream.Create(const AChainedStream: IStream; const ABufSizeInBytes: Integer; const AName: TGMString; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(STGM_READWRITE, AName, ARefLifeTime);
  FChainedStream := AChainedStream;
  SetLength(FAnsiStrBuffer, ABufSizeInBytes);
end;

destructor TGMBufferedIStream.Destroy;
begin
  try FlushBuffer; except end; // <- nerver raise in destructors!
  inherited Destroy;
end;

procedure TGMBufferedIStream.InternalRead(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbRead: LongWord);
begin
  if FChainedStream <> nil then GMHrCheckObj(FChainedStream.Read(pv, cb, PLongInt(@pcbRead)), Self, 'InternalRead');
end;

procedure TGMBufferedIStream.InternalWrite(pv: Pointer; cb: LongWord; var pcbWritten: LongWord);
begin
  if FChainedStream <> nil then GMHrCheckObj(FChainedStream.Write(pv, cb, PLongInt(@pcbWritten)), Self, 'InternalWrite');
end;

//function TGMBufferedIStream.Seek(dlibMove: Int64; dwOrigin: LongInt; libNewPosition: PInt64): HResult;
//begin
//Result := inherited Seek(dlibMove, dwOrigin, libNewPosition);
//end;

function TGMBufferedIStream.FillBuffer: HResult;
begin
  if (Length(FAnsiStrBuffer) <= 0) then Result := S_OK else
   begin
    Result := inherited Read(PAnsiChar(FAnsiStrBuffer), Length(FAnsiStrBuffer), @FBufDataSize);
    if GMHrSucceeded(Result) then FBufPos := 0;
   end;
end;

function TGMBufferedIStream.Read(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbRead: PLongint): HResult;
var n: LongInt;
begin
  if (pv = nil) or (FChainedStream = nil) then begin Result := STG_E_INVALIDPOINTER; if pcbRead <> nil then pcbRead^ := 0; Exit; end;
  if Length(FAnsiStrBuffer) <= 0 then begin Result := inherited Read(pv, cb, pcbRead); Exit; end;

  Result := S_OK;
  repeat
   n := Min(FBufDataSize - FBufPos, cb);
   if n > 0 then
    begin
     System.Move(FAnsiStrBuffer[FBufPos+1], pv^, n);
     Dec(cb, n);
     if cb > 0 then pv := GMAddPtr(pv, n);
     Inc(FBufPos, n);
     if pcbRead <> nil then Inc(pcbRead^, n);
    end;

   if FBufPos >= FBufDataSize then
     if FBufDataSize = Length(FAnsiStrBuffer) then Result := FillBuffer else Break;

  until (cb = 0) or (Result < 0);
end;

function TGMBufferedIStream.FlushBuffer: HResult;
var written: LongInt;
begin
  if (Length(FAnsiStrBuffer) <= 0) or (FBufWriteCount <= 0) then Result := S_OK else
   begin
    written := 0;
    Result := inherited Write(PAnsiChar(FAnsiStrBuffer), FBufWriteCount, @written);
    if written <> FBufWriteCount then raise EGMException.IntfError(GMFormat(RStrWriteErrorFmt, [FBufWriteCount, written]), Self, 'FlushBuffer');
    if Result = S_OK then FBufWriteCount := 0;
   end;
end;

function TGMBufferedIStream.Write(pv: Pointer; cb: LongInt; pcbWritten: PLongint): HResult;
var n: LongInt;
begin
  if (pv = nil) or (FChainedStream = nil) then begin Result := STG_E_INVALIDPOINTER; if pcbWritten <> nil then pcbWritten^ := 0; Exit; end;
  if Length(FAnsiStrBuffer) <= 0 then begin Result := inherited Write(pv, cb, pcbWritten); Exit; end;

  Result := S_OK;
  repeat
   n := Min(Length(FAnsiStrBuffer) - FBufWriteCount, cb);
   if n > 0 then
    begin
     System.Move(pv^, FAnsiStrBuffer[FBufWriteCount+1], n);
     Dec(cb, n);
     if cb > 0 then pv := GMAddPtr(pv, n);
     Inc(FBufWriteCount, n);
     if pcbWritten <> nil then Inc(pcbWritten^, n);
    end;

   if FBufWriteCount >= Length(FAnsiStrBuffer) then Result := FlushBuffer;

  until (cb = 0) or (Result < 0);

  FBufPos := FBufWriteCount;
  FBufDataSize := Max(FBufDataSize, FBufPos);
end;


{ ------------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMConnectableObject ---- }
{ ------------------------------ }

constructor TGMConnectableObject.Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FCallEventsWhenDisabled := cDfltCallEventsWhenDisabled;
  FConnectionPointContainer := TGMConnectionPointContainerImpl.Create([IGMDisconnectFromConnectionPoint]);
  FObjectConnectedTo := TGMObjInterfaceConnector.Create(Self, [], []);
end;

destructor TGMConnectableObject.Destroy;
var PIOwnerDestroy: IGMReleaseReferences;
begin
  GMRequestCPCDisconnect(ConnectionPointContainer);
  if GMQueryInterface(ConnectionPointContainer, IGMReleaseReferences, PIOwnerDestroy) then PIOwnerDestroy.ReleaseReferences;
  GMFreeAndNil(FObjectConnectedTo);
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMConnectableObject.GetPropertyIntf(const PropertyName: TGMString; const IID: TGUID; out Intf): HResult;
begin
  Result := E_NOTIMPL;
end;

function TGMConnectableObject.DoCallEvents: Boolean;
begin
  Result := CallEventsWhenDisabled or (NotifyDisableCount <= 0);
end;

function TGMConnectableObject.DoNotifySink(const NotifySink: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; out Intf): Boolean;
//var PIAskBoolean: IGMAskBoolean;
begin
  Result := GMDoNotifySink(NotifyDisableCount = 0, NotifySink, IID, Intf);
  //if (NotifySink = nil) or (NotifySink.QueryInterface(IID, Intf) <> S_OK) then Result := False else
   //Result := (NotifyDisableCount <= 0) or ((NotifySink.QueryInterface(IGMAskBoolean, PIAskBoolean) = S_OK) and (PIAskBoolean.AskBoolean(Ord(bvAlwaysNotify)) = Ord(barTrue)));
end;

procedure TGMConnectableObject.InternalClose;
begin
  GMCpcCallNotifySinks(Self, GUID_NULL, GMCallSinkClose, NotifyDisableCount = 0, []);
end;

procedure TGMConnectableObject.ConnectInterface(const Container: TObject; const IID: TGUID; var Cookie: LongInt; const CallingRoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName);
var PIUnknown: IUnknown; RtnName: TGMString;
begin
  if Container <> nil then
   begin
    if CallingRoutineName <> cDfltRoutineName then RtnName := CallingRoutineName else RtnName := {$I %CurrentRoutine%};
    GMCheckGetInterface(Container, IUnknown, PIUnknown, RtnName);
    GMInterfaceConnect(Self, PIUnknown, IID, Cookie, RtnName);
   end;
end;

procedure TGMConnectableObject.ConnectInterface(const Container: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; var Cookie: LongInt; const CallingRoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName);
var RtnName: TGMString;
begin
  if CallingRoutineName <> cDfltRoutineName then RtnName := CallingRoutineName else RtnName := {$I %CurrentRoutine%};
  GMInterfaceConnect(Self, Container, IID, Cookie, RtnName);
end;

procedure TGMConnectableObject.DisconnectInterface(const Container: TObject; const IID: TGUID; var Cookie: LongInt);
var PIUnknown: IUnknown;
begin
  if (Container <> nil) and (Cookie <> cInvalidCPCookie) then
   begin
    GMCheckGetInterface(Container, IUnknown, PIUnknown, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
    DisconnectInterface(PIUnknown, IID, Cookie);
   end;
end;

procedure TGMConnectableObject.DisconnectInterface(const Container: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; var Cookie: LongInt);
begin
  GMInterfaceDisconnect(Container, IID, Cookie);
end;

procedure TGMConnectableObject.NotifyConnectedObjectsOnFirstDisable(const NotificationOnFirstDisable: LongInt = Ord(rgNone));
begin
  // overridden in derived class
end;

procedure TGMConnectableObject.NotifyConnectedObjectsOnReEnable(const NotificationOnReEnable: LongInt = Ord(rgNone));
begin
  // overridden in derived class
end;


// ---- IGMCreateConnectionPoint ----

procedure TGMConnectableObject.CreateConnectionPoint(const IID: TGUID);
var CreateCp: IGMCreateConnectionPoint;
begin
  if GMQueryInterface(ConnectionPointContainer, IGMCreateConnectionPoint, CreateCp) then
   CreateCp.CreateConnectionPoint(IID);
end;


// ---- IConnectionPointContainer ----

function TGMConnectableObject.EnumConnectionPoints(out Enum: IEnumConnectionPoints): HResult;
begin
  Result := ConnectionPointContainer.EnumConnectionPoints(Enum);
end;

function TGMConnectableObject.FindConnectionPoint(const iid: TGUID; out cp: IConnectionPoint): HResult;
begin
  Result := ConnectionPointContainer.FindConnectionPoint(iid, cp);
end;


// ---- IGMEnableNotifications ----

function TGMConnectableObject.GetNotifyDisableCount: LongInt;
begin
  Result := FNotifyDisableCount;
end;

function TGMConnectableObject.DisableNotifications(const NotificationOnFirstDisable: LongInt = Ord(rgNone)): LongInt;
begin
  if FNotifyDisableCount = 0 then try NotifyConnectedObjectsOnFirstDisable(NotificationOnFirstDisable); except end;
  Inc(FNotifyDisableCount);
  Result := FNotifyDisableCount;
end;

function TGMConnectableObject.EnableNotifications(const NotificationOnReEnable: LongInt = Ord(rgNone)): LongInt;
begin
  FNotifyDisableCount := Max(0, FNotifyDisableCount-1);
  Result := FNotifyDisableCount;
  if FNotifyDisableCount = 0 then NotifyConnectedObjectsOnReEnable(NotificationOnReEnable);
end;


{ --------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMActivationProperties ---- }
{ --------------------------------- }

constructor TGMActivationProperties.Create(const AOwner: TObject);
begin
  inherited Create;
  FOwner := AOwner;
  FActiveStored := cDfltActiveStored;
end;

function TGMActivationProperties.GetActive: Boolean;
var PIActive: IGMGetActive;
begin
  GMCheckGetInterface(Owner, IGMGetActive, PIActive, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  Result := PIActive.Active;
end;

procedure TGMActivationProperties.SetActive(Value: Boolean);
var PIActive: IGMGetSetActive;
begin
  GMCheckGetInterface(Owner, IGMGetSetActive, PIActive, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  PIActive.Active := Value;
end;

function TGMActivationProperties.IsActiveStored: Boolean;
begin
  Result := StoreActive and GetActive;
end;


{ --------------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMActivationStoredProperties ---- }
{ --------------------------------------- }

constructor TGMActivationStoredProperties.Create(const AOwner: TObject);
begin
  inherited Create(AOwner);
  FActiveStored := cDfltActivePersists;
end;


{ ------------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMActivatableObject ---- }
{ ------------------------------ }

constructor TGMActivatableObject.Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FActivationProperties := ActivationPropertyCreateClass.Create(Self);
  CreateConnectionPoint(IGMActiveChangeNotifications);
end;

destructor TGMActivatableObject.Destroy;
begin
  if Active and CloseOnDestroy then Close;
  GMFreeAndNil(FActivationProperties);
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMActivatableObject.ActivationPropertyCreateClass: TGMActivationPropertyClass;
begin
  Result := TGMActivationProperties;
end;

function TGMActivatableObject.CloseOnDestroy: Boolean;
begin
  Result := True;
end;

procedure TGMActivatableObject.Open;
begin
  if not Active then Active := True;
end;

procedure TGMActivatableObject.Close;
begin
  if Active then Active := False;
end;

procedure TGMActivatableObject.CheckIsActive(const MemberName: TGMString);
begin
  GMCheckObjIsActive(Self, MemberName);
end;

procedure TGMActivatableObject.CheckIsInactive(const MemberName: TGMString);
begin
  if Active then GMCheckObjIsInActive(Self, MemberName);
end;

procedure TGMActivatableObject.SetActivationProperties(const Value: TGMActivationProperties);
begin
  Assert(False);
end;


// ---- CPC Notifications ----

procedure TGMActivatableObject.NotifyBeforeActiveChange(const NewActive: Boolean);
begin
  if Assigned(OnBeforeActiveChange) and DoCallEvents then OnBeforeActiveChange(Self, NewActive);
  GMCpcCallNotifySinks(Self, IGMActiveChangeNotifications, GMCallSinkBeforeActiveChange, NotifyDisableCount = 0, [NewActive]);
end;

procedure TGMActivatableObject.NotifyAfterActiveChange(const NewActive: Boolean);
begin
  GMCpcCallNotifySinks(Self, IGMActiveChangeNotifications, GMCallSinkAfterActiveChange, NotifyDisableCount = 0, [NewActive]);
  if Assigned(OnAfterActiveChange) and DoCallEvents then try OnAfterActiveChange(Self, NewActive); except end;
end;


{ ---- Classic Notifications ---- }

procedure TGMActivatableObject.DoBeforeOpen;
begin
end;

procedure TGMActivatableObject.DoAfterOpen;
begin
end;

procedure TGMActivatableObject.DoBeforeClose;
begin
end;

procedure TGMActivatableObject.DoAfterClose;
begin
end;

procedure TGMActivatableObject.SetActive(const Value: Boolean);
begin
   if Value then
    begin
     if not Active then
      begin
       //CheckFixups('SetActive');
       NotifyBeforeActiveChange(Value);
       DoBeforeOpen;
       try
        InternalOpen;
       except
        InternalClose;
        raise;
       end;
       DoAfterOpen;
       NotifyAfterActiveChange(Value);
      end;
    end
   else
    begin
     if Active then
      begin
       NotifyBeforeActiveChange(Value);
       DoBeforeClose;
       InternalClose;
       DoAfterClose;
       NotifyAfterActiveChange(Value);
      end;
    end;
end;


{ ------------------------------ }
{ ---- TGMHandleActivateObj ---- }
{ ------------------------------ }

function TGMHandleActivateObj.GetActive: Boolean;
begin
  Result := GetHandleAllocated;
end;

function TGMHandleActivateObj.GetHandle: THandle;
begin
  Result := FHandle;
end;

function TGMHandleActivateObj.GetHandleAllocated: Boolean;
begin
  Result := FHandle <> 0;
end;

procedure TGMHandleActivateObj.InternalOpen;
begin
  if not GetHandleAllocated then AllocHandle;
end;

procedure TGMHandleActivateObj.InternalClose;
begin
  inherited InternalClose;
  if GetHandleAllocated then ReleaseHandle;
end;


{ ---------------------- }
{ ---- TGMClipboard ---- }
{ ---------------------- }

constructor TGMClipboard.Create(const AWnd: HWnd; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  GMAPICheckObj('OpenClipboard', '', GetLastError, OpenClipboard(AWnd), Self);
end;

destructor TGMClipboard.Destroy;
begin
  if not CloseClipboard then ; // <- dont check, never raise in destructors
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMClipboard.Obj: TGMClipboard;
begin
  Result := Self;
end;

procedure TGMClipboard.SetEmpty;
begin
  GMAPICheckObj('EmptyClipboard', '', GetLastError, EmptyClipboard, Self);
end;

function TGMClipboard.GetAsHandle(const AFormat: UINT): THandle;
begin
  Result := GetClipboardData(AFormat);
  GMAPICheckObj('GetClipboardData', '', GetLastError, Result <> 0, Self);
end;

procedure TGMClipboard.SetAsHandle(const AFormat: UINT; const AValue: THandle; const ASetEmptyBefore: Boolean);
begin
  if ASetEmptyBefore then SetEmpty;
  GMAPICheckObj('SetClipboardData', '', GetLastError, SetClipboardData(AFormat, AValue) <> 0, Self);
end;

procedure TGMClipboard.ReplaceByHandle(const AFormat: UINT; const AValue: THandle);
begin
  SetAsHandle(AFormat, AValue, True);
end;

procedure TGMClipboard.PasteToLockBytes(const AFormat: UINT; const LockBytes: ILockBytes);
var HClpBrd: THandle; GlobalBuf: IGMMemoryBuffer; PIHandle: IGMGetSetHandle;
begin
  if LockBytes = nil then Exit;
  HClpBrd := AsHandle[AFormat];
  GlobalBuf := TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer.Create(nil, 0, 1, GMEM_MOVEABLE, False, False);
  GMCheckQueryInterface(GlobalBuf, IGMGetSetHandle, PIHandle, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  PIHandle.Handle := HClpBrd;
  GMLockByteSafeWriteAt(LockBytes, 0, GlobalBuf.Obj.Memory, GlobalBuf.Obj.SizeInBytes, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
end;

function TGMClipboard.GetAsLockBytes(const AFormat: UINT): ILockBytes;
begin
  Result := TGMMemoryLockBytes.Create;
  PasteToLockBytes(AFormat, Result);
end;

procedure TGMClipboard.SetAsLockBytes(const AFormat: UINT; const AValue: ILockBytes; const ASetEmptyBefore: Boolean);
var GlobalBuf: IGMMemoryBuffer; PIHandle: IGMGetHandle;
begin
  if AValue = nil then Exit;
  GlobalBuf := TGMGlobalMemoryBuffer.Create(nil, GMLockBytesize(AValue), 1, GMEM_MOVEABLE, False, False);
  try
   GMLockByteSafeReadAt(AValue, 0, GlobalBuf.Obj.Memory, GMLockBytesize(AValue), {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
   GMCheckQueryInterface(GlobalBuf, IGMGetHandle, PIHandle, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
   SetAsHandle(AFormat, PIHandle.Handle, ASetEmptyBefore);
  except
   GlobalBuf.Obj.FreeMemory; raise;
  end;
end;

procedure TGMClipboard.ReplaceByLockBytes(const AFormat: UINT; const AValue: ILockBytes);
begin
  SetAsLockBytes(AFormat, AValue, True);
end;

function TGMClipboard.GetAsText: TGMString;
var LockBytes: ILockBytes;
begin
  LockBytes := AsLockBytes[{$IFDEF UNICODE}CF_UNICODETEXT{$ELSE}CF_TEXT{$ENDIF}];
  SetLength(Result, (GMLockByteSize(LockBytes) - SizeOf(TGMChar)) div SizeOf(TGMChar));
  if Length(Result) = 0 then Exit;
  GMLockByteSafeReadAt(LockBytes, 0, PGMChar(Result), (Length(Result)+1) * SizeOf(TGMChar), {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
//while (Length(Result) > 0) and (Result[Length(Result)] = #0) do System.Delete(Result, Length(Result), 1);
end;

procedure TGMClipboard.SetAsText(const AValue: TGMString; const ASetEmptyBefore: Boolean);
var LockBytes: ILockBytes;
begin
  LockBytes := TGMMemoryLockBytes.Create;
  GMLockByteSafeWriteAt(LockBytes, 0, PGMChar(AValue), (Length(AValue)+1) * SizeOf(TGMChar), {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  SetAsLockBytes({$IFDEF UNICODE}CF_UNICODETEXT{$ELSE}CF_TEXT{$ENDIF}, LockBytes, ASetEmptyBefore);
end;

procedure TGMClipboard.ReplaceByText(const AValue: TGMString);
begin
  SetAsText(AValue, True);
end;


//function TGMClipboard.GetAsIStream: IStream;
//begin
//end;
//
//procedure TGMClipboard.SetAsIStream(const Value: IStream);
//begin
//end;


{ ---------------------------- }
{ ---- Message Processing ---- }
{ ---------------------------- }

function GMHotKeyRec(const AFlags: Byte; const AKey, ACommand: Word): TAccel;
// Virtual key codes:
// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/inputdev/virtual-key-codes
begin
  REsult.fVirt := AFlags;
  REsult.key := AKey;
  Result.cmd := ACommand;
end;

function GMTranslateAndDispatchMsg(var AMsg: TMsg): LRESULT;
begin
  if (vGMKeyAcceleratorTable <> nil) and (vGMKeyAcceleratorTable.Handle <> 0) and
     (TranslateAccelerator(vGMKeyAcceleratorTargetWnd, vGMKeyAcceleratorTable.Handle, {$IFDEF JEDIAPI}@{$ENDIF}AMsg) <> 0) then Result := 0
  else
   begin
    TranslateMessage(AMsg);
    Result := DispatchMessage(AMsg);
   end;
end;

procedure GMProcessAllMessages;
var Msg: TMsg;
begin
  {ToDo: Skip WM_ENDSESSION, WM_QUIT, WMCLOSE, WM_QUERYENDSESSION too?}
  {ToDo: Note: Split in two msg-loops changes the order of msg processing!}
  // Don't eat UM_DONEMODAL GMMessages! They are needed to unwind ModalMessageLoop calls!
  //while PeekMessage(Msg, 0, 0, UM_DONEMODAL-1, PM_REMOVE) do GMTranslateAndDispatchMsg(Msg);
  //while PeekMessage(Msg, 0, UM_DONEMODAL+1, $FFFFFFFF, PM_REMOVE) do GMTranslateAndDispatchMsg(Msg);

  while PeekMessage(Msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE) do GMTranslateAndDispatchMsg(Msg);
end;

procedure GMProcessMessages(const AMessages: array of LongInt);
var Msg: TMsg; i: LongInt;
begin
  if Length(AMessages) = 0 then GMProcessAllMessages else
   for i:=Low(AMessages) to High(AMessages) do
    while PeekMessage(Msg, 0, AMessages[i], AMessages[i], PM_REMOVE) do GMTranslateAndDispatchMsg(Msg);
end;

function GMMsgLoopWaitForMultipleObjects(const AHandleCount: DWORD; const AHandles: Pointer; const AProcessMessages: Boolean;
    const AWaitTimeoutMilliSec: DWORD; const AWaitForAll: BOOL): DWORD;
//type RRepeatMsg = record hwnd: HWND; msg: UINT; wParam: WPARAM; lParam: LPARAM; end;
//const cWakeMask: array [Boolean] of DWORD = (cMsgAwakeByAll and not (QS_KEY or QS_MOUSEBUTTON or QS_HOTKEY), cMsgAwakeByAll);
//const cWakeMask: array [Boolean] of DWORD = (0, cMsgAwakeByAll); // QS_PAINT or QS_ALLPOSTMESSAGE or QS_SENDMESSAGE or QS_POSTMESSAGE or QS_TIMER
var wakeMask: DWORD; // pendingMessages: array of RRepeatMsg; i: LongInt;

