Windows 11 is coming. It’s a fact – and it’s the gorgeous visual tweaking of the Windows desktop, start menu, taskbar, and even the rendering of things like your application’s window borders and “non-client area”. It’s Microsoft’s new glorious shooting star launching itself at the unwary peoples of the world from out of the clouds… and it’s going to wipe out the dinosaurs.
Exploring ARM on the Desktop
June 26, 2021
In the next TCoffeeAndCode session at noon CDT on June 30th, we are taking a look at Delphi 10.4.2 on the new desktop Arm based Apple M1 CPU with both MacOS and Windows 10, with a little look at the recently announced Windows 11. I’ll be updating this post with more…
[Webinar] InterBase Databases
June 22, 2021
Presenter(s): Stephen Ball, Embarcadero Pre-sales Director
Lots of people are going with Microsoft SQL Server for their projects, but this can easily be an expensive solution. Have you considered building your next application around InterBase? Join this webinar to learn…
Presenters: Jim McKeeth, Kyle Wheeler, Kiriakos Vlahos
Join Mister PyScripter himself, Kiriakos Vlahos, along with Embarcadero General Manager Kyle Wheeler, and developer advocate Jim McKeeth for this exciting and informative webinar. Start with the basics of working with…
Presenter(s): Jim McKeeth and Guests
Grab your favorite beverage and join Jim McKeeth and guests for TCoffeeAndCode, a two-hour informal discussion around the hottest topics in software development. The topic for this installment is “Real-Time Streaming & Message…
From Bindings List to Visual LiveBindings
June 17, 2021
Having looked into Delphi’s expression engine, component bindings, and the bindings list component, we can now look at the easy and intuitive way to configure an application with dynamic bindings, the Visual LiveBindings design surface.
Over the past few weeks, I blogged about Delphi’s expression engine, binding expressions and component, and the bindings list component. Now it is…
Whitepaper: RAD Studio - Should I Choose Enterprise?
June 13, 2021
RAD Studio, Delphi® and C++Builder® are available in Professional, Enterprise and Architect editions.
This paper explores the differences between the Professional and Enterprise editions to help you choose the right edition for your needs.
The Professional Edition of RAD…
Many businesses today are looking to identify opportunities to increase efficiency in their business processes and expand opportunity by using apps on mobile devices. While this is positive, organizations must manage the initiative correctly to minimize risk of failure, as…
Are You Using The Secret Alternative To SQLite?
June 7, 2021
I know the best way to traumatize a software developer who has been using Windows Tools for Developers for some time. You just show them this image:
The BDE Administration Manager. So many ‘happy’ hours trying to resolve “PDOXUSERS.NET is in use” messages and learning all about the purpose of arcane settings like SharedDir and NETDIR. Shudder. If you wanted to store a database…