RAD Studio has a great ecosystem of third party vendors, providing both components and IDE plugins, software that lives within the IDE itself. In RAD Studio 10.4.1, we made some changes to our docked windows support (a docked window is a pane like the Structure, Projects or Palette views.) This change can create issues with IDE plugins that use their own custom docked windows.
One example…
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Have you wondered how to make applications that look like Universal Windows Platform based applications, for instance having the Fluent Design System for your Delphi FireMonkey Applications? Since the UX and UI of the UWP applications are based on Fluent, they look…
Create real-time, web-connected applications with support for WebSockets.IPWorks WebSocketsincludes a set of powerful components for integrating WebSocket communications capabilities into Web, Desktop, and Mobile applications. The components are perfect for…
Our refocusing efforts on quality assurance and bug fixes for C++ Builder has never been more clear than in 10.4.1. While we appreciate your patience, we don’t take it for granted. We have never been more energized to build on the solid foundations of C++ Builder and will continue this push in later releases throughout the year.
Some highlights from this release:
The Win64 debugger…
Microsoft Office Automation is a feature of the MS Office Component Object Model used to expose theirobjectsto development tools that support automation. For example, Microsoft Excel may expose workbooks, worksheets, charts, and cells. A Microsoft Word might…
Easily Create SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files with SVG Canvas Library for FireMonkey In Delphi And C++Builder
September 8, 2020
It is surprisingly easy to add SVG support to your applications. Here is third party Delphi and C++ Builder component from WINSOFT for work with Scalable Vector Graphics files. Scalable Vector Graphicsis XML-basedvector image…
Quickly Create SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files with SVG Canvas Library for VCL in Delphi And C++Builder
September 8, 2020
It is surprisingly easy to add SVG support to your applications. Here is a third party Delphi and C++ Builder component from WINSOFT that enables work with Scalable Vector Graphics files. Scalable Vector Graphics is XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics.
How to install component
1) Download archive from: https://www.winsoft.sk/svgcanvas.htm2) Extract files from…
This is mostly a reprise of an article I wrote back in 2004, but that I still refer people to. That linked version may eventually go away. I have not tested any of this recently, but will update based on feedback, and revisit as necessary. I found a recent utility that may…
Delphi 10.4.1 is a quality-focused release, and this goes for code completion too! As well as helping you mimic classic code completion behaviour, we’ve fixed and tweaked many items.
When RAD Studio 10.4 was released, we redesigned Code Insight. While old…
Scanning Optical Barcodes in your Delphi and C++ Builder VCL Applications
September 4, 2020
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Optical Barcode Recognition (OBR) or Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology has been utilized in many commercial applications. The fonts are electronically scanned and digitized into ASCI characters. Hand-held scanners also allow the user to have the ability to examine data, for instance, locating and reading the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) found on most published…
