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RAD Studio 11.2 Alexandria Patch 1 Available

Today Embarcadero released a patch for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder 11.2 Alexandria. This patch addresses some issues in RAD Studio 11.2, including some missing files for the new iOS Simulator platform, an issue when using runtime packages on Win64, and Win64 debugging via PAServer. The patch readme with the list of publicly reported issues addressed is below in this blog post (and in the…
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A Clarification on RAD Studio Versions Numbering

Since version 11, Embarcadero has modified the version numbering scheme of its releases: 11.2 is an update of 11 Alexandria, not a new major version. As announced when Embarcadero released RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder 11 Alexandria (see this blog post), the product…
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Announcing the Availability of RAD Studio 11.2 Alexandria

Embarcadero is pleased to announce the release of RAD Studio 11 Alexandria Release 2, also known as RAD Studio 11.2, along with Delphi 11.2 and C++Builder 11.2. RAD Studio 11.2 includes support for the iOS Simulator platform on macOS ARM 64 for the Delphi language, migrates…
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Delphi iOS Simulator Support in RAD Studio 11.2

(Updated on September 7, 2022) Embarcadero has just released the new version of RAD Studio 11 Alexandria, and we want to start sharing with you some of the features of RAD Studio 11 Alexandria Release 2 (or RAD Studio 11.2). Delphi iOS Simulator Support* A few years back…
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RAD Studio Quality Portal 2022 User Guide

Embarcadero’s Quality Portal provides a community process for resolving, clarifying, and tracking quality issues regarding Embarcadero’s products and services. Embarcadero customers with an EDN account can create bug reports and feature requests, view other customers’…
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A Delphi Demo with WeatherStack by APILayer

I recently gave a presentation about the use of cloud and REST APIs from Delphi at the Italian Delphi Day conference, at the end of June. Among the various demos, I made some experiments using APILayer REST APIs. In case you don’t know, APILayer is a company that is part…
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Speaking at Italian Delphi Day 2022

In two weeks, I’ll be giving a couple of sessions at the (online) Italian Delphi Day event, organized by Wintech Italia. This year the Italian Delphi Day event (one of the longest running yearly Delphi conferences) is scheduled for June 21st to 23rd. Once again…
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The VCL LockDrawing method in TWinControl

One of the features added to the VCL library in Delphi 11 is the ability to handle Windows WM_SETREDRAW message easily with two specific methods added to the TWinControl class: LockDrawing and UnlockDrawing I was going over my to do list earlier this week and found a not…