I have been asked multiple times recently about connecting to a Azure databases with Delphi and C++Builder. So….I decided to make a video! Which even shows how to use the data directly at design time in the RAD Studio IDE.
The video follows the the 3 phases.
Creating an account
Creating a database
Connecting to the database from the RAD Studio IDE
Creating an Azure Account
The first…
RAD Studio 10.3.3 iPhone XS and XR Debugging Patch
January 18, 2020
An issue debugging on iOS devices containing an A12 chip has been resolved
We’ve just released a patch for Delphi and C++Builder 10.3.3 which resolves the following issues:
RSP-26709Debugger ‘freezes’ on iPhone 11 Pro
RSP-25732Can’t debug…
Five Reasons to use InterBase in 2020 and Beyond
January 17, 2020
InterBase is, and continues to be, one of the hidden gems of the relational database world.
From its inception in the early 1980s, through mainstream adoption and evolution under Borland, InterBase looks back at a track-record that spand decades; at times defining the…
RAD Server Academy Course - lecture 7 extract - Returning JSON using JSONValue and JSONWriter.
January 15, 2020
I’ve uploaded an extract of me RAD Server Embarcadero Academy course Lecture 7 –Returning JSON using JSONValue and JSONWriter. This video clips will give you an example of one of the lectures that are included in the Delphi and C++ courses.
The clips (on my YouTube channel) show you how to use JSONWriter to output rows and columns of database data as JSON data.
There are clips…
Attributes for Documenting TEMSDataSetResource
January 15, 2020
I recently blogged about a number of RAD Server topics, including using TEMSDataSetResource, (the component that enables a TDataSet to be expose as a RESTful resource, and manage all the List, Get, Put, Post, Delete methods – very cool!), how to set named parameters for…
Reg Organizer - Cool Apps Selection
January 14, 2020
Reg Organizer – Cool Apps Selection
Today’s CoolApps selection is Reg Organizer, by ChemTable Software. As the name suggests, it is a utility to help customers organize and optimize their system registry. Reg Organizer was developed in RAD Studio using C++Builder…
RAD Studio 10.3.3 Indy Server SSL Certificate Patch
January 13, 2020
Embarcadero just released a patch for RAD Studio 10.3.3 for a problem caused by a regression in our copy of the Indy library and related to Indy servers on the Windows platform as they load SSL certificates.The issue was reported on Quality Portal asRSP-27144.
The patch is available for download athttps://cc.embarcadero.com/item/30906.
The patch includes source code…
Learn Delphi on Exercism
January 9, 2020
One of our MVPs, Ryan Potts, is the originator and maintainer of the Delphi track on Exercism – a site dedicated making it easy for people to learn different programming languages. He was interviewed by the Exercism team previously, but I thought it would be…
Tears of Ra - Cool Apps Selection
January 7, 2020
Today’s CoolApps selection is Tears of Ra, by Konstantinos Onoufriadis. It is an Egyptian-themed slot machine app that is a lot of fun to play and explore. Tears of Ra was written and developed with Delphi and is availablenow on Android.
I asked Konstantinos why he…
Developing client applications using RESTful master-detail data with TRESTResponseDataSetAdapter
December 24, 2019
This is part 3 in my series of developing an REST server and client application and will focus around using the TRESTResponseDataSetAdapter.
In my last two posts, we have created a REST server with a fully documented API using YAML, and exposed 3 datasets with master detail relationships over REST using zero lines of code. If you have not read and watch the videos. I would suggest…