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 operating systems and dev tools. This patch is not cumulative, so it doesn’t contain all of the fixes in the the November…
The Strange Case of the VCL Forms ClientWidth and the Windows Versions PE Flags
January 4, 2022
Only a few developers are aware that the behavior of Windows applications varies depending on the Windows versions declared in their PE headers in the EXE file. Delphi customers are reporting some unexpected effects as a result of a core configuration change in Delphi 11…
The Impact of Log4j on Software Development with Delphi and C++Builder
December 22, 2021
Thoughts on the security issues of Log4j, what they imply for the developer community in general, and the specific effect on RAD Studio developers.
Unless you live on a remote island with no Internet connection, you’ve certainly heard about the Log4j issues that…
Appercept’s New AWS SDK For Delphi, Available With RAD Studio And Delphi Enterprise and Architect
December 15, 2021
Embarcadero today introduces a brand new first-class AWS client library for Delphi, soon to be included in the Enterprise and Architect editions of Delphi and RAD Studio.
Given the relevance of Amazon Web Service cloud infrastructure in today’s IT landscape, including an AWS library in our product offerings delivers substantial added value to our customers.
The Agreement With…
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…
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…
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 weeks have partially reversed previous directions in Windows development. In short, Microsoft is undermining (if not outright…
Over the next two weeks, I’m presenting at two different conferences: EKON 25, in-person in Dusseldorf, Germany, and DelphiCon 2021, Embarcadero largest yearly online event.
EKON 25
The EKON conference in Germany is likely the longest running Delphi focused event…
Today Embarcadero released a patch for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder 11 Alexandria. The patch addresses a few relevant issues in the most recent release and is available to active update subscription customers in the GetIt Package Manager (with a matching alert showing…
We announced the availability of a new option to deploy and license RAD Server as part of the RAD Studio 11 Alexandria release, with the goal of simplifying deployment for installations that do not require a large number of REST requests.
What is RAD Server?
Before I get to the specifics, let me remind you what RAD Server is. It is a REST server engine that allows you to quickly develop REST…
