Today Embarcadero released a patch for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder 12.3 Athens.
RAD Studio 12.3 April Patch provides quality improvements to the 12.3 release, focused on the Delphi compiler, the C++ 64-bit Modern toolchain, the RAD Studio 64-bit IDE and its debugger, the VCL library and other RAD Studio features. Installing this patch is highly recommended for all RAD Studio 12.3, Delphi…
RAD Studio 12.3 has been a fantastic release—a true milestone for our team and our community.
I’m incredibly proud of the team’s work to deliver what our users want, and the community’s response has been amazing.
We’re also beginning to take some…
Charles "Charlie" Calvert, Developer, Educator, And A Thoroughly Decent Man
April 9, 2025
In amongst the hustle of software development we at Embarcadero were all brought to a standstill at the recent news that Charles “Charlie” Calvert had passed away. Known to a great swathe of Delphi and C++Builder developers through his books, Charlie, as most…
Who Uses Delphi? The Silent Success Behind Astronauts, Theme Parks, Satellites, And A Multi-billion Ultimate Payday!
March 31, 2025
Despite Delphi being regularly rated as one of the top ten development languages in the world, there’s still this weird, undeserved negativity (accidental or intentional) from some people who wrongly accuse it of being old or outdated. This is despite the fact that as you can see on our blog right now RAD Studio 12.3 has just been released. I’m not entirely sure what naysayers and…
In my blog about sanitizers (runtime safety checking) in C++Builder 12.3, I said:
The new C++ Modern toolchain … is something we’ve talked about as a ‘foundation for the future.’ ‘We can build things we could not before,’ we’ve said. ‘Having it will let us…
Today the primary focus for RAD Studio database access is on the FireDAC universal database access library. Given in the past Delphi and C++Builder also included other database engines, and they still include a few alternative options, Embarcadero has been creating scripts…
RAD Studio 12.3 brings several improvements to RAD Server that address common pain points and add new functionality. Let’s take a look at what’s new.
Consistent Date/Time Formats Across Requests
One issue that’s now resolved is the inconsistency in date/time formats between GET and LIST requests. RAD Studio 12.3 introduces roFDDateTimeFormat, a boolean variable flag in the…
Among many other features and improvements already discussed in other blog posts, RAD Studio 12.3 release offers enhancement in many areas of the VCL library. While the primary focus was on quality improvements, the team also implemented a few small and focused…
Ever since we started using our enhanced Clang compiler, we’ve had a consistent request: can we add runtime checking?
For many customers, this has been because the old ‘classic’ compiler used to have a feature called CodeGuard, which was helpful for catching errors…
As mentioned in the RAD Studio 12.3 announcement blog post, alongside the upgrade of Android tooling to support API level 35, we are releasing a brand new visual tool to help you manage the Android SDK installation.
The tool is called Android SDK Manager and it’s available in Delphi for customers with an active subscription in the GetIt Package manager.
Configuring the Tool
Once installed…
