Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of useful information on why and how the new C++Builder matters to you, where this was the very end (so go watch the start!)
Tip #4: Take Advantage of Security and Correctness
The new compiler does two…
Upgrading to C++Builder 12.2: Tip #3, Massive Files with iostreams
December 4, 2024
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of useful information on why and how the new C++Builder matters to you, where this was the…
Upgrading to C++Builder 12.2: Tip #2, Handling Old RTL
December 3, 2024
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of useful information on why and how the new C++Builder matters to you, where this was the…
InterBase ADO.NET Driver Version 10.0.2
December 2, 2024
Embarcadero has just released version 10.0.2 of the InterBase ADO.NET driver and its related Entity Framework support.
This release updates the primary driver and the EFCore support up to the 10.x version of the equivalent Firebird driver, including:
Primary driver supports for Async calls
Primary driver improved treatment of ISC_DOUBLE as type double in .NET.
Better EFCore 6.0 support
Notice…
Upgrading to C++Builder 12.2: Tip #1, the Patch
December 2, 2024
Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of useful information on why and how the new C++Builder matters to you, where this was the…
How To Recreate A Social Media App Using RAD Studio
November 29, 2024
RAD Studio is the fastest, easiest, most powerful way to create cross-platform apps and it can do anything any other framework can do. To prove how good RAD Studio with Delphi is I recreated the user interface of an award-winning social media platform, in four hours from…
Practical Info: Fast Parallel Compiling with C++Builder 12.2
November 28, 2024
In the C++Builder and RAD Studio 12.2 launch webinar, we made a big deal of having fast parallel builds on by default:
This blog is to provide some practical info on the feature.
Using it
When you install 12.2, and use the Windows 64-bit Modern C++ platform, it is on by default. No configuration needed. Just click Run or Build. It will run in parallel.
If you want to see this, other than seeing…
Practical Info: Packages in C++Builder 12.2
November 27, 2024
We’ve released the new Windows 64-bit Modern C++ toolchain over time: a preview in C++Builder 12.0 through to fully complete in 12.2 (dynamic package linking, CMake support, parallel building by default, etc.) In 12.2, it is a full replacement for the old Win64…
Practical Info: Using CMake with C++Builder 12.2
November 26, 2024
Back in October when we released C++Builder and RAD Studio 12.2, we introduced that we have fantastic CMake support.
We have both multiple demos and a lot of documentation on using CMake. This blog is to briefly point you to both.
Installing
The new CMake support, which is…
How Does Reliable Delphi Keep This Wonderland Running 365 Days A Year?
November 20, 2024
When you are open every single day of the year, rain or shine, your timings are measured in milliseconds, and your smallest distances are 0.7mm (0.03 inch) apart you begin to really appreciate how absolutely rock-solid Delphi is. These are the insanely complex engineering problems Daniel Wolf faces every day he walks into his workplace where he is surrounded by the roar of speeding racing car…