Delphi

New "TOSVersion" type in Delphi XE2

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August 31, 2011
Author: Tóth Erik Delphi XE2 is probably the most significant release since Delphi 1. The number of new features is amazing and probably the biggest, most important one is FireMonkey – a brand new business application development platform that let you use Delphi…
Delphi

Delphi JSON Viewer

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October 1, 2010
Author: Michael K22532 JSON support has been introduced in Delphi 2010 as a part of DBExpress database driver architecture, but of course JSON support is not limited to just database applications. JSON is similar to XML as both are text-based data interchange formats. Delphi 6 introduced “TXMLDocument” component and the “XML Data Binding Wizard” to make it easier to work with XML documents…
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Using Windows Stock Icons in Delphi

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May 31, 2010
Author: Pawe Gowacki it is not a big discovery that all applications are running in the environment provided by the underlying operating system. Delphi is well-known for its rapid application development capabilities. The latest version of Delphi – Delphi 2010 &#8211…
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A case when FreeAndNil is your enemy

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February 16, 2010
Author: Allen It seems that my previous post about FreeAndNil sparked a little controversy. Some of you jumped right on board and flat agreed with my assertion. Others took a very defensive approach. Still others, kept an “arms-length” view. Actually, the whole discussion in the comments was very enjoyable to read. There were some very excellent cases on both sides. Whether or not you…
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Code Navigation In The RAD Studio Code Editor

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September 18, 2009
Author: Darren Kosinski V1400 During the recent field test for RAD Studio 2010, I had a discussion with some field testers about the different mechanisms that the IDE provides for navigating through your source code. In particular, they were wondering why sometimes one…
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DataSnap Server Method Stream Parameters

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April 6, 2009
Author: Jim T1392 This is a continuation of my posts on DataSnap server method parameters and return types. This post is about TStream and TDBXStreamValue. The sample client and server projects that go with this post can be downloaded here: http://cc.embarcadero.com/item/26854 See my earlier posts on “Basic” and “Basic DBXValue” types. I’ve yet…
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