If you have watched any of Embarcadero’s online content, attended a RAD Studio webinar, or been to one of the in-person events you will most likely know the wonderful Jim McKeeth. Jim has been the Chief Developer Advocate and Engineer for Embarcadero since July 13th, 2013, just short of ten years. Today, however, the big news is that Jim is leaving Embarcadero and moving on to a new role as…
To know how to get the information on the exact execution time of an operation in your Windows and cross platform apps can be useful in all sorts of circumstances. For example, it can be necessary when you need to show users the time spent on the execution of a long…
PDF (Portable Document Format) is a widely used open electronic document format which can be easily used in all your cross platform apps. It is really convenient thanks to its compatibility with numerous programs. As a result, it is possible to view PDF documents using…
Web-based apps are quite popular today. Whether they are for mobile, or desktop devices web applications do not require installation and manual updating as they are stored on a web server. This means there’s only one place for you, the developer, to maintain, and for mobile apps it also has the added benefit that you don’t have to get your code to be accepted in any app stores which…
Facebook is a social network that boasts high popularity among users from all over the world. Earlier, we have already shown how it is possible to automate the process of posting different types of info on a Facebook page using the Facebook Graph API. We’ve created a…
How To Automate The Mathcad Prime Software With Delphi Using COM
November 3, 2022
Among the most notable features of Delphi, it’s worth mentioning the ability to enhance your Windows app development by interacting with other installed software products on your computer, using the COM technology for functionality embedding or automating.
In this…
Keeping secrets can be tricky. Thankfully, Amazon Web Services has several tools in its toolbox to help. Let’s start by talking about AWS Secrets Manager and then go on to show how you can work easily with Amazon secrets in your Delphi cross-platform apps.
What is The AWS Secrets Manager?
AWS Secrets Manager is exactly what it sounds like. Secrets Manager is the go-to place when you need…
Text is everywhere! Text is not always where we want it, or in the format we need. We often find ourselves needing the text from images. You might have a scanned document containing financial information like an invoice you want to input into an accounts system, or maybe you…
Developers often get requests to create forms where it is crucial to pay attention to the position of a cursor after the Tab key is pressed at every point of the program execution. This can be particularly important when developing cross platform apps where following…
Today AI technologies boast high popularity and demand in many spheres of our life. For example, AI is used for face identification on smartphones. On social networks, we have the possibility to add different effects on photos (AR, collages, etc.). AI tools allow users to identify different objects. They are used in video surveillance systems for identifying cars, people, animals, and all sorts of…