  //procedure CaptureDoneModalMessages;
  //var Msg: TMsg;
  //begin
  //  // Not consuming UM_DONEMODAL GMMessages will keep MsgWaitForMultipleObjects directing us to
  //  // continue processing messages, never releasing us, even if other wait handles have been signaled.
  //  // Peeking them with PM_NOREMOVE doesnt seem to mark them as seen by MsgWaitForMultipleObjects to release us.
  //  // So we consume and save them here, and post them again after being released later.
  //  while PeekMessage(Msg, 0, UM_DONEMODAL, UM_DONEMODAL, PM_REMOVE) do
  //   begin
  //    SetLength(pendingMessages, Length(pendingMessages)+1);
  //    pendingMessages[High(pendingMessages)].hwnd := Msg.hwnd;
  //    pendingMessages[High(pendingMessages)].msg := Msg.message;
  //    pendingMessages[High(pendingMessages)].wParam := Msg.wParam;
  //    pendingMessages[High(pendingMessages)].lParam := Msg.lParam;
  //   end;
  //end;

//procedure ProcessMessagesWhileWaiting;
//var Msg: TMsg;
//begin
//  {#if (WINVER >= 0x0500)
//   # define PM_QS_INPUT (QS_INPUT << 16)
//   # define PM_QS_POSTMESSAGE ((QS_POSTMESSAGE|QS_HOTKEY|QS_TIMER) << 16)
//   # define PM_QS_PAINT (QS_PAINT << 16)
//   # define PM_QS_SENDMESSAGE (QS_SENDMESSAGE << 16)
//   #endif}
//
//  //
//  // MsgWaitForMultipleObjects won't release the waiting thread if not all/most GMMessages
//  // in the message queue have ebeen marked old. Even if the wait handle(s) have been signaled.
//  // So Peek all GMMessages, even if not all of them will be dispatched. Peeking a message will
//  // mark it old even if not removed from the message queue.
//  //
//  // Only peek unconsidered GMMessages here instead of consuming them!
//  //
//  if AProcessMessages then begin GMProcessAllMessages; CaptureDoneModalMessages; end else
//   //while PeekMessage(Msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE or PM_QS_PAINT or PM_QS_POSTMESSAGE or PM_QS_SENDMESSAGE or PM_QS_INPUT) do GMTranslateAndDispatchMsg(Msg);
//   begin
//    // always process WM_QUIT GMMessages
//    if wakeMask <> 0 then while PeekMessage(Msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE or (wakeMask shl 16)) do GMTranslateAndDispatchMsg(Msg);
//    while PeekMessage(Msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_NOREMOVE) do ; // <- mark them as seen by MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
//   end;
//    //if GMIsOneOfIntegers(Msg.message, vAliveMessages) then GMTranslateAndDispatchMsg(Msg);
//    //if Msg.message in vAliveMessages then GMTranslateAndDispatchMsg(Msg);
//end;
begin
  if AHandles = nil then begin Result := WAIT_OBJECT_0 + AHandleCount; Exit; end;

  if not AProcessMessages then
   case AHandleCount of
    1: begin
        Result := WaitForSingleObject(PHandle(AHandles)^, AWaitTimeoutMilliSec);
        GMApiCheckObj('WaitForSingleObject', '', GetLastError, Result <> WAIT_FAILED);
       end;
    else
     begin
      Result := WaitForMultipleObjects(AHandleCount, AHandles, AWaitForAll, AWaitTimeoutMilliSec);
      GMApiCheckObj('WaitForMultipleObjects', '', GetLastError, Result <> WAIT_FAILED);
     end;
   end
  else
   begin
    wakeMask := cMsgAwakeByAll; // cWakeMask[AProcessMessages];
    repeat
     Result := MsgWaitForMultipleObjects(AHandleCount, AHandles{$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}^{$ENDIF}, AWaitForAll, AWaitTimeoutMilliSec, wakeMask);
     GMApiCheckObj('MsgWaitForMultipleObjects', '', GetLastError, Result <> WAIT_FAILED);
     // Stay inside wait loop on Exceptions during message handling, so handle them right here!
     if Result = WAIT_OBJECT_0 + AHandleCount then
      try
       GMProcessAllMessages;
       //CaptureDoneModalMessages;
      except
       on ex: TObject do vfGMHrExceptionHandler(ex, cDfltPrntWnd);
      end;

    until Result <> WAIT_OBJECT_0 + AHandleCount;
   end;

  //for i:=Low(pendingMessages) to High(pendingMessages) do with pendingMessages[i] do PostMessage(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
end;

function GMExecProcess(const ACmdLine: TGMString; const AProcessFlags: DWORD; const AWaitForTermination: Boolean;
    const AUserToken: THandle; const AWaitForInputReady: Boolean): DWORD;
var processInfo: TProcessInformation; startupInfo: TStartupInfo; rtnName: TGMString; //ExitCode: DWORD;
begin
  //Result := True;
  Result := 0;
  GMTrace(ACmdLine, tpExecute);

  //FillByte(startupInfo, SizeOf(startupInfo), 0);
  startupInfo := Default(TStartupInfo);
  //FillByte(processInfo, SizeOf(processInfo), 0);
  processInfo := Default(TProcessInformation);

  startupInfo.cb := SizeOf(startupInfo);
  startupInfo.dwFlags := STARTF_FORCEONFEEDBACK;

  if AUserToken = 0 then
   begin
    rtnName := 'CreateProcess("'+ACmdLine+'")';
    GMAPICheckObj(rtnName, '', GetLastError, CreateProcess(nil, PGMChar(ACmdLine), nil, nil, False, AProcessFlags, nil, nil, startupInfo, processInfo));
   end
  else
   begin
    rtnName := 'CreateProcessAsUser("'+ACmdLine+'")';
    GMAPICheckObj(rtnName, '', GetLastError, CreateProcessAsUser(AUserToken, nil, PGMChar(ACmdLine), nil, nil, False, AProcessFlags, nil, nil, {$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}{$IFDEF FPC}@{$ENDIF}{$ENDIF}startupInfo, {$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}{$IFDEF FPC}@{$ENDIF}{$ENDIF}processInfo));
   end;

  //GMAPICheckObj(CreateProcess(nil, PGMChar(ACmdLine), nil, nil, False, AProcessFlags, nil, nil, startupInfo, processInfo), 'CreateProcess');
  try
   if AWaitForTermination or AWaitForInputReady then WaitForInputIdle(processInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
   if AWaitForTermination then
    begin
     GMMsgLoopWaitForMultipleObjects(1, @processInfo.hProcess, False);
     GMAPICheckObj('GetExitCodeProcess', '', GetLastError, GetExitCodeProcess(processInfo.hProcess, Result));
    end;
  finally
   CloseHandle(processInfo.hThread);
   CloseHandle(processInfo.hProcess);
  end;
end;


{ ---------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMObjInterfaceConnector ---- }
{ ---------------------------------- }

function GMIntfConnectData(const IID: TGUID; const Required: Boolean = cDfltIIDRequired): TGMIntfConnectDataRec;
begin
  Result.IID := IID;
  Result.Cookie := cInvalidCPCookie;
  Result.Required := Required;
end;

constructor TGMObjInterfaceConnector.Create(const AOwner: TObject; const ANeededInterfaceIDs: array of TGUID; const AIntfIDsToConnect: array of TGMIntfConnectDataRec);
begin
  inherited Create;
  FOwner := AOwner;
  FAlwaysNotify := cDfltAlwaysNotify;
  FObjectToBeConnected := Self;
  AddNeededIntfIDs(ANeededInterfaceIDs);
  AddIntfIDToConnect(IGMDisconnectFromConnectionPoint, True);
  AddIntfIDsToConnect(AIntfIDsToConnect);
end;

destructor TGMObjInterfaceConnector.Destroy;
begin
  DisconnectAllInterfaces(InterfaceSource);
  FInterfaceSource := nil;
//FInterfaceSourceObject := nil;
  inherited Destroy;
end;

function TGMObjInterfaceConnector.IsConnected: Boolean;
begin
  Result := InterfaceSource <> nil;
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.CheckNotConnected(AMethodName: TGMString);
begin
  if AMethodName = '' then AMethodName := {$I %CurrentRoutine%};
  if IsConnected then raise EGMException.ObjError(RStrIntfListCantChange, Self, AMethodName);
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.AddNeededIntfID(const IID: TGUID);
var i: LongInt; Found: Boolean;
begin
  CheckNotConnected({$I %CurrentRoutine%});

  Found := False;
  for i:=Low(NeededInterfaceIDs) to High(NeededInterfaceIDs) do
   if IsEqualGuid(IID, NeededInterfaceIDs[i]) then begin Found := True; Break; end;

  if not Found then
   begin
    SetLength(FNeededInterfaceIDs, Length(FNeededInterfaceIDs) + 1);
    NeededInterfaceIDs[High(NeededInterfaceIDs)] := IID;
   end;
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.AddNeededIntfIDs(const IIDs: array of TGUID);
var i: LongInt;
begin
  for i:=Low(IIDs) to High(IIDs) do AddNeededIntfID(IIDs[i]);
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.AddIntfIDToConnect(const IID: TGUID; const Required: Boolean = cDfltIIDRequired);
var i: LongInt; Found: Boolean;
begin
  CheckNotConnected({$I %CurrentRoutine%});

  Found := False;
  for i:=Low(IntfIDsToConnect) to High(IntfIDsToConnect) do
   if IsEqualGuid(IID, IntfIDsToConnect[i].IID) then begin Found := True; Break; end;

  if not Found then
   begin
    SetLength(FIntfIDsToConnect, Length(FIntfIDsToConnect) + 1);
    IntfIDsToConnect[High(IntfIDsToConnect)] := GMIntfConnectData(IID, Required);
   end;
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.AddIntfIDsToConnect(const AIntfIDsToConnect: array of TGMIntfConnectDataRec);
var i: LongInt;
begin
  for i:=Low(AIntfIDsToConnect) to High(AIntfIDsToConnect) do AddIntfIDToConnect(AIntfIDsToConnect[i].IID, AIntfIDsToConnect[i].Required);
end;

function TGMObjInterfaceConnector.GetSourceIntf(const IID: TGUID; out Intf): Boolean;
begin
  Result := GMQueryInterface(InterfaceSource, IID, Intf);
end;

function TGMObjInterfaceConnector.GetPropertyIntf(const PropertyName: TGMString; const IID: TGUID; out Intf): HResult;
begin
  Result := GMGetPropIntfFromIntf(InterfaceSource, PropertyName, IID, Intf);
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.CheckInterfaceCanBeConnected(const Intf: IUnknown);
begin
  if Intf = nil then Exit;
  GMCheckAllInterfacesSupported(Intf, NeededInterfaceIDs, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  if Assigned(OnCheckIntfCanBeConnected) then OnCheckIntfCanBeConnected(Intf);
end;

function TGMObjInterfaceConnector.InterfaceCanBeConnected(const Intf: IUnknown): Boolean;
begin
  Result := True; try CheckInterfaceCanBeConnected(Intf); except Result := False; end;
end;

function TGMObjInterfaceConnector.SourceState: LongInt;
var PIState: IGMGetState;
begin
  if GetSourceIntf(IGMGetState, PIState) then Result := PIState.State else Result := CGMUnknownState;
end;

function TGMObjInterfaceConnector.AskBoolean(const ValueId: LongInt): LongInt;
begin
  case ValueId of
   Ord(bvAlwaysNotify): Result := GMBooleanAskResult(AlwaysNotify);
   else Result := Ord(barUnknown);
  end;
end;

function TGMObjInterfaceConnector.SourceIsActive: Boolean;
begin
  Result := GMIntfIsActive(InterfaceSource);
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.ConnectInterface(const Container: IUnknown; var GMIntfConnectData: TGMIntfConnectDataRec; const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName);
var RtnName: TGMString;
begin
  if GMIntfConnectData.Required then
   begin
    if ARoutineName <> cDfltRoutineName then RtnName := ARoutineName else RtnName := {$I %CurrentRoutine%};
    GMInterfaceConnect(ObjectToBeConnected, Container, GMIntfConnectData.IID, GMIntfConnectData.Cookie, RtnName);
   end
  else
   GMQuietInterfaceConnect(ObjectToBeConnected, Container, GMIntfConnectData.IID, GMIntfConnectData.Cookie);
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.DisconnectInterface(const Container: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; var Cookie: LongInt);
begin
  GMInterfaceDisconnect(Container, IID, Cookie);
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.ConnectAllInterfaces(const Container: IUnknown);
var i: LongInt;
begin
  if Container <> nil then
   for i:=Low(IntfIDsToConnect) to High(IntfIDsToConnect) do
    ConnectInterface(Container, IntfIDsToConnect[i], {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.DisconnectAllInterfaces(const Container: IUnknown);
var i: LongInt;
begin
  if Container <> nil then
   for i:=Low(IntfIDsToConnect) to High(IntfIDsToConnect) do
    if IntfIDsToConnect[i].Cookie <> cInvalidCPCookie then
     DisconnectInterface(Container, IntfIDsToConnect[i].IID, IntfIDsToConnect[i].Cookie);
end;

function TGMObjInterfaceConnector.GetInterfaceSource: IUnknown;
begin
  Result := FInterfaceSource;
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.SetInterfaceSource(const AValue: IUnknown);
var OldSource: IUnknown;
begin
  if AValue = InterfaceSource then Exit;
  CheckInterfaceCanBeConnected(AValue);
  if Assigned(OnBeforeIntfSourceChange) then OnBeforeIntfSourceChange(FInterfaceSource, AValue);
  DisconnectAllInterfaces(InterfaceSource);
  try
   ConnectAllInterfaces(AValue);
  except
   try DisconnectAllInterfaces(AValue); ConnectAllInterfaces(InterfaceSource); except end; raise;
  end;
  OldSource := InterfaceSource;
  FInterfaceSource := AValue;
  if Assigned(OnAfterIntfSourceChange) then try OnAfterIntfSourceChange(OldSource, AValue); except end;
//FInterfaceSourceObject := nil; // <- important!
end;

//procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.SetInterfaceSourceObject(const Value: TObject);
//var PIUnknown: IUnknown; OldSource: TObject;
//begin
//if Value = FInterfaceSourceObject then Exit;
// if Assigned(OnBeforeIntfSourceObjChange) then OnBeforeIntfSourceObjChange(FInterfaceSourceObject, Value);
// OldSource := FInterfaceSourceObject; // <- SetInterfaceSource will clear FInterfaceSourceObject
// if Value = nil then SetInterfaceSource(nil) else
//  begin
//   GMCheckGetInterface(Value, IUnknown, PIUnknown, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
//   SetInterfaceSource(PIUnknown);
//  end;
// FInterfaceSourceObject := Value;
// if Assigned(OnAfterIntfSourceObjChange) then try OnAfterIntfSourceObjChange(OldSource, Value); except end;
//end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.AssignFromObj(const Source: TObject);
begin
  if Source is TGMObjInterfaceConnector then
   begin
    FNeededInterfaceIDs := TGMObjInterfaceConnector(Source).NeededInterfaceIDs;
    FIntfIDsToConnect := TGMObjInterfaceConnector(Source).IntfIDsToConnect;
    InterfaceSource := TGMObjInterfaceConnector(Source).InterfaceSource;
//  InterfaceSourceObject := TGMObjInterfaceConnector(Source).InterfaceSourceObject; // <- sets InterfaceSource too
   end;
end;


{ ---- IGMGetSetActive ---- }

function TGMObjInterfaceConnector.GetActive: Boolean;
begin
  Result := GMObjIsActive(Owner);
end;

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.SetActive(const Value: Boolean);
var PIActive: IGMGetSetActive;
begin
  // Better dont force the Owner to support Activation
  if GMGetInterface(Owner, IGMGetSetActive, PIActive) then PIActive.Active := Value;
  //GMSetObjActive(Owner, Value, 'TGMObjInterfaceConnector.SetActive');
end;


{ ---- IGMDisconnectFromConnectionPoint ---- }

procedure TGMObjInterfaceConnector.DisconnectFromConnectionPoint(const ConnectionPointContainer: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; const Cookie: LongInt);
begin
  InterfaceSource := nil;
end;


{ ---------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMActivatableIntfSource ---- }
{ ---------------------------------- }

constructor TGMActivatableIntfSource.Create(const AOwner: TObject; const ANeededInterfaceIDs: array of TGUID; const AIntfIDsToConnect: array of TGMIntfConnectDataRec);
begin
  inherited Create(AOwner, ANeededInterfaceIDs, AIntfIDsToConnect);
  AddIntfIDToConnect(IGMActiveChangeNotifications, True);
  AddNeededIntfID(IGMGetSetActive);
end;

procedure TGMActivatableIntfSource.BeforeActiveChange(const NewActive: Boolean);
begin
  if Assigned(OnBeforeActiveChange) then OnBeforeActiveChange(NewActive);
end;

procedure TGMActivatableIntfSource.AfterActiveChange(const NewActive: Boolean);
begin
  if Assigned(OnAfterActiveChange) then OnAfterActiveChange(NewActive);
end;


{ --------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMExceptionInformation ---- }
{ --------------------------------- }

constructor TGMExceptionInformation.Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean;
                                           const ACaptureCallStack: Boolean;
                                           const AMessage: TGMString;
                                           const AExceptionClassName: TGMString;
                                           const AExceptAddress: Pointer;
                                           const ARaisorName: TGMString;
                                           const ARaisorClassName: TGMString;
                                           const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                                           const ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel;
                                           const AHelpContext: LongInt;
                                           const AHRCode: HResult);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FMessage := AMessage;
  FExceptionClassName := AExceptionClassName;
  FExceptAddress := AExceptAddress;
  FRaisorName := ARaisorName;
  FRaisorClassName := ARaisorClassName;
  FRoutineName := ARoutineName;
  FSeverityLevel := ASeverityLevel;
  FHelpContext := AHelpContext;
  FHrCode := AHRCode;
  FCaptureCallStack := ACaptureCallStack;
  FPresentToUI := Ord(barUnknown);
end;

constructor TGMExceptionInformation.CreateFromObj(const ASource: TObject; const ARefLifeTime, ACaptureCallStack: Boolean);
begin
  Create(ARefLifeTime, ACaptureCallStack, RStrNoExceptInfo, '', ExceptAddr);
  if ASource <> nil then AssignFromObj(ASource);
end;

constructor TGMExceptionInformation.CreateFromIntf(const ASource: IUnknown; const ARefLifeTime, ACaptureCallStack: Boolean);
begin
  Create(ARefLifeTime, ACaptureCallStack, RStrNoExceptInfo, '', ExceptAddr);
  if ASource <> nil then AssignFromIntf(ASource);
end;

function TGMExceptionInformation.GetHRCode: HResult;
begin
  Result := FHrCode;
end;

function TGMExceptionInformation.AskBoolean(const ValueId: Integer): LongInt;
begin
  case ValueId of
   Ord(bevCaptureCallStack): Result := GMBooleanAskResult(FCaptureCallStack);
   Ord(bevPresentToUI): Result := FPresentToUI;
   else Result := Ord(barUnknown);
  end;
end;

procedure TGMExceptionInformation.AssignFromIntf(const ASource: IUnknown);
//
// Strings are passed as PGMChar, this works across DLL Boundaries without MM Sharing.
// To be sure to make our own copy of the strings we use SetString instead of simple assignment.
// You never know what the assigment really does, and it may vary between compilers ..
//
var ExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation;
begin
  FHrCode := GMGetIntfHRCode(ASource);
  if not GMQueryInterface(ASource, IGMExceptionInformation, ExceptInfo) then Exit;
  FExceptAddress := ExceptInfo.ExceptAddress;
  FSeverityLevel := ExceptInfo.SeverityLevel;
  FHelpContext := ExceptInfo.HelpContext;
  SetString(FMessage, ExceptInfo.GMMessage, GMStrLen(ExceptInfo.GMMessage));
  SetString(FExceptionClassName, ExceptInfo.ExceptionClassName, GMStrLen(ExceptInfo.ExceptionClassName));
  SetString(FRaisorName, ExceptInfo.RaisorName, GMStrLen(ExceptInfo.RaisorName));
  SetString(FRaisorClassName, ExceptInfo.RaisorClassName, GMStrLen(ExceptInfo.RaisorClassName));
  SetString(FRoutineName, ExceptInfo.RoutineName, GMStrLen(ExceptInfo.RoutineName));
  FPresentToUI := Ord(GMAskUnkBoolean(ASource, Ord(bevPresentToUI)));
end;

procedure TGMExceptionInformation.AssignFromObj(const ASource: TObject);
var ExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation; //msgStr: String;
begin
  if ASource = nil then Exit;
  if ASource.GetInterface(IGMExceptionInformation, ExceptInfo) then AssignFromIntf(ExceptInfo)
  else
  if GMIsClassByName(ASource, Exception) then // <- Take information from other Exceptions
   begin
    FExceptAddress := ExceptAddr;
    FHrCode := GMGetObjHrCode(ASource);
    {$IFDEF FPC}
    //SetString(FMessage, PChar(Exception(ASource).Message), Length(Exception(ASource).Message));
    FMessage := Exception(ASource).Message;
    {$ELSE}
    //SetString(FMessage, PChar(Exception(ASource).Message), Length(Exception(ASource).Message));
    FMessage := PChar(Exception(ASource).Message);
    {$ENDIF}
    FExceptionClassName := Exception(ASource).ClassName; // <- ShortStrings can be safely passed across DLL Boundaries, should become a newly allocated TGMString
    FHelpContext := Exception(ASource).HelpContext;
    FSeverityLevel := svError;
    FPresentToUI := GMBooleanAskResult(GMPresentExceptionUI(ASource));
   end;
end;

function TGMExceptionInformation.GetGMMessage: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := PGMChar(FMessage);
end;

function TGMExceptionInformation.GetExceptionClassName: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := PGMChar(FExceptionClassName);
end;

function TGMExceptionInformation.GetExceptAddress: Pointer;
begin
  Result := FExceptAddress;
end;

function TGMExceptionInformation.GetRaisorName: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := PGMChar(FRaisorName);
end;

function TGMExceptionInformation.GetRaisorClassName: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := PGMChar(FRaisorClassName);
end;

function TGMExceptionInformation.GetRoutineName: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := PGMChar(FRoutineName);
end;

function TGMExceptionInformation.GetSeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel;
begin
  Result := FSeverityLevel;
end;

function TGMExceptionInformation.GetHelpCtx: LongInt;
begin
  Result := FHelpContext;
end;


