RAD Studio has a light weight package manager, a mechanism for downloading additional product features, add-on libraries and components, demos, VCL and FMX styles and more. Some of the content is provided by Embarcadero, but a lot comes from our community of developers and third-party vendors.
Now in the coming 10.4 release of Delphi and C++Builder, the GetIt Package manager is going to see…
InterBase 2020 Update 1 is Now Available
May 18, 2020
InterBase is a powerful, zero-administration, small footprint database engine that can power your server and even run on your mobile devices as an embedded database. InterBase 2020 added a number of new features, including tablespaces support for InterBase server, new OS…
VCL Per-Control Styles - New in RAD Studio 10.4
May 15, 2020
In the past, the VCL library allowed a developer to select one style (or no style) for the entire application. In 10.4 the VCL library allows you to use multiple VCL styles at the same time in different forms of your applications, or even different controls of the same…
New VCL TEdgeBrowser Component in RAD Studio 10.4
May 12, 2020
RAD Studio 10.4 brings support for working with web content through a new Chromium-based Edge browser control in VCL applications. The new TEdgeBrowser component wraps the Microsoft WebView2 component. TEdgeBrowser supersedes TWebBrowser, which uses the Internet Explorer web browser control. However, TWebBrowser remains in the VCL and FMX component sets, with some notable changes &…
Adopting the OpenJDK for Delphi Android Development
May 12, 2020
In this post, you’ll learn how to install OpenJDK, which is required for using the Windows IDE for Android development. Continue reading to learn why you should use the OpenJDK and how it can help your development journey.
You might not realize it, but Java…
Beyond Compare - Cool Apps Selection
May 8, 2020
Today’s Cool Apps selection is Beyond Compare, from Scooter Software. Beyond Compare is a data management utility that allows users to compare and reconcile documents, files, folders, and even whole system drives quickly and easily. It’s a deeply useful resource, and it…
Custom Managed Records New in Delphi 10.4 Sydney
May 8, 2020
RAD Studio and Delphi 10.4 Sydney are available now!
What is a Managed Record in Delphi?
Records in Delphi can have fields of any data type. When a record has plain (non-managed) fields, like numeric or other enumerated values there isn’t much to do for the compiler. Creating and disposing of the record consists of allocating memory or getting rid of the memory location. (Notice that by default…
Portuguese translation of Delphi in Healthcare, Fighting the Corona Pandemic
Delphi na área de saúde, combatendo à pandemia do coronavírus
Quando uma crise como a pandemia do coronavírus atinge a sociedade, ela afeta todos os aspectos da vida humana. Isso limitou…
Spanish translation of Delphi in Healthcare, Fighting the Corona Pandemic
Delphi en la atención de la salud, contra la pandemia del coronavirus
Cuando una crisis como la pandemia del coronavirus azota a la sociedad, impacta en todos los aspectos de la vida humana. Ha…
New in Delphi 10.4: Redesigned Code Insight
May 6, 2020
In 10.4, we’ve reworked code completion and other features. It’s one of the most significant changes to the IDE in a decade.
What do we mean by Code Insight?
First, some background. If you’re familiar with Code Insight, skip ahead…
Code Insight is our name for a set of IDE productivity features in the editor. For the purposes of this blog post, those features are:
Code Completion: the…