We’re very pleased to announce the release of version 8 of the Konopka Signature VCL Controls (formerly Raize Components). Since acquiring the component library from Raize Software in 2015, there have been a few updates, but the library was starting to show its age. In response, last year Embarcadero partnered with Raize Software to assist with maintaining the Konopka Signature VCL Controls.
Wow! We asked you to help choose the name of RAD Studio 13 and clearly it captured your imagination. You voted in your thousands to choose between our shortlist finalists of Florence or Syracuse. Both cities are absolutely stunning examples of the best in architecture as…
Multiple brands across the Idera family are launching AI-powered products in rapid succession.
Embarcadero, for example, has introduced AI-powered Smart CodeInsight, which enables in-product interaction with LLM engines like OpenAI, Gemini, Claude and Ollama (offline) for…
Today Embarcadero released a patch for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder 12.3 Athens.
RAD Studio 12.3 April Patch provides quality improvements to the 12.3 release, focused on the Delphi compiler, the C++ 64-bit Modern toolchain, the RAD Studio 64-bit IDE and its…
RAD Studio 12.3 has been a fantastic release—a true milestone for our team and our community.
I’m incredibly proud of the team’s work to deliver what our users want, and the community’s response has been amazing.
We’re also beginning to take…
Charles "Charlie" Calvert, Developer, Educator, And A Thoroughly Decent Man
April 9, 2025
In amongst the hustle of software development we at Embarcadero were all brought to a standstill at the recent news that Charles “Charlie” Calvert had passed away. Known to a great swathe of Delphi and C++Builder developers through his books, Charlie, as most…
Who Uses Delphi? The Silent Success Behind Astronauts, Theme Parks, Satellites, And A Multi-billion Ultimate Payday!
March 31, 2025
Despite Delphi being regularly rated as one of the top ten development languages in the world, there’s still this weird, undeserved negativity (accidental or intentional) from some people who wrongly accuse it of being old or outdated. This is despite the fact that as…
In my blog about sanitizers (runtime safety checking) in C++Builder 12.3, I said:
The new C++ Modern toolchain … is something we’ve talked about as a ‘foundation for the future.’ ‘We can build things we could not before,’ we’ve said. ‘Having it will let us…
Today the primary focus for RAD Studio database access is on the FireDAC universal database access library. Given in the past Delphi and C++Builder also included other database engines, and they still include a few alternative options, Embarcadero has been creating scripts…
RAD Studio 12.3 brings several improvements to RAD Server that address common pain points and add new functionality. Let’s take a look at what’s new.
Consistent Date/Time Formats Across Requests
One issue that’s now resolved is the inconsistency in…