{ ---------------------- }
{ ---- EGMException ---- }
{ ---------------------- }

//constructor EGMException.Create(const AMessage: TGMString);
//begin
//inherited Create;
//FMessage := AMessage;
//end;

constructor EGMException.ObjError(const AMsg: TGMString = cDfltExceptionMsg;
                                  const AObj: TObject = nil;
                                  const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                                  const ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel = svError;
                                  const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx);
begin
//inherited Create;
  SetupInformation(AMsg, GMGetObjDisplayName(AObj), GMObjClassName(AObj), ARoutineName, ASeverityLevel, AHelpCtx);
  inherited CreateHelp(GMBuildExceptionMsg(Self), AHelpCtx);
end;

constructor EGMException.IntfError(const AMsg: TGMString = cDfltExceptionMsg;
                                   const AIntf: IUnknown = nil;
                                   const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                                   const ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel = svError;
                                   const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx);
begin
//inherited Create;
  SetupInformation(AMsg, GMGetIntfDisplayName(AIntf), GMIntfClassName(AIntf), ARoutineName, ASeverityLevel, AHelpCtx);
  inherited CreateHelp(GMBuildExceptionMsg(Self), AHelpCtx);
end;

procedure EGMException.SetupInformation(const AMsg: TGMString = cDfltExceptionMsg;
                                        const ARaisorName: TGMString = '';
                                        const ARaisorClassName: TGMString = '';
                                        const ARoutineName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName;
                                        const ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel = svError;
                                        const AHelpCtx: LongInt = cDfltHelpCtx);
begin
  FGMMessage := AMsg;
  //FExceptAddress := LongWord(ExceptAddr); // <- will be assigned later by TGMExceptionInformation
  FRaisorName := ARaisorName;
  FRaisorClassName := ARaisorClassName;
  FRoutineName := ARoutineName;
  FSeverityLevel := ASeverityLevel;
  FHelpContext := AHelpCtx;
end;

destructor EGMException.Destroy;
begin
  inherited Destroy;
  if Assigned(vfGMCheckRefCountOnDestroy) then vfGMCheckRefCountOnDestroy(RefCount, Self);
end;

//procedure EGMException.SetRoutineName(const ARoutineName: PGMChar);
//begin
//FRoutineName := ARoutineName;
//end;

//procedure EGMException.SetMessage(const AMessage: PGMChar);
//begin
//TPubException(Self).FMessage := AMessage;
//end;


// ---- IGMExceptionInformation ---- //

function EGMException.GetGMMessage: PGMChar;
begin
  //Result := PGMChar(FMsg);
  Result := PGMChar(FGMMessage);
end;

function EGMException.GetExceptionClassName: PGMChar;
begin
  if FClassName = '' then FClassName := ClassName;
  Result := PGMChar(FClassName);
end;

function EGMException.GetExceptAddress: Pointer;
begin
  Result := FExceptAddress;
end;

function EGMException.GetRaisorName: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := PGMChar(FRaisorName);
end;

function EGMException.GetRaisorClassName: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := PGMChar(FRaisorClassName);
end;

function EGMException.GetRoutineName: PGMChar;
begin
  Result := PGMChar(FRoutineName);
end;

function EGMException.GetSeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel;
begin
  Result := FSeverityLevel;
end;

function EGMException.GetHelpCtx: LongInt;
begin
  Result := FHelpContext;
end;


// ---- IGMGetSetText ---- //

function EGMException.GetText: TGMString;
begin
  Result := FGMMessage;
end;

procedure EGMException.SetText(const Value: TGMString);
begin
  FGMMessage := Value;
end;


// ---- IGMSetExceptionInformation ---- //

procedure EGMException.SetMessage(AMessage: PGMChar); stdcall;
begin
  FGMMessage := AMessage;
end;

procedure EGMException.SetSeverityLevel(ASeverityLevel: TGMSeverityLevel); stdcall;
begin
  FSeverityLevel := ASeverityLevel;
end;


// ---- IUnknown ---- //

function EGMException.QueryInterface({$IFDEF FPC}constref{$ELSE}const{$ENDIF} AIID: TGUID; out AIntf): HResult;
begin
  if GetInterface(AIID, AIntf) then Result := S_OK else Result := E_NOINTERFACE;
end;

function EGMException._AddRef: LongInt;
begin
  Result := InterlockedIncrement(FRefCount);
end;

function EGMException._Release: LongInt;
begin
  Result := InterlockedDecrement(FRefCount);
end;


{ ------------------------ }
{ ---- EGMHrException ---- }
{ ------------------------ }

function _BuildErrMsg(ASysMsg, AMsgPostfix: TGMString): TGMString;
begin
  if (Length(AMsgPostfix) > 0) and ((AMsgPostfix[1] = ':') or (AMsgPostfix[1] = ',') or (AMsgPostfix[1] = '.') or
                                    (AMsgPostfix[1] = '?') or (AMsgPostfix[1] = '!')) then ASysMsg := GMStripRight(ASysMsg, ',.;:?!');

  Result := GMTerminateStr(ASysMsg + AMsgPostfix);
end;

constructor EGMHrException.ObjError(const AHRCode: HResult;
                                    const AParams: array of PGMChar;
                                    const AObj: TObject;
                                    const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                                    const AMsgPostfix: TGMString;
                                    const AHelpCtx: LongInt);
begin
  FHrCode := AHRCode;
  inherited ObjError(_BuildErrMsg(GMSysErrorMsg(AHRCode, AParams), AMsgPostfix), AObj, ARoutineName, cHRSeverity[AHRCode < 0], AHelpCtx);
end;

constructor EGMHrException.IntfError(const AHRCode: HResult;
                                     const AParams: array of PGMChar;
                                     const AIntf: IUnknown;
                                     const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                                     const AMsgPostfix: TGMString;
                                     const AHelpCtx: LongInt);
begin
  FHrCode := AHRCode;
  inherited IntfError(_BuildErrMsg(GMSysErrorMsg(AHRCode, AParams), AMsgPostfix), AIntf, ARoutineName, cHRSeverity[AHRCode < 0], AHelpCtx);
end;

function EGMHrException.GetHRCode: HResult;
begin
  Result := FHrCode;
end;

                                                            
{ ----------------------- }
{ ---- EAPIException ---- }
{ ----------------------- }

constructor EAPIException.ObjError(const AWinApiErrorCode: LongWord;
                                   const AParams: array of PGMChar;
                                   const AObj: TObject;
                                   const ARoutineName: TGMString;
                                   const AMsgPostfix: TGMString;
                                   const AHelpCtx: LongInt);
begin
  FErrorCode := AWinApiErrorCode;
  inherited ObjError(_BuildErrMsg(GMSysErrorMsg(LongInt(AWinApiErrorCode), AParams), AMsgPostfix), AObj, ARoutineName, svError, AHelpCtx);
end;

function EAPIException.GetHRCode: HResult;
begin
  Result := GMHResultFromWin32(FErrorCode);
end;


{ ------------------ }
{ ---- EGMAbort ---- }
{ ------------------ }

function EGMAbort.QueryInterface({$IFDEF FPC}constref{$ELSE}const{$ENDIF} AIID: TGUID; out AIntf): HResult;
begin
  if GetInterface(AIID, AIntf) then Result := S_OK else Result := E_NOINTERFACE;
end;

function EGMAbort._AddRef: LongInt;
begin
  Result := InterlockedIncrement(FRefCount);
end;

function EGMAbort._Release: LongInt;
begin
  Result := InterlockedDecrement(FRefCount);
end;

function EGMAbort.GetHRCode: HResult;
begin
  Result := E_ABORT;
end;


{ ---------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMConnectedObjListEntry ---- }
{ ---------------------------------- }

constructor TGMConnectedObjListEntry.Create(const AUnkIntf: IUnknown; const ACookie: LongInt);
begin
  inherited Create(True);
  FUnkIntf := AUnkIntf;
  FCookie := ACookie;
end;

destructor TGMConnectedObjListEntry.Destroy;
begin
  inherited Destroy;
end;

procedure TGMConnectedObjListEntry.AssignTo(var CnData: tagConnectData);
begin
  CnData.pUnk := UnkIntf;
  cnData.dwCookie := Cookie;
end;

function TGMConnectedObjListEntry.GetUnkIntf: IUnknown;
begin
  Result := FUnkIntf;
end;

function TGMConnectedObjListEntry.GetCookie: LongInt;
begin
  Result := FCookie;
end;

procedure TGMConnectedObjListEntry.SetUnkIntf(const Value: IUnknown);
begin
  FUnkIntf := Value;
end;

procedure TGMConnectedObjListEntry.SetCookie(const Value: LongInt);
begin
  FCookie := Value;
end;


{ ------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMEnumXxxxImpl ---- }
{ ------------------------- }

constructor TGMEnumXxxxImpl.Create(const AList: IGMIntfArrayCollection; const AElemIID: TGUID; const AListPos: LongInt = cGMUnknownPosition);
begin
  inherited Create(True);
  Assert(AList <> nil, 'AList <> nil');
  FList := AList;
  FElemIID := AElemIID;
  if AListPos = cGMUnknownPosition then FListPos := FList.Count-1 else FListPos := GMBoundedInt(AListPos, 0, FList.Count-1);
end;


{ ---- IEnumXxxx ---- }

function TGMEnumXxxxImpl.Skip(celt: LongInt): HResult;
begin
  try
   Dec(FListPos, celt);
   Result := S_OK;
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;

function TGMEnumXxxxImpl.Reset: HResult;
begin
  try
   FListPos := FList.Count-1;
   Result := S_OK;
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;

function TGMEnumXxxxImpl.CreateClone(const IID: TGUID; out Enum): HResult;
var Clone: IUnknown;
begin
  try
   Clone := CreateCloneClass.Create(FList, ElemIID, FListPos);
   Result := Clone.QueryInterface(IID, Enum);
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;


{ ------------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMEnumConnectionPointsImpl ---- }
{ ------------------------------------- }

constructor TGMEnumConnectionPointsImpl.Create(const AList: IGMIntfArrayCollection);
begin
  inherited Create(AList, IConnectionPoint);
end;

function TGMEnumConnectionPointsImpl.CreateCloneClass: TGMEnumXxxxImplClass;
begin
  Result := TGMEnumXxxxImplClass(ClassType);
end;

function TGMEnumConnectionPointsImpl.Clone(out Enum: IEnumConnectionPoints): HResult;
var threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  threadSync.Lock(FList);
  Result := CreateClone(IEnumConnectionPoints, Enum);
end;

function TGMEnumConnectionPointsImpl.Next(celt: LongInt; out elt; pceltFetched: PLongint): HResult;
var threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  try
   threadSync.Lock(FList);
   if (FList = nil) or not FList.IsValidIndex(FListPos) then
    begin if pceltFetched <> nil then pceltFetched^ := 0; Result := S_FALSE; end
   else
    if celt = 0 then
     begin if pceltFetched <> nil then pceltFetched^ := 0; Result := S_OK; end
    else
     begin
      Result := FList[FListPos].QueryInterface(ElemIID, elt);
      if Result = S_OK then Dec(FListPos);
      if pceltFetched <> nil then pceltFetched^ := CEnumElementCount[Result = S_OK];
     end;
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;


{ -------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMEnumConnectionsImpl ---- }
{ -------------------------------- }

constructor TGMEnumConnectionsImpl.Create(const AList: IGMIntfArrayCollection);
begin
  inherited Create(AList, IGMDisconnectFromConnectionPoint);
end;

function TGMEnumConnectionsImpl.CreateCloneClass: TGMEnumXxxxImplClass;
begin
  Result := TGMEnumXxxxImplClass(ClassType);
end;

function TGMEnumConnectionsImpl.Clone(out Enum: IEnumConnections): HResult;
var threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  threadSync.Lock(FList);
  Result := CreateClone(IEnumConnections, Enum);
end;

function TGMEnumConnectionsImpl.Next(celt: LongInt; out elt; pceltFetched: PLongint): HResult;
var ListEntry: IGMConnectedObjListEntry; threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  try
   threadSync.Lock(FList);
   if (FList = nil) or not FList.IsValidIndex(FListPos) then
    begin if pceltFetched <> nil then pceltFetched^ := 0; Result := S_FALSE; end
   else
    if celt = 0 then
     begin if pceltFetched <> nil then pceltFetched^ := 0; Result := S_OK; end
    else
     begin
      Result := FList[FListPos].QueryInterface(IGMConnectedObjListEntry, ListEntry);
      if Result = S_OK then begin ListEntry.AssignTo(CONNECTDATA(elt)); Dec(FListPos); end;
      if pceltFetched <> nil then pceltFetched^ := CEnumElementCount[Result = S_OK];
     end;
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;


{ ----------------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMConnectionPointContainerImpl ---- }
{ ----------------------------------------- }

constructor TGMConnectionPointContainerImpl.Create(const AConnectionPoints: array of TGUID; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
var i: LongInt;
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FConnectionPoints := TGMIntfArrayCollection.Create;
  for i:=Low(AConnectionPoints) to High(AConnectionPoints) do CreateConnectionPoint(AConnectionPoints[i]);
end;

procedure TGMConnectionPointContainerImpl.ReleaseReferences;
var threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  threadSync.Lock(FConnectionPoints);
  FConnectionPoints.Clear;
end;

procedure TGMConnectionPointContainerImpl.CreateConnectionPoint(const IID: TGUID);
var cp: IConnectionPoint; threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  threadSync.Lock(FConnectionPoints);
  if FindConnectionPoint(IID, cp) = CONNECT_E_NOCONNECTION then FConnectionPoints.Add(TGMConnectionPointImpl.Create(Self, IID));
end;

function TGMConnectionPointContainerImpl.EnumConnectionPoints(out Enum: IEnumConnectionPoints): HResult;
var PIEnum: IUnknown;
begin
  try
   PIEnum := TGMEnumConnectionPointsImpl.Create(FConnectionPoints);
   Result := PIEnum.QueryInterface(IEnumConnectionPoints, Enum);
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;

function TGMConnectionPointContainerImpl.FindConnectionPoint(const IID: TGUID; out cp: IConnectionPoint): HResult;
var i: LongInt; ConnectionPoint: IConnectionPoint; CpIID: TGUID; threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  try
   threadSync.Lock(FConnectionPoints);
   Result := CONNECT_E_NOCONNECTION;
   for i:=0 to FConnectionPoints.Count-1 do
    if GMQueryInterface(FConnectionPoints[i], IConnectionPoint, ConnectionPoint) and
       (ConnectionPoint.GetConnectionInterface(CpIID) = S_OK) and
       IsEqualGUID(IID, CpIID) then
     begin cp := ConnectionPoint; Result := S_OK; Break; end;
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;


{ -------------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMConnectionPointImpl ---- }
{ -------------------------------- }

constructor TGMConnectionPointImpl.Create(const AOwner: IUnknown; const IID: TGUID; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FConnectedObjects := TGMIntfArrayCollection.Create;
  FOwner := AOwner;
  FIntfID := IID;
end;

destructor TGMConnectionPointImpl.Destroy;
begin
  Assert(FConnectedObjects.Count = 0, 'FConnectedObjects.Count = 0');
  inherited Destroy;
end;


{ ---- IConnectionPoint ---- }

function TGMConnectionPointImpl.GetConnectionInterface(out iid: TGUID): HResult;
begin
  try
   iid := IntfID; Result := S_OK;
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;

function TGMConnectionPointImpl.GetConnectionPointContainer(out cpc: IConnectionPointContainer): HResult;
begin
  try
   if FOwner = nil then Result := E_NOINTERFACE else Result := FOwner.QueryInterface(IConnectionPointContainer, cpc);
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;

function TGMConnectionPointImpl.Advise(const unkSink: IUnknown; out dwCookie: LongInt): HResult;
var SinkIntf: IUnknown; threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  try
   threadSync.Lock(FConnectedObjects);
   Result := CONNECT_E_CANNOTCONNECT;
   if unkSink <> nil then
    begin
     Result := unkSink.QueryInterface(IntfID, SinkIntf);
     if Result = S_OK then
      begin
       //Result := unkSink.QueryInterface(IGMDisconnectFromConnectionPoint, SinkIntf);
       //if Result = S_Ok then
        begin
         Inc(FCurrentCookie);
         FConnectedObjects.Add(TGMConnectedObjListEntry.Create(unkSink, FCurrentCookie));
         dwCookie := FCurrentCookie;
        end;
      end;
    end;
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;

function TGMConnectionPointImpl.Unadvise(dwCookie: LongInt): HResult;
var ItemIdx: LongInt; threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
  function FindListEntry(const dwCookie: LongInt; var Index: LongInt): Boolean;
  var i: LongInt; ListEntry: IGMConnectedObjListEntry;
  begin
    Result := False; Index := -1;
    for i := FConnectedObjects.Count-1 downto 0 do
     begin
      GMCheckQueryInterface(FConnectedObjects[i], IGMConnectedObjListEntry, ListEntry, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
      if ListEntry.Cookie = dwCookie then begin Index := i; Result := True; Break; end;
     end;
  end;
begin
  try
   threadSync.Lock(FConnectedObjects);
   Result := CONNECT_E_NOCONNECTION;
   if FindListEntry(dwCookie, ItemIdx) then
    begin
     FConnectedObjects.RemoveByIdx(ItemIdx);
     Result := S_OK;
    end;
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;

function TGMConnectionPointImpl.EnumConnections(out Enum: IEnumConnections): HResult;
var PIEnum: IEnumConnections;
begin
  try
   PIEnum := TGMEnumConnectionsImpl.Create(FConnectedObjects);
   Result := PIEnum.QueryInterface(IEnumConnections, Enum);
  except
   Result := E_UNEXPECTED;
  end;
end;


{ --------------------------- }
{ ---- TGMFileProperties ---- }
{ --------------------------- }

constructor TGMFileProperties.Create(const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  inherited Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FCriticalSection := TGMCriticalSection.Create(True);
end;

constructor TGMFileProperties.Create(const AFileName: TGMString;
                                const AAttributes: TFileAttributes;
                                const ASizeInBytes: Int64;
                                const ACreationTime: TDateTime;
                                const ALastWriteTime: TDateTime;
                                const ALastAccessTime: TDateTime;
                                const ARefLifeTime: Boolean);
begin
  {inherited} Create(ARefLifeTime);
  FFileName := AFileName;
  FSizeInBytes := ASizeInBytes;
  FAttributes := AAttributes;
  FCreationTime := ACreationTime;
  FLastWriteTime := ALastWriteTime;
  FLastAccessTime := ALastAccessTime;
end;

constructor TGMFileProperties.Create(const FindData: TWin32FindData; const AFilePath: TGMString = ''; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
//var FName: TGMString;
begin
  //if AFilePath <> '' then FName := AFilePath else FName := FindData.cFileName;
  Create(GMAppendPath(AFilePath, FindData.cFileName),
         GMDWordToFileAttributes(FindData.dwFileAttributes),
         GMFindDataFileSize(FindData),
         GMFileTimeToDateTime(FindData.ftCreationTime, Self),
         GMFileTimeToDateTime(FindData.ftLastWriteTime, Self),
         GMFileTimeToDateTime(FindData.ftLastAccessTime, Self),
         ARefLifeTime);
end;

constructor TGMFileProperties.CreateFromExisting(const AExistingFileName: TGMString; const ARefLifeTime: Boolean = True);
var findData: TWin32FindData; HSearch: THandle;
begin
  Create(AExistingFileName, [], -1, 0, 0, 0, ARefLifeTime);
  HSearch := FindFirstFile(PGMChar(AExistingFileName), findData);
  if HSearch <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE then
   begin
    {$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}windows{$ELSE}jwaWinBase{$ENDIF}.FindClose(HSearch);
    Create(findData, GMExtractPath(AExistingFileName), ARefLifeTime);
   end;
end;

//function TGMFileProperties.CriticalSection: IGMCriticalSection;
//begin
//if FCriticalSection = nil then FCriticalSection := TGMCriticalSection.Create(True);
//Result := FCriticalSection;
//end;

procedure TGMFileProperties.AssignFromIntf(const Source: IUnknown);
var PIFileEntry: IGMFileProperties; // threadSync: IUnknown;
begin  
  //threadSync := TGMCriticalSectionLock.Create(CriticalSection);
  CriticalSection.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   if GMQueryInterface(Source, IGMFileProperties, PIFileEntry) then
    begin
     FFileName := PIFileEntry.FileName;
     FSizeInBytes := PIFileEntry.SizeInBytes;
     FAttributes := PIFileEntry.Attributes;
     FCreationTime := PIFileEntry.CreationTime;
     FLastWriteTime := PIFileEntry.LastWriteTime;
     FLastAccessTime := PIFileEntry.LastAccessTime;
    end;
  finally
   CriticalSection.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

function TGMFileProperties.GetFileName: TGMString;
//var threadSync: IUnknown;
begin
  CriticalSection.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   //threadSync := TGMCriticalSectionLock.Create(CriticalSection);
   Result := FFileName;
  finally
   CriticalSection.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

procedure TGMFileProperties.SetFileName(const Value: TGMString);
//var threadSync: IUnknown;
begin
  CriticalSection.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   //threadSync := TGMCriticalSectionLock.Create(CriticalSection);
   FFileName := Value;
  finally
   CriticalSection.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

function TGMFileProperties.GetDisplayName: TGMString;
//var threadSync: IUnknown;
begin
  CriticalSection.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   //threadSync := TGMCriticalSectionLock.Create(CriticalSection);
   if FDisplayName <> '' then Result := FDisplayName else Result := FFileName;
  finally
   CriticalSection.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

function TGMFileProperties.GetAttributes: TFileAttributes;
//var threadSync: IUnknown;
begin
  CriticalSection.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   //threadSync := TGMCriticalSectionLock.Create(CriticalSection);
   Result := FAttributes;
  finally
   CriticalSection.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

function TGMFileProperties.GetCreationTime: TDateTime;
//var threadSync: IUnknown;
begin
  CriticalSection.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   //threadSync := TGMCriticalSectionLock.Create(CriticalSection);
   Result := FCreationTime;
  finally
   CriticalSection.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

function TGMFileProperties.GetLastAccessTime: TDateTime;
//var threadSync: IUnknown;
begin
  CriticalSection.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   //threadSync := TGMCriticalSectionLock.Create(CriticalSection);
   Result := FLastAccessTime;
  finally
   CriticalSection.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

function TGMFileProperties.GetLastWriteTime: TDateTime;
//var threadSync: IUnknown;
begin
  CriticalSection.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   //threadSync := TGMCriticalSectionLock.Create(CriticalSection);
   Result := FLastWriteTime;
  finally
   CriticalSection.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

function TGMFileProperties.GetSizeInBytes: Int64;
//var threadSync: IUnknown;
begin
  CriticalSection.EnterCriticalSection;
  try
   //threadSync := TGMCriticalSectionLock.Create(CriticalSection);
   Result := FSizeInBytes;
  finally
   CriticalSection.LeaveCriticalSection;
  end;
end;

function GMReadBOMCharKind(const AStream: IStream; const ADefaultChKind: TGMCharKind): TGMCharKind;
  function TestBOM(const ABom: RawByteString): Boolean;
  var n: LongInt; bomStr: RawByteString;
  begin
    n := 0; Result := False;
    SetLength(bomStr, Length(ABom));
    try
     GMHrCheckObj(AStream.Read(PAnsiChar(bomStr), Length(bomStr), @n), nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
     Result := (n = Length(ABom)) and (bomStr = ABom);
    finally
     if not Result then GMHrCheckObj(AStream.Seek(-n, STREAM_SEEK_CUR, nil), nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
    end;
  end;
begin
  Result := ADefaultChKind;
  if AStream = nil then Exit;

