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Learn to Program in Delphi - Designing User Interfaces

Author: Pawe Gowacki Last time we have talked about the importance of app architecture and layers of code. David went one step further and started to build user interface for our calculator apps. This week I’m going to catch up and we will discuss designing user interfaces (UI) for our apps. Clearly user interfaces are of the highest importance for the user experience (UX) of our app. In…
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What is RAD Server and How You Can Use It?

Author: Emailx45 I’m digging the new job. Lots of interesting things going on. Lots of great plans. Now, you may not realize it, but I’m the Director of Product Management for all the Embarcadero products, including a very cool product named RAD Server. Many of you may have heard of RAD Server, but aren’t exactly sure what it is or why you’d want or need it. Well, read this blog…
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FireMonkey vs. VCL

Frequently when I am talking about the VCL or FireMonkey I get some of these common questions: Is VCL deprecated? Which is better FMX or VCL? If I am starting a new app today, should I use VCL or FMX? The first is easy to answer, the other two are a little harder. The VCL…
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Migrating Delphi - Case Studies Webinar

On this webinar we learned how to migrate from older editions of Delphi with some stories of what to look for and how to update your code (including tools and resources to help you along the way) This webinar focused on these three areas for migrating legacy Delphi to the…
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Compiling a Million Lines of Code with Delphi

Author: Jack M57168 I was talking with someone the other day about how fast the Delphi compiler was. I decided to build a sample app to see how long it would take to compile a million lines of code. I made a video to show the results . . . I plan to expand this experiment to some different scenarios. I tried splitting the code over multiple files, as well as changing some of the…
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Using Migration Tool to Move Your Settings to Update 1

As you can read in the comments of the blog post announcing Berlin 10.1 Update 1, if you are using the GetIt based installer, the registry settings are not preserved as you uninstall, unlike when you are using the traditional ISO-based installer. Beside manually backing up…
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InterBase and Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Author: Steve A416 NOTE: This problem goes away, if you install InterBase XE7 Update 7 or any build of InterBase 2017. We are getting reports from customers who are unable to connect to InterBase after applying the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. The error could be: "Cannot…