How To Skin VCL Apps With Custom VCL Styles In Delphi And C++Builder
November 7, 2016
CodeRage XI is coming up and it’s a great time to go back and review some of the sessions from CodeRage X you may have missed. You can register for CodeRage XI by signing up here.Productivity, Platforms and Performance is the theme for CodeRage XIwhich runs…
Get ~$2,000 Worth Of Mobile Game Source Code FREE For Delphi And C++Builder
September 30, 2016
Are you ready to dive into game development on mobile? Why not get a head start with thesefour games: Alien Invasion, Mars Rocket, Rocket Ship Delta, and Space Rocks. They come with full source available forDelphi and C++Builder which you candownload and…
Top 5 Delphi Books Which Can Turn You Into An Object Pascal Rockstar
September 20, 2016
There are five recent Delphi books that can really kick-start your development with Delphi on Android, iOS, Windows 10, and MacOSX. These five books are the Object Pascal Handbook, Coding In Delphi, More Coding In Delphi, Delphi Cookbook Second Edition, and Delphi Programming for Beginners. Some of these books are free and some of them are available from various online stores like Amazon. If you…
I just got an email telling me that the new release of DevExpress VCL components, version 16.1, is now available. The “What’s New in vol. 16.1” page includes: Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the new VCL PDF Viewer Control, new VCL Callout Popup…
Author: Pawe Gowacki
Two weeks ago I was contributing to a bigger Delphi migration webinar run by mycolleagueStephen Ball the demonstration of actual steps of live migration of BDE-based source code to FireDAC.
Migration of existing VCLprojects to the…
Using FireDAC Unidirectional property for fast, low memory selection set processing
December 29, 2015
I often do large Oracle database queries using FireDAC to analyze registration data about our products and customers. Most of the time I am only processing through millions of rows to create a report or chart. One of the FDQuery properties that I forget to set True is the TDFQuery’s “Unidirectional” sub-property found under the FetchOptions (TFDFetchOptions) property. By…
Skill Sprint: Unlocking the Windows Runtime (WinRT) and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) on Windows 10
November 24, 2015
Author: Marleon
What is the Windows Runtime (WinRT)?
Introduced in Windows 8
Default program interface
Object Oriented API
Native Code API
Does not replace Win32
Not part of .NET
Not managed code
Not a tablet version of Windows (WindowsRT)
Only way to access some…
Using the new Windows 10 TMultiView mode in your FireMonkey applications
September 9, 2015
TMultiView is a smart menu component for FireMonkey applications that makes it really easy to create app navigation that automatically adjusts itself depending on form factor, orientation and target platform. TMultiView is a container component which means that you can…
In Delphi, C++ Builder and RAD Studio 10 Seattle, we provide a variety of new VCL styles and VCL style enhancements.
Windows 10 Styles
Choose from three built-in Windows 10 styles: Modern Light, Modern Dark and Modern Blue. These styles work great with the new VCL Windows 10 UI controls as well as the existing VCL UI controls.
Common Dialog Styling
VCL styling now extends to dialogs such…
