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Delphi for Linux RTL units

Author: Didier Cabalé I want to follow up my blog post covering the Delphi Linux compiler with a second one focused on the RTL units that are going to be available in Delphi for the Linux platform. The System Name Space These are the units part of the System name space that are available for the Linux platform (in alphabetic order): SysInit.pas System.Bindings.Consts.pas: this and following…
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Why is Delphi for Linux Important?

Author: Todor Geshev I recently asked some of our MVPs why Delphi for Linux was important to them. This is what they had to say . . . “Delphi on Linux expands the Delphi World to large web servers, important for web services, and to small micro servers that can be used…
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Looking to build multi-device apps? We have code snippets to get you started

Author: Alan J64141 With RAD Studio, you can build multi-device applications from a single codebase. If you’re just starting with mobile application development using the FireMonkey framework, we have great code snippets to help you get started. Location Sensor This code snippet shows you how to use the TLocationSensor component in order to read the GPS location of the device and display…
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Multi-Device Apps and Clipboard Support

Author: Marko Von Richards We have a lot of great demos to help you get started with RAD Studio. Today’s blog post focuses on our CopyPaste FireMonkey demo. The CopyPaste sample demonstrates how to create applications that use the system’s clipboard to copy and…
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It is time to Modernize!

Over the last months I met hundreds of customers. It is somewhat humbling to learn about the many powerful applications built with D6, D7, Delphi 2005/2006/2007, XE2/3 and newer RAD Studio versions. Especially astounding is the number of great applications that are still…
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Web Front End Frameworks webinar

Author: StephanM Delphi and C++Builder are amazing at building native multi-platform apps. There are also a great collection for Frameworks for building GUI web applications. This webinar will look at building high performance, feature rich web GUIs with your favorite development tool. [View the slides] Back End frameworks RAD Server DataSnap WebBroker Delphi MVC Framework Synopse mORMot HREF…
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Task-Bar Icons in Delphi

Author: smn Under Windows 7, the familiar task bar underwent something of an overhaul. Tasks which once represented the title bar of an application were replaced with icons, each of which supports application previews, progress indicators, and overlay icons to provide…
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Update your application UI with TMultiView

Author: nighthawk2032 To use the TMultiView component, drag and drop the TMultiView component onto your Multi-Device form. You can also use the Master/Detail Multi-Device template (File->New->Multi-Device Application) as a good starting point. The drawer is…
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Add Windows Media Player to your Delphi Applications.

Author: Ian S61845 Delphi ships with a component ‘TMediaPlayer’ for playing media files such as video and audio. This component remains in Delphi for the sake of compatibility with older versions, but is quite out-dated and, due to a decreasing number of compatible codecs, it is becoming difficult to maintain. There is however an alternative component for Windows, the Microsoft Windows Media…
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