After looking to binding expressions and how they can link to components, let’s move to the component aimed for managing binding expressions.
In recent blog posts I covered Delphi’s RTL core expression engine and components binding. Now we can make an additional step and look into a key component for the entire bindings architecture, called BindingsList. A binding list is a…
Continuing last week blog post on binding expressions, let’s see how components can participate, but creating expressions that refer to properties.
Last week I introduced Delphi RTL expression engine in the blog post…
Using Delphi's Expressions Engine
May 24, 2021
Delphi RTL include a very powerful expression engine, which is one of the foundations of the Live Bindings architecture, but can be used as a separate engine for processing expressions. This blog post offers a quick introduction to the topic.
There are many hidden gems in…
Konopka Signature VCL Controls Version 7
May 7, 2021
A new version of the KSVC bonus package with enhanced HighDPI support is now available in RAD Studio GetIt Package manager.
The Konopka Signature VCL Controls library is a VCL library with a nice set of enhanced visual controls and powerful embedded designers. Embarcadero bought the rights from Raize Software a few years ago.
In the 10.4.2 time frame, we made some fixes and improvements to…
Embarcadero has released a new InterBase ADO.NET driver for Visual Studio. The new driver, made available as a Nuget package and listed in the Visual Studio marketplace, will offer Visual Studio 2019 IDE integration and full support for ADO.NET and the Entity Framework.
The…
RAD Studio 10.4.2 General Patch and Delphi Compiler Patch
April 30, 2021
Embarcadero has just released two patches for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder 10.4.2. The patches address a few critical issues in the most recent releases and are available to active update subscription customers in the GetIt Package manager. A matching alert shows up in…
New Delphi’s Object Pascal Style Guide
April 29, 2021
Embarcadero has just published on the docwiki site an updated version of the language style guide. The document has been updated to cover modern Delphi language features and some changes to the coding style
Over the last few months I drove an effort to publish a new Object Pascal style guide for today’s Delphi language. From the preface:
“This document is an updated version of the…
50 Years of Pascal and Delphi is In Power
March 26, 2021
It’s 50 years of the Pascal language and Delphi is its heir, empowering Pascal developers in today’s complex scenarios, despite being ignored by the Pascal language inventor
Niklaus Wirth published the paper “The programming language Pascal” in March 1971…
Using the GetIt patch mechanism, Embarcadero is alerting customers on prior RAD Studio 10.4 releases that 10.4.2 is available and offering a simplified way to install it.
Since RAD Studio 10.4, the IDE has a mechanism to deliver patches via GetIt and an option to alert…
Additional Considerations and Links on RAD Studio 10.4.2
March 15, 2021
I’ve collected a few additional blog posts with information about new features in the latest version of Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio, which is receiving very positive external customers feedback.
Last month Embarcadero made available RAD Studio, C++Builder and Delphi 10.4 Sydney Release 2…