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RAD Studio 11.2 Alexandria Patch 1 Available

Today Embarcadero released a patch for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder 11.2 Alexandria. This patch addresses some issues in RAD Studio 11.2, including some missing files for the new iOS Simulator platform, an issue when using runtime packages on Win64, and Win64 debugging via PAServer. The patch readme with the list of publicly reported issues addressed is below in this blog post (and in the…
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A Clarification on RAD Studio Versions Numbering

Since version 11, Embarcadero has modified the version numbering scheme of its releases: 11.2 is an update of 11 Alexandria, not a new major version. As announced when Embarcadero released RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder 11 Alexandria (see this blog post), the product…
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InterBase ADO.NET Driver Updated for .NET 6 and Visual Studio 2022

We are happy to announce that Embarcadero has released an updated ADO.NET driver for the InterBase database. The new driver offers: General support for .NET 6 InterBase Events support in ADO.NET Installer support for VS 2022 There are also a number of bug fixes and improvements compared to the previous release of the driver. The source of the driver is on GitHub…
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Delphi iOS Simulator Support in RAD Studio 11.2

(Updated on September 7, 2022) Embarcadero has just released the new version of RAD Studio 11 Alexandria, and we want to start sharing with you some of the features of RAD Studio 11 Alexandria Release 2 (or RAD Studio 11.2). Delphi iOS Simulator Support* A few years back…
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RAD Studio Quality Portal 2022 User Guide

Embarcadero’s Quality Portal provides a community process for resolving, clarifying, and tracking quality issues regarding Embarcadero’s products and services. Embarcadero customers with an EDN account can create bug reports and feature requests, view other customers’…
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A Delphi Demo with WeatherStack by APILayer

I recently gave a presentation about the use of cloud and REST APIs from Delphi at the Italian Delphi Day conference, at the end of June. Among the various demos, I made some experiments using APILayer REST APIs. In case you don’t know, APILayer is a company that is part of Idera, like Embarcadero. Why REST APIs Before we explore specific APIs and demos, I’d like to discuss the relevance of…
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Speaking at Italian Delphi Day 2022

In two weeks, I’ll be giving a couple of sessions at the (online) Italian Delphi Day event, organized by Wintech Italia. This year the Italian Delphi Day event (one of the longest running yearly Delphi conferences) is scheduled for June 21st to 23rd. Once again…
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The VCL LockDrawing method in TWinControl

One of the features added to the VCL library in Delphi 11 is the ability to handle Windows WM_SETREDRAW message easily with two specific methods added to the TWinControl class: LockDrawing and UnlockDrawing I was going over my to do list earlier this week and found a not that indicated I should follow up to the blog post I did on new VCL features in Delphi and C++Builder 11 about LockDrawing. In…
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