RAD Studio 12.3 has been a fantastic release—a true milestone for our team and our community.
I’m incredibly proud of the team’s work to deliver what our users want, and the community’s response has been amazing.
We’re also beginning to take some bold, essential steps to embrace AI. AI offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Delphi and RAD Studio applications to…
Charles "Charlie" Calvert, Developer, Educator, And A Thoroughly Decent Man
April 9, 2025
In amongst the hustle of software development we at Embarcadero were all brought to a standstill at the recent news that Charles “Charlie” Calvert had passed away. Known to a great swathe of Delphi and C++Builder developers through his books, Charlie, as most…
Who Uses Delphi? The Silent Success Behind Astronauts, Theme Parks, Satellites, And A Multi-billion Ultimate Payday!
March 31, 2025
Despite Delphi being regularly rated as one of the top ten development languages in the world, there’s still this weird, undeserved negativity (accidental or intentional) from some people who wrongly accuse it of being old or outdated. This is despite the fact that as…
In my blog about sanitizers (runtime safety checking) in C++Builder 12.3, I said:
The new C++ Modern toolchain … is something we’ve talked about as a ‘foundation for the future.’ ‘We can build things we could not before,’ we’ve said. ‘Having it will let us deliver real value to you.’
You can see where this is going.
We’re making good on that.
Last release, it was CMake and…
Today the primary focus for RAD Studio database access is on the FireDAC universal database access library. Given in the past Delphi and C++Builder also included other database engines, and they still include a few alternative options, Embarcadero has been creating scripts…
RAD Studio 12.3 brings several improvements to RAD Server that address common pain points and add new functionality. Let’s take a look at what’s new.
Consistent Date/Time Formats Across Requests
One issue that’s now resolved is the inconsistency in…
Among many other features and improvements already discussed in other blog posts, RAD Studio 12.3 release offers enhancement in many areas of the VCL library. While the primary focus was on quality improvements, the team also implemented a few small and focused features.
ImageCollection Editor Improvements
The ImageCollection component was introduced a few years ago to help build HighDPI enabled…
Ever since we started using our enhanced Clang compiler, we’ve had a consistent request: can we add runtime checking?
For many customers, this has been because the old ‘classic’ compiler used to have a feature called CodeGuard, which was helpful for catching errors…
As mentioned in the RAD Studio 12.3 announcement blog post, alongside the upgrade of Android tooling to support API level 35, we are releasing a brand new visual tool to help you manage the Android SDK installation.
The tool is called Android SDK Manager and it’s available…
We have a very exciting new addition in Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio 12.3: the Initial Release of a 64-bit build of the IDE!
Quick Facts
It’s an optional installation
The Initial Release of the 64-bit IDE does not yet feature-match the 32-bit IDE
It installs side by side with the existing 32-bit IDE
You can use both at once
The existing 32-bit IDE remains the default
It supports…
