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Customizing and Creating VCL Styles

Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio include various VCL styles out of the box. These can be used for your Windows applications and customized via the included Bitmap Style Designer (Tools->Bitmap Style Designer). You can also create a new style from scratch. The easiest way to get started with a brand new style is to use the VCL style template in the Bitmap Style Designer as a guide. Below is a…
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Fun with FireMonkey Gradients

Author: Pawe Gowacki Everybody loves colours. Great apps should use colours in clever and original ways. I have been recently spending a lot of time using Delphi XE5 for designing screens for mobile apps and must admit that I really like the way how iOS 7 is using colours…
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Working with Sensors, Devices and Platform Services in your C++ applications

All of our modern PCs, Smartphones, Tablets and other devices include more than just a screen, keyboard, mouse, memory, and storage. The devices We use include sensors for location, orientation, acceleration, ambient light, etc. My Samsung Slate Series 7 is a hybrid or “2 for 1” device that is both a desktop PC and a Tablet. It includes two cameras and accelerometer. Even if they…
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Product or License Validation Error

Author: Andreas O1387 If you ever see the error “Product or License Validation Error” pop up, the first thing you should do is Google the exact error message. If you do so, you will find the first hit to be exactly what you want – Starting RAD Studio…
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FireMonkey Styles for Blinking Button

Author: Eusebio M40205 The problem appeared when discussing “Scalability of enterprise DBMS-targeted systems” (in English on massive demand in comments) with Dmitriy Kouzmenko, Russian expert in InterBase since its origin. Then this occasional topic called more…
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Code Navigation In The RAD Studio Code Editor

Author: Darren Kosinski V1400 During the recent field test for RAD Studio 2010, I had a discussion with some field testers about the different mechanisms that the IDE provides for navigating through your source code. In particular, they were wondering why sometimes one…
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Kylix 3 Open Edition available for download

Author: Anders Ohlsson With Kylix 3 Open Edition now available for download, here are the top 5 reasons get it: Exercise the freedom to choose: use C/C++ or Delphi languages Develop Linux. open-source GPL applications faster Visually create high-performance Linux GUI applications Utilize powerful tools for powerful development Get solutions to market faster with FreeCLX component-based…
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