In my previous post I focused on InterBase 2020 and outlined five good reasons why InterBase should be your next database engine. In this post I want to look at five awesome additions to Delphi that help you write lean, modern and fully compliant Windows 10 applications.
To the average non-technical computer user, Windows 10 might seem as just another Windows version. I still hear both…
A Tale of 3 APIs: VCL integration with WinAPI, COM & ShellAPI, WinRT
September 9, 2019
In this blog post I want to offer some highlights from the session, but I won’t cover all of the details of the 40+ minutes technical discussion of the webinar.
Windows APIs Timeline
Let me start by covering the timeline of the various APIs added to the operating system…
Windows 10 VCL Universal Windows Platform (UWP)/WinRT Services and Components has been added to the Run Time Library (RTL).
For example, the Windows 10 Notifications Componentand Windows 10 Sharing/Contract Component, for both Object Pascal and C++ is included in RAD…
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 features of Windows 10
Asynchronous
Non blocking > 50ms
Read more about the new world’s C++/WinRT and how it can…
