The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the hottest topics in the tech world today. The ability to connect everyday objects to the internet and control them with an application or your voice is a true game-changer for end users. With all the connectedness though, there are new challenges that have emerged for the mobile devices that bind this all together. Mobile applications have become a…
Building REST services with RAD Server (Delphi & C++ Builder)
August 14, 2018
Author: Craig Chapman
REST Services using Delphi:
http://chapmanworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RAD-Server-for-REST-Delphi.mp4
REST Services using C++ Builder:
http://chapmanworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/RAD-Server-for-REST-CPP.mp4
Source code for both Delphi…
Delphi Blogs of the Month #61
August 14, 2018
Embarcadero Updates
Embarcadero released Delphi Community Edition, a great step to get the product back to students and hobbyist with support for mobile platforms in a free edition, for non-prossional developers. The release has been very well received and had a large number…
RAD Studio 10.x Files Permissions Patch Released
August 8, 2018
Embarcadero has just releasedRAD Studio Files Permissions Patch, applicable to all versions of RAD Studio 10, 10.1.x and 10.2.x installed using the GetIt web-based installer.
The GetIt-based installers (up to but excluding RAD Studio 10.2.3 build 3231, made available in July 2018) copy files under the main application folder, most likely something like C:\Program Files…
I am working on a project that utilizes the Embarcadero Enterprise Connectors powered by CData to access SalesForce through it’s API. The Enterprise Connectors provide you a wide variety of connectors for quickly and easily accessing APIs like SalesForce, Google…
August 2018 Roadmap Commentary from Product Management
August 7, 2018
2018 has been a very exciting year so far for Embarcadero. In our roadmap, you can find the key features that we’ve planned for calendar year 2018/2019. Before we get to the details of our updated roadmap, we wanted to recap what we’ve delivered so far:
Back in March, we…
RAD Studio August 2018 Roadmap
August 7, 2018
With this article the RAD Studio PM team is introducing an updated roadmap for Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio. This August 2018 roadmap includes plans for the second part of this year and the key focus areas for next year. Alongside, we have also published an August 2018 Roadmap PM Commentaryblog post, with more details and…
Opening a PDF on Android with Delphi
August 3, 2018
Intents on Android using API 26 to open PDF documents.
The Google Play store recently updated its requirements, so new apps were submitted with an API level of 26 as the target. While this was relatively simple to accomplish by updating the AndroidManifest.Template, the…
Miniatur Wonderland Hamburg is the world’s largest model train set as officially certified by the Guinness World Book of Records. Apparently the whole system is powered by software built in Delphi on the back end (including the control room). Embarcadero’s Jim…
[Update: With the 10.3 Carnival Beta, you’re now able to target the Google Play Store to meet the new API level requirement. If you’re a customer active on Update Subscription, contact your sales representative if you haven’t received an invite to join the 10.3 NDA Beta.]
If you’re not currently building for Android and your team doesn’t have plans to target Android in the…