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Using CMake with the free Embarcadero C++ compiler

Do you want to use CMake with the newly released free compiler? This post quickly runs you through installing both the compiler and CMake, and shows an example build using two C++ files and the corresponding CMakeLists.txt. CMake is a popular third-party build tool. Ensuring the compiler is installed To start, make sure you have the compiler in your system path. (When you download andextract…
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C++

A new edition of our free C++ compiler

Author: Jmac61 A long time ago, back when C++Builder was made by Borland,we made available a free version of our C++ compiler. If you’ve been around the C++ community long enough you’re probably very familiar with it: ‘Borland C++…
Delphi

Extended Beacon sample for Delphi 10.1 Berlin: Standard, Alternative and Eddystone beacons

If you look at the ExtendedBeaconScanner sample that is included for Delphi in 10.1 Berlin, you will learn how to scan for Beacon devices using different scan modes: Standard, Alternative, Eddystone, and Extended. When selecting the Extended mode, the sample allows you to select the kind of Beacon device to scan: iBeacon, AltBeacon, and Eddystone. The Extended mode allows scanning all different…
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Conectando desde Delphi a un webservice de Prestashop

Author: Emilio PM Prestashop es una aplicación web muy extendida en Europa y que se utiliza para crear comercios electrónicos. Dispone de una funcionalidad para conectar aplicaciones utilizando un servicio web. Existen multitud de páginas webs donde te explican como activar un servicio web en Prestashop, así pues, el primer paso es activarlo y obtener una clave para poder conectarnos. En…
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Getting Started with C++ programming - the videos, articles, examples and docs

It is great to hear from developers who want to learn a new programming language. Someof you may know that I am a programming language and compiler junkie and have been one for the past 46 years ever since I wrote my first program in Fortran. When I receive an email from a developer asking advice about how to get started with C++ programming, I always ask a few questions about their computer…
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