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Deferring Delphi Managed Records Support

As you probably remember, I previously posted a 10.3 pre-release blog post on managed records in the Delphi language. We had a great beta program for RAD Studio 10.3 and received a lot of very valuable feedback from partners and customers. Based on the feedback we received in the beta cycle, we decided to disable the managed records feature in the Delphi language for the 10.3 release. This was…
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CodeRage 2018 is Coming December 4th through 6th

Clear your calendar and get your snacks ready. It is time for everyone’s favorite virtual developers conference: CodeRage 2018. Here is a sampling of some of the sessions you will find this year: A C++ Language Conversation with Bjarne Stroustrup Hosted by David…
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10.3 Rio T-Shirt Design Contest Winners

We had a lot of great entries in our RAD Studio 10.3 Rio t-shirt design contest. The top 10 most popular designers, based on community vote, and 10 random voters are winning a shirt with the design we selected from the top designs. Here are the top 3 designs based on the…
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New in RAD Studio 10.3: Options Dialog Improvements

In RAD Studio 10.3, we’re making a number of great improvements to the user interface and usability. Concretely, that’s not just looks: we are carefully making improvements in how to interact with the IDE. Last week, we looked at changes in the main window, where it is…
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Custom Managed Records Coming in Delphi 10.3

Beside inline variable declarations, Delphi 10.3 is going to offer another new Object Pascal language extension, custom managed records  Beside inline variable declaration, as explained in my recent blog post, the coming 10.3 version of Delphi will have another relevant…
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Android Z-Order, Native Controls, and 10.3 Rio

Before 10.3 Rio, you couldn’t put other controls on top of a platform-native control like TWebBrowser or TMediaPlayer, The stacking of controls is referred to as Z-Order. This was especially annoying when used with the TMultiView (one of my favorite controls), because…
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New in 10.3: IDE UI Improvements in the Main Window

In recent RAD Studio releases, we’ve paid a lot of attention to the IDE’s user interface. In 10.2.2, we added a dark theme (one of the most popular changes we’ve made!) and updated the component icons. In RAD Studio 10.3, we have a number of further UI upgrades we’re…
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Webinar Replay: Simplify Data Change Tracking with InterBase

On October 17, I did an InterBase webinar on using Change Views to simplify data change tracking.  Change Views allows you to reduce your network traffic, keep mobile data costs down and speed up your development time by syncing only the changes you subscribe to. As your…
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Level Up Your UI Design Skills

Author: Rebekah D You’re short on time, and cash, so where can you go to learn new skills to improve your app UIs? There are a ton of free, or nearly free, on-demand resources if you know where to look.   Enroll in free, or inexpensive, Online Courses: I love taking…