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CAD with C++Builder, episode#1

Author: Seva Leonov Learning tasks and motivation When teaching programming skills, especially with C++, one of the main issue is the selection of right examples and tasks. C++ is not that easy both in syntax, and concepts, and sostudents are demotivated just by the number of pages in the book. The true motive when studying a complicated discipline is the seeing the progress not in just…
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Delphi

Easy Add Custom Component Icons in Delphi

Author: Pawe Gowacki I have just recently discovered a super easy way of adding custom icons to Delphi components. Traditionally you had to start from a rectangular bitmap of a specific size and color depth and then use Image Editor. This is documented in many places…
Delphi

My "Expert Delphi" book published!

Author: Pawe Gowacki My “Expert Delphi” book has been published by PACKT Publishing and is currently available for a limited time for just $10at https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/expert-delphi.The book is about how to become developer…
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Connecting to Chrome OS via ADB

This is part of my series on developing with Chrome OS You need to put your Chromebook in Developer Mode First. Enabling ADB Debugging https://developer.android.com/topic/arc/index.html#setup First you have to allow ADB through the firewall. Go to crosh ([CTRL][ALT][T]) and drop to shell. You may need to setup a password via VT-2 first. I set one up when I first did this, but now reading things I…
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Changing a FireMonkey style at runtime

There is a great post by Sarina Adding a style selector to your applicationshowing how to have a FMX application with multiple style books, and a combo box listing the styles. When the app is running, a user can select one of the style in the combo box and the…
C++

Save Time With This Quick LiveBindings Trick For Delphi And C++Builder

LiveBindings is a great technology built into Delphi and C++Builder for bypassing most of the code involved in aCRUD data cycle (Create, Read, Update and Delete Cycle). Itcan keep you out of massive amounts of technical debt. However, sometimes the standard LiveBindings method of binding some controls can be overly complex. You can easily simplify your LiveBindings by using an…
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C++

Visualize JSON using TTreeView

Author: h.mohri I tried a program that reads a JSON file in C++Builder VCL and displays it in TTreeView component. This project file is open to public from github. github.com/mojeld https://www.microsoft.com/store/productid/9PLPHK05PJF7 Place two…
C++

May 2017 Roadmap Commentary from Product Management

We just published the May 2017 Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio roadmap which we’re really excited about. In our roadmap, you can find the key features that we planned for calendar year 2017/2018. The plans are aligned with Embarcadero’s fiscal year which starts April 2017 and ends in March 2018. We generally plan to update our roadmap every 6 months. We wanted to take this…
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