  if TestBOM(cUtf16LEBom) then Result := ckUtf16LE
  else
  if TestBOM(cUtf16BEBom) then Result := ckUtf16BE
  else
  if TestBOM(cUtf8Bom) then Result := ckUtf8
  else
  Result := ADefaultChKind;
end;

procedure GMWriteBOM(const ADestStream: ISequentialStream; const ACharKind: TGMCharKind);
begin
  if ADestStream <> nil then
   case ACharKind of
    ckUtf8: GMSafeIStreamWrite(ADestStream, PAnsiChar(cUtf8Bom), Length(cUtf8Bom));
    ckUtf16LE: GMSafeIStreamWrite(ADestStream, PAnsiChar(cUtf16LEBom), Length(cUtf16LEBom));
    ckUtf16BE: GMSafeIStreamWrite(ADestStream, PAnsiChar(cUtf16BEBom), Length(cUtf16BEBom));
   end;
end;

function GMIStreamHasSignature(const AStream: IStream; const AFormatSig: AnsiString): Boolean;
const cStrRountineName = 'GMIStreamHasSignature';
var strmSig: AnsiString; n: LongInt;
begin
  Result := False;
  if AStream = nil then Exit;
  SetLength(strmSig, Length(AFormatSig));
  try
   GMHrCheckIntf(AStream.Read(PAnsiChar(strmSig), Length(strmSig), @n), AStream, cStrRountineName);
   Result := (n = Length(AFormatSig)) and (strmSig = AFormatSig);
  finally
   if n <> 0 then GMHrCheckIntf(AStream.Seek(-n, STREAM_SEEK_CUR, nil), AStream, cStrRountineName);
  end;
end;

function GMIStreamContainsJpeg(const AStream: IStream): boolean;
begin
  Result := GMIStreamHasSignature(AStream, #$FF#$D8); // $D8FF
end;

function GMIStreamContainsGIF(const AStream: IStream): boolean;
begin
  Result := GMIStreamHasSignature(AStream, 'GIF'); // $D8FF
end;

function GMIStreamContainsBmp(const AStream: IStream): boolean;
begin
  Result := GMIStreamHasSignature(AStream, #$42#$4D); // $4D42
end;

function ReadNextStreamAnsiChar(const AStream: IStream; var ACh: AnsiChar): Boolean;
var N: LongInt;
begin
  Result := (AStream <> nil) and (AStream.Read(@ACh, SizeOf(ACh), @N) >= 0) and (N = SizeOf(ACh));
end;

function GMIStreamContainsXml(const AStream: IStream): Boolean;
var StreamPosKeeper: IUnknown; ch: AnsiChar;
  function IsIdentifierStartCh(ACh: AnsiChar): Boolean;
  begin
    Result := ((ACh >= 'a') and (ACh <= 'z')) or (ACh >= 'A') and (ACh <= 'Z') or (ACh = '_');
  end;
begin
  Result := False;
  if AStream = nil then Exit;
  StreamPosKeeper := TGMIStreamPosKeeper.Create(AStream);
  repeat
   if not ReadNextStreamAnsiChar(AStream, ch) then Exit;
  until not (ch in [' ', #9, #10, #13]);
  if ch <> '<' then Exit;

  if not ReadNextStreamAnsiChar(AStream, ch) then Exit;
  case ch of
   '!', '?': begin
              if not ReadNextStreamAnsiChar(AStream, ch) then Exit;
              if not IsIdentifierStartCh(ch) then Exit;
             end;
   else if not IsIdentifierStartCh(ch) then Exit;
  end;

  Result := True;
end;

function GMIStreamContainsASCIIText(const AStream: IStream): Boolean;
const cCheckChCount = 100;
var i: LongInt; StreamPosKeeper: IUnknown; ch: AnsiChar;
begin
  if AStream = nil then begin Result := False; Exit; end;
  StreamPosKeeper := TGMIStreamPosKeeper.Create(AStream);

  Result := True;
  for i:=0 to cCheckChCount-1 do
   begin
    if not ReadNextStreamAnsiChar(AStream, ch) then begin Result := i > 0; Exit; end;
//  if not (ch in [#9, #10, #13]) and not ((Ord(ch) >= 32) and ((Ord(ch) <= 127))) then
//     begin Result := False; Exit; end;
    if not (ch in [#9, #10, #13]) and not (Ord(ch) >= 32) then begin Result := False; Exit; end;
   end;
end;

procedure GMConsumeStreamContent(const AStream: ISequentialStream; const ABufferSize: LongInt);
var strBuf: AnsiString; n: LongInt; readHr: HResult;
begin
  if (AStream = nil) or (ABufferSize <= 0) then Exit;
  SetLength(strBuf, ABufferSize);
  repeat
   readHr := AStream.Read(PAnsiChar(strBuf), Length(strBuf), @n);
  until (n < Length(strBuf)) or not GMHrSucceeded(readHr);
end;


{function GMIStreamContainsJpeg(const AStream: IStream): boolean;
const cStrRountineName = 'GMIStreamContainsJpeg';
//const cJpegDataSig: array [0 .. 1] of Byte = ($FF, $D8); //, $FF, $E0, $00, $10, $4A, $46, $49, $46, $00);
const cJpegSig: Word = $D8FF;
var JpegSig: Word; n: LongInt; // array [Low(cJpegDataSig) .. High(cJpegDataSig)] of Byte;
begin
  Result := False;
  if AStream = nil then Exit;
  //PosKeeper := TGMIStreamPosKeeper.Create(AStream);

  //if GMIStreamSize(AStream) - GMIStreamPos(AStream) > SizeOf(JpegSig) then

  GMHrCheckIntf(AStream.Read(@JpegSig, SizeOf(JpegSig), @n), AStream, cStrRountineName);
  Result := (n >= SizeOf(JpegSig)) and (JpegSig = cJpegSig);
  GMHrCheckIntf(AStream.Seek(-n, STREAM_SEEK_CUR, PInt64(nil)^), AStream, cStrRountineName);


   begin
    GMSafeIStreamRead(AStream, @JpegSig, SizeOf(JpegSig), cStrRountineName);
    GMHrCheckIntf(AStream.Seek(-Sizeof(JpegSig), STREAM_SEEK_CUR, PInt64(nil)^), AStream, cStrRountineName);
    //AStream.ReadBuffer(JpegSig, SizeOf(JpegSig));
    //AStream.Seek(-Sizeof(JpegSig), soFromCurrent);
    Result := JpegSig = cJpegSig;
    //Result := CompareMem(@JpegSig, @cJpegDataSig, Min(SizeOf(JpegSig), SizeOf(cJpegDataSig)));
   end;
end;}

function GMIStreamReadStrA(const AStream: ISequentialStream): AnsiString;
const cStrRountineName = 'GMIStreamReadStrA';
var len, n: LongWord;
begin
  if AStream = nil then begin Result := ''; Exit; end;
  AStream.Read(@len, SizeOf(len), PLongInt(@n));
  if n < SizeOf(len) then Exit{$IFDEF FPC}(''){$ENDIF};
  SetLength(Result, len);
  if len > 0 then GMSafeIStreamRead(AStream, PAnsiChar(Result), len, cStrRountineName);
end;

procedure GMIStreamWriteStrA(const AStream: ISequentialStream; const AValue: AnsiString);
const cStrRountineName = 'GMIStreamWriteStrA';
var len: LongWord;
begin
  if AStream = nil then Exit;
  len := Length(AValue);
  GMSafeIStreamWrite(AStream, @len, SizeOf(len), cStrRountineName);
  if len > 0 then GMSafeIStreamWrite(AStream, PAnsiChar(AValue), len, cStrRountineName);
end;


function GMIStreamReadStrW(const AStream: ISequentialStream): UnicodeString;
const cStrRountineName = 'GMIStreamReadStrW';
var len, n: LongWord;
begin
  if AStream = nil then begin Result := ''; Exit; end;
  AStream.Read(@len, SizeOf(len), PLongInt(@n));
  if n < SizeOf(len) then Exit{$IFDEF FPC}(''){$ENDIF};
  SetLength(Result, len);
  if len > 0 then GMSafeIStreamRead(AStream, PWideChar(Result), len * SizeOf(WideChar), cStrRountineName);
end;

procedure GMIStreamWriteStrW(const AStream: ISequentialStream; const AValue: UnicodeString);
const cStrRountineName = 'GMIStreamWriteStrW';
var len: LongWord;
begin
  if AStream = nil then Exit;
  len := Length(AValue);
  GMSafeIStreamWrite(AStream, @len, SizeOf(len), cStrRountineName);
  if len > 0 then GMSafeIStreamWrite(AStream, PWideChar(AValue), len * SizeOf(WideChar), cStrRountineName);
end;


{ ------------------------ }
{ ---- File functions ---- }
{ ------------------------ }

function GMFolderExists(const AFolderName: TGMString): Boolean;
var attr, lastErr: DWORD;
begin
  attr := GetFileAttributes(PGMChar(AFolderName));
  if attr = INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES then
   begin
    lastErr := GetLastError;
    case lastErr of
     ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND, ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME: ; // <- Nothing!  ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
     else GMApiCheckObj('GetFileAttributes', '', lastErr, False);
    end;
   end;
  Result := (attr <> INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) and (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY and attr <> 0);
end;

function GMFileExists(const AFileName: TGMString): Boolean;
var attr, lastErr: DWORD;
begin
  if Length(AFileName) <= 0 then Exit(False);
  attr := GetFileAttributes(PGMChar(AFileName));
  if attr = INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES then
   begin
    lastErr := GetLastError;
    case lastErr of
     ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND, ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME, ERROR_BAD_NETPATH: ; // <- Nothing!  ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
     else GMApiCheckObj('GetFileAttributes', '', lastErr, False);
    end;
   end;
  Result := (attr <> INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) and (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY and attr = 0);
end;

function GMFileOrFolderExists(const AFileName: TGMString): Boolean;
var attr, lastErr: DWORD;
begin
  attr := GetFileAttributes(PGMChar(AFileName));
  if attr = INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES then
   begin
    lastErr := GetLastError;
    case lastErr of
     ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND, ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND, ERROR_BAD_PATHNAME: ; // <- Nothing!  ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
     else GMApiCheckObj('GetFileAttributes', '', lastErr, False);
    end;
   end;
  Result := attr <> INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
end;

function GMFileSystemEntry(const FilePath: TGMString): IGMFileProperties;
var Handle: THandle; FindData: TWin32FindData;
begin
  Handle := FindFirstFile(PGMChar(FilePath), FindData);
  GMAPICheckObj('FindFirstFile', '', GetLastError, Handle <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);
  {$IFNDEF JEDIAPI}windows{$ELSE}jwaWinBase{$ENDIF}.FindClose(Handle);
  Result := TGMFileProperties.Create(FindData, FilePath);
end;

procedure GMCheckFileExists(const AFileName: TGMString; const Caller: TObject = nil; const CallingName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName);
begin
  if not GMFileExists(AFileName) then raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrFileNotExists, [AFileName]), Caller, CallingName);
end;

procedure GMCreatePath(DirPath: TGMString; const Caller: TObject);
var chPos: PtrInt; dir, path: TGMString; errCode: DWORD;
begin
  path := ExtractFileDrive(DirPath);
  DirPath := Copy(DirPath, Length(path) + 1, High(LongInt));
  chPos := 1;
  repeat
   dir := GMNextWord(chPos, DirPath, cDirSep);
   if Length(dir) > 0 then
    begin
     path := GMAppendPath(path, dir);
     //
     // GMFolderExists may fail on insufficient rights too!
     //
     if not CreateDirectory(PGMChar(path), nil) then // not GMFolderExists(path) and
      begin
       errCode := GetLastError;
       GMAPICheckObjEx('CreateDirectory("'+path+'")', '', errCode, False, [NO_ERROR, ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS], Caller);
      end;
     //if not GMFolderExists(path) then GMApiCheckObj(CreateDirectory(PGMChar(path), nil), Caller, 'CreateDirectory');
    end;
  until dir = '';
end;

procedure GMCheckFileOpenReadOnly(const AFileName: TGMString; const OpenReadOnly: Boolean; const Caller: TObject = nil; const CallingName: TGMString = cDfltRoutineName);
var FileAttr: LongInt;
begin
  FileAttr := GetFileAttributes(PGMChar(AFileName));
  if (FileAttr <> -1) and (FileAttr and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY <> 0) and not OpenReadOnly then
   raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrFileReadonlyFmt, [AFileName]), Caller, CallingName);
end;

function GMAppendPath(const APath1, APath2: TGMString; const APathSep: TGMString): TGMString;
//var lPath: TGMString; chPos: PtrInt;
begin
//chPos := Length(APath1);
//while (chPos > 1) and GMIsDelimiter(cDirSep, APath1, chPos) do Dec(chPos);
//lPath := Copy(APath1, 1, chPos);

  //if GMIsOneOfStrings(APath1, ['/', '\', '\\']) then
  if (APath1 = '\') or  (APath1 = '/') or  (APath1 = '\\') then
   Result := APath1 + GMStripLeft(APath2, cDirSep)
  else
   Result := GMStringJoin(GMStripRight(APath1, cDirSep), APathSep, GMStripLeft(APath2, cDirSep));
end;

function GMBuildPath(const APathParts: array of TGMString; const APathSep: TGMString = '\'): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  Result := '';
  for i:=Low(APathParts) to High(APathParts) do Result := GMAppendPath(Result, APathParts[i]);
end;

function GMAbsPath(const APath: TGMString; const AAbsStart: TGMString): TGMString;
begin
  Result := AAbsStart + GMStripLeft(APath, cDirSep);
end;

function GMAppendStrippedPath(const Path1, Path2: TGMString; const Separator: TGMString): TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMStringJoin(GMStrip(Path1, cDirSep), Separator, GMStrip(Path2, cDirSep));
end;

function GMApplyRelativePath(const Path, RelativePath: TGMString): TGMString;
const CUpDir = '..'; CDir = '.';
var chPos: PtrInt; Token: TGMString;
begin
  Result := Path;
  chPos := 1;
  repeat
   Token := GMNextWord(chPos, RelativePath, cDirSep);
   if Token = CUpDir then Result := GMDeleteLastWord(Result, cDirSep) else
    if Token <> CDir then Result := GMAppendPath(Result, Token);
  until Token = '';
end;

{$IFDEF JEDIAPI}
procedure GMGetUserAndDomainNames(var AUserName, ADomainName: TGMString);
//
// See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/111544
//
var token: THandle; lastErr, tokenInfoSize, userNameLen, domainLen, snu: DWORD; tokenData: AnsiString;
begin
  token := 0;
  if not OpenThreadToken(GetCurrentThread, TOKEN_QUERY, True, token) then
   begin
    lastErr := GetLastError;
    GMAPICheckObjEx('OpenThreadToken', '', lastErr, False, [ERROR_SUCCESS, ERROR_NO_TOKEN]);
    GMAPICheckObj('OpenProcessToken', '', GetLastError, OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess, TOKEN_QUERY, token));
   end;

  try
   GMAPICheckObjEx('GetTokenInformation', '', GetLastError, GetTokenInformation(token, TokenUser, nil, 0, tokenInfoSize), [ERROR_SUCCESS, ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER]);
   SetLength(tokenData, tokenInfoSize);

   GMAPICheckObj('GetTokenInformation', '', GetLastError, GetTokenInformation(token, TokenUser, PAnsiChar(tokenData), Length(tokenData), tokenInfoSize));

   userNameLen := 512; SetLength(AUserName, userNameLen);
   domainLen := 512; SetLength(ADomainName, domainLen);

   GMAPICheckObj('LookupAccountSid', '', GetLastError, LookupAccountSid(nil, PTOKEN_USER(PAnsiChar(tokenData)).User.Sid,
                 PGMChar(AUserName), userNameLen, PGMChar(ADomainName), domainLen, snu));

   SetLength(AUserName, userNameLen);
   SetLength(ADomainName, domainLen);
  finally
   CloseHandle(token);
  end;
end;
{$ENDIF}

function GMThisComputerName: TGMString;
var len: DWORD;
begin
  len := MAX_COMPUTERNAME_LENGTH + 1;
  SetLength(Result, LongInt(len)-1);
  GMAPICheckObj('GetComputerName', '', GetLastError, GetComputerName(PGMChar(Result), len));
  SetLength(Result, len); // <- Terminator NOT included in len
end;

function GMThisUserName: TGMString;
const cUnLen = 256;
var len: DWORD;
begin
  len := cUnLen + 1;
  SetLength(Result, LongInt(len)-1);
  GMAPICheckObj('GetUserName', '', GetLastError, GetUserName(PGMChar(Result), len));
  SetLength(Result, LongInt(len)-1); // <- Terminator included in len
end;

function GMThisUserSID: TGMString;
//
// See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/111544
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/251248/how-can-i-get-the-sid-of-the-current-windows-account
//
var token: THandle; lastErr, tokenInfoSize: DWORD; tokenData: AnsiString; pszSid: PGMChar; // userNameLen, domainLen, snu
begin
  token := 0; Result := '';
  try
   if not OpenThreadToken(GetCurrentThread, TOKEN_QUERY, True, token) then
    begin
     lastErr := GetLastError;
     GMAPICheckObjEx('OpenThreadToken', '', lastErr, False, [ERROR_SUCCESS, ERROR_NO_TOKEN]);
     GMAPICheckObj('OpenProcessToken', '', GetLastError, OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess, TOKEN_QUERY, token));
    end;

   GMAPICheckObjEx('GetTokenInformation', '', GetLastError, GetTokenInformation(token, TokenUser, nil, 0, tokenInfoSize), [ERROR_SUCCESS, ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER]);
   SetLength(tokenData, tokenInfoSize);
   GMAPICheckObj('GetTokenInformation', '', GetLastError, GetTokenInformation(token, TokenUser, PAnsiChar(tokenData), Length(tokenData), tokenInfoSize));
   try
    pszSid := nil;
    GMAPICheckObj('ConvertSidToStringSid', '', GetLastError, ConvertSidToStringSid(PTOKEN_USER(PAnsiChar(tokenData)).User.Sid, pszSid));
    SetString(Result, pszSid, GMStrLen(pszSid));
//  Result := SetString(pszSid;
   finally
    LocalFree(PtrUInt(pszSid));
//  if LocalFree(PtrUInt(pszSid)) <> 0 then lastErr := GetLastError;
   end;

// userNameLen := 512; SetLength(AUserName, userNameLen);
// domainLen := 512; SetLength(ADomainName, domainLen);

// GMAPICheckObj('LookupAccountSid', '', GetLastError, LookupAccountSid(nil, PTOKEN_USER(PAnsiChar(tokenData)).User.Sid,
//               PGMChar(AUserName), userNameLen, PGMChar(ADomainName), domainLen, snu));
//
// SetLength(AUserName, userNameLen);
// SetLength(ADomainName, domainLen);
  finally
   if token <> 0 then CloseHandle(token);
  end;
end;

procedure GMGetAllUserNames(var AUserNames: TGMStringArray);
var regKey: IGMRegKey; i: LongInt; subKeyNames: TGMStringArray;
begin
  SetLength(AUserNames, 0);
  regKey := TGMRegKey.Create(True);
  if not regKey.Obj.OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, '\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList') then Exit;
  regKey.Obj.ReadSubKeyNames(subKeyNames);
  for i:=Low(subKeyNames) to High(subKeyNames) do
   if GMIsPrefixStr('S-1-5-21-', subKeyNames[i]) and
      regKey.Obj.OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, GMAppendPath('SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList', subKeyNames[i]))
     then GMAddStrToArray(GMStrip(GMLastWord(regKey.Obj.ReadString('ProfileImagePath'), '\')), AUserNames);
end;

procedure GMGetAllUserSettingsDirectories(var ADirectories: TGMStringArray; const ASubDirName: TGMString);
var i: LongInt; userBasePath, userSubDir: TGMString;
begin
  GMGetAllUserNames(ADirectories);
  userBasePath := GMDeleteLastWord(GMExpandEnvironmentStrings('%USERPROFILE%'), '/\');
  if GMWinVersion < wvVista then userSubDir := 'Application Data' else userSubDir := 'AppData\Roaming';

  for i:=Low(ADirectories) to High(ADirectories) do
     ADirectories[i] := GMBuildPath([userBasePath, ADirectories[i], userSubDir, ASubDirName]);
end;

function GMWinSystemDir: TGMString;
begin
  Setlength(Result, LongInt(GetSystemDirectory(nil, 0)) - 1); // <- SetLength is safe against negative length
  if Length(Result) > 0 then GetSystemDirectory(PGMChar(Result), Length(Result) + 1);
end;

function GMWindowsDir: TGMString;
begin
  Setlength(Result, LongInt(GetWindowsDirectory(nil, 0)) - 1); // <- SetLength is safe against negative length
  if Length(Result) > 0 then GetWindowsDirectory(PGMChar(Result), Length(Result) + 1);
end;

function GMWinTempDir: TGMString;
begin
  Setlength(Result, LongInt(GetTempPath(0, nil)) - 1); // <- SetLength is safe against negative length
  if Length(Result) > 0 then GetTempPath(Length(Result) + 1, PGMChar(Result));
end;

function GMCurrentDir: TGMString;
begin
  Setlength(Result, LongInt(GetCurrentDirectory(0, nil)) - 1); // <- SetLength is safe against negative length
  if Length(Result) > 0 then GetCurrentDirectory(Length(Result) + 1, PGMChar(Result));
end;

function GMTempFileName(AFolderPath: TGMString  = ''; Prefix: TGMString = CGMTempFilePrefix; Extension: TGMString = CGMTempFileExtension): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
  function BuildFileName(const Prefix, Extension: TGMString; No: Integer): TGMString;
  begin
    //Result := GMFormat('%s\%s%x.%s', [AFolderPath, Prefix, No, GMStrip(Extension, '.')]);
    Result := GMAppendPath(AFolderPath, Prefix + GMFormat('%x', [No]) +'.'+ GMStrip(Extension, '.'), DirectorySeparator);
  end;
begin
  if AFolderPath = '' then AFolderPath := GMWinTempDir;
  AFolderPath := GMStripRight(AFolderPath, ':\.');
  if Length(Prefix) > 3 then Prefix := Copy(Prefix, 1, 3);
  {$push}{$warnings off} // <- hide annoing deprecated warning
  i := GetTickCount and ($FFFFFFFF shr (Length(Prefix) * 4));
  {$pop}
  Result := BuildFileName(Prefix, Extension, i);
  while GMFileExists(Result) do
   begin
    Inc(i);
    Result := BuildFileName(Prefix, Extension, i);
   end;
end;

function GMModuleFileName(const ModuleHandle: HMODULE): TGMString;
begin
  SetLength(Result, 2048);
  SetLength(Result, GetModuleFileName(ModuleHandle, PGMChar(Result), Length(Result)));
  GMAPICheckObj('GetModuleFileName', '', GetLastError, Length(Result) > 0);
  Result := GMLongPathName(Result);
end;

function GMThisModuleFileName: TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMModuleFileName({$IFNDEF FPC}SysInit.{$ELSE}System.{$ENDIF}HInstance);
end;

function GMApplicationExeName: TGMString;
begin
  Result := ParamStr(0); // GMModuleFileName(0);
end;

function GMExpandEnvironmentStrings(const APath: TGMString): TGMString;
//
// For a list of environment Variables see: https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-variables.html
//
begin
  SetLength(Result, LongInt(ExpandEnvironmentStrings(PGMChar(APath), nil, 0)) - 1);
  if Length(Result) = 0 then Exit;
  GMAPICheckObj('ExpandEnvironmentStrings', '', GetLastError, ExpandEnvironmentStrings(PGMChar(APath), PGMChar(Result), Length(Result) + 1) <> 0);
  // neccessary because ExpandEnvironmentStrings sometimes calculates buffer size too large
  //while (Length(Result) > 0) and (Result[Length(Result)] = #0) do System.Delete(Result, Length(Result), 1);
  Result := PGMChar(Result);
end;

function GMExpandPath(const APath: TGMString; ARootPath: TGMString; const ADirSep: TGMString): TGMString;
var chPos: PtrInt; part, path: TGMString;
begin
  if not GMIsRelativePath(APath) then begin Result := APath; Exit; end;

  if Length(ARootPath) <= 0 then ARootPath := GMExtractPath(GMThisModuleFileName);

  chPos := 1; path := '';
  repeat
   part := GMNextWord(chPos, APath, cDirSep);
   if part = '.' then // Nothing, but canr be omitted
   else
   if part = '..' then ARootPath := GMDeleteLastWord(ARootPath, cDirSep)
   else
   path := GMAppendPath(path, part);
  until Length(part) <= 0;

