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Version control: Get started with Git, remote repositories and RAD Studio XE8

Author: Luis Navarro In one of the latest surveys among RAD Studio developers, we realized that there is still a significant part of the community that doesn’t use any version control system, a surprising 32%. There are many reasons to use a version control system, no matter if you’re a single developer working in a small project or if you’re a large team working in a big one. So, if…
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3 Cool SQL Server TSQL Snippets for Productivity

Author: Tim DelChiaro Nobody would want to shy away from some help. This is second to human nature and we never try totalk it out explicitly. When at work, if we can surely get help from our colleagues when it comes to driving the deadlines and completing it ahead of…
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Bluetooth LE support in RAD Studio XE7

RAD Studio XE7’s integrated wireless support (Bluetooth and Wifi) works with thousands of consumer and industry specific devices. RAD Studio’s approach makes it easy to integrate virtually any device into the app user experience, and even support multiple device…
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Uploading images to the cloud with BaaS in RAD Studio XE6

In Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio XE6, we integrate with leading Backend as a Service (BaaS) providers to add functionality and platform services to your applications. With BaaS, you get easy access to common services in the cloud without having to build or maintain the backend services yourself. This includes support for being able to upload images to your BaaS account using RAD Studio…
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Remote push notifications on Android with RAD Studio XE6

In RAD Studio XE6, we introduced support for remote push notifications with our BaaS (Backend as a Service) integration. We include components for Kinvey and Parse, two popular BaaS providers, right out of the box. Our BAAS framework in RAD Studio XE6 is based on our REST…
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Fun with FireMonkey Gradients

Author: Pawe Gowacki Everybody loves colours. Great apps should use colours in clever and original ways. I have been recently spending a lot of time using Delphi XE5 for designing screens for mobile apps and must admit that I really like the way how iOS 7 is using colours and gradients. There is a lot of interesting information about iOS user interface design best practices at “iOS 7 Design…
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JSON Types for Server Methods in DataSnap 2010

Author: Adrian Z1428 converter_1946 I am very happy I was granted permission to talk about the new features present in Delphi 2010 concerning database area. DataSnap 2010 (DS2010) extended the list of server method parameter types with the full suite of JSON types. It is now…
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Sharing Violation Error with Paradox Tables.

Author: quinn Technical Information Database TI265B.txt Sharing Violation Error with Paradox Tables Category :General Programming Platform :All Product :BDE All Description: This error is most commonly caused by a "Lock File Contention". A lock file contention occurs in this situation: One user, User "A", is accessing one or more Paradox tables in a directory. "A" is closing…
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