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I first met Philippe Kahn and Turbo Pascal 40 years ago this month

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November 6, 2023
In 1983, I was working for Softsel Computer Products (Softsel) in the product evaluation, support and training group. Softsel had a booth at the Fall 1983 COMDEX (Computer Dealer Expo) conference (November 28 to December 2) in the Las Vegas Convention Center. I sat at a pod in the booth to answer questions about Softsel, products we distributed and to talk with software and device manufacturers…
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Is WinForms Dead? What Is The Best Alternative?

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September 13, 2022
Ever since the Windows operating system was created, developers have constantly been looking for new & innovative ways to improve native windows development. Back in 2002, the team behind Microsoft announced a new framework that changed the way Windows program…
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Windows Development: A Delphi Developers Perspective

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March 6, 2020
Windows Development: A Delphi Developers Perspective As a software developer with over 30 years in the industry, 25 of those years invested in Microsoft Windows, the choice of development tools have been paramount. For us developers, the right tools can literally make or…
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RAD Studio 10.3.2 C++ Debugging Patch

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September 26, 2019
A patch for debugging local variables withthe classic and Clang compilers We’ve just released a patch (what used to be called a hotfix) foran issue affecting C++Builder 10.3.2. Debugging variables in apps built with the Classic bcc32 compiler could not be…
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RAD Studio C++ and Delphi Toolchain Patch Released

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August 14, 2019
A patch for debugging local variables for Win32 C++, and linkinglarge Delphi macOS64 apps Updated Sep 26 2019 – see below We’ve just released a patch (what used to be called a hotfix) for two issues affecting Delphi and C++Builder 10.3.2. Debugging local…
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Making "Stay-on-top-forms" do want you want

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September 8, 2004
Author: Embarcadero USA Delphi supports this type of forms by providing the FormStyle property for the TForm class. All you have to do is to set this property to fsStayOnTop. So why did I write this article? Well, there are a few things to consider: Using fsStayOnTop…