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The C++Builder 25th Anniversary: Historical Article on C++ Builder Language Extensions

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March 2, 2022
To help celebrating C++Builder 25th anniversary, I’m republishing a very old article of mine on the C++ language extensions introduced by Borland back then. As you have probably heard, soon after Delphi’s 27th birthday, C++ Builder is celebrating its 25th anniversary. You can read more about the product history, on this great blog post by C++Builder PM David Millingtonon…
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Delphi WinUI 3 Demo

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February 15, 2022
Yesterday, on Delphi’s 27th anniversary Embarcadero released a WinUI 3 demo that I presented in the anniversary webinar. Here is the official announcement along with some more technical information. The demo is available in GetIt. Introduction Microsoft’s Windows App…
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Delphi’s 27th Anniversary Webinar

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February 11, 2022
Next Monday is Delphi’s 27th Anniversary and Embarcadero has organized a webinar to celebrate and to discuss the product status Delphi 1 was introduced on February 14th 1995, 27 years ago next Monday. You can read the recent Delphi Time Warp and Building the…
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RAD Studio 11 Alexandria January PAServer Patch Available

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January 12, 2022
Following the release of the general RAD Studio 11 Alexandria November Patch, the R&D team at Embarcadero is now making available an additional update to the Platform Assistant Server (PAServer) for the Apple macOS platform to support recent updates of the Apple…
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RAD Studio 11 Alexandria November Patch Available

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November 24, 2021
Today Embarcadero released a second patch for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder 11 Alexandria. The patch addresses one significant regression introduced by Patch 1 and improves the support for the latest Apple SDKs on macOS Monterey with a new version of PAServer for…
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New FireDAC Driver for SQLite SEE

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November 22, 2021
Embarcadero has made available a new FireDAC driver for the SQLite Encryption Extension (SEE) database. The download is in GetIt and here are some details behind this decision. RAD Studio 11 Alexandria, like previous versions, ships with a FireDAC driver for the…
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Native Windows is Back to Center Stage

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November 8, 2021
With the demise of UWP, native development has reclaimed its place as the primary Windows development model after 20 years (given we had .NET in between). Delphi excels at native programming, so this is fantastic news for us. Several announcements from Microsoft in recent…