  Result := GMAppendPath(ARootPath, path);
end;

function GMChangeFileExt(const AFileName, ANewExtension: TGMString): TGMString;
var chPos: PtrInt; extension: TGMString;
begin
  Result := AFileName;
  extension := GMStrip(ANewExtension, '\. ');
  if extension <> '' then extension := '.' + extension;
  chPos := GMLastDelimiter('.', AFileName);
  //if chPos > 0 then Result := Copy(Result, 1, chPos-1) + extension;
  if chPos = 0 then chPos := Length(Result) + 1;
  Result := Copy(Result, 1, chPos-1) + extension;
end;

function GMAppFileWithExtension(const AExtension: TGMString): TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMChangeFileExt(GMApplicationExeName, AExtension);
end;

function GMFullPathName(const AFileName: TGMString): TGMString;
var PNameStart: PGMChar;
begin
  SetLength(Result, LongInt(GetFullPathName(PGMChar(AFileName), 0, nil, PNameStart)) - 1);
  if Length(Result) <= 0 then Exit;
  GetFullPathName(PGMChar(AFileName), Length(Result) + 1, PGMChar(Result), PNameStart);
  Result := GMLongPathName(Result);
end;

function GMGetProcAddress(const AModuleName: TGMString; const AProcName: AnsiString; const ACheck: Boolean): Pointer;
var moduleHandle: HMODULE; lastErr: DWORD;
begin
//Result := nil;
  moduleHandle := GetModuleHandle(PGMChar(AModuleName));
  if moduleHandle = 0 then
   begin
    moduleHandle := LoadLibrary(PGMChar(AModuleName));
    if (moduleHandle = 0) and ACheck then
     begin
      lastErr := GetLastError;
      GMAPICheckObjParams('LoadLibrary("'+AModuleName+'")', '', lastErr, moduleHandle <> 0, [PGMChar(AModuleName)]);
      //GMAPICheckObj('LoadLibrary("'+AModuleName+'")', ': "'+AModuleName+'"', lastErr, moduleHandle <> 0);
     end;
   end;

  if moduleHandle = 0 then Result := nil else Result := GetProcAddress(moduleHandle, PAnsiChar(AProcName));
  if not Assigned(Result) and ACheck then raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrRoutineNotFound, [AProcName, AModuleName]), nil, 'GMGetProcAddress');
end;

procedure GMLoadProcAddress(const AModuleName: TGMString; const AProcName: AnsiString; var AProc);
//var moduleHandle: HMODULE; lastErr: DWORD;
begin
  if Assigned(Pointer(AProc)) then Exit;
  Pointer(AProc) := GMGetProcAddress(AModuleName, AProcName, True);

  //if AModuleName = '' then raise EGMException.ObjError(RStrNoModuleName, nil, 'GetProcAddress');
  //moduleHandle := GetModuleHandle(PGMChar(AModuleName));
  //if moduleHandle = 0 then
  // begin
  //  moduleHandle := LoadLibrary(PGMChar(AModuleName));
  //  if moduleHandle = 0 then
  //   begin
  //    lastErr := GetLastError;
  //    GMAPICheckObjParams('LoadLibrary("'+AModuleName+'")', '', lastErr, moduleHandle <> 0, [PGMChar(AModuleName)]);
  //   end;
  // end;
  //
  //Pointer(AProc) := GetProcAddress(moduleHandle, PAnsiChar(AProcName));
  //if not Assigned(Pointer(AProc)) then raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrRoutineNotFound, [AProcName, AModuleName]), nil, 'GetProcAddress');
end;


var vfWin32GetLongPathName: function (lpszShortPath: PGMChar; lpszLongPath: PGMChar; cchBuffer: DWORD): LongInt; stdcall;

function GMLongPathName(const AShortPathName: TGMString): TGMString;
  //
  // Windows NT does not have GetLongPathNameA
  //
  function GetLongPathNameProcAddr: Pointer;
  var hKernel32: THandle;
  begin
    hKernel32 := GetModuleHandle('kernel32.dll'); // <- kernel32.dll will be loaded already!
    if hKernel32 <> 0 then Result := GetProcAddress(hKernel32, {$IFDEF UNICODE}'GetLongPathNameW'{$ELSE}'GetLongPathNameA'{$ENDIF}) else Result := nil;
  end;
begin
  if not Assigned(vfWin32GetLongPathName) then vfWin32GetLongPathName := GetLongPathNameProcAddr;

  if not Assigned(vfWin32GetLongPathName) then Result := AShortPathName else
   begin
    SetLength(Result, vfWin32GetLongPathName(PGMChar(AShortPathName), nil, 0) - 1);
    if Length(Result) > 0 then
     GMAPICheckObj('GetLongPathName', '', GetLastError, vfWin32GetLongPathName(PGMChar(AShortPathName), PGMChar(Result), Length(Result) + 1) <> 0)
    else
     // GetLongPathName only works for existing files!
     Result := AShortPathName;
   end;
end;

procedure GMSplitParameterStr(AParameterStr: PGMChar; var ADestParams: TGMStringArray);
var pCh, pStart: PGMChar; inStr1, inStr2: Boolean; prevCh: TGMChar;
  procedure AddParamater;
  var paramValue: TGMString;
  begin
    SetString(paramValue, pStart, pCh - pStart);
    pStart := pCh + 1;
    if Length(paramValue) > 0 then
     begin
      SetLength(ADestParams, Length(ADestParams)+1);
      ADestParams[High(ADestParams)] := paramValue;
     end;
  end;
begin
  pCh := AParameterStr;
  SetLength(ADestParams, 0);
  if pCh = nil then Exit;
  inStr1 := False; inStr2 := False; pStart := pCh; prevCh := #0;
  while pCh^ <> #0 do
   begin
    // for correct parsing of doubled quotes inside strings, doubled appearances must be replaced by single ones
    // Test: "something ""wrong?"""
    if inStr1 then begin inStr1 := (pCh^ <> '"') {or (prevCh = '"')}; end // <- Don't use backslash escaping here it would break: /DataDir="C:\" /NoProgess
    else
    if inStr2 then begin inStr2 := (pCh^ <> '''') {or (prevCh = '''')}; end // <- Don't use backslash escaping here it would break: /DataDir="C:\" /NoProgess
    else
    case pCh^ of
     '"': begin inStr1 := True; end;
     '''': begin inStr2 := True; end;
     ' ', #9, #10, #13: begin
                         case prevCh of
                          ' ', #9, #10, #13: ; // <- Nothing! But can't be omitted!
                          else AddParamater;
                         end;
                         pStart := pCh + 1;
                        end;
     else // if prevCh = ' ' then pStart := pCh;
      case prevCh of
       ' ', #9, #10, #13: pStart := pCh;
      end;
    end;
    prevCh := pCh^;
    Inc(pCh);
   end;
  AddParamater;
end;

function GMParseCommandLine(var ADestParams: TGMStringArray): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  GMSplitParameterStr(GetCommandLine, ADestParams);
  if Length(ADestParams) > 0 then
   begin
    Result := GMRemoveQuotes(ADestParams[Low(ADestParams)]);
    for i:=Low(ADestParams) to High(ADestParams)-1 do ADestParams[i] := ADestParams[i+1];
    SetLength(ADestParams, Length(ADestParams)-1);
   end;
end;

function GMStringToUtf8(const AValue: UnicodeString): AnsiString;
begin
  SetLength(Result, Length(AValue)*4);
  if Length(AValue) <= 0 then Exit;
  SetLength(Result, WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, PWideChar(AValue), Length(AValue), PAnsiChar(Result), Length(Result), nil, nil));
  if Length(Result) <= 0 then GMApiCheckObj('GMStringToUtf8', '', GetLastError, False);
end;

function GMUtf8ToString(const AValue: AnsiString): UnicodeString;
begin
  SetLength(Result, Length(AValue));
  if Length(AValue) <= 0 then Exit;
  SetLength(Result, MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, PAnsiChar(AValue), Length(AValue), PWideChar(Result), Length(Result)));
  if Length(Result) <= 0 then GMApiCheckObj('GMUtf8ToString', '', GetLastError, False);
end;

function APILayeredWinAttrProcAddr: Pointer;
var HUser32: THandle;
begin
  HUser32 := GetModuleHandle('user32.dll');
  if HUser32 <> 0 then Result := GetProcAddress(HUser32, 'SetLayeredWindowAttributes') else Result := nil;
end;

function GMCanUseLayeredWindows: Boolean;
begin
//Result := GMWinVersion >= wvWin2000;
  Result := APILayeredWinAttrProcAddr <> nil;
end;

function GMSetLayeredWindowAttributes(Wnd: HWnd; crKey: COLORREF; bAlpha: Byte; dwFlags: DWORD): BOOL;
var APILayeredWinAttrProc: function (Wnd: HWnd; crKey: COLORREF; bAlpha: Byte; dwFlags: DWORD): BOOL; stdcall;
  //
  // Windows 95/98/ME does not have SetLayeredWindowAttributes
  //
//function APILayeredWinAttrProcAddr: Pointer;
//var HUser32: THandle;
//begin
//  HUser32 := GetModuleHandle('user32.dll');
//  if HUser32 <> 0 then Result := GetProcAddress(HUser32, 'SetLayeredWindowAttributes') else Result := nil;
//end;
begin
  //if vUser32Dll = nil then vUser32Dll := TGMDLLHandleObj.Create('user32.dll');
  //if vUser32Dll.Handle = 0 then Exit;
  //DllProc := GetProcAddress(vUser32Dll.Handle, 'SetLayeredWindowAttributes');
  @APILayeredWinAttrProc := APILayeredWinAttrProcAddr;
  if Assigned(APILayeredWinAttrProc) then Result := APILayeredWinAttrProc(Wnd, crKey, bAlpha, dwFlags) else Result := False;
end;

function GMFileHasExtension(const AFileName, FileExtension: TGMString): Boolean;
begin
  Result := GMSameText(GMStrip(ExtractFileExt(AFileName), ' .'), FileExtension);
end;

function GMParentDir(const APath: TGMString): TGMString;
var chPos: PtrInt;
begin
//Result := APath;
  chPos := GMLastDelimiter(cDirSep, APath);
  if chPos > 0 then Result := Copy(APath, 1, chPos-1) else Result := '';
end;

function GMTermPath(const Path: TGMString; const Separator: TGMString): TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMStripRight(Path, cDirSep + cWhiteSpace + ',.;');
  if Length(Result) > 0 then Result := Result + Separator;
end;

function GMExeVersionInformation(const AVersionInfoKey: TGMVersionResInfo): TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMFileVersionInfo(GMApplicationExeName, AVersionInfoKey);
end;

function GMFileVersionInfo(const AFileName: TGMString; const VersionInfoKey: TGMVersionResInfo; const AAnsiData: Boolean): TGMString;
var Buffer, Value: Pointer; Dummy, BufSize, ValueSize: DWORD; 
  function SwapLongInt(Value: LongInt): LongInt;
  begin
    Result := ((Value and $0000FFFF) shl 16) or ((Value and -65536) shr 16); // $FFFF0000
  end;
begin
  Result := '';
  BufSize := GetFileVersionInfoSize(PGMChar(AFileName), Dummy);
  if BufSize <= 0 then Exit;
  Buffer := AllocMem(BufSize);
  try
   if GetFileVersionInfo(PGMChar(AFileName), 0, BufSize, Buffer) then
    if VersionInfoKey <> viFileVersion then
     begin
      if AAnsiData then
       begin
        if VerQueryValueA(Buffer, '\VarFileInfo\Translation', Value, ValueSize) and (ValueSize >= 4) then
         if VerQueryValueA(Buffer, PAnsiChar(AnsiString(GMFormat('\StringFileInfo\%.8x\%s', [SwapLongInt(LongInt(Value^)),
            cVersionInfoKeysA[VersionInfoKey]]))), Value, ValueSize) and (ValueSize > 0) then Result := PAnsiChar(Value); // SetString(Result, PGMChar(Value), ValueSize);
       end
      else
       if VerQueryValue(Buffer, '\VarFileInfo\Translation', Value, ValueSize) and (ValueSize >= 4) then
        if VerQueryValue(Buffer, PGMChar(GMFormat('\StringFileInfo\%.8x\%s', [SwapLongInt(LongInt(Value^)),
           cVersionInfoKeys[VersionInfoKey]])), Value, ValueSize) and (ValueSize > 0) then Result := PGMChar(Value); // SetString(Result, PGMChar(Value), ValueSize);
     end
    else
     if VerQueryValue(Buffer, '\', Value, ValueSize) then
        Result := GMFormat('%d.%d.%d.%d', [Hiword(((TVSFixedFileInfo(Value^)).dwFileVersionMS)),
                                           Loword(((TVSFixedFileInfo(Value^)).dwFileVersionMS)),
                                           Hiword(((TVSFixedFileInfo(Value^)).dwFileVersionLS)),
                                           Loword(((TVSFixedFileInfo(Value^)).dwFileVersionLS))]);
  finally
   FreeMem(Buffer);
  end;
end;

function GMExecutableForDocExt(DocExt: TGMString): TGMString;
var RegKey: IGMRegKey; ProgId: TGMString; ValueNames: TGMStringArray;
begin
  Result := '';
  DocExt := GMStrip(DocExt, cWhiteSpace + cDirSep + '.:*');
  if DocExt <> '' then DocExt := '.' + DocExt;
  if Length(DocExt) = 0 then Exit{$IFDEF FPC}(''){$ENDIF};
  RegKey := TGMRegKey.Create(True);
  if RegKey.Obj.OpenKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, '\' + DocExt) then
   begin
    ProgId := RegKey.Obj.ReadString('');
    if (Length(ProgId) = 0) and RegKey.Obj.OpenKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, '\' + DocExt + '\OpenWithProgIds') then
     begin
      RegKey.Obj.ReadValueNames(ValueNames);
      if Length(ValueNames) > 0 then ProgId := ValueNames[0];
     end;
    if (ProgId <> '') and RegKey.Obj.OpenKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, GMFormat('\%s\shell\open\command', [ProgId])) then
     Result := GMStrip(RegKey.Obj.ReadString(''), cWhiteSpace);                
   end;
end;

{function GMFindOleServerForClassId(const ClassId: TGUID; var OleServer: TGMString; var IconIndex: LongInt): Boolean;
const CSeparators = '\'; cStripChars = CSeparators + cWhiteSpace + '"'',';
var Registry: TRegistry; chPos, IconIdx: LongInt; ValueStr: TGMString;
begin
  Result := False;
  try
   Registry := TRegistry.Create(KEY_READ);
   try
    Registry.RootKey := HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT;
    if Registry.OpenKey(GMFormat('\%s\%s\%s', ['CLSID', GMGuidToString(ClassId), 'LocalServer32']), False) then
     begin
      OleServer := GMExpandEnvironmentStrings(Registry.ReadString(''));
      Result := OleServer <> '';
     end;

    if Result and Registry.OpenKey(GMFormat('\%s\%s\%s', ['CLSID', GMGuidToString(ClassId), 'DefaultIcon']), False) then
     begin
      ValueStr := Registry.ReadString('');
      chPos := Length(ValueStr);
      IconIdx := GMStrToInt(GMMakeDezInt(GMPreviousWord(chPos, ValueStr, ','), IconIndex));
      if CompareText(GMStrip(GMPreviousWord(chPos, ValueStr, CSeparators), cStripChars), GMStrip(GMLastWord(OleServer, CSeparators), cStripChars)) = 0 then IconIndex := IconIdx;
     end;
   finally
    Registry.Free;
   end;
  except end;
end;}

{function GMExecutableForDocExt(DocExt: TGMString): TGMString;
var Registry: TRegistry; ProgId: TGMString;
begin
  DocExt := GMStrip(DocExt, cWhiteSpace + cDirSep + '.:*');
  if DocExt <> '' then DocExt := '.' + DocExt;

  if DocExt <> '' then
   begin
    Registry := TRegistry.Create(KEY_READ);
    try
     Registry.RootKey := HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT;

     if Registry.OpenKey('\' + DocExt, False) then
      begin
       ProgId := Registry.ReadString('');
       if (ProgId <> '') and Registry.OpenKey(GMFormat('\%s\shell\open\command', [ProgId]), False) then Result := GMStrip(Registry.ReadString(''), cWhiteSpace);
      end;
    finally
     Registry.Free;
    end;
   end;
end;}

//function GMFileTimeToLocalTime(const Value: TDateTime; const Caller: TObject): TDateTime;
//var UTCSystemTime, LocalSystemTime: TSystemTime; UTCFileTime, LocalFileTime: TFileTime;
//begin
////
//// Based on time zone and daylight saving data of the date/time when the function is called!
////
//DateTimeToSystemTime(Value, UTCSystemTime);
//GMAPICheckObj('SystemTimeToFileTime', '', GetLastError, SystemTimeToFileTime(UTCSystemTime, UTCFileTime), Caller);
//GMApiCheckObj('FileTimeToLocalFileTime', '', GetLastError, FileTimeToLocalFileTime(UTCFileTime, LocalFileTime), Caller);
//GMAPICheckObj('FileTimeToSystemTime', '', GetLastError, FileTimeToSystemTime(LocalFileTime, LocalSystemTime), Caller);
//Result := SystemTimeToDateTime(LocalSystemTime);
//end;

//function GMLocalTimeToFileTime(const Value: TDateTime; const Caller: TObject): TDateTime;
//var UTCSystemTime, LocalSystemTime: TSystemTime; UTCFileTime, LocalFileTime: TFileTime;
//begin
////
//// Based on time zone and daylight saving data of the date/time when the function is called!
////
//DateTimeToSystemTime(Value, LocalSystemTime);
//GMAPICheckObj('SystemTimeToFileTime', '', GetLastError, SystemTimeToFileTime(LocalSystemTime, LocalFileTime), Caller);
//GMApiCheckObj('LocalFileTimeToFileTime', '', GetLastError, LocalFileTimeToFileTime(LocalFileTime, UTCFileTime), Caller);
//GMAPICheckObj('FileTimeToSystemTime', '', GetLastError, FileTimeToSystemTime(UTCFileTime, UTCSystemTime), Caller);
//Result := SystemTimeToDateTime(UTCSystemTime);
//end;

function GMGetTimeZoneInfoByRegistryKeyName(const ATimeZoneRegKeyName: TGMString; var ATimeZoneData: TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION): Boolean;
type REG_TZI_FORMAT = record
       Bias: LONG;
       StandardBias: LONG;
       DaylightBias: LONG;
       StandardDate: SYSTEMTIME;
       DaylightDate: SYSTEMTIME;
     end;

var timeZoneRegKey: IGMRegKey; tzi: REG_TZI_FORMAT; readSize: DWORD; strWVal: UnicodeString;
begin
  Result := False;
  timeZoneRegKey := TGMRegKey.Create(True);
  if timeZoneRegKey.Obj.OpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, '\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\' + ATimeZoneRegKeyName) then
   begin
    readSize := timeZoneRegKey.Obj.ReadBinary('TZI', @tzi, SizeOf(tzi));
    //Assert(readSize = SizeOf(tzi));
    Result := readSize = SizeOf(tzi);
    if Result then
     begin
      ATimeZoneData.Bias := tzi.Bias;
      ATimeZoneData.StandardBias := tzi.StandardBias;
      ATimeZoneData.DaylightBias := tzi.DaylightBias;
      ATimeZoneData.StandardDate := tzi.StandardDate;
      ATimeZoneData.DaylightDate := tzi.DaylightDate;

      strWVal := timeZoneRegKey.Obj.ReadString('Std');
      lstrcpynw(ATimeZoneData.StandardName, PWideCHar(strWVal), SizeOf(ATimeZoneData.StandardName) div SizeOf(WideChar));

      strWVal := timeZoneRegKey.Obj.ReadString('Dlt');
      lstrcpynw(ATimeZoneData.DaylightName, PWideCHar(strWVal), SizeOf(ATimeZoneData.DaylightName) div SizeOf(WideChar));

//    ATimeZoneData.StandardName := timeZoneRegKey.Obj.ReadString('Std');
//    ATimeZoneData.DaylightName := timeZoneRegKey.Obj.ReadString('Dlt');
     end;
   end;
end;

function GMUTCToLocalTime(const AUtcTime: TDateTime; const ALocalTimeZone: PTIME_ZONE_INFORMATION; const ACaller: TObject): TDateTime;
var utcTime, localTime: TSystemTime;
begin
  //FillByte(utcTime, SizeOf(utcTime), 0);
  utcTime := Default(TSystemTime);
  DateTimeToSystemTime(AUtcTime, utcTime);

  //FillByte(localTime, SizeOf(localTime), 0);
  localTime := Default(TSystemTime);
  GMAPICheckObj('SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime', '', GetLastError, SystemTimeToTzSpecificLocalTime(ALocalTimeZone, utcTime, localTime), ACaller);

  Result := SystemTimeToDateTime(localTime);
end;

function GMLocalTimeToUTC(const ALocalTime: TDateTime; const ALocalTimeZone: PTIME_ZONE_INFORMATION; const ACaller: TObject): TDateTime;
var utcTime, localTime: TSystemTime;
begin
  //FillByte(localTime, SizeOf(localTime), 0);
  localTime := Default(TSystemTime);
  DateTimeToSystemTime(ALocalTime, localTime);

  //FillByte(utcTime, SizeOf(utcTime), 0);
  utcTime := Default(TSystemTime);
  GMAPICheckObj('TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime', '', GetLastError, TzSpecificLocalTimeToSystemTime(ALocalTimeZone, localTime, utcTime), ACaller);

  Result := SystemTimeToDateTime(utcTime);
end;

function GMDateTimeToFileTime(const AValue: TDateTime; const ACaller: TObject): TFileTime;
var sysTime: TSystemTime;
{$IFDEF FPC}{$push}{$WARN 5060 off : Function result variable does not seem to be initialized}{$ENDIF}
begin
  Result := Default(TFileTime);
  DateTimeToSystemTime(AValue, sysTime);
  GMAPICheckObj('SystemTimeToFileTime', '', GetLastError, SystemTimeToFileTime(sysTime, Result), ACaller);
end;
{$IFDEF FPC}{$pop}{$ENDIF}

function GMFileTimeToDateTime(const AValue: TFileTime; const ACaller: TObject): TDateTime;
var sysTime: TSystemTime;
begin
  GMAPICheckObj('FileTimeToSystemTime', '', GetLastError, FileTimeToSystemTime(AValue, sysTime), ACaller);
  Result := SystemTimeToDateTime(sysTime);
end;

function GMUnixTimeToDateTime(const AUnixTime: Int64): TDateTime;
begin
  Result := (AUnixTime / 86400) + cUnixStartDate;
end;

function GMUnixTimeFromDateTime(const ADateTime: TDateTime): Int64;
begin
  Result := Round((ADateTime - cUnixStartDate) * 86400);
end;

function GMIsRelativePath(const APath: TGMString): Boolean;
begin
  Result := (Length(APath) > 0) and not GMIsDelimiter(cDirSep, APath, 1) and (GMStrLScan(PGMChar(APath), ':', Length(APath)) = nil);
end;

function GMExtractFileName(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  i := GMLastDelimiter(cDirSep + ':', AFilePath);
  Result := Copy(AFilePath, i + 1, Length(AFilePath) - i);
end;

function GMExtractPath(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  i := GMLastDelimiter(cDirSep + ':', AFilePath);
  Result := Copy(AFilePath, 1, i);
end;

function GMExtractPathWithoutDrive(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
var i, Start: Integer;
begin
//Start := Pos(':', AFilePath);
  start := GMStrLScanPos(AFilePath, ':', 1);
  i := GMLastDelimiter(cDirSep, AFilePath);
  Result := Copy(AFilePath, Start+1, i-Start);
end;

function GMExtractFileExt(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  i := GMLastDelimiter(cDirSep + '.:', AFilePath);
  if (i > 0) and (AFilePath[i] = '.') then Result := Copy(AFilePath, i+1, Length(AFilePath)-i) else Result := '';
end;

function GMExtractFileBaseName(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  Result := GMExtractFileName(AFilePath);
  i := GMLastDelimiter('.', Result);
  if i > 0 then Result := Copy(Result, 1, i-1); // else Result := '';
end;

function GMExtractDrive(const AFilePath: TGMString): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  i := GMStrLScanPos(AFilePath, ':', 1);
  if i <= Length(AFilePath) then Result := Copy(AFilePath, 1, i-1) else Result := '';
end;

function GMIntWithThousandSep(const Value: Int64): TGMString;
var ValueAsDouble: Double;
begin
  ValueAsDouble := Value; Result := GMFormat('%.0n', [ValueAsDouble]);
end;

function GMFileSizeAsString(const FileSize: Int64): TGMString;
begin
  if FileSize < $400 then Result := GMFormat('%d Byte', [FileSize])
  else
  if (FileSize >= $400) and (FileSize < $100000) then Result := GMFormat('%d KB', [(FileSize + $400 -1) div $400])
  else
  if (FileSize >= $100000) and (FileSize < $40000000) then Result := GMFormat('%f MB', [FileSize / $100000])
  else
  Result := GMFormat('%f GB', [FileSize / $40000000])
end;

function GMFileAttrAsString(const FileEntry: IGMFileProperties; const Separator: TGMString = ', '): TGMString;
begin
  if FileEntry = nil then Exit{$IFDEF FPC}(''){$ENDIF};
  Result := '';
  if faCompressed in FileEntry.Attributes then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFileAttributeName(faCompressed));
  if faHidden in FileEntry.Attributes then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFileAttributeName(faHidden));
  if faReadOnly in FileEntry.Attributes then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFileAttributeName(faReadOnly));
  if faSystem in FileEntry.Attributes then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFileAttributeName(faSystem));
  if faArchive in FileEntry.Attributes then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFileAttributeName(faArchive));
  if faEncrypted in FileEntry.Attributes then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFileAttributeName(faEncrypted));
end;

function GMFileEntryAsString(const FileEntry: IGMFileProperties; const Separator: TGMString = ', '): TGMString;
var path, attrStr: TGMString;
begin
  if FileEntry = nil then Exit{$IFDEF FPC}(''){$ENDIF};
  path := GMExtractPath(FileEntry.FileName);
  Result := GMExtractFileName(FileEntry.FileName);
  if FileEntry.CreationTime > 0 then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFormat(RStrFileCreatedFmt, [DateTimeToStr(FileEntry.CreationTime)]));
  if FileEntry.LastWriteTime > 0 then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFormat(RStrFileModifiedFmt, [DateTimeToStr(FileEntry.LastWriteTime)]));
  if FileEntry.SizeInBytes >= 0 then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFormat(RStrFileSizeFmt, [GMFileSizeAsString(FileEntry.SizeInBytes)]));
  attrStr := GMFileAttrAsString(FileEntry, Separator);
  if Length(attrStr) > 0 then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFormat(RStrFileAttrFmt, [attrStr]));
  if Length(path) > 0 then Result := GMStringJoin(Result, Separator, GMFormat(RStrInFolderFmt, [path]));
end;

function GMFindDataFileSize(const FindData: TWin32FindData): Int64;
var sizeHigh: Int64;
begin
  sizeHigh := FindData.nFileSizeHigh;
  if sizeHigh > 0 then sizeHigh := sizeHigh shl 32;
  Result := sizeHigh + FindData.nFileSizeLow;
end;

function GMIsValidFileName(const AFileName, AInvalidChars: TGMString): Boolean;
var i: LongInt;
begin
  Result := GMStrip(AFileName, cWhiteSpace) <> '';
  if Result then
   for i:=1 to Length(AFileName) do
    if GMIsDelimiter(AInvalidChars, AFileName, i) then
     begin Result := False; Break; end;
  //Result := not GMIsOneOfStrings(GMStrip(AFileName), ['', '\', '/', '.', '..']);
end;

//function GMStrToInt(const AValue: TGMString): LongInt;
//var convertCode: Integer;
//begin
//  Val(AValue, Result, convertCode);
//  if convertCode <> 0 then raise EGMConvertException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidIntStrFmt, [AValue, convertCode]), nil, 'GMStrToInt (LongInt)');
//end;

{ $IFDEF DELPHI9}
function GMStrToInt(const AValue: TGMString): Int64;
var convertCode: Integer;
begin
  Val(AValue, Result, convertCode);
  if convertCode <> 0 then raise EGMConvertException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidIntStrFmt, [AValue, convertCode]), nil, 'GMStrToInt (Int64)');
end;
{ $ENDIF}

function GMStrToInt32(const AValue: TGMString): LongInt;
var convertCode: Integer;
begin
  Val(AValue, Result, convertCode);
  if convertCode <> 0 then raise EGMConvertException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidIntStrFmt, [AValue, convertCode]), nil, 'GMStrToInt32');
end;

function GMStrToUInt32(const AValue: TGMString): LongWord;
var convertCode: Integer;
begin
  Val(AValue, Result, convertCode);
  if convertCode <> 0 then raise EGMConvertException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidIntStrFmt, [AValue, convertCode]), nil, 'GMStrToUInt32');
end;

function GMStrToInt64(const AValue: TGMString): Int64;
var convertCode: Integer;
begin
  Val(AValue, Result, convertCode);
  if convertCode <> 0 then raise EGMConvertException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidIntStrFmt, [AValue, convertCode]), nil, 'GMStrToInt64');
end;

{$IFDEF DELPHI9}
function GMStrToUInt64(const AValue: TGMString): QWord;
var convertCode: Integer;
begin
  Val(AValue, Result, convertCode);
  if convertCode <> 0 then raise EGMConvertException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidIntStrFmt, [AValue, convertCode]), nil, 'GMStrToUInt64');
end;
{$ENDIF}

function GMStrToSingle(AValue: TGMString): Single;
var convertCode: Integer;
begin
  AValue := GMReplaceChars(AValue, ',', '.'); // GMDeleteChars(AValue, ThousandSeparator)
  Val(AValue, Result, convertCode);
  if convertCode <> 0 then raise EGMConvertException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidFloatStrFmt, [AValue, convertCode]), nil, 'GMStrToSingle');
end;

function GMStrToDouble(AValue: TGMString): Double;
var convertCode: Integer;
begin
  AValue := GMReplaceChars(AValue, ',', '.'); // GMDeleteChars(AValue, ThousandSeparator)
  Val(AValue, Result, convertCode);
  if convertCode <> 0 then raise EGMConvertException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidFloatStrFmt, [AValue, convertCode]), nil, 'GMStrToDouble');
end;

function GMStrToCurrency(AValue: TGMString): Currency;
var convertCode: Integer; extendedVal: Extended;
begin
  AValue := GMReplaceChars(AValue, ',', '.'); // GMDeleteChars(AValue, ThousandSeparator)
  Val(AValue, extendedVal, convertCode);
  if convertCode <> 0 then raise EGMConvertException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidCurrencyStrFmt, [AValue, convertCode]), nil, 'GMStrToCurrency');
  Result := extendedVal;
end;

{$IFDEF DELPHI9}
function GMIntToStr(const AValue: QWord): TGMString;
begin
  Str(AValue, Result);
end;
{$ENDIF}

function GMIntToStr(const AValue: LongInt): TGMString;
begin
  Str(AValue, Result);
end;

function GMIntToStr(const AValue: Int64): TGMString;
begin
  Str(AValue, Result);
end;

// Trim trailing spaces and zeros
function TrimFloat(const AFloatValue: TGMString; const AKeepPointZero: Boolean = True): TGMString;
const cIncEndPos: array [Boolean] of PtrInt = (-1, 1);
var pCh: PGMChar; startChPos, endChPos: PtrInt;
begin
  Result := AFloatValue;
  pCh := GMStrCLScan(PGMChar(Result), ' ', Length(Result));
  if pCh <> nil then startChPos := pCh - PGMChar(Result) + 1 else startChPos := 1;
  endChPos := Length(Result);
  while (endChPos >= 1) and (Result[endChPos] in [' ', '0']) do Dec(endChPos);
  if GMIsInRange(endChPos, 1, Length(Result)-1) and (Result[endChPos] = '.') then endChPos += cIncEndPos[AKeepPointZero]; // Inc(endChPos);
  Result := Copy(Result, startChPos, endChPos - startChPos +1);
end;

function GMSingleToStr(const AValue: Single; const AWidth: Integer; const APrecision: Integer): TGMString;
begin
  if AWidth >= 0 then
   begin
    if APrecision >= 0 then Str(AValue:AWidth:APrecision, Result) else Str(AValue:AWidth, Result);
   end else
  if APrecision < 0 then Str(AValue, Result) else
   begin
    Str(AValue:30:APrecision, Result);
    Result := TrimFloat(Result);
   end;
end;

function GMDoubleToStr(const AValue: Double; const AWidth: Integer; const APrecision: Integer): TGMString;
begin
  if AWidth >= 0 then
   begin
    if APrecision >= 0 then Str(AValue:AWidth:APrecision, Result) else Str(AValue:AWidth, Result);
   end else
  if APrecision < 0 then Str(AValue, Result) else
   begin
    Str(AValue:30:APrecision, Result);
    Result := TrimFloat(Result);
   end;
end;

function GMExtendedToStr(const AValue: Extended; const AWidth: Integer; const APrecision: Integer): TGMString;
begin
  if AWidth >= 0 then
   begin
    if APrecision >= 0 then Str(AValue:AWidth:APrecision, Result) else Str(AValue:AWidth, Result);
   end else
  if APrecision < 0 then Str(AValue, Result) else
   begin
    Str(AValue:30:APrecision, Result);
    Result := TrimFloat(Result);
   end;
end;

function GMCurrencyToStr(const AValue: Currency; const AWidth: Integer; const APrecision: Integer): TGMString;
begin
  if AWidth >= 0 then
   begin
    if APrecision >= 0 then Str(AValue:AWidth:APrecision, Result) else Str(AValue:AWidth, Result);
   end else
  if APrecision < 0 then Str(AValue, Result) else
   begin
    Str(AValue:30:APrecision, Result);
    Result := TrimFloat(Result);
   end;
end;

function GMIntToHexStr(AValue: LongInt): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  Result := '';
  for i:=1 to SizeOf(AValue) do
   begin
    Result := '' + cStrHexConvertChars[((AValue and $F0) shr 4)+1] + cStrHexConvertChars[(AValue and $F)+1] + Result;
    AValue := AValue shr 8;
   end;
end;

function GMIntToHexStr(AValue: Int64): TGMString;
var i: Integer;
begin
  Result := '';
  for i:=1 to SizeOf(AValue) do
   begin
    Result := '' + cStrHexConvertChars[((AValue and $F0) shr 4)+1] + cStrHexConvertChars[(AValue and $F)+1] + Result;
    AValue := AValue shr 8;
   end;
end;

{$IFDEF DELPHI9}
function GMIntToHexStr(AValue: QWord): TGMString;
begin
  Result := GMIntToHexStr(Int64(AValue));
end;
{$ENDIF}

//var i: Integer;
//begin
//  Result := '';
//  for i:=1 to SizeOf(AValue) do
//   begin
//    Result := '' + cStrHexConvertChars[((AValue and $F0) shr 4)+1] + cStrHexConvertChars[(AValue and $F)+1] + Result;
//    AValue := AValue shr 8;
//   end;
//end;

type

  RGMStrFormatData = record
    IsValid: Boolean;
    ArgIndex: Integer;
    LeftJustified: Boolean;
    Width: Integer;
    Precision: Integer;
    FormatChar: TGMChar;
  end;

function TVarRecTypeName(const AVarRecType: Integer): TGMString;
begin
  case AVarRecType of
   vtInteger: Result := 'Integer';
   vtBoolean: Result := 'Boolean';
   vtChar: Result := 'Char';
   vtExtended: Result := 'Extended';
   vtString: Result := 'String';
   vtPointer: Result := 'Pointer';
   vtPChar: Result := 'PChar';
   vtObject: Result := 'Object';
   vtClass: Result := 'Class';
   vtWideChar: Result := 'WideChar';
   vtPWideChar: Result := 'PWideChar';
   vtAnsiString: Result := 'AnsiString';
   vtCurrency: Result := 'Currency';
   vtVariant: Result := 'Variant';
   vtInterface: Result := 'Interface';
   vtWideString: Result := 'WideString';
   {$IFDEF DELPHI9}
   vtUnicodeString: Result := 'UnicodeString';
   vtQWord: Result := 'QWord';
   {$ENDIF}
   vtInt64: Result := 'Int64';
   else Result := GMIntToStr(AVarRecType);
  end;
end;

function StrScanPos(AChPos: Integer; const AStr: TGMString; ACh: TGMChar): Integer;
begin
  Result := AChPos;
  while (Result <= Length(AStr)) and (AStr[Result] <> ACh) do Inc(Result);
end;

function GMFormat(const AFormatStr: TGMString; const Args: array of const): TGMString;
var startPos, fmtStartPos, endPos: Integer; fmtData: RGMStrFormatData; fmtArgIdx: Integer;
  procedure InvalidFormatChar(AFormatCh: TGMChar);
  begin
    raise EGMFmtException.ObjError(RStrInvalidFmtChar +': '+AFormatCh, nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  end;

  procedure InvalidArgTypeForFormatChar(AFormatCh: TGMChar; AArgType: Integer);
  begin
    raise EGMFmtException.ObjError(RStrInvalidArgTypeFmtChar +': "'+AFormatCh+'", '+TVarRecTypeName(AArgType), nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  end;

  function ParseFormatToken(AChPos: Integer; var AResultStr: TGMString): Integer;
  var token: TGMString; ch: TGMChar;
  begin
    //FillByte(fmtData, SizeOf(fmtData), 0);
    fmtData := Default(RGMStrFormatData);
    fmtData.ArgIndex := -1;
    fmtData.Width := -1;
    Result := AChPos; token := '';
    Inc(Result);
    while Result <= Length(AResultStr) do
     begin
      ch := GMLoCase(AResultStr[Result]);
      case ch of
       '%': begin System.Delete(AResultStr, Result, 1); Break; end;

       's', 'd', 'u', 'p', 'x', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'n', 'm':
         begin
          fmtData.Precision := GMStrToInt(GMMakeDezInt(token, 0));
          fmtData.FormatChar := ch; fmtData.IsValid := True; Inc(Result); Break;
         end;

       ':': begin fmtData.ArgIndex := GMStrToInt(GMMakeDezInt(token, -1)); token := ''; end;
       '.': begin fmtData.Width := GMStrToInt(GMMakeDezInt(token, -1)); token := ''; end;
       '-': fmtData.LeftJustified := True;

       else
        begin
         if not GMIsDigit(ch) then raise EGMFmtException.ObjError(RStrFmtDigitExpected +': '+ch, nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
         token := token + AResultStr[Result];
        end;
      end;
      Inc(Result);
     end;
  end;

  function PaddValue(const AValue: TGMString; const ALength: Integer; const APaddChar: TGMChar; ARight: Boolean): TGMString;
  var paddStr: TGMString; i: LongInt;
  begin
    Result := AValue;
    if Length(Result) >= ALength then Exit;
    SetLength(paddStr, Max(0, ALength - Length(Result)));
    for i:=1 to Length(paddStr) do paddStr[i] := APaddChar;
    if ARight then Result := Result + paddStr else Result := paddStr + Result;
  end;

  procedure ReplaceFormatString;
  var argIdx: Integer; insertStr: TGMString;

    function ApplyWidth(const AValue: TGMString): TGMString;
    begin
      Result := AValue;
      if fmtData.Precision > 0 then Result := PaddValue(Result, fmtData.Precision, '0', False);
      if fmtData.Width > 0 then Result := PaddValue(Result, fmtData.Width, ' ', fmtData.LeftJustified);
    end;

    function BuildArgInsertStr: TGMString;
    var argData: TVarRec;
    begin
      Result := '';
      argData := Args[argIdx];
      case fmtData.FormatChar of
       's': case argData.VType of
             vtPChar: Result := argData.VPChar;
             vtString: Result := PShortString(argData.VString)^;
             vtWideChar: Result := argData.VWideChar;
             vtPWideChar: Result := argData.VPWideChar;
             vtAnsiString: Result := AnsiString(argData.VAnsiString);
             vtWideString: Result := WideString(argData.VWideString);
             vtChar: Result := argData.VChar;
             vtClass: Result := argData.VClass.ClassName;
             vtVariant: Result := GMVarToStr(argData.VVariant^);
             {$IFDEF DELPHI9}
             vtUnicodeString: Result := UnicodeString(argData.VUnicodeString);
             {$ENDIF}
             else InvalidArgTypeForFormatChar(fmtData.FormatChar, argData.VType);
            end;

       'd', 'u': case argData.VType of
                  vtInteger: Result := GMIntToStr(argData.VInteger);
                  vtInt64: Result := GMIntToStr(argData.VInt64^);
                  vtPointer: Result := GMIntToStr(PtrInt(argData.VPointer));
                  vtInterface: Result := GMIntToStr(PtrInt(argData.VInterface));
                  vtObject: Result := GMIntToStr(PtrInt(argData.VObject));
                  vtPChar: Result := GMIntToStr(PtrInt(argData.VPChar));
                  vtPWideChar: Result := GMIntToStr(PtrInt(argData.VPWideChar));
                  vtAnsiString: Result := GMIntToStr(PtrInt(argData.VAnsiString));
                  vtWideString: Result := GMIntToStr(PtrInt(argData.VWideString));
                  vtClass: Result := GMIntToStr(PtrInt(argData.VClass));
                  {$IFDEF DELPHI9}
                  vtQWord: Result := GMIntToStr(argData.VQWord^);
                  vtUnicodeString: Result := GMIntToStr(PtrInt(argData.VUnicodeString));
                  {$ENDIF}
                  else InvalidArgTypeForFormatChar(fmtData.FormatChar, argData.VType);
                 end;

       'p', 'x': case argData.VType of
                  vtInteger: Result := GMIntToHexStr(argData.VInteger);
                  vtInt64: Result := GMIntToHexStr(argData.VInt64^);
                  vtPointer: Result := GMIntToHexStr(PtrInt(argData.VPointer));
                  vtInterface: Result := GMIntToHexStr(PtrInt(argData.VInterface));
                  vtObject: Result := GMIntToHexStr(PtrInt(argData.VObject));
                  vtPChar: Result := GMIntToHexStr(PtrInt(argData.VPChar));
                  vtPWideChar: Result := GMIntToHexStr(PtrInt(argData.VPWideChar));
                  vtAnsiString: Result := GMIntToHexStr(PtrInt(argData.VAnsiString));
                  vtWideString: Result := GMIntToHexStr(PtrInt(argData.VWideString));
                  vtClass: Result := GMIntToHexStr(PtrInt(argData.VClass));
                  {$IFDEF DELPHI9}
                  vtQWord: Result := GMIntToHexStr(argData.VQWord^);
                  vtUnicodeString: Result := GMIntToHexStr(PtrInt(argData.VUnicodeString));
                  {$ENDIF}
                  else InvalidArgTypeForFormatChar(fmtData.FormatChar, argData.VType);
                 end;

