http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges The Blog of the Delphi Product Manager Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:52:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US This week we were in the early stages of rolling out what was to be “RAD Studio Update 2” with a large number of bug fixes.  We put the update out on the web and the registered users page, and posted an article on the Embarcadero Developer Network. ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/11/13/39332 We have published Help Update #1 for the RAD Studio 2010 help.  You can find out more at the Developer network.  The Help Update should be available through the IDE’s automatic update system.  If you have that turned off by default, you can invoke it via the ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/11/02/39331 Hey, I might not be the Delphi Product Manager any more, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t be going out on the road to see customers and show off RAD Studio 2010!  I will be making three tour stops as part of the RAD Studio 2010 Road Show.  I’ll ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/10/30/39330 Hey, the Delphi Survey is back!  It’s long, but well worth the time.  Please go and fill it out as completely and as thoroughly as you can.  We really read and study and use and act on the valuable information we get from it.  Your opinions really matter and really ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/10/26/39329 First the GOTO was disparaged into oblivion.  Then the ‘with’ statement came into the cross-hairs.  Is the ‘if’ statement next? Hey, the CodeRage 4 replays are online – lot of good stuff in there, especially about the new things available for RAD Studio ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/10/21/39328 Oh, by the way, another good way to get your comments deleted is to use profanity.  Should have mentioned that before. The guys over at Gurock Software have a really cool article called “Working with Delphi’s new Exception.StackTrace” showing how you can get ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/10/15/39327 We are looking for folks to submit their Unicode migration stories to the Unicode Migration Best Practices Cookbook.  If you have a tip or two, or a good story to tell, please let us know and help out the Delphi community.  Looks like you might win an iPod Touch if ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/10/09/39324 Here’s a chart showing the results of the poll I took on what TurboPower projects are of interest to you. (You can certainly still take the poll if you want, but the trends are pretty clear by now…) Seems that a lot more of you than I would have ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/10/07/39323 Okay, some of you are saying that I’m “blocking comments”.  So, let me comment on that. :-) First, this is my blog, and I’ll allow or disallow any comments that I want for any reason at all.  Sorry.  But having said that, the vast majority of comments ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/10/05/39319 Wow – I think that my TurboPower blog post has generated more comments than any has in a while.  The response has been gratifyingly positive.  There have been a couple of issues and questions raised, so I’ll make a few further points: Okay, first things first:  ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/29/39318 There has been a lot of interest lately in the TurboPower projects on SourceForge.  Lots of folks have used Turbopower code in the past and are now wanting to bring this code forward to Delphi 2010.  There has been a lot of work done in this area already, but unfortunately, ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/28/39317 Nice writeup about Delphi 2010 in Dr. Dobbs.  Money quote:  “And even with all the views activated, the IDE response remained lightning fast throughout my hours of testing it for this review.” (Thanks to Marco for the tweet pointing me to this article….) Alex ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/18/39316 Okay, question:  How do I end up with people on my Twitter following list that I know I didn’t put there?  I get these people in my Twitter stream that I’ve never heard of, and – surprise!!! – they are spamming me.  How does that happen? (Updated: Let me be ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/17/39313 Time is running out on the BOGO deal.  Act now and get a free product.  This offer will end soon! Have you ever had the overwhelming desire to embed a game into the Delphi IDE?  Well, now you can, as Chris Hesik shows you ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/14/39312 PowerArchiver 2010 “PowerArchiver 2010 offers hundreds of features, yet remains easy to use, small and fast. Novice users will find a familiar interface complete with tutorial and detailed help, while more experienced users can take advantage of full Explorer integration, multiple encryption methods and advanced compression algorithms.”Share This | ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/12/39310 Tim Del Chiaro, RAD Studio Marketing Manager is asking a good question:  What have you built with Delphi and other Embarcadero Products? We’d love to know.  So, now is your chance to brag about that cool application you’ve been building all these years.  You can help us get the word ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/11/39309 If you are a GExperts user, I'm interested in knowing what your five favorite features of that outstanding Delphi Add-in are. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=adxkD_2bIluwT5FgQf8bwSag_3d_3d It's a nice, short (two question) survey. Please take the minute or two to fill it out if ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/11/39308 The invaluable Pierre LeRiche has updated FastMM  “FastMM is a lightning fast replacement memory manager for Borland Delphi Win32 applications that scales well in multi-threaded applications, is not prone to memory fragmentation, and supports shared memory without the use of external .DLL files.”  Delphi 2010 uses a ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/10/39307 I’ve created a short, eleven minute video showing the basics of Aspect Oriented Programming with Delphi Prism.  AOP is a really cool, powerful, and easy to use language feature of Delphi Prism. You can read more about AOP  and how it works on Wikipedia.  You can read more ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/09/39306 Ann Lynnworth of href.com has put together a nice little web app that will show you the CodeRage 4 schedule for your time zone. Cary Jensen has a really nice article about LINQ in Delphi Prism One talk you won’t want ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/07/39304 A bunch of guys here on the R&D team are hard at work putting together their CodeRage 4 presentations.  Most of the talks will concentrate on the new things you can do with RAD Studio 2010, including new IDE and VCL features. If you haven’t registered yet, ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/09/05/39303 Hey, RAD Studio 2010 is great – but don’t just take my word for it.  And hey, if you have something great to say about RAD Studio 2010 and want the world to know it, please feel free to email me with your ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/08/31/39298 Hey, I’m on YouTube! According to Julian Bucknall, the CTO for our long time partner DevExpress, they will be supporting RAD Studio 2010 in the very near future.  One of the reasons that Delphi and C++Builder are such great tools is that third-parties like ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/08/27/39295 Well, after a lot of hard work, RAD Studio 2010 is now available.  You can buy it this very minute at our shop site and from our excellent partners around the world.  Our team put in a lot of hard work and brain power to get this release ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/08/25/39294 There have been a bunch of sneak peaks and blog posts and a lot of attention paid to some of the “flagship” features in Delphi 2010 like Gestures, DataSnap, Firebird connectivity, IDE Insight, the Code Formatter, and more.  Cool stuff, to be sure (and you can find out more about ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/08/25/39288 We posted an FAQ about the W32/Induc-A Virus.  Hopefully it will answer those, well, questions that are frequently getting asked.  :-)  The virus is easy to detect and easy to fix and easy to prevent. To highlight a few things: This only affects older versions ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/08/24/39287 Malcom Groves has more on Attributes in Delphi.  Attributes are one of those features – sort of like Generics – that many folks don’t “grok” at first.  They look at them and think “It looks cool and everything, but why would I want to do that?”  But ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/08/21/39285 One minor feature of Delphi 2010 that hasn’t been widely mentioned is the fact that we are including the source code for MIDAS.DLL with the product.  This has been a long time request, and we are delivering on it in RAD Studio 2010. Another ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/08/19/39284 Now this is pure genius. Now here’s a question for you:  Does a product even need a “README” anymore?  I mean, the classic “README.TXT” was originally supposed to be for “late breaking changes and other information that couldn’t make it into the help”, etc.  But in the day and age, shouldn’t ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/08/17/39282 Christine Ellis just posted this on our newsgroups: Hosted on the Embarcadero Developer Network, CodeRage is four full days of 100% online technical sessions focused on software development and data management issues which you can attend from wherever you like to log in.  It’s bringing you top industry speakers, ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/08/13/39281