Delphi PodCast – Favorite Coding Books
March 3, 2018
Author: Craig Chapman
As many of you may already be aware, I am now a regular guest on Jim McKeeth’s Delphi podcast along side David Millington.
The pod-casts recently became video streamed, and have adopted a more structured “Themed Episode” format.
Catch us Live on…
Running a Delphi Linux Application on Google Cloud Shell
March 2, 2018
Google has made available to all Gmail users a Linux Shell called Google Cloud Shell for interacting with their Cloud Services. This shell is a free Debian 7 shell with a storage capacity of 5GB. It is not a VM that continues to run while you are disconnected, but rather a…
C++Builder supports Boost, a common and useful C++ library. Through the GetIt package manager, you can install a build of v1.55 for our Clang compilers, or if you are using the classic compiler, an older version of Boost, v1.39.
Theversion available on GetIt for 10.2 had an issue for non-header-only Boost libraries. Most of Boost is available through headers,but some…
Embarcadero Cool App for January: BeePOS
February 22, 2018
As more small and home businesses continue to enter the marketplace, point of sale (POS) technologies have become a critical part of modern economy. I’m excited to report that one of the real innovators in this market, BeePOS, is the winner of Embarcadero’s Cool App…
Borland OWL to C++ Builder VCL
February 20, 2018
Every once in a while, I get a request to help migrate Borland OWL applications to C++ Builder VCL applications.
Background
TheObject Windows Library(OWL) is aC++object-orientedapplication frameworkdesigned to simplify desktop application development forWindows.
OWL was introduced byBorlandin 1991 and eventually deprecated in 1997 in favor of…
LIVE! Monday at 9 AM PST – Podcast Episode on Programming Books
February 18, 2018
On Monday this week David, Craig, and Jim discuss some of their favorite programming books, both focusing on Delphi and C++ specific ones, and general programming topics.
Live at these corresponding times:
Location
Local Time
Time Zone
UTC Offset
San…
RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch Re-Released
February 16, 2018
Last week, Embarcadero released a patch for Tokyo 10.2.2, focused on Android and RTL improvements. What happened is that Windows would not always ask for execution with admin account (on systems with active User Account Control) and could end up copying the replacement files…
A new component has been released to create a great design app.
February 15, 2018
Author: Sang Hyun Oh
http://fmxdesign.comhas released a component that allows you to develop Delphi FMX apps with great design.
This components support the FireMonkey platforms which are Android, IOS, OSX, and Windows.
Component productsare in three groups.
Rapid Design UX for Good Design Apps, Rapid Design Chart for easy chart creation and
And a free component…