Thursday, 20. June 2013
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DIPP allows you to remove conditional directives from Delphi source code (via StackOverflow)
The Wiert Corner
– Cool to know that DIPP is able to strip directives from Delphi source code: The freeware program DIPP from Delphi Inspiration can remove conditionals. http://www.yunqa.de/delphi/doku.php/products/dipp/index Even though DIPP does not support post-Delphi-2007 language enhancements, it usually does a ...
Wednesday, 19. June 2013
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SQLite: Referential Integrity With Full Text Search Virtual Tables (used in a Delphi application)
Zarko Gajic
– As a second step in my goal to implement full text search functionality in my Delphi application I had to create a sample SQLite database supporting FTS queries. Full text search models in databases allow to do what Google does with web documents – quickly search for documents containing some word ...
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CodeRage Mobile day 2 QA
The Wiert Corner
– I had a bit of trouble getting into CodeRage Mobile: somehow the confirmation email never reached the pluimers.com servers. After retrying today, @EmbarcaderoTech sent a GotoMeeting link that worked. Later I will try to trace back about the mail issue (: I’m in now, and since I usually loose ...
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Vintage Dave is working on a new multithreaded memory manager for Delphi that does not have a global lock
The Wiert Corner
– The comment thread at via The Oracle at Delphi » Give in to the ARC side is very interesting. So soon after writing a StackOverflow answer on Delphi Memory Managers yesterday, this one by David M (aka vintagedave) caught my eye: This is unannounced at the moment, but I am working on a new memory ...
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Windows 8 user interface is useless on tablets. And useless on desktops. So it's just useless.
Delphi Code Monkey
– As a case in point for how useless Windows 8 is on a tablet, consider the common source of confusion since version 3.5 of Windows NT, when a printer queue is paused. First users don't think about printer queues and so the idea of them as paused, is unnatural to users. Secondly, Windows ...
Tuesday, 18. June 2013
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“Datasnap Filters Compendium” updated to XE4
Daniele Teti's programming blog
– Very quick info. Not tremendous useful today as when developed (Delphi 2010 time frame) but, if someone is still using my DSFC, now can find the XE4 version on google code. Currently works all the speed test and the server/client test. Consider this as a very stable beta ...
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Delphi for iOS Kick Start – Sorry, It Isn’t Here
Te Waka o Delphi
– I am preparing a post inspired by my recent travels to Ukraine and the United Kingdom, but in the meantime I couldn’t help but smile (ok, “smirk”) when following a link to an Embarcadero page entitled “Delphi for iOS Kick Start”, that appeared in the DelphiFeeds, um, ...
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CodeRage Mobile: My session on iOS apps and enterprise services
Pawel Glowacki
– The CodeRage Mobile conference Day 1st is almost finished. I’m listening to last sessions from Anders Ohlsson. Few hours ago I have been doing my own session "Create iOS Applications that Work with Enterprise Web Services and Multi-tier Architectures" and promised to share the source code from ...
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Mobile CodeRage Kicking Off
Marco's Tech Blog
– CodeRage Mobile, the online conference focused on Delphi for iOS development, has just started with the initial keynote, an open conversation on Delphi and mobile development. Two days of technical sessions are coming. Stay tuned at thecoderage.com. I'm following from the UK office of ...
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Delphi XE2: Update 4 is not the final update… Be sure to check out HotFix 1
The Wiert Corner
– When at clients, I often see Delphi XE2 only updated until Delphi XE2 Update 4. That is the update offered by the ‘check for updates’. But the actual latest update is CodeCentral ID: 28881, RAD Studio XE2 Update 4 Hotfix for FireMonkey and C++. The final ISO does include this update, so ...
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Delphi for iOS kick start.
Stephen Ball
– Last week instead of being out on the road, we had two one day workshops hosted in the Maidenhead office of Embarcadero. The purpose of these days were to provide a Kick Start for developers new to XE4 or those hands on and produce their first iOS applications. It was great to see a mix of people ...
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Delphi CodeRage Mobile Online Conference is going on now
Delphi Insider
– The CodeRage Mobile online conference for Delphi and RAD Studio developers has started. Join us for one session or join us for them all. Click here to register and log in.
Monday, 17. June 2013
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Multi-Device is the New Platform
Michael Swindell
– This past week I had some great conversations with developers at WWDC in San Francsico while waiting in line for sessions, between sessions, and at the various events. I met a few developers focused solely on iOS, but the majority I spoke with were with companies that are working to deliver their ...
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iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks
RemObjects Blogs
– As you have probably heard by now, last week Apple announced iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks, new major versions of both its flag-ship operating systems. I had the privilege of being on site in San Francisco and attending WWDC in person, but the keynote with the core announcements is available for public ...
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Drag And Drop from Windows Explorer
Behind the connection
– This article presents the required code to handle drag& drop of images from Windows Explorer to your Delphi application. The demo code shows how to drop images on a TListView and to drag & drop from TListView to a TImage. The code is fairly basic and made so that it can be clearly understood and ...
