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From time to time I get asked how developers can customize their IDE experience. There are many ways to set options that affect the IDE, registry settings you can change and external 3rd party tools you can use. Here are a few ideas about what you can do to take control of…
Some cool new FireMonkey components, ksComponents (Kernow Software FMX components), created by Graham Murt, are available on GitHub. You’ll find the source code for TksListView, TksFormTransition, TksTableView,TksSlideMenu, TksSegmentButtons and TksChatView. Readme…
Using FireDAC Unidirectional property for fast, low memory selection set processing
December 29, 2015
I often do large Oracle database queries using FireDAC to analyze registration data about our products and customers. Most of the time I am only processing through millions of rows to create a report or chart. One of the FDQuery properties that I forget to set True is the TDFQuery’s “Unidirectional” sub-property found under the FetchOptions (TFDFetchOptions) property. By…
How to use custom Info.plist XML to support iOS 9's new App Transport Security feature
September 24, 2015
Apple introduced the new “Apple Transport Security” feature in iOS9 to restrict apps that use HTTP protocol requests behind the scenes. To allow your app to use HTTP, Apple provides Info.plist settings. This new feature will have an impact on the execution of…
Several developers reporting an issue where the C++Builder IDE code editor structure window was blank after they upgraded their Windows machine to Windows 10. The issue is reproducible on these scenarios:
The user has a machine with a Windows version lower than Windows 10…
Delphi VCL and FireMonkey: eBooks, Books, Tutorials and Courseware - a collection of links
July 6, 2015
We are often asked where developers and teachers can find books, courseware and tutorials available today that cover Delphi programming and Multi-Device FireMonkey app development. The great news is that there are more and more books appearing on Amazon, Lulu and online. Here is my latest list of books, courseware and tutorials from book shopping sites and developer sites.
ebooks
Mobile…
Pawel Glowacki asked about vibrating smartphones using Delphi code for iOS and Android. Thierry Laborde and Williamm Wittwer of Embarcadero France provided the following Delphi and FireMonkey sample code:
unit Umain;
interface
uses
System.SysUtils, System.Types…
Embarcadero Technology Partner Spotlight
Mitov Software – Delphi Arduino control and communication Boian Mitov – Mitov Software Thursday, June 25, 2015 http://www.mitov.com/ http://www.visuino.com/
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Embarcadero Technology Partner Spotlight
Gnostice – Programming with PDF and Office Documents Girish Patil – Gnostice Information Technologies Thursday, June 18, 2015 http://www.gnostice.com/
YouTube video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVC21mOV9bM
eDocEngine VCL is a comprehensive e-document creation component suite for Delphi and C++Builder. eDocEngine can create documents in clipboard…
