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Creators Update BPL Loading Issue and Tokyo Release 1

As mentioned in the release notes of Tokyo 10.2.1, the latest release of RAD Studio addresses the issues caused by Windows 10 Creators Update and related with DLL and BPL loading. The issue is caused by a change (a bug!) in the DLL loading algorithm of the operating system, an issue that Microsoft has fixed in the new coming release of Windows 10, currently known as Fall Creators Update. I’ve…
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Delphi Tokyo Release 1 or 10.2.1 is Now Available

You can read more about the release and its rationale in the PM article published in the community: https://community.embarcadero.com/article/16556-rad-studio-10-2-1-released-today For the actual release information docWiki page, including how to obtain the…
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Understanding Automatic Reference Counting - ARC

Automatic Reference Counting is the memory management system used by Strings & Interfaces on all platforms, and all objects on Linux and Mobile. Unlike Garbage Collection, ARC is purely deterministic and keeps the developer in control. Join Delphi Product Manager Marco Cantu…
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The Best Windows Support RAD Studio 10.1.2 Berlin

RAD Studio 10 Seattle and RAD Studio 10.1 Berlin have offered specific support for many features of Windows 10, and the Anniversary Edition (of Update 2) of RAD Studio 10.1 adds more, including the ability to generate Appx packages using the Windows Desktop Bridge and offer…
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Fall 2016 XE8 and 10 Seattle Updates

Embarcadero has just release updates for the XE8 and 10 Seattle versions of Delphi, C++Builder, and RAD Studio, available to customers with an active update subscription. This is part of the ongoing initiative to make available fixes done in newer versions (in this case…
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Using Migration Tool to Move Your Settings to Update 1

As you can read in the comments of the blog post announcing Berlin 10.1 Update 1, if you are using the GetIt based installer, the registry settings are not preserved as you uninstall, unlike when you are using the traditional ISO-based installer. Beside manually backing up…
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Windows 10 Anniversary Update and RAD Studio

RAD Studio has unmatched support for the recently released Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Delphi and C++Builder offer the best component library for Windows development, the VCL library,  and also the ability to target Windows with multi-device cross-platform code using…
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Closing the Class Helpers Private Access Loophole

As many of you know, Embarcadero made a change to the Delphi compiler in 10.1 Berlin to close an existing bug that allowed access to private data of any class via a class helper. Developers who were leveraging this hack would need a migration strategy. Private is……