Hello everyone. I hope you’re all keeping safe and well. We’ve had a huge amount of interest in RAD Studio 12 Athens our latest release of the Delphi and C++ IDE from Embarcadero. Thanks for your feedback which is overwhelmingly positive, and also for letting us know anything which is not quite right too. In any release the complexity of the engineering which goes into it always means…
On Thursday 9 November we held the launch webinar for Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio 12. We had an unprecedented number of attendees, to the point of doing a rerun on Nov 30th. This QA represents questions raised in both. If you were unable to attend take a look at our…
ZXing.Delphi (Zebra Crossing)
In the same way I did for RAD Studio 11 here, I successfully compiled a small demo app using the ZXing library for Delphi – but now using RAD Studio 12. This demo app was built with the most recent version of ZXing (3.97) and has been…
I first met Philippe Kahn and Turbo Pascal 40 years ago this month
November 6, 2023
In 1983, I was working for Softsel Computer Products (Softsel) in the product evaluation, support and training group. Softsel had a booth at the Fall 1983 COMDEX (Computer Dealer Expo) conference (November 28 to December 2) in the Las Vegas Convention Center. I sat at a pod in the booth to answer questions about Softsel, products we distributed and to talk with software and device manufacturers…
Command-line Compilation Of Delphi Projects: Real-life Examples
November 6, 2023
Delphi app command-line compilation allows developers to compile a project in the background regime without the necessity to run IDE software. This approach is very useful for automating the compilation process, especially in those cases when you need to compile a lot of…
This content is based on a pre-release version of the software and has been written with specific permission by Embarcadero. No feature is committed until the product GA release
You kick off a new project. You are excited! You are coding all the features thinking:
“How…
Back in 2019, David I wrote a fantastic guide to RAD Server that has been very popular in helping developers develop new, and migrate older systems towards a RESTful architecture. There have been a number of updates to RAD Server since the guide was originally launched, including a number of new components that have simplified and made RAD Server even more RAD!
We have also had a lot of…
Dive into the world of AI-Translate, a simple yet powerful desktop application designed for seamless translation across over 100 languages. Leveraging groundbreaking large language models and offering a uniform user experience across various platforms through cross-platform…
Unlocking the Power of SDXL Inpainting: The Future of Image Editing?
September 9, 2023
Have you ever thought about changing a portion of a photo but didn’t have the drawing skills to make it look natural? Or perhaps you’ve just wished that tech-savvy fairy godmother would pop out and do the magic for you! Welcome to the world of SDXL Inpainting in…
During our recent Coding Bootcamp I had several sessions covering a broad range of topics. One session looked at static analysis of your Delphi code. Static analysis, or to be more correct, static code analysis is a process that can locate sections of your app’s source code which, despite being syntactically correct and generating no compiler errors or warnings are, in fact, potential gaping…
