As part of my recent DelphiCon 2021 session, Multi-Platform Explorations using Delphi, FMX, Feeds, REST and More, my example code needed to use IFDEFs for some of the uses statements, variable definitions and code. This blog post contains an example of the use of defines when compiling for Windows (Win32/Win64), macOS, iOS and Android platforms. I also include screen shots of the sample output on…
Today Embarcadero released a second patch for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder 11 Alexandria. The patch addresses one significant regression introduced by Patch 1 and improves the support for the latest Apple SDKs on macOS Monterey with a new version of PAServer for…
Hello. This article is part of a series where we speak with professional software developers who use Windows App Development Tools, ask them what it’s like to write code for a living, and perhaps gain a few insights into the software development industry along the way.
An Application Programmable Interface or API allows two applications to interact with each other using the API as a bridge or intermediary. If you are not familiar with how to integrate an API then you may be spending a lot of time unnecessarily writing a lot of code from scratch. In other words, you may be working too hard! So what’s the catch? An IDE Software may help you to lessen the…
Embarcadero has made available a new FireDAC driver for the SQLite Encryption Extension (SEE) database. The download is in GetIt and here are some details behind this decision.
RAD Studio 11 Alexandria, like previous versions, ships with a FireDAC driver for the…
Hello C++ Developers,
LearnCPlusPlus.orgis packed full of great articles on new modern C++ topics for professionals and beginners. In this article, we point you toward some recent great posts which focus on more Modern C++ coding topics. We have articles about the…
Hello. This article is part of a series where we speak with professional software developers who use Windows App Development Tools, ask them what it’s like to write code for a living, and perhaps gain a few insights into the software development industry along the way.
Our guest today is a Delphi and C++ Builder developer who has an amazingly impressive set of pictures of him smiling…
ZXing.Delphi (Zebra Crossing) Tested with RAD 11 for Android and iOS
November 16, 2021
ZXing.Delphi (Zebra Crossing)
In order to help our customers, I successfully compiled a small demo app using the ZXing port for Delphi with Delphi 11. (current version). This demo app is built with the most recent version of ZXing (3.92) and has been tested on Android 11 and…
Practically every developer, even a newcomer in programming, can create and destroy objects correctly. A classic construction that is used in the majority of programs looks the following way:
MyObject:= TMyClass.Create();
try
{some code…}
finally
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Hello C++ Developers,
LearnCPlusPlus.orgis packed full of great articles on new modern C++ topics for professionals and beginners. In this article, we point you toward some recent great posts about how to open old project files like *.mak and *.bpr files, how to create a DLL in FMX projects, and 64bits VCL Component. Do you want to set the runtime process priority of your applications in…