        'e', 'f', 'g', 'n', 'm':
          case argData.VType of
           vtExtended: Result := GMExtendedToStr(argData.VExtended^, fmtData.Width, fmtData.Precision);
           vtCurrency: Result := GMCurrencyToStr(argData.VCurrency^, fmtData.Width, fmtData.Precision);
           vtInteger: Result := GMExtendedToStr(argData.VInteger, fmtData.Width, fmtData.Precision);
           vtInt64: Result := GMExtendedToStr(argData.VInt64^, fmtData.Width, fmtData.Precision);
           {$IFDEF DELPHI9}
           vtQWord: Result := GMExtendedToStr(argData.VQWord^, fmtData.Width, fmtData.Precision);
           {$ENDIF}
           else InvalidArgTypeForFormatChar(fmtData.FormatChar, argData.VType);
          end;

       else InvalidFormatChar(fmtData.FormatChar);
      end;
    end;
  begin
    if fmtData.ArgIndex >= 0 then argIdx := fmtData.ArgIndex else begin argIdx := fmtArgIdx; Inc(fmtArgIdx); end;
    if (argIdx >= Low(Args)) and (argIdx <= High(Args)) then
     begin
      insertStr := ApplyWidth(BuildArgInsertStr);
      System.Delete(Result, fmtStartPos, endPos - fmtStartPos);
      System.Insert(insertStr, Result, fmtStartPos);
      endPos := fmtStartPos + Length(insertStr);
     end;
  end;
begin
  Result := AFormatStr; startPos := 1; fmtArgIdx := 0;
  repeat
   fmtStartPos := StrScanPos(startPos, Result, '%');
   if fmtStartPos > Length(Result) then Break;
   endPos := ParseFormatToken(fmtStartPos, Result);
   if fmtData.IsValid then ReplaceFormatString;
   startPos := endPos;
  until False;
end;


procedure GMCheckIsValidFileName(const AFileName, AInvalidChars: TGMString; const Caller: TObject; const CallingName: TGMString);
begin
  if not GMIsValidFileName(AFileName, AInvalidChars) then raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidFileName, [AFileName, AInvalidChars]), Caller, CallingName);
end;

function GMModuleErrorMessage(const ModuleFileName: TGMString; const ErrorCode: DWORD): TGMString;
begin
  SetLength(Result, cFormatBufSize);
  SetLength(Result, FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_HMODULE, Pointer(GetModuleHandle(PGMChar(ModuleFileName))), ErrorCode, 0, PGMChar(Result), Length(Result) + 1, nil));
end;

function GMIsStringMatch(const AValue, AMask: TGMString; const AMatchEmptyMask: Boolean; const ACharIndex: LongInt): Boolean;
var pValueCh, pMaskCh, pValueResCh, pMaskResCh: PGMChar;
begin
  if Length(AMask) <= 0 then begin Result := AMatchEmptyMask; Exit; end;
  Result := AMask = '*'; // or (AMask = '*.*')
  if Result or (Length(AValue) <= 0) then Exit;

  GMCheckIntRange(RStrCharPos, ACharIndex, 1, Length(AValue));

  pValueCh := PGMChar(@AValue[ACharIndex]);
  pMaskCh := PGMChar(AMask);
  pValueResCh := nil;
  pMaskResCh := nil;

  repeat
    repeat
      case pMaskCh^ of
        #0:
          begin
            Result := pValueCh^ = #0;
            if Result or (pValueResCh = nil) or (pMaskResCh = nil) then Exit;
            pValueCh := pValueResCh;
            pMaskCh := pMaskResCh;
            Break;
          end;
        '*':
          begin
            Inc(pMaskCh);
            pMaskResCh := pMaskCh;
            Break;
          end;
        '?':
          begin
            if pValueCh^ = #0 then Exit;
            Inc(pValueCh);
            Inc(pMaskCh);
          end;
         else
          begin
           if pValueCh^ = #0 then Exit;
           if pValueCh^ <> pMaskCh^ then
            begin
             if (pValueResCh = nil) or (pMaskResCh = nil) then Exit;
             pValueCh := pValueResCh;
             pMaskCh := pMaskResCh;
             Break;
            end
           else
            begin
             Inc(pValueCh);
             Inc(pMaskCh);
            end;
          end;
      end;
    until False;

    repeat
      case pMaskCh^ of
        #0: begin Result := True; Exit; end;
        '*': begin Inc(pMaskCh); pMaskResCh := pMaskCh; end;
        '?':
          begin
           if pValueCh^ = #0 then Exit;
           Inc(pValueCh);
           Inc(pMaskCh);
          end;
         else
          begin
           repeat
            if pValueCh^ = #0 then Exit;
            if pValueCh^ = pMaskCh^ then Break;
            Inc(pValueCh);
           until False;
           Inc(pValueCh);
           pValueResCh := pValueCh;
           Inc(pMaskCh);
           Break;
          end;
      end;
    until False;
  until False;
end;

function GMWalkPathMask(const AValue, AMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString; var AWalkData: RPathWalkData): Boolean;
begin
  with AWalkData do
   begin
    ValueChPos := 1; MaskChPos := 1;
    repeat
     ValuePart := GMNextWord(ValueChPos, AValue, ADirSeparators);
     MaskPart := GMNextWord(MaskChPos, AMask, ADirSeparators);
     Result := GMIsStringMatch(ValuePart, MaskPart, True); //  Length(ValuePart) <= 0
    until not Result or (Length(ValuePart) <= 0) or (Length(MaskPart) <= 0);
   end;
end;

function GMIsAbsPathMatch(const AValue, AMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString): Boolean;
var walkData: RPathWalkData;
begin
  //FillByte(walkData, SizeOf(walkData), 0);
  walkData := Default(RPathWalkData);
  Result := GMWalkPathMask(AValue, AMask, ADirSeparators, walkData) and (Length(walkData.MaskPart) <= 0);
//Result := Result and (Length(walkData.ValuePart) <= 0) and (Length(walkData.MaskPart) <= 0); // (AAllowPartialMatch or (Length(MaskPart) <= 0)); // <- the whole mask must be matched!
end;

//function GMIsAbsPathMatch(const AValue, AMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString; AIsPartialMatch: PBoolean): Boolean;
//var valuePart, maskPart: TGMString; valueChPos, maskchPos: PtrInt;
//begin
//valueChPos := 1; maskchPos := 1;
//repeat
// valuePart := GMNextWord(valueChPos, AValue, ADirSeparators);
// maskPart := GMNextWord(maskchPos, AMask, ADirSeparators);
// Result := GMIsStringMatch(valuePart, maskPart, True); //  Length(valuePart) <= 0
//until not Result or (Length(valuePart) <= 0) or (Length(maskPart) <= 0);
//if AIsPartialMatch <> nil then AIsPartialMatch^ := (Length(valuePart) <= 0) and (Length(maskPart) > 0);
//Result := Result and (Length(valuePart) <= 0) and (Length(maskPart) <= 0); // (AAllowPartialMatch or (Length(maskPart) <= 0)); // <- the whole mask must be matched!
//end;

function GMIsPathEndMatch(const AValue, AMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString): Boolean;
var valuePart, maskPart: TGMString; valueChPos, maskchPos: PtrInt;
begin
  valueChPos := Length(AValue);
  maskchPos := Length(AMask);
  repeat
   valuePart := GMPreviousWord(valueChPos, AValue, ADirSeparators, False);
   Dec(valueChPos);
   maskPart := GMPreviousWord(maskchPos, AMask, ADirSeparators, False);
   Dec(maskchPos);
   Result := GMIsStringMatch(valuePart, maskPart, True);
  until not Result or (valueChPos < 1) or (maskchPos < 1);
//until not Result or (Length(valuePart) <= 0) or (Length(maskPart) <= 0);
  Result := Result and (maskchPos < 1); // <- the whole mask must be matched!
end;

function GMIsPathMatch(const AValue, AMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString): Boolean;
begin
  if (Length(AMask) > 0) and GMIsDelimiter(ADirSeparators, AMask, 1) then
   Result := GMIsAbsPathMatch(AValue, AMask, ADirSeparators)
  else
   Result := GMIsPathEndMatch(AValue, AMask, ADirSeparators);
end;

function GMIsSingleMaskMatch(const AFileName, ASingleMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString; const AMatchCase: Boolean): Boolean;
begin
  if AMatchCase then
   Result := GMIsPathMatch(AFileName, ASingleMask, ADirSeparators)
  else
   Result := GMIsPathMatch(AnsiUpperCase(AFileName), AnsiUpperCase(ASingleMask), ADirSeparators);
end;

function GMIsAnyMaskMatch(const AFileName, AMultiMask, ADirSeparators: TGMString; const AMatchEmptyMask: Boolean; const AMatchCase: Boolean; const AMaskSeparators: TGMString): Boolean;
var chPos: PtrInt; singleMask: TGMString;
begin
  Result := (Length(AMultiMask) <= 0) and AMatchEmptyMask;
  chPos:=1;
  repeat
   singleMask := GMNextWord(chPos, AMultiMask, AMaskSeparators);
// singleMask := GMStrip(GMNextWord(chPos, AMultiMask, AMaskSeparators), cWhiteSpace);
   if Length(singleMask) > 0 then Result := GMIsSingleMaskMatch(AFileName, singleMask, ADirSeparators, AMatchCase);
  until Result or (Length(singleMask) <= 0);
end;


{ ---------------------------- }
{ ---- Type Check/Convert ---- }
{ ---------------------------- }

function GMBoolToStr(AValue: Boolean; const AStrFalse: TGMString = ''; const AStrTrue: TGMString = ''): TGMString;
begin
  if AValue then
   if AStrTrue = '' then Result := RStrTrue else Result := AStrTrue
  else
   if AStrFalse = '' then Result := RStrFalse else Result := AStrFalse;
end;

function GMVarToStr(const AValue: OleVariant): TGMString;
begin
  if TVarData(AValue).VType in [varNull, varEmpty] then Result := '' else Result := AValue;
end;

function GMVarToQuotedStr(const AValue: OleVariant): TGMString;
begin
//if TVarData(AValue).VType in [varNull, varEmpty] then Result := '' else Result := AValue;
  Result := GMQuote(GMVarToStr(AValue), '"', '"');
end;

function GMStrToBool(const AValue: TGMString): Boolean;
begin
  Result := (Length(AValue) > 0) and GMIsDelimiter('tT1wWyYsSqQ', AValue, 1);
end;

function GMVarToNULLStr(const AValue: OleVariant): TGMString;
begin
  if VarIsEmpty(AValue) or VarIsNull(AValue) then Result := cStrNull else Result := AValue;
end;

function GMStrToNULLVar(const AValue: TGMString): Variant;
begin
  if AValue = '' then Result := Null else Result := AValue;
end;

function GMDateIsNull(const AValue: TDateTime): Boolean;
begin
  Result := Trunc(AValue) = 0;
end;

function GMTimeIsNull(const AValue: TDateTime): Boolean;
begin
  Result := AValue = Trunc(AValue);
end;

function GMVarToNum(const AValue: OleVariant; const ADefaultValue: LongInt): OleVariant;
begin
  if {VarIsEmpty(AValue) or} VarIsNull(AValue) then Result := ADefaultValue else Result := AValue;
end;

function GMVarToInt(const AValue: OleVariant; const ADefaultValue: LongInt): LongInt;
begin
  if {VarIsEmpty(AValue) or} VarIsNull(AValue) then Result := ADefaultValue else Result := AValue;
end;

function GMVarToFloat(const AValue: OleVariant; const ADefaultValue: double): OleVariant;
begin
  if {VarIsEmpty(AValue) or} VarIsNull(AValue) then Result := ADefaultValue else Result := AValue;
end;

function GMVarIsNullOrEmpty(const AValue: Variant): Boolean;
begin
  Result := VarIsNull(AValue) or VarIsEmpty(AValue);
end;


{ ---------------------------- }
{ ---- Rectangle Routines ---- }
{ ---------------------------- }

function GMRect(const ALeft, ATop, ARight, ABottom: LongInt): TRect;
begin
  with Result do begin Left := ALeft; Top := ATop; Right := ARight; Bottom := ABottom; end;
end;

function GMRect(const ATopLeft, ABottomRight: TPoint): TRect; overload;
begin
  with Result do begin TopLeft := ATopLeft; BottomRight := ABottomRight; end;
end;

function GMPoint(const AX, AY: LongInt): TPoint;
begin
  with Result do begin X := AX; Y := AY; end;
end;

function GMSize(const cx, cy: LongInt): TSize;
begin
  Result.cx := cx;
  Result.cy := cy;
end;

function GMRectSize(const ARect: TRect): TPoint;
begin
  Result := GMPoint(ARect.Right - ARect.Left, ARect.Bottom - ARect.Top);
end;

function GMCenterExtent(const AValue: LongInt; const ASize: TPoint): TPoint;
var size: LongInt;
begin
  size := ASize.y - ASize.x;
  Result.x := ASize.x + (size - AValue) div 2;
  Result.y := Result.x + AValue;
end;

function GMCenterExtentInRect(const ASize: TPoint; const ARect: TRect): TRect;
var RSize: TPoint;
begin
  RSize := GMRectSize(ARect);
  Result.Left := ARect.Left + (RSize.x - ASize.x) div 2;
  Result.Right := Result.Left + ASize.x;
  Result.Top := ARect.Top + (RSize.y - ASize.y) div 2;
  Result.Bottom := Result.Top + ASize.y;
end;

function GMCenterRectInRect(const Inner, Outer: Trect): TRect;
begin
  Result := GMCenterExtentInRect(GMRectSize(Inner), Outer);
end;

function GMInflateRect(const R: TRect; const dx: LongInt = 0; const dy: LongInt = 0): TRect;
begin
  Result := R;
  InflateRect(Result, dx, dy);
end;

function GMRectIntersection(const R1, R2: TRect): TRect;
{$IFDEF FPC}{$push}{$WARN 5060 off : Function result variable does not seem to be initialized}{$ENDIF}
begin
  Result := Default(TRect);
  IntersectRect(Result, R1, R2);
end;
{$IFDEF FPC}{$pop}{$ENDIF}

function GMRectUnion(const R1, R2: TRect): TRect;
{$IFDEF FPC}{$push}{$WARN 5060 off : Function result variable does not seem to be initialized}{$ENDIF}
begin
  Result := Default(TRect);
  UnionRect(Result, R1, R2);
end;
{$IFDEF FPC}{$pop}{$ENDIF}

function GMMoveRect(const R: TRect; const Delta: TPoint): TRect;
begin
  Result := GMMoveRect(R, Delta.x, Delta.y);
end;

function GMMoveRect(const R: TRect; const dx: LongInt = 0; const dy: LongInt = 0): TRect;
begin
  Result := R;
  OffsetRect(Result, dx, dy);
  //if dx <> 0 then begin Inc(Result.Left, dx); Inc(Result.Right, dx); end;
  //if dy <> 0 then begin Inc(Result.Top, dy); Inc(Result.Bottom, dy); end;
end;

function GMRectModifiedBy(const R: TRect; const dLeft: LongInt = 0; const dTop: LongInt = 0; const dRight: LongInt = 0; const dBottom: LongInt = 0): TRect;
begin
  Result := R;
  if dLeft <> 0 then Inc(Result.Left, dLeft);
  if dTop <> 0 then Inc(Result.Top, dTop);
  if dRight <> 0 then Inc(Result.Right, dRight);
  if dBottom <> 0 then Inc(Result.Bottom, dBottom);
end;

function GMLayoutRect(const RDraw: TRect;
                      const LayoutSize: TPoint;
                      const HAlignment: TGMHorizontalAlignment;
                      const VAlignment: TGMVerticalAlignment): TRect;
var DrawSize: TPoint;
begin
  Result := RDraw;
  DrawSize := GMRectSize(RDraw);

  case HAlignment of
   haLeft:   begin
              Result.Left := RDraw.Left;
              Result.Right := Min(RDraw.Right, Result.Left + LayoutSize.x);
             end;

   haCenter: begin
              Result.Left := Max(RDraw.Left, RDraw.Left + (DrawSize.x - LayoutSize.x) div 2);
              Result.Right := Min(RDraw.Right, Result.Left + LayoutSize.x);
             end;

   haRight:  begin
              Result.Right := RDraw.Right;
              Result.Left := Max(RDraw.Left, Result.Right - LayoutSize.x);
             end;

   //else raise EGMException.ObjError(MsgUnknownValue('TGMHorizontalAlignment', Ord(HAlignment)), nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  end;

  case VAlignment of
   vaTop:    begin
              Result.Top := RDraw.Top;
              Result.Bottom := Min(RDraw.Bottom, Result.Top + LayoutSize.y);
             end;

   vaCenter: begin
              Result.Top := Max(RDraw.Top, RDraw.Top + (DrawSize.y - LayoutSize.y) div 2);
              Result.Bottom := Min(RDraw.Bottom, Result.Top + LayoutSize.y);
             end;

   vaBottom: begin
              Result.Bottom := RDraw.Bottom;
              Result.Top := Max(RDraw.Top, Result.Bottom - LayoutSize.y);
             end;

   //else raise EGMException.ObjError(MsgUnknownValue('TGMVerticalAlignment', Ord(VAlignment)), nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  end;
end;

function GMPointOffsBy(const APoint: TPoint; const ADelta: LongInt): TPoint;
begin
  Result := APoint;
  Inc(Result.x, ADelta);
  Inc(Result.y, ADelta);
end;

function GMAddPoints(const APointA, APointB: TPoint; const AScale: SmallInt = 1): TPoint;
begin
  Result := GMPoint(APointA.x + APointB.x * AScale, APointA.y + APointB.y * AScale);
end;

function GMEqualPoints(const PointA, PointB: TPoint): Boolean;
begin
  Result := (PointA.x = PointB.x) and (PointA.y = PointB.y);
end;

procedure GMExchangeLongInt(var AValue1, AValue2: LongInt);
var Tmp: LongInt;
begin
  Tmp := AValue1;
  AValue1 := AValue2;
  AValue2 := Tmp;
end;

procedure GMExchangePtrInt(var AValue1, AValue2: PtrInt);
var Tmp: PtrInt;
begin
  Tmp := AValue1;
  AValue1 := AValue2;
  AValue2 := Tmp;
end;



{ ---------------------- }
{ ---- window Stack ---- }
{ ---------------------- }

function GMTopwindow: HWnd;
begin
  if Length(vGMModalWndStack) > 0 then Result := vGMModalWndStack[High(vGMModalWndStack)] else Result := 0;
end;

procedure GMPushModalDlgWnd(AWnd: HWnd);
var threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  threadSync.Lock(vCSWndStack);
  AWnd := GMDlgRootWindow(AWnd);
  if not IsWindow(AWnd) or (AWnd = GMTopWindow) then Exit;

  SetLength(vGMModalWndStack, Length(vGMModalWndStack) + 1);
  vGMModalWndStack[High(vGMModalWndStack)] := AWnd;

  //if vGMTopWindow <> 0 then
  // begin
  //  SetLength(vGMModalWndStack, Length(vGMModalWndStack) + 1);
  //  vGMModalWndStack[High(vGMModalWndStack)] := vGMTopWindow;
  // end;
  //vGMTopWindow := AWnd;
end;

function GMPopModalDlgWnd: HWnd;
var threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  threadSync.Lock(vCSWndStack);
  //Result := vGMTopWindow;

  if Length(vGMModalWndStack) = 0 then Result := 0 else
   begin
    Result := vGMModalWndStack[High(vGMModalWndStack)];
    SetLength(vGMModalWndStack, Length(vGMModalWndStack)-1);
   end;

  //if Length(vGMModalWndStack) = 0 then vGMTopWindow := 0 else
  // begin
  //  vGMTopWindow := vGMModalWndStack[High(vGMModalWndStack)];
  //  SetLength(vGMModalWndStack, Length(vGMModalWndStack)-1);
  // end;
end;

function GMWndStackCloseAll(const AStopAtWnd: HWnd; const AModalResult: LongInt; const AMessage: LongInt): LongInt;
var threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock; i: LongInt;
  function CloseWnd(const AWnd: HWnd; var ACloseResult: LongInt): Boolean;
  begin
    Result := (AWnd <> AStopAtWnd) or (AStopAtWnd = 0); // and (AWnd <> 0)
    if not Result then Exit;
    ACloseResult := SendMessage(AWnd, AMessage, AModalResult, 0);
  end;
begin

  // Modal dialogs better don't remove themself from the stack in WM_NCDESTROY.
  // This would be a nice "while vGMTopWindow <> 0" loop here, but wont work with
  // third party dialogs pushed on the stack.
  //
  // Use SendMessage to wait for window animation to finish.
  // Processing WM_CLOSE will post a UM_DONEMODAL message for each closed window.
  // The UM_DONEMODAL GMMessages will unwind the call stack by leaving GMModalMessageLoop
  // after we return from here. GMModalMessageLoop also removes dialog window handles
  // from vGMModalWndStack on termination.
  //
  threadSync.Lock(vCSWndStack);
  Result := AModalResult;
  //if vGMTopWindow <> 0 then Result := SendMessage(vGMTopWindow, AMessage, AModalResult, 0);
  //for i:=High(vGMModalWndStack) downto Low(vGMModalWndStack) do Result := SendMessage(vGMModalWndStack[i], AMessage, AModalResult, 0);

  //if (vGMTopWindow <> 0) and not CloseWnd(vGMTopWindow, Result) then Exit;
  for i:=High(vGMModalWndStack) downto Low(vGMModalWndStack) do if not CloseWnd(vGMModalWndStack[i], Result) then Exit;
end;


{ ---------------------------- }
{ ---- Registered Classes ---- }
{ ---------------------------- }

function GMIsClass(AClassInstance, AClass: TClass): Boolean;
begin
  //Result := False;
  Result := AClass = nil;
  if AClass <> nil then
   while (AClassInstance <> nil) and not Result do
    begin
     Result := AClassInstance = AClass;
     AClassInstance := AClassInstance.ClassParent;
    end;
end;

function GMIsClassByName(const AObj: TObject; const AClass: TClass): Boolean;
//function GMIsClassByName(const Obj: TObject; const ClassName: TGMString): Boolean;
var ObjClass: TClass;
//
// The "is" and "as" operators dont work across DLL boundaries, this one does
//
begin
  if (AObj = nil) or (AClass = nil) then Result := False else
   begin
    ObjClass := AObj.ClassType;
    while (ObjClass <> nil) and not GMSameText(ObjClass.ClassName, AClass.ClassName) do ObjClass := ObjClass.ClassParent;
    Result := ObjClass <> nil;
   end;
end;


