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InterBase ADO.NET Driver Updated with Improved Entity Framework Support

Embarcadero has just released version 7.13.6 of the InterBase ADO.NET driver and its related Entity Framework support. This release is focused on EFCore (Entity Framework Core) scaffolding support. The primary driver has a few bug fixes mainly around the situation when you are making a connection requesting dialect 3 or with no dialect included (which defaults to 3) but the database itself is a…
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The New VCL ControlList Multiple Selection in Delphi 11.3

There is a small new features in the VCL library in the recently released Delphi 11.3, the option to enable multiple selection in the ControlList component of the VCL library. What is a ControlList? The ControlList component was introduced to the VCL a few years back to…
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Delphi 28th Anniversary

Delphi was introduce to the world exactly 28 years ago today in San Francisco. While it keeps adding new features and capabilities, Delphi offers an unparalleled degree of compatibility with code written so many years ago. (Delphi 28 rendered with a gradient on a D2D canvas in a VCL application) Today is another Delphi anniversary, given it was first introduced at the SD West Conference in…
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A Summary of Year 2022 for RAD Studio (and Delphi)

What happened in 2022 for RAD Studio, Delphi and C++ Builder? Here are a few highlights — and also a quick look at what’s coming soon February 2022 Delphi 27th Anniversary, along with the release of an Innovation Timeline Infographic and a Delphi WinUI 3…
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Some Suggestions to Help the Delphi Compiler

Offering some tips and suggestions you can consider to help the compiler be faster and consume less memory using the current version of Delphi. Over the last couple of years, Embarcadero has put a significant effort into optimizing the Delphi Object Pascal compilers’ performance and reducing its memory usage, so that our customers with large applications can have a better experience…
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Embarcadero InterBase 2020 Update 4 Released!

We are happy to announce that today Embarcadero has released a new version of its InterBase flagship database engine, InterBase 2020 Update 4. With this release, the company continues to improve the product’s quality and usability. General and Quality Improvements This…
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Delphi With Statements and Local Variables

I was recently discussing against the use of the with statement in Delphi with a customer and I realized that local variables offer a very good way to get rid of with statements As any Delphi developer knows, the with statements have been long in the Object Pascal language since the early Pascal days, but they have also been considered harmful by many, myself included. To explain once more…
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