Welcome to a series of tips and tricks for taking advantage of the new Windows 64-bit Modern toolchain in C++Builder / RAD Studio 12.2! This builds on a webinar we did sharing a bunch of useful information on why and how the new C++Builder matters to you, where this was the very end (so go watch the start!)
Tip #7: bcc64x tips
For the final in the series of tips and tricks, let’s look…
Command-line Compilation Of Delphi Projects: Real-life Examples
November 6, 2023
Delphi app command-line compilation allows developers to compile a project in the background regime without the necessity to run IDE software. This approach is very useful for automating the compilation process, especially in those cases when you need to compile a lot of…
In today’s Delphi birthday post, I am including 25 FireMonkey tips for building multi-device applications.
1. Home screens are a popular design paradigm as they display the key app functionality on the first screen, making it easily accessible to the application user.
Save Time With This Quick LiveBindings Trick For Delphi And C++Builder
June 13, 2017
LiveBindings is a great technology built into Delphi and C++Builder for bypassing most of the code involved in aCRUD data cycle (Create, Read, Update and Delete Cycle). Itcan keep you out of massive amounts of technical debt. However, sometimes the standard LiveBindings method of binding some controls can be overly complex.
You can easily simplify your LiveBindings by using an…
Creating Custom Styles with the Bitmap Style Designer - CodeRage Replay, Tips & Tricks and Sample Files
November 16, 2016
Style Creation Tips
Start out with the 3x resolution graphic first, then scale down to 2x, 1.5x and 1x using your graphic design tool of choice (for example, Photoshop)
Save each graphic as a png. Except for the 1x resolution, all style graphics need to include the…
Author: Sadaqat Ali
There are a number of Firemonkey component sets available for Delphi Berlin that can help you get ahead when developing for Android and iOS. Consider component developers to be another member of your team: they do the groundwork so you can focus on the actual functionality. Here are thirteen of these component set developers who provide access to everything from FFMPEG video…
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Delphi VCL and FireMonkey: eBooks, Books, Tutorials and Courseware - a collection of links
July 6, 2015
We are often asked where developers and teachers can find books, courseware and tutorials available today that cover Delphi programming and Multi-Device FireMonkey app development. The great news is that there are more and more books appearing on Amazon, Lulu and online.
Author: Brian Alexakis
Download Project Files
Download the project files.
How to Deploy a Custom True Type Font
First create a new Multi Device Application in either C++ or Object Pascal.
Save the project to a folder on your filesystem.
From the FontAwesome downloaded archive, extract fontawesome-webfont.ttf from the font-awesome-4.3.0fonts folder to the root of your project folder.
Rename…
