Recently, I wrote some new demo for Delphi PPL (Parallel Programming Library), while doing some research for an online class — which is available since last week on the Embarcadero Academy site (“Anonymous Methods in Delphi“), along with a new overall bundle of my classes (“Master Modern Delphi Language Techniques“).
In the past I’ve used different ways to…
Hotfix 1 for InterBase 2017 Update 1
November 3, 2017
Applies to Product
InterBase 13.1.0.264 (InterBase 2017 Update 1) which was available for download between dates September 19th 2017 and October 23rd 2017.
Summary
The reason for this hotfix is a crash bug with no workaround in InterBase 2017 Update 1…
Implementing AJAX and JSONP Support in RAD Server for ExtJS
October 19, 2017
Idera recently acquired Sencha (https://www.sencha.com/) and has added the company products to the Embarcadero business unit, which produced RAD Studio and also the RAD Server web service technology. A natural question arises on how to use the two products together. While…
My Courses on the New Embarcadero Academy
October 4, 2017
The online training site Embarcadero Academy, an independently-run but Embarcadero affiliated training web site, was launched a couple of weeks ago: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170918005798/en/Embarcadero-Academy-Debuts-Online-Courses-Developers-Levels. The academy features classes on different topics, but a lot of them are focused on Delphi programming. You can see the list of Delphi…
Why I Choose Delphi Summary
October 3, 2017
Over the summer, there has been a number of blog posts on the “Why I Choose Delphi?” topic. While providing personal ideas, they do have common themes and I think there are very interesting to read, for anyone who is using Delphi today (or used it in the past).
InterBase 2017 Update 1 Is Now Available
September 29, 2017
We are pleased to announce general availability of InterBase 2017 Update 1.
This update expands on the InterBase 2017 version we release earlier this year and introduced many new features as discussed at…
Hotfix for 10.2.1 Inherited VCL Forms Released
September 6, 2017
This hotfix addresses a bug introduced in RAD Studio 10.2.1 and reported as RSP-18792 in Quality Portal. The issue causes an inherited VCL form to fail to scale on high DPI displays. Actually the fix resolves also a couple of related problems.
The download is available…
Using Delphi Parse API with Any Parse Server Hosting
August 30, 2017
The Parse web site (owned by Facebook) was retired earlier this year. This was a fairly popular BaaS (backend as a service) provider for mobile applications, but something you could use also from desktop apps. Delphi (and also C++Builder, btw) has included ready-to-use…
RAD Studio 10.2.1 HotFix for iOS AdHoc Deployment
August 23, 2017
We released a hotfix to address a regression (reported as https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-18813) in RAD Studio Tokyo Release 1 related to AdHoc deployment for iOS. The fix available for download is at:
https://cc.embarcadero.com/item/30797
The fix (a single file to install) adds support for building iOS Ad Hoc Applications with RAD Studio 10.2.1 and Xcode 8.2, 8.3.2, or 8.3.3. Before…