Sunday, 8. December 2013
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Working around an XE5/Mac menu issue
Delphi Haven
– In XE5, if you try running the FMX ‘ActionsDemo’ sample project on OS X, you’ll quickly find an issue – the menu bar isn’t set up correctly: If you open up the menu designer in the IDE, you’ll find what should be happening is that the application menu gets four ...
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CLANG, template debuginfo and linker out of memory
Andy's Blog
– The CLANG compiler that is used for BCC64 in XE3, XE4 and XE5 has a “bloated object file” problem if it comes to debug information for deeply nested templates. The generated object file can easily grow to 100 MB with a single line of code. int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { std::map<TEnumA, ...
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Dependency Injection best practices - lazy initialization
Delphi sorcery
– “You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.” Nicholas Sparks, The ChoiceI admit this was taken out of context a bit - but we will see how this applies to dependency injection.Identifying the problemWhen dealing with dependency injection - and ...
Saturday, 7. December 2013
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VCL Styles Utils Project – New Addition : Patch for System colors.
The Road to Delphi
– Introduction A result of the work in a new sub project of the VCL Styles Utils , many new features as been added to the library, One of my favorites is a patch for the GetSysColor WinApi function. This fix replace the original call to this function by a jump to the StyleServices.GetSystemColor ...
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The Delphi Geek
– This is a guest post, written by Anton Alisov, software PM and developer from Ivanovo city, Russia. I’m posting it here because I want to increase visibility of this new memory manager which featured quite well on my recent test (guest posted at Eric’s blog). I’m perfectly aware that my test was ...
Friday, 6. December 2013
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DavidI on VCL Enhancements in Delphi XE5
Marco's Tech Blog
– I've been in Scotts Valley this week, little time for keep pushing out my Delphi demos and blog about them. However I wanted to use these 5 minutes at the airport to point out to a very nice blog post from David I on VCL enhancements in XE5, mostly included also in the professional version. ...
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[Delphi Tuts] DataSnap "Hello World"
Pawel Glowacki
– Welcome to "Delphi Tuts"! Your Delphi step-by-step tutorials! In this tutorial we are going to use Delphi XE5 to build the simplest possible DataSnap client/server system. The difficulty level of this lab is “Hello World”. This step-by-step tutorial is intentionally very simple, so even not ...
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Welcome to DELPHI TUTS!
Pawel Glowacki
– I’m happy to announce that I’m starting a new series of step-by-step tutorials about Delphi programming: DELPHI TUTS! Programming in Delphi is fun and I really love writing Delphi code. I think I’m addicted to Delphi. I have been passionate Delphi programmer since Delphi 1 and ...
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Random Passphrase Generator
DelphiTools
– I’ve activated a small random pass phrase secure service based on DWScript Web Server. You can reach it at https://ssl.delphitools.info/passphrase/ Random pass phrases are a good alternative to passwords, as they’re easier to memorize and have higher entropy (for an illustration see the ...
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Using GExperts to comment code with date, time and author
Parallel Pascal Worlds
– I am a happy user of GExperts . From my beginnings in Delphi consider it more a part of the IDE , irreplaceable for its flexibility , speed and how many tasks easier to perform daily.Luckily I have already migrated to Delphi XE5 and despite being in an experimental version I've used without problems ...
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Old XML Bug in Delphi Causes New Problems
Te Waka o Delphi
– A post came up in recent days on the NZ DUG mailing list, about a problem with the LoadXMLData() function on Android. The problem subsequently was found to also exist on Win32. And indeed, the cause was found to go back at least as far as Delphi 2006. So why did it only come up […]
Thursday, 5. December 2013
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Owly CI should team up with Ohloh
The Wiert Corner
– This was originally scheduled for December 1st at noon and therefore made it to the “Missed Schedule” list as well: Two interesting sites I found recently: OwlyCI – package manager for Delphi, CI tool. Ohloh, the open source network. OwlyCI is like NuGet for Delphi. They add ...
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My Favorite Quote from the XE5 Tour
The PodCast at Delphi.org
– I am just finishing up my last few stops on the RAD Studio XE5 tour. I’ve met lots of great developers, both existing Delphi developers, and many developers new to Delphi and Embarcadero’s tools. Everyone I talked to was excited about what they saw and the opportunities they knew XE5 ...
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Dec 4, 2014 - Location enabling your C++Builder for iOS apps
Sip from the Firehose
– In this video I show you how to location enable your C++Builder for iOS applications using the TLocationSensor component. I’ll also show you how to use the resulting latitude and longitude coordinates to display a Google map using the TWebBrowser component. You’ll start by creating a ...
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Delphi (Mobile world): One Code for multiple Platforms
Daniel Magin's Weblog
– Wow we finished with Delphi XE5 a great final. One Code to multiple Platforms. Our Product HarleyMobile is a Application for Harley Bikers (like me) to stay in contact between Dealers and Customer. With Delphi we have written everything. 1. Webbased Administration Portal for the Dealer to ...
