Delphi

Cross Platform Activity Progress Dialog For Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows In Delphi 10.2 Tokyo

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September 15, 2017
The Hospitality Survey Client project is part of the Hospitality Survey App template for Delphi 10.2 Tokyo, which Embarcadero released through their GetIt platform. The Hospitality Survey App consists of four different projects. In this blog post, I will cover the progress/activity dialog TFrame built into the Hospitality Survey Client project. The progress/activity functionality is built as a…
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Delphi

Try Delphi on Amazon Linux.

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May 2, 2017
Author: h.mohri I tried Delphi on Amazon Linux. Amazon Linux is Linux that exists only in the instance of EC2(AWS). “Free tier eligible” can be used. [Create an instance.] Select Amazon Linux from EC 2 and create a new instance. It is possible to connect with SSH in the initial state. [Environment…
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FireDAC and Microsoft Azure SQL Database

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April 28, 2017
I’ve started to get requests to use FireDAC with Cloud Databases, like SQL Azure. The question whether or not to put your business data in the cloud is getting easier and easier these days and a lot of that is thanks to Microsoft’s investment in Microsoft…
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The Niagara Falls Lighting Episode

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April 21, 2017
This episode is extra special in that it include a case study of the software behind the lights for Niagara Falls.Nick and I spoke withMartin Searancke of Dream Solutions, Ltd. in New Zealand, who is the architect of the Light Factory software used by the Niagara…
Delphi

How to connect to Oracle DB from Ubuntu Linux.

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April 20, 2017
Author: h.mohri At this point, Instant Client configuration is complete. Finally, “./PAServer-19.0/paserver” is started up and ready. [Create a new project.] In Delphi IDE side, create a new project. Web Server Application, check Linux. I chose “stand-alone console application” this time. Place some components on TWebModule1. TFDConnection…
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New in 10.2: MariaDB Support

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April 19, 2017
Author: Pawe Gowacki One of the biggest new RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo database features is support for MariaDB open-source relational database. MariaDB is one of the most popular open-source SQL databases. It is a fork from MySQL database, after it has been acquired by Oracle…
Delphi

FireMonkey on Linux!

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April 13, 2017
Author: Pawe Gowacki It did not take long since the release of Delphi Linux compiler to have the ability to build Linux GUIs with Delphi! Just go to http://fmxlinux.com and get the only currently available download of FireMonkey for Linux which is “Free Trial v…
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Creating a Linux Daemon (service) in Delphi.

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April 5, 2017
Author: Craig Chapman With the introduction of the Linux target for Delphi, a wide range of possibilities are opened up to Delphi developers, to create Linux server applications. Unfortunately there are currently a limited number of project types available from the RAD Studio IDE, and those do not include creating a service (or Daemon as it’s called in the Linux world). In this post I’ll…
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