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Removing the Community toolbar

The RAD Studio IDE contains a toolbar allowing you to log on to Community, and see messages sent to you by other users, questions and answers, andother notifications. Recent website upgrades have caused issues with this toolbar for some users (now resolved), and we plan to remove the toolbar altogether in an upcoming version of RAD Studio. If you have encountered issues, you can disable it…
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Webinar Replay: C++ Software Security Sins

In the world of software development, we are up against new cyber security threats each day, and the risks and consequences of un-secure software is too great to be unaware of.   Join presenter, Mary Kelly, to address the key security sins related to C++ applications, how…
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Using C++ Templates to Write Functions and Classes

C++ Templates : Blueprints for Generic Classes and Functions C++ Templates are a powerful feature within the C++ language that extends your capabilities within C++. Templates are a foundation of generic programming that lets you reuse your source code if you have…
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Webinar Replay: Embeddable Databases for Mobile Apps: Stress-Free Solutions with InterBase

When it comes to developing mobile applications, keeping data on your device is a must-have feature, but can still be risky. With embedded InterBase, you can deploy high-performance multi-device applications that maintain 256-bit encryption, have a small footprint and need little, if any, administration. What can participants expect to learn: Using InterBase in your mobile apps is easier…
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BEAM is Embarcadero's March Cool App Winner

Woll2Woll’s BEAM (Beacon External Advanced Mapper)makes RAD Server’s BeaconFence technology so much more flexible, and it is the March 2018 Winner of our Cool App contest. With RAD Server and BeaconFence it is easy to create an application that accurately tracks…
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Creating Better Blogs

Author: Rebekah D Choose Your Adventure/Topic Most posts here are going to fall into two categories: Descriptive and How-To. Descriptive blogs introduce and discuss a feature but do not necessarily show developers how to use the new feature. We see this most…
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Why create mobile apps in C++

There are a wide variety of languages used for mobile development: Swift, Objective C, Java, Kotlin, Delphi, C#, and C++. What are the reasons to choose C++? Consider a language along three axes: expressiveness, conciseness, and performance. An expressive language allows you to easily write powerful concepts in code. It is easy to manipulate data in useful ways. ‘Data’ is any variable(s) your…
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Sencha EXT JS Web Client + RAD Server 10.2.3

In this post, we’ll look at the stepsto use the Sencha ExtJS library to create a Web Client to connect and get data from our RAD Studio’s RAD Server (also available with Delphi and/or C++ Builder)! Before We Get Started: In…
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Database and FireDAC Enhancements in RAD Studio 10.2.3

I already blogged about RAD Server changes and RTL fixes in the Delphi, C++ Builder and RAD Studio 10.2.3 update. Another area that has received attention is the database support in general, and FireDAC in particular. Below is a list with some of the most notable improvements, with the Quality Portal entry, if available. FireDAC Improvements FireDAC work was mostly focused at better handling of…
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