Overview
Winsoft Barcode for Firemonkey is the third party component to give barcode support on FMX platform.
Winsoft Barcode for Firemonkey is based on Zint, an open-source barcode encoding library.
Versions Supported: Delphi/C++ Builder XE2 – XE10.4.
Platforms: Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android;
Component encodes data into any of the following:
Australia Post barcode, Aztec Code, Aztec…
We are very excited to announce the Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney Release 1, also known as RAD Studio 10.4.1.
This new release builds on the feature set of 10.4, enhancing existing features throughout the product and offering a more robust and smooth…
Efficiently Manage KeyguardManager API in your Delphi FireMonkey Android Projects
August 29, 2020
When you begin an enterprise-level project, you must integrate authentication options into your projects. At that point, you can use Android Built-in APIs, such as the KeyguardManager API, to lock and unlock the keyguard in your Delphi or C++ Builder FireMonkey Android…
Looking to upgrade the memory manager in Embarcadero Dev C++ I investigated a number of memory manages including FastMM4-AVX. The second memory manager I looked at is called BigBrain 2020 and it looks to have significant performance improvements in some areas. There is a comprehensive blog post by the creator of BigBrain 2020 which compares performance between BigBrain 2020 and FastMM5 (and TC…
The comma separated values format (CSV) has been used for exchanging and converting data between various spreadsheet programs for quite some time. It can be used as an Import/Export feature on multiple old and modern applications. And we could say is the de facto standard…
Intro
The FireMonkey Camera component, built by WINSOFT, allows you to configure all the available options of your Camera hardware. It includes Audio configurations, like Audio Compressor, available audio devices, and supports multiple video…
Double Performance In Some Scenarios With Custom FastMM4-AVX Memory Manager
August 26, 2020
While looking into upgrading the FastMM4 version in Embarcadero Dev-C++ I ran across a fork of FastMM4 called FastMM4-AVX. It uses special instruction sets to achieve better results than the original FastMM4. Developer maximmasiutin has added a number of enhancements to the original FastMM4 specifically “AVX support and multi-threaded enhancements (faster locking)”. It claims…
Create Word Docs Using the Direct Office Component In Delphi on Windows
August 21, 2020
Winsoft’s Direct Office is a nice third party solution which bypasses the middle-man – namely Word – to create, open, and save DOCX documents.
DOCX is a standardized file format. It can be read using Libre Office, SoftMaker’s TextMaker and on-line Google…
The Nexus Quality Suite (NQS) is a set of tools that enables you to fine tune your applications to the highest possible performance and quality standards. The current collection of tools include Line, Method and Block level profilers; a memory and resources leek analysis…
The Origins Of Delphi R&D Recounted By Danny Thorpe, Original Delphi 1 Team Member
August 20, 2020
I ran across this post over on StackExchange where Danny Thorpe, one of the original Delphi 1 team members, recounts the effort that went into the research and development behind the creation of Delphi 1.
Enjoy!
“Delphi 1.0 was released Feb 14, 1995. By my (now somewhat foggy) recollection, research / experimentation that directly contributed to defining the Delphi visual development…
