I continue to get customer requests for options to migrate legacy RAD Studio, Delphi or C++ Builder applications using the Borland Database Engine (BDE) with Paradox and/or dBase files.
With the current versions of RAD Studio, you can use theFireDAC ODBC bridge driver to get to Paradox and dBase tables. This is important if you want to…
In this post, we’ll show you a list of free Delphi libraries, utilities and examples with full source code available from WinSoft. Many are Windows-specific, but there are some Android-specific ones too. A lot of really useful code here. Thanks to Erik Salaj.
Update…
We just published the May 2017 Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio roadmap which we’re really excited about. In our roadmap, you can find the key features that we planned for calendar year 2017/2018. The plans are aligned with Embarcadero’s fiscal year which starts April…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
Designing graphical users is a combination of different skills. Probably the artistic angle is the most important, but user experience comes close. In Delphi Rapid Application Development paradigm there is hardly the prototyping phase. Your roughdesigns very quickly turn into production applications.
The key element in visual GUIs are graphics assets and specifically…
Author: Bogdan Polak BSC
Declaration Why this blog
I continue the series of introductory articles into the architecture focused on Delphi environment. I was planning to start this blog with a series of posts that may not be revealing, but allow you to put together a…
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…
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 0.905”.
RAD Studio 10.2 “Tokyo” must be installed. Install the trial after making sure it is not running. It is…
With RAD Studio 10.2, we provide great RAD Server demo projects to get you started. With 10.2, you can deploy RAD Server to Linux servers, in addition to Windows servers. Below is a list of sample projects that highlight RAD Server’s capabilities and are designed…
Author: Didier Cabalé
I want to follow up my blog post covering the Delphi Linux compiler with a second one focused on the RTL units that are going to be available in Delphi for the Linux platform.
The System Name Space
These are the units part of the System name space that…
Author: Todor Geshev
I recently asked some of our MVPs why Delphi for Linux was important to them. This is what they had to say . . .
“Delphi on Linux expands the Delphi World to large web servers, important for web services, and to small micro servers that can be used for IoT solutions. Now Delphi really runs everywhere.” -Danny Wind, Netherlands
“The cheapest hosting is in the…
