Archive for September 15th, 2012

XE3 TMS Cross-platform Grid - Free for Limited Time

One of the sweetest bonuses ever. TMS’s new cross-platform FM2 Grid is included in the XE3 Bonus Pack. The grid is one of many FM components included in TMS’s great TMS Pack for Firemonkey. But for a limited time, the Grid is included free with Delphi, C++Builder, and RADStudio XE3.

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Posted by Michael Swindell on September 15th, 2012 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

Record Helpers for Simple Types: #1 reason to upgrade to XE3?

Delphi XE3 introduces a really welcome new feature, record helpers for simple types. The Road to Delphi has a great article exploring TStringHelper. Now you can add properties methods methods to simple types like string, integer, etc. This is one of my favorite new Delphi features and appears to be a pretty popular addition.

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Posted by Michael Swindell on September 15th, 2012 under Delphi | 11 Comments »

Exploring XE3 Win API Additions

The Road to Delphi has a new set of articles exploring XE3’s Windows API additions

Exploring Delphi XE3 – WinApi Additions – Winapi.Wbem
Exploring Delphi XE3 – WinApi Additions – Winapi.Functiondiscovery Part 1
Exploring Delphi XE3 – WinApi Additions – Winapi.Functiondiscovery Part 2
Exploring Delphi XE3 – WinApi Additions – Winapi.Functiondiscovery Part 3

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Posted by Michael Swindell on September 15th, 2012 under Uncategorized | Comment now »