{ ----------------------------------- }
{ ---- Compiler Design Interface ---- }
{ ----------------------------------- }

function GMGetOrdinalProperty(const AObject: TObject; const PropertyName: TGMString; var PropertyValue: LongInt): Boolean;
var PropertyInfo: PPropInfo;
begin
  PropertyValue := 0;
  if (AObject = nil) or (PropertyName = '') then Result := False else
   begin
    PropertyInfo := GetPropInfo(AObject.ClassInfo, PropertyName);
    if PropertyInfo = nil then Result := False else
     begin
      PropertyValue := GetOrdProp(AObject, PropertyInfo);
      Result := True;                                              
     end;
   end;
end;

function GMGetStringProperty(const AObject: TObject; const PropertyName: TGMString; var PropertyValue: TGMString): Boolean;
var PropertyInfo: PPropInfo;
begin
  PropertyValue := '';
  if (AObject = nil) or (PropertyName = '') then Result := False else
   begin
    PropertyInfo := GetPropInfo(AObject.ClassInfo, PropertyName);
    if PropertyInfo = nil then Result := False else
     begin
      PropertyValue := GetStrProp(AObject, PropertyInfo);
      Result := True;
     end;
   end;
end;

function GMSetStringProperty(const AObject: TObject; const PropertyName: TGMString; const PropertyValue: TGMString): Boolean;
var PropertyInfo: PPropInfo;
begin
  if (AObject = nil) or (PropertyName = '') then Result := False else
   begin
    PropertyInfo := GetPropInfo(AObject.ClassInfo, PropertyName);
    if PropertyInfo = nil then Result := False else
     begin
      SetStrProp(AObject, PropertyInfo, PropertyValue);
      Result := True;
     end;
   end;
end;

function GMCheckGetEnumValFromName(const ATypInfo: PTypeInfo; const AEnumValueName: TGMString): Integer;
var TypData: PTypeData; i: LongInt; validValues: TGMString;
begin
  if ATypInfo = nil then raise EGMException.ObjError(RStrNoTypeInfo, nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  if ATypInfo.Kind <> tkEnumeration then raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrNotEnumTypeFmt, [ATypInfo.Name, GetEnumName(TypeInfo(TTypeKind), Ord(ATypInfo.Kind)), GetEnumName(TypeInfo(TTypeKind), Ord(tkEnumeration))]), nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
  Result := GetEnumValue(ATypInfo, AEnumValueName);
  TypData := GetTypeData(ATypInfo);
  validValues := '';
  if (TypData <> nil) and not GMIsInRange(Result, TypData.MinValue, TypData.MaxValue) then
   begin
    for i:=TypData.MinValue to TypData.MaxValue do validValues := GMStringJoin(validValues, ', ', GetEnumName(ATypInfo, i));
    raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidEnumValFmt, [AEnumValueName, ATypInfo.Name, validValues]), nil, {$I %CurrentRoutine%});
   end;
end;

{$IFDEF FPC}
procedure GMAssignObjProperties(const Source, Dest: TObject; const TypeKinds: TTypeKinds);
var i: LongInt; PropList: PPropList;
begin
  if (Source = nil) or (Dest = nil) then Exit;
  PropList := nil;
  try
   for i:=0 to GetPropList(Source, PropList)-1 do
    if PropList^[i].PropType^.Kind in TypeKinds then
     SetPropValue(Dest, PropList^[i].Name, GetPropValue(Source, PropList^[i].Name, False));
  finally
   if PropList <> nil then FreeMem(PropList);
  end;
end;
{$ELSE}
{$IFDEF DELPHI6}
procedure GMAssignObjProperties(const Source, Dest: TObject; const TypeKinds: TTypeKinds);
var i: LongInt; PropList: PPropList;
begin
  if (Source = nil) or (Dest = nil) then Exit;
  PropList := nil;
  try
   for i:=0 to GetPropList(Source, PropList)-1 do
    if PropList^[i].PropType^^.Kind in TypeKinds then
     SetPropValue(Dest, PropList^[i].Name, GetPropValue(Source, PropList^[i].Name, False));
  finally
   if PropList <> nil then FreeMem(PropList);
  end;
end;
{$ELSE}
procedure GMAssignObjProperties(const Source, Dest: TObject; const TypeKinds: TTypeKinds);
var Count, i: LongInt; PropList: PPropList;
begin
  if (Source = nil) or (Dest = nil) then Exit;
  Count := GetTypeData(PTypeInfo(Source.ClassInfo))^.PropCount;
  if Count > 0 then
   begin
    GetMem(PropList, Count * SizeOf(Pointer));
    try
     GetPropInfos(PTypeInfo(Source.ClassInfo), PropList);
     for i:=0 to Count-1 do
      if PropList^[i].PropType^^.Kind in TypeKinds then
       SetPropValue(Dest, PropList^[i].Name, GetPropValue(Source, PropList^[i].Name, False));
    finally
     FreeMem(PropList);
    end;
   end;
end;
{$ENDIF}
{$ENDIF}


{ ------------------------------ }
{ ---- Arithmetic functions ---- }
{ ------------------------------ }

function MakeLongInt(Lo, Hi: SmallInt): LongInt;
begin
  Result := Lo or Hi shl 16;
end;

function Min(A, B: LongInt): LongInt;
begin
  if A < B then Result := A else Result := B;
end;

function Max(A, B: LongInt): LongInt;
begin
  if A > B then Result := A else Result := B;
end;

function Min(A, B: Int64): Int64;
begin
  if A < B then Result := A else Result := B;
end;

function Max(A, B: Int64): Int64;
begin
  if A > B then Result := A else Result := B;
end;

function GMIsInRange(const Value, Min, Max: LongInt): Boolean;
begin
  Result := (Value >= Min) and (Value <= Max);
end;

function GMIsInRange(const Value, Min, Max: Int64): Boolean;
begin
  Result := (Value >= Min) and (Value <= Max);
end;

function GMBoundedInt(Value, Min, Max: LongInt; const MinBased: Boolean = True): LongInt;
begin
  if Min > Max then if MinBased then Max := Min else Min := Max;

  if Value < Min then Result := Min
  else
  if Value > Max then Result := Max
  else
  Result := Value;
end;

function GMBoundedInt(Value, Min, Max: Int64; const MinBased: Boolean = True): Int64;
begin
  if Min > Max then if MinBased then Max := Min else Min := Max;

  if Value < Min then Result := Min
  else
  if Value > Max then Result := Max
  else
  Result := Value;
end;

function GMBoundedDouble(Value, Min, Max: Double; const MinBased: Boolean = True): Double;
begin
  if Min > Max then if MinBased then Max := Min else Min := Max;

  if Value < Min then Result := Min
  else
  if Value > Max then Result := Max
  else
  Result := Value;
end;

//function GMAbsInt(const Value: LongInt): LongInt;
//begin
//  if Value >= 0 then Result := Value else Result := -Value;
//end;

//function GMAbsPtrInt(AValue: PtrInt): PtrInt;
//begin
//  if AValue > 0 then Result := AValue else Result := -AValue;
//end;

function GMAddPtr(const APointer: Pointer; const AOffset: LongInt): Pointer;
begin
  {$IFDEF FPC}
  Result := LPByte(APointer) + AOffset;
  {$ELSE}
  Result := PAnsiChar(APtr) + AOffset;
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMAddPtr(const APointer: Pointer; const AOffset: Int64): Pointer;
begin
  {$IFDEF FPC}
  Result := LPByte(APointer) + AOffset;
  {$ELSE}
  Result := PAnsiChar(APtr) + AOffset;
  {$ENDIF}
end;

function GMAlignedValue(const AValue, AlignDelta: PtrInt): PtrInt;
begin
  // works for any alignments not only powers of 2
  if (AlignDelta <= 0) or (AValue = 0) or (AValue mod AlignDelta = 0) then
   Result := AValue
  else
   Result := AValue + (AlignDelta - (AValue mod AlignDelta));
end;


{ ------------------------ }
{ ---- Misc Functions ---- }
{ ------------------------ }

function GMAddMsgBoxIcon(const Flags: LongWord; const Severity: TGMSeverityLevel): LongWord;
begin
  Result := Flags;
  if Result and (mb_IconInformation or mb_IconQuestion or mb_IconExclamation or mb_IconStop) = 0 then Result := Result or cMessageBoxIcon[Severity];
end;

function GMDlgRootWindow(const AWnd: HWnd): HWnd;
begin
  Result := AWnd;
  // Don't check for WS_VISIBLE -> allow invisible windows too!
  while (Result <> 0) and IsWindow(Result) and (GetWindowLong(Result, GWL_STYLE) and WS_CHILD <> 0) do Result := GetParent(Result);
end;

function GMActiveProcessWindow: HWnd;
var wndProcessId: DWORD;
begin
  //
  // Note: Using Windows of other threads as parent sometimes causes problems ..
  //
  Result := GetForegroundWindow; // <- may be a window of a different process!
  wndProcessId := GetCurrentProcessId;
  GetWindowThreadProcessId(Result, @wndProcessId);
  if wndProcessId <> GetCurrentProcessId then Result := 0; // <- window does not belong to our process!
  if Result = 0 then Result := GMTopWindow;
  if Result = 0 then Result := GetActiveWindow; // <- our threads message queue!
  if not IsWindow(Result) then Result := 0 else Result := GMDlgRootWindow(Result);
end;

function ActiveDlgWindow(const AWnd: HWnd; const ASearchProcess: Boolean): HWnd;
begin
  //if AWnd = cDfltPrntWnd then Result := vGMTopWindow else Result := AWnd;
  Result := AWnd;
  if not IsWindow(Result) then Result := 0;
  if Result <> 0 then Result := GMDlgRootWindow(Result);
  if (Result = 0) and ASearchProcess then Result := GMActiveProcessWindow;
end;

function GMAppRootWindow(const AWnd: HWnd; const SearchProcess: Boolean): HWnd;
begin
  Result := ActiveDlgWindow(AWnd, SearchProcess);
  while (Result <> 0) and IsWindow(Result) and (GetParent(Result) <> GetDesktopWindow) and
        (GetParent(Result) <> 0) do Result := GetParent(Result);
end;

function GMModalDlgParentWnd(const AParentWnd: HWnd = cDfltPrntWnd; const ASearchProcess: Boolean = True): HWnd;
begin
  //if AParentWnd = cDfltPrntWnd then Result := vGMTopWindow else Result := AParentWnd;
  //if not IsWindow(Result) then Result := 0;
  //if (Result = 0) and ASearchProcess then Result := GMActiveProcessWindow;

  //Result := AppRootWindow(Result);
  Result := GMDlgRootWindow(ActiveDlgWindow(AParentWnd, ASearchProcess));
end;

procedure GMRemoveAllMenuItems(const Menu: HMenu);
begin
  if Menu = 0 then Exit;
  while GetMenuItemCount(Menu) > 0 do GMAPICheckObj('DeleteMenu', '', GetLastError, DeleteMenu(Menu, 0, MF_BYPOSITION));
end;

function GMWindowsMsgBox(const Msg: TGMString; const Severity: TGMSeverityLevel; Flags: LongWord; const ParentWnd: HWnd): LongInt;
begin
  //if Severity <> svNone then
   Flags := GMAddMsgBoxIcon(Flags, Severity) or MB_SETFOREGROUND {or MB_TASKMODAL};
  Result := MessageBox(GMModalDlgParentWnd(ParentWnd), PGMChar(GMTerminateStr(Msg)), PGMChar(GMSeverityName(Severity)), Flags);
end;

function GMPointerSizeInBits: Integer;
begin
  Result := SizeOf(Pointer) * 8;
end;

function GMPointerSizeAsString(const AAddLeft, AAddRight: TGMString): TGMString;
begin
  Result := AAddLeft + GMIntToStr(GMPointersizeInBits) + '-Bit' + AAddRight;
end;

function GMIs64BitOS: BOOL;
const cStrIsWow64Process = 'IsWow64Process';
type TIsWow64Process = function (Handle:THandle; var IsWow64: BOOL): BOOL; stdcall;
var hKernel32: THandle; IsWow64Process: TIsWow64Process; //IsWow64: BOOL;
begin
  //
  // If this is 64-bit code the OS must be 64-bit!
  //
  if SizeOf(Pointer) = 8 then begin Result := True; Exit; end;

  Result := False;
  hKernel32 := LoadLibrary('kernel32.dll');
  if hKernel32 = 0 then Exit;
  try
   @IsWow64Process := GetProcAddress(hkernel32, cStrIsWow64Process);
   if Assigned(IsWow64Process) then GMApiCheckObj(cStrIsWow64Process, '', GetLastError, IsWow64Process(GetCurrentProcess, Result));
  finally
   FreeLibrary(hKernel32);
  end;
end;

function GMWinVersion: TGMWinVersion;
var VersionInfo: TOSVersionInfo;
begin
  //Result := wvUnknown;
  Result := wvInvalid;
  //FillByte(VersionInfo, SizeOf(VersionInfo), 0);
  VersionInfo := Default(TOSVersionInfo);
  VersionInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize := SizeOf(VersionInfo);
  if GetVersionEx(VersionInfo) then
   case VersionInfo.dwPlatformId of
    VER_PLATFORM_WIN32s: Result := wvWin_3_11;
    VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS:
     if (VersionInfo.dwMajorVersion > 4) or ((VersionInfo.dwMajorVersion = 4) and (VersionInfo.dwMinorVersion > 0)) then
      Result := wvWin98
     else
      Result := wvWin95;

    VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT:
     case VersionInfo.dwMajorVersion of
      0..4: Result := wvWinNT;
      5: case VersionInfo.dwMinorVersion of
          0: Result := wvWin2000;
          1: Result := wvWinXP;
          2: Result := wvServer2003;
         end;
      6: //Result := wvVista;
         case VersionInfo.dwMinorVersion of
          0: Result := wvVista;
          1: Result := wvWin7_8;
          2: Result := wvWin10_11;
          else Result := wvUnknown;
         end;
      else Result := wvUnknown;
     end;
   end;
end;

function GMHResultFromWin32(const AWinErrorCode, AFacilitycode: LongWord): HRESULT;
//
// Looks like Borland Windows.HResultFromWin32 is not correct, this is the correct C/C++ definition for it:
//
//  #define FACILITY_WIN32     7
//  #define HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(x)     ((HRESULT)(x) <= 0 ? ((HRESULT)(x)) \
//  : ((HRESULT) (((x) & 0x0000FFFF) | (FACILITY_WIN32 << 16) | 0x80000000)))
begin
  Result := HRESULT(AWinErrorCode);
  if Result > 0 then Result := ((Result and $0000FFFF) or (HRESULT(AFacilitycode) shl 16) or HRESULT($80000000));
end;

{function GMWin32FromHResult(const HRCode: HResult): LongWord;
begin
  if (HResultFacility(HRCode) = FACILITY_WIN32) or (HResultFacility(HRCode) = FACILITY_WINDOWS) then
   Result := LongWord(HRCode and $0000FFFF)
  else
   Result := LongWord(HRCode);
end;}

function GMIsFatalException(const AExceptObject: TObject): Boolean;
var hrCode: HResult;
begin
  hrCode := GMGetObjHRCode(AExceptObject, E_UNEXPECTED);
  Result := (hrCode = E_ABORT) or (HRCode = GMHResultFromWin32(ERROR_CANCELLED))
         or GMIsClassByName(AExceptObject, EAbort) or GMIsClassByName(AExceptObject, EStackOverflow)
         or GMIsClassByName(AExceptObject, EOutOfMemory) or GMIsClassByName(AExceptObject, EControlC);
        // EAccessViolation    EHeapException   EInOutError  EInvalidPointer    EExternalException    EBusError    EPrivilege
end;

function GMAskExceptionContinue(const AException: TObject; const ErrorAction: TGMErrorAction; AskContinue: TGMString; const ParentWnd: HWnd): Boolean;
begin
  if AException = nil then Result := True else
//if GMIsClassByName(AException, EAbort) then Result := False else
  if GMIsFatalException(AException) then Result := False else
   case ErrorAction of
    eaContinue: Result := True;
    eaAskUser:
     begin
      if AskContinue = '' then AskContinue := RStrContinueOperation;
      Result := vfGMMessageBox(GMFormat('%s'+c2NewLine+'%s ?', [GMMsgFromExceptObj(AException), AskContinue]), svWarning, mb_YesNo or MB_TASKMODAL, ParentWnd) = IdYes;
     end;
    else Result := False; 
   end;
end;

function GMDfltExecExceptionDlg(const AException: TObject; const AParentWnd: HWnd): LongInt;
var ExceptInfo: IGMExceptionInformation;
begin
  ExceptInfo := TGMExceptionInformation.CreateFromObj(AException, True);      // MB_TASKMODAL
  Result := vfGMMessageBox(GMBuildExceptionMsg(ExceptInfo), ExceptInfo.SeverityLevel, 0, GMModalDlgParentWnd(AParentWnd));
end;

function GMDfltHrExceptionHandler(const AException: TObject; const AParentWnd: HWnd; const ADefaultCode: HResult): HResult;
var threadSync: RGMCriticalSectionLock;
begin
  try
   threadSync.Lock(gCSExceptHandler);
   GMTraceException(AException);

   if (AParentWnd <> cNoUIWnd) and not GMIsClassByName(AException, EAbort) and
      GMAskBoolean(AException, Ord(bevPresentToUI), True) and Assigned(vfGMExecExceptionDlg)
     then try vfGMExecExceptionDlg(AException, AParentWnd); except end;

   if GMIsClassByName(AException, EAbort) then Result := E_ABORT else Result := GMGetObjHRCode(AException, ADefaultCode);
  except Result := ADefaultCode; end; // <- never raise inside exception handler!
end;

procedure GMShowURL(const AURL: TGMString; const ACaller: TObject);
var mousePtrWait: IUnknown; execRetCode: THandle;
begin
  if Length(GMStrip(AURL)) <= 0 then Exit;
  mousePtrWait := TGMTempCursor.Create(vGMWaitCursor);
  execRetCode := ShellExecute(0, 'Open', PGMChar(AUrl), nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
  if execRetCode <= 32 then GMAPICheckObj(GMFormat('ShellExecute("Open", "%s")',[AUrl]), '', execRetCode, False, ACaller);
end;

function GMIsUrl(const AUrl: TGMString): Boolean;
var chPos: PtrInt;
begin
  chPos := 1;
  Result := GMFindOneOfWords(AUrl, '.:<>|/\', ['www', 'http', 'https', 'ftp'], chPos);
end;

procedure GMCheckIsValidUrl(const AUrl: TGMString; const Caller: TObject; const CallingName: TGMString);
begin
  if not GMIsUrl(AUrl) then raise EGMException.ObjError(GMFormat(RStrInvalidUrlFmt, [AUrl]), Caller, CallingName);
end;

function GMMousePosition: TPoint;
{$IFDEF FPC}{$push}{$WARN 5060 off : Function result variable does not seem to be initialized}{$ENDIF}
begin
  //GMAPICheckObj(GetCursorPos(Result), 'GetCursorPos');
  //Result := Default(TRect);
  if not GetCursorPos(Result) then Result := cNullPoint;
end;
{$IFDEF FPC}{$pop}{$ENDIF}

procedure GMRefreshMouseCursor;
var mousePos: TPoint;
begin
//SendMessage(FHandle, WM_SETCURSOR, WPARAM(FHandle), 0); <- wrong when mouse in not inside!
  if GetCursorPos(mousePos) then
   begin
    // Trigger a WM_SETCURSOR nmessage by moving the mouse back and forth one pixel
    if mousePos.x > 0 then SetCursorPos(mousePos.x - 1, mousePos.y) else SetCursorPos(mousePos.x + 1, mousePos.y);
    SetCursorPos(mousePos.x, mousePos.y);
   end;
end;

procedure GMSetCaretPos(const ACaretPos: TPoint);
begin
  GMApiCheckObj('SetCaretPos', '', GetLastError, SetCaretPos(ACaretPos.x, ACaretPos.y));
end;

function GMCopyToGlobalMem(const PData: Pointer; const DataSize: LongWord; const AllocFlags: LongWord = GMEM_MOVEABLE): HGlobal;
var PGlobal: Pointer;
begin
  if (PData = nil) or (DataSize = 0) then Result := 0 else
   begin
    Result := GlobalAlloc(AllocFlags, DataSize);
    GMAPICheckObj('GlobalAlloc', '', GetLastError, Result <> 0);
    PGlobal := GlobalLock(Result);
    GMAPICheckObj('GlobalLock', '', GetLastError, PGlobal <> nil);
    try
     System.Move(PData^, PGlobal^, DataSize);
    finally
     GlobalUnlock(Result);
    end;
   end;
end;

function GMCopyHGlobal(const Handle: HGLOBAL; const AllocFlags: LongWord = GMEM_MOVEABLE): HGLOBAL;
var PSrc: Pointer;
begin
  Result := 0;
  if Handle <> 0 then
   begin
    PSrc := GlobalLock(Handle);
    GMAPICheckObj('GlobalLock', '', GetLastError, PSrc <> nil);
    try
     Result := GMCopyToGlobalMem(PSrc, GlobalSize(Handle), AllocFlags);
    finally
     GlobalUnlock(Handle);
    end;
   end;
end;

procedure GMFreeAndNil(var Obj);
var PObj: TObject;
begin
  PObj := TObject(Obj);
  TObject(Obj) := nil;  // <- clear the reference argument before destroying the object
  PObj.Free;
end;

function GMCompareVariants(const ValueA, ValueB: Variant; const MatchCase: Boolean = True): TGMCompareResult;
const cCmpFlags: array [Boolean] of LongWord = (NORM_IGNORECASE, 0);
begin
  if ((VarType(ValueA) = varString) or (VarType(ValueA) = varOleStr)) and
     ((VarType(ValueB) = varString) or (VarType(ValueB) = varOleStr)) then
   begin
    Result := GMCompareNames(ValueA, ValueB, cCmpFlags[MatchCase]);
   end
  else
   begin
    if ValueA = ValueB then Result := crAEqualToB else
     if ValueA > ValueB then Result := crAGreaterThanB else Result := crALessThanB;
   end;
end;


function GMCompareUnionValues(const ValueA, ValueB: RGMUnionValue; const MatchCase: Boolean = True): TGMCompareResult;
const cCmpFlags: array [Boolean] of LongWord = (NORM_IGNORECASE, 0);
begin
  if (ValueA.ValueType = uvtString) and (ValueB.ValueType = uvtString) then
   begin
    Result := GMCompareNames(ValueA, ValueB, cCmpFlags[MatchCase]);
   end
  else
   begin
    if ValueA = ValueB then Result := crAEqualToB else
     if ValueA < ValueB then Result := crALessThanB else Result := crAGreaterThanB;
   end;
end;


initialization

  //TVarData(EmptyParam).VType := varError;
  //TVarData(EmptyParam).VError := $80020004; // <-- DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND

  gGMMainThreadID := GetCurrentThreadID;
  gCSExceptHandler := TGMMutex.Create('', False); // <- works best for "machine-gun" exceptions e.g. from a message handler
  //gCSExceptHandler := TGMMsgCriticalSection.Create(False);
  //gCSExceptHandler := TGMCriticalSection.Create(True);

  gCStraceText := TGMCriticalSection.Create(True);

  vCSWndStack := TGMCriticalSection.Create(True);

  gDigitAsNumberSortSupported := GMWinVersion >= wvWin7_8;


finalization

  GMFreeAndNil(gGMTimerList);

end.