There are some nice new features in RAD Studio 10.2.2 for IDE startup and first use.
Startup
When Delphi and C++Builder start, you see a splash screen – a loading screen – as the IDE starts. This lists all the packages, plugins, and component libraries it has installed.
One common request has been to add a progress bar here, and in 10.2.2 we’ve done so.
In this screenshot…
In RAD Studio 10.2.2, we havemade some changes to the installer that should make installation a much nicer experience.
License Manager
When installing RAD Studio (or just Delphi or C++Builder),unless you are upgrading you will often be asked to enter a…
In Delphi and C++Builder 10.2.2, we’ve added acommonly requested and exciting new feature: a dark IDE theme.
Many productivity tools, or tools that areused for many hours in a row – and RAD Studio certainly falls into that category – offer a…
Is the dark theme toggle not visible for you? Here's how to fix it
December 13, 2017
In RAD Studio 10.2.2, we introduced a new dark IDE theme.I’ll write more about this in detaillater this week.
We’ve seen initial bug reports affecting users upgrading from an existing 10.2.x installation that the toolbar button allowing you to toggle between the light and dark themes isn’t visible. There are two workarounds:
Change theme through the…
Code snippet: IDE debug visualizer plugin for generic and template types
November 27, 2017
In RAD Studio 10.2.1 we added support for debug visualizers for Delphi generic and C++ template types. A debug visualizer is an IDE plugin that allows you to change the display of a variable in the various debug windows, such as Local Variables and…
Session plan for all of CodeRage XII (starts tomorrow, the 7th!)
November 7, 2017
CodeRage XII starts tomorrow, Tuesday 7th November! You can download a PDF of all sessions and times here – browse through and make sure you catch the ones you want to see.
CodeRage is a free online conference, over three days. We haveover seventy…
CodeRage XII is this week! (Nov 7-9.) And I have something very cool to show in one session,a weekend project that has been pure fun to write, reminding me of the days when I was a teenager learning to code and writing just because I enjoyed it.
I’m generating mazes. Here’s a screenshot:
The codecan solve them, too. Here the target is from the…
Debug visualisers are a type of IDE plugin that allows you to changethe display of a variable in the various debug windows (Local Variables, Watches, Inspector, and Evaluate/Modify.) For example, the TDateTime visualiser takes the double value that represents time and…
Recently a security issue allowing allowing local code execution after visiting a malicious URL was identified in Subversion, git and Mercurial. All three source control systems released a synchronised security update.
In RAD Studio, we use an external installation of both…
In RAD Studio 10.2Release 1 (or 10.2.1) we’ve made a number of improvements in the debugger.
Windows debugging: general quality
Do you debug multithreaded applications? You might have noticed that wait chain traversal, showing which threads were blocked on which other threads, was not working on Windows 10. We have re-enabled support and you can now debug thread interaction…
