As you may have read in Atanas Popov’s GM Update blog post last month, we’ve been working on exciting changes to our Enterprise and Architect edition SKUs.
We’re happy to announce that an Enterprise Connector (CData FireDAC Professional) 1 year subscription license (a $999 value) is now included as part of 10.3 Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio Enterprise and Architect edition purchases (see…
CodeRage 2019 - The Next Revolution in Virtual Conferences
October 21, 2019
It is time for our annual developer conference: CodeRage 2019, and this year we are evolving CodeRage to take greater advantage of the virtual conference format.
Share the excitement: #CodeRage2019 https://embt.co/CodeRage2019
(This post is the home for all things…
More information on Targeting Windows 10’s Windows Subsystem for Linux with Delphi for Linux.
Currently, this is all the content from the slides. I’ll add a link for the replay later.
What’s is the Windows Subsystem for Linux
Benefits & use cases Why do…
New Tip: TBooleanHelper.ToString and TUseBoolStrs enumeration
October 7, 2019
Among the native type record helpers that were introduced in the Delphi RTL a few years back, there is one for the Boolean data type. It has a few methods you can apply to a Boolean variable, includingToString. This is the class helper definition:
If you callToStringon a Boolean variable you get 0 or -1 depending on the value. In other…
EKON 23 in October and UK RoadShow in November
September 30, 2019
I have two conference trips planned for the fall, after the event I attended in Germany atForen-Tage last week. Here is some more information.
EKON 23, Dusseldorf
As one of the longest running conferences focused on Delphi, EKON is at its 23rd year. It is always packed…
RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder 10.3.2: List of Patches
September 30, 2019
We’ve released five patches (also known as hotfixes) for RAD Studio 10.3.2. To ensure you know about all of them, and can install correctly, here is a list and some overview information. If we release any others, we’ll update this blog post with details.
When…
RAD Studio 10.3.2 C++ Debugging Patch
September 26, 2019
A patch for debugging local variables withthe classic and Clang compilers
We’ve just released a patch (what used to be called a hotfix) foran issue affecting C++Builder 10.3.2.
Debugging variables in apps built with the Classic bcc32 compiler could not be evaluated or watched (RSP-25943)
A previous hotfix, ‘RAD Studio 10.3.2 C++ and Delphi Toolchain Patch‘ (August…
Addressing iOS 13 and Android 64-bit with RAD Studio
September 23, 2019
The mobile landscape is constantly changing. iOS 13, which was released on September 19th, adds a system-wide Dark Theme.
Many software applications, including Delphi and C++Builder, now allow you to switch between a light and dark theme. Users who prefer to work at night or…
Change notification bar color on Android
September 20, 2019
Author: Landerson Gomes
I received a message from a reader asking if it was possible to change the color of an app’s status bar on Android.
The answer is yes!
There are even several ways to do this. I particularly use the one I decided to share in the post:
CHANGE THE…
GM Update
September 19, 2019
I want to share some exciting developments and a few housekeeping items. Summer has been busy indeed! We’ve discussed for some time that we plan to upgrade the EDN infrastructure of Embarcadero. That project also involves retiring some old sites, such as Code Central. In addition, we have some changes to SKUs that further enhance the value of Update Subscription. Finally, we want to get your…