An issue in Androidapi.Sensor.pas referring to symbols introduced in SDK version 26 will cause an linking error when your app references SDK version 22
If you are building Android applications with C++Builder 10.3.3, you may encounter an error [ldandroid Error] “ld” exited with code 1. The same issue can appear with different symptoms for Delphi 10.3.3 when attempt to match symbol…
IcoFX - Cool Apps Selection
February 18, 2020
Today’s CoolApps selection is IcoFX, from IcoFX Software. IcoFX is an award winning professional icon and cursor editor for Windows. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing that packs a ton of features into a user-friendly package. I love…
David Millington’s #Delphi25 Story
February 14, 2020
Yes, this is really Windows 3.1 — and it’s all due to Delphi.
In 1995, I was twelve years old. I’d loved programming since I first encountered a computer: when I was much younger, about four, my parents bought a BBC microcomputer. Apparently I loved it so much…
25 years of excellence
February 13, 2020
Trying to sum up what a programming language and software authoring system like Delphi represents, spanning 25 years no less, is almost insurmountable. Where should I begin? Groundbreaking object orientation? Event driven architecture? A thriving component market? Or perhaps a technological wingspan that stretches from x86 assembly-language to high-performance ARM mobile applications?
Instead of…
ExBox - Cool Apps Selection
February 12, 2020
Today’s CoolApps selection is ExBox, from Marc Hoffmann. ExBox is a user-friendly tool that allows you to create shortcuts to execute common tasks, such as calculators, color converters, text and image editors, and more.
Marc has packed a lot of cool features into…
Delphi is turning 25!
February 11, 2020
This week, Delphi is turning 25, and as part of the celebrations, members of the community have been encouraged to share their stories about Delphi, what they love and how it has helped their careers.
Delphi was originally launched on the 14th of February 1995, while I was…
Creating PDF Reports in RAD Server
February 5, 2020
Creating PDF Reports in RAD Server
Reporting is a critical aspect of any enterprise application, but the data and the programming components to create reports are not always available on all platforms?
It took a little trial and error to work out the best path to create reports via RADServer using the components out the box. In this post, I will share what I have learned along the…
TreeSize - Cool Apps Selection
February 4, 2020
Today’s CoolApps selection is TreeSize, from JAM Software. It is a powerful and flexible hard disk space manager. TreeSize has been around for a while and can trace its history with Delphi all the way back to Delphi 1. This history allows TreeSize to leverage Delphi’s…
C++Builder 10.3.3 Threading and TLS Patch
January 29, 2020
An issue withthread-local storage that could cause AVs on some Win64 machines has been resolved
We’ve just released a patch for C++Builder 10.3.3 that resolves:
RSP-27180 64-bit builds crash with threadsCreating and using a thread (eg std::thread) could result…
ALLMediaServer - Cool Apps Selection
January 27, 2020
ALLMediaServer – Cool Apps Selection
Today’s CoolApps selection isALLMediaServer, from ALLPlayer Group, Ltd. It is a fantastic program that lets users consume media across any platform on their network.ALLMediaServeruses a network connection to allow the user to broadcast content (streaming, videos, music, photos) onto any connected device, like a TV or smartphone. It…