May marks the beginning of our Enterprise ConnectorsSpotlight. Each month we will highlight two Enterprise Connectors from the list of over 100 connectors. As part of the highlight, you will find blog posts on the connectors, and a free webinarcovering them in more detail. Additionally, for all current Update Subscription customers, you will also receive a free one year license for the…
In early versions of Delphi and RAD Studio, a user could change some of the current project options and (with a check box) save them as default, that is as the initial options for any future project. It was also possible to change this configuration by selecting the Project…
March 2019 GetIt Package Manager Report
March 1, 2019
iPhone X and iPad Pro resolution support on Delphi 10.3.1
February 28, 2019
With Delphi 10.3.1, you can build applications for the iPhone X series devices and iPad Pro with native resolution support.
To support the newer resolutions, the overall configuration and some of the image names have changed. While this applies to new projects, existing projects opened with 10.3.1 require a couple of quick project changes.
Go to the Deployment Manager window
Click on the Revert…
RAD Studio 10.3.1 HTTP and SOAP Clients Enhancements
February 22, 2019
In RAD Studio 10.3, Embarcadero moved the SOAP client implementation to the HTTP client library for all platforms, given the issues support HTTPS with the previous architecture (based on Indy) on mobile platforms. On Windows, there was already a native implementation, but…
Expanded iOS 12 and iPhone X series support in 10.3.1
February 20, 2019
In RAD Studio 10.3.1, we have expanded our support for iOS 12 and the iPhone X series devices. This was done to address the upcoming March 2019 App Store requirement from Apple, which requires that apps are built with the iOS 12.1 SDK and fully support the iPhone XS Max…
What’s New in FireDAC for Firebird in RAD Studio 10.3.1
February 19, 2019
Among the many databases FireDAC supports, one commonly used by our customers isFirebird(the open source spin-off of InterBase). FireDAC used to have a single driver for Firebird and InterBase, given they still have a significant degree of compatibility after many years, but more recently the R&D team split it in two separate drivers, with more specific configuration settings and…
New RAD Server Console Ext JS UI in RAD Studio 10.3.1
February 15, 2019
The new RAD Server Console UI in10.3.1is an additional download from GetIt and it sits side by side with the older console. We’ll integrate it more deeply in the future, but you can start using it easily today.
1. Download from GetIt
The new web…
Made in Delphi, C++Builder, InterBase and RAD Studio Badges
January 31, 2019
I’m always getting requests for these badges so people can show off their love of the best development tools. There are three variations of each “Built with,” “Built for,” and “Powered…
ABI Changes in RAD Studio 10.3
January 23, 2019
In RAD Studio 10.3 we’ve made an interesting very low-level change that affects both Delphi and C++. This is a change in the how method parameters are passed when a method is invoked.
For the vast majority of customers, this issue won’t affect you — or if it does, you will see the effect in terms of bugs that no longer occur.
However, you may be interested in what we changed, why, and…