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Thursday, 3. November 2016
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EKON 20 link archive – anniversary edition of the famous Delphi related conference with lots of English sessions
The Wiert Corner
– My EKON20 link archive so I can refer to it through web.archive.org: [WayBack] EKON 20: The Conference for Delphi & More | 7 – 9 November 2016 in Düsseldorf | presented by Entwickler Akademie and Entwickler Magazin [WayBack] At a glance – Entwickler Konferenz [WayBack] Media library ...
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Delphi XE2 sanctuary lib galore…
The Wiert Corner
– Anyone who knows how to work around this? It happens every once in a while right after logging in over RDP to a VM with running Delphi XE2 (but similarly also in other Delphi versions like XE7): --------------------------- Error --------------------------- Access violation at address 74FD82A4 in ...
Wednesday, 2. November 2016
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RAD Studio Berlin Update 2 Announce Webinar Tomorrow
Marco's Tