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Using FireDAC Unidirectional property for fast, low memory selection set processing

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December 29, 2015
I often do large Oracle database queries using FireDAC to analyze registration data about our products and customers. Most of the time I am only processing through millions of rows to create a report or chart. One of the FDQuery properties that I forget to set True is the TDFQuery’s “Unidirectional” sub-property found under the FetchOptions (TFDFetchOptions) property. By…
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Developer Skill Sprint: GPU Computing with OpenCL

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November 17, 2015
Author: Developer Skill Sprints This skill sprint replay is available on the Embarcadero YouTube channel athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4BigmnQhB0 Learning Resources: OpenCL information Kronos Group – https://www.khronos.org/opencl/ Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL OpenCL v2.1 reference pages…
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Steps for building iOS 32-bit applications for iOS 9 with XE7 and XE8

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September 17, 2015
With RAD Studio 10 Seattle, you can build apps that run on iOS 9. A change in the iOS SDK is causing deployment issues on iOS 9 for 32-bit iOS applications built with XE7 and XE8. This is not an issue with RAD Studio 10 Seattle. Below are some simple workaround steps for building iOS 32-bit applications for iOS 9 with XE7 and XE8.  This does not impact iOS 64-bit applications…
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Creating a custom button style with RAD Studio 10 Seattle

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September 15, 2015
In RAD Studio 10 Seattle, we made many enhancements to the integrated style designer in the IDE. In today’s post, I thought I would cover the steps for creating your own custom button style using RAD Studio 10 Seattle. Follow the steps below to create your own custom…
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New VCL Styles and Style Enhancements in RAD Studio 10 Seattle

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September 3, 2015
In Delphi, C++ Builder and RAD Studio 10 Seattle, we provide a variety of new VCL styles and VCL style enhancements. Windows 10 Styles Choose from three built-in Windows 10 styles: Modern Light, Modern Dark and Modern Blue. These styles work great with the new VCL Windows 10 UI controls as well as the existing VCL UI controls. Common Dialog Styling VCL styling now extends to dialogs such…
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