I can say, with confidence, that desktop apps are not dead, in fact they are very much alive and thriving. Web apps are on the rise and it’s a common trope to say that web applications can replace windows app development. But they couldn’t do that. In some cases, Web apps are suitable as the primary way for users to consume your product ideas and output. But mostly, web apps are an…
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LearnCPlusPlus.orgis packed full of great articles on new modern C++ topics for professionals and beginners. In this article, we point you toward some recent great posts about how to open old project files like *.mak and *.bpr files, how to…
Delphi is technically a development environment powered by and for the Object Pascal programming language, along with a suite of Windows App Development Tools to enable high productivity and rapid application development.
The ideas of the first version of Delphi…
Embarcadero is pleased to announce the release of Delphi 11, C++Builder 11 and RAD Studio 11. RAD Studio 11 Alexandria builds on the feature set of the 10.4 releases and offers many new features, including an improved user experience with a High DPI IDE.
In this blog post, we want to highlight some of the main new features and enhancements in RAD 11. This release introduces numerous new…
The advancement of technology over the years has made life more comfortable. Arguably, if we’re to have a truly inclusive society, one of technology’s priorities should be eliminating the lines of race, gender, ability, amongst others.
The same goes for…
Native thumbnail and preview functionality for your software: ShellBrowser Delphi Components
June 8, 2021
The pain of finding the right file
Let’s be honest: Searching for files in the file explorer or on your desktop can be very annoying. Especially if you are looking for a certain picture of – let’s say – your last holiday trip to Italy. Luckily, previews are a…
Modern versions of Microsoft Windows are arguably a lot more pleasing to look at. Gone are the days of apps being gray slabs and chunky buttons. When Microsoft adopted the Fluent UI interface, along with it came a richer color palette, a cleaner, leaner look, and fonts without the curls and twists of the Serif families. Sidling in with that beauty treatment were a number of other…
No doubt, the VCL FileDialogs offer a multitude of configuration options that cover most standard use cases. But sometimes this might not be enough and you want to create a specialized custom dialog with a different layout, additional controls (e.g. for import/export…
Delphi Provides Better Enterprise Source Code Protection Than WPF And Electron
March 26, 2021
How do Delphi, WPF .NET Framework, and Electron perform compared to each other, and what’s the best way to make an objective comparison? Embarcadero commissioned a whitepaper to investigate the differences between Delphi, WPF .NET Framework and Electron for building…
If you would like to create professional-looking instrumentation and multimedia applications with VCL and FireMonkey you should read this post!
What is TMS Instrumentation?
TMS Instrumentation is a library full of components, methods, and routines enabling you to create professional-looking instrumentation and a multimedia application. This component set contains more than 80…
