I wanted to create a holiday card for all of you, and I decided to create it in code was the best way. I used Sketch App to design the card and then converted it to Delphi code with Petra. You can download the code Gist. It is a FireMonkey TControl that you can either install into your IDE or instantiate in code. You can instantiate it in one line of code in your Show event handler:
procedure…
BeaconFence: Included with RAD Server Single Site License in 10.2.2 Enterprise and Architect Editions
December 22, 2017
BeaconFence is a developer proximity solution that delivers precise “GPS-Free” indoor/outdoor user location tracking and events with radial and geometric zones for any physical location and layout. Visually draw the layout of the physical location and beacon…
In RAD Studio 10.2.2, we have a number of UI upgrades (the new dark theme and welcome page and startup). But we have one more which I’m very pleased with and would like to share with you today: we’ve redone the component icons.
Old Icons – What’s…
In RAD Studio 10.2.2, we’ve made a number of great quality improvements for the C++ toolchain and for the debugger for both C++ and Delphi.
Debugger
Linux:many fixes when evaluating, especially when passing records or arrays
Android: Android debugging was broken for Android 8.0 (globally, not just for us.) As of Android 8.1 debugging works again, and we have made tweaks to…
There are some nice new features in RAD Studio 10.2.2 for IDE startup and first use.
Startup
When Delphi and C++Builder start, you see a splash screen – a loading screen – as the IDE starts. This lists all the packages, plugins, and component libraries it…
RAD Studio 10.2.2 was released last week. As part of the release, we enhanced our platform support.
This includes newly added support for macOS Higher Sierra and improved support for iOS 11, including the new iPhone X.
iPhone X:
With 10.2.2, we support building…
In RAD Studio 10.2.2, we havemade some changes to the installer that should make installation a much nicer experience.
License Manager
When installing RAD Studio (or just Delphi or C++Builder),unless you are upgrading you will often be asked to enter a license code. This dialog used to look rather outdated, and in 10.2.2 it now looks like this:
You can see that the layout still…
DataSet Mapping to JSON for JavaScript client support in RAD Studio 10.2.2
December 15, 2017
RAD Studio has offered support for JSON in different ways and for a long time. From the JSON system unit (originally part of the DBX space) to the old DataSnap table mapping (also via DBX) and to FireDAC tables to JSON mapping, there are many ways to interact with JSON data…
The Quick Edit feature allows you to easily edit a control by changing its name, caption, alignment, and layout options.
To edit a control:
Right-click the component and click Quick Edit to open the dialog box with further settings.
To edit the control name, type…
With the need to supportmore screen resolutions, while creating nice looking user interfaces and pleasant user experiences, we think it is important tooffer additional ways to build the UI of your VCL applications. This is why in 10.2.2 we introduced two new VCL panel controls. These are controlcontainers with specific way to manage the layout and position of their child…
