Delphi

Project modernization plan

Author: Bogdan Polak BSC DataSet and User Interface In the last blog post, I discussed how badly for the project is dividing one transaction between multiple events. This scenario is very common in most of the VCL projects and with time it causes huge difficulties with maintaining and upgrading it. This time I’d like to start explaining how to improve this state, and I’m going to build…
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Learning JavaScript

Author: Pawe Gowacki My favorite programming language is Object Pascal. Period. However it is not the only programming language in the world. Probably my very first was Basic on ZX Spectrum, then came Turbo Pascal on DOS and quickly changed to Delphi and Object Pascal. Over…
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Cool App Winner for September: RAD & Installer

I’m excited to announce that our September Cool App contest winner for September is RAD & Installer. While I continue to be impressed at how all our Cool App winners are providing interesting, useful, entertaining and generally “cool” capabilities, I admittedly have a soft spot for apps like RAD & Installer that improve the usability of one of our very own Embarcadero tools, in this…
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What is my IP address?

Author: Pawe Gowacki There are many situation when it would handy to know the IP address of a device where our app is running. Maybe you want to identify who is running your app? By IP address it is also possible to calculate the approximate location of a device. If you…
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Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin is Speaking at CodeRage XII

This yearUncle Bob, the author of Clean Code – A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanshipis joining Code Rage XII.His book is one of those “must reads” that all software developers should have on their bookshelf. I had an opportunity to see Uncle Bob speak a few years ago, and it was very memorable. This session will be like no others you’ve seen. He is speaking on “The…
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Implementing AJAX and JSONP Support in RAD Server for ExtJS

Idera recently acquired Sencha (https://www.sencha.com/) and has added the company products to the Embarcadero business unit, which produced RAD Studio and also the RAD Server web service technology. A natural question arises on how to use the two products together. While…
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Adding a Custom Icon to a FireMonkey Button

Step 1: Create a new FireMonkey Application Launch 10.2 Tokyo and go to File > New > FireMonkey Application (Delphi or C++) and select ‘Blank Application’. Drop a TStyleBook component onto your form and double-click it to open the integrated Style Designer.
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Join Andrea Magni in Millan for a Special ExtJS Event

A special event combining Delphi and Ext JS is coming with Embarcadero MVP Andrea Magni in Milanthis October 26th. Are you a Delphi developer looking for a modern web solution? Would you like to offer a web user interface as effective as your desktop application’s one? Is a mobile web app suitable to your needs instead of taking the complexity of build and distribute native mobile…
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