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Upgrading C++Builder 12.2: Tip #3, Massive Files with iostreams

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December 4, 2024
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of useful information on why and how the new C++Builder matters to you, where this was the very end (so go watch the start!) Tip #3: Massive Files with iostreams The old C++ Win64 STL had a maximum size of 4GB for…
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Practical Info: Fast Parallel Compiling with C++Builder 12.2

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November 28, 2024
In the C++Builder and RAD Studio 12.2 launch webinar, we made a big deal of having fast parallel builds on by default: This blog is to provide some practical info on the feature. Using it When you install 12.2, and use the Windows 64-bit Modern C++ platform, it is on by default. No configuration needed. Just click Run or Build. It will run in parallel. If you want to see this, other than seeing…
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Introducing Amazing CMake Support in C++Builder 12.2

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October 7, 2024
C++Builder and RAD Studio 12.2 bring a fantastic feature for C++: full CMake support for the new Win64 Modern toolchain. It’s available in GetIt now, and it comes with some amazing demos. You can build VCL apps, FMX apps, packages, DLLs, console apps, as you’d expect… but, and this demonstrates the power and compatibility and quality of the new toolchain in C++Builder, you can even build…
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Buffer Overflow in the C/C++ RTL

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July 24, 2024
We recently identified a potential buffer overflow in the C/C++ runtime library (RTL). Although this is an issue that was introduced to the code in 1997 with no exploitation since its introduction, we are publishing a notification and a fix for safety and openness, out of an abundance of caution. Issue information: Affects _wgetcurdir, _wsearchstr, plus the “_t” variants _tgetdcwd and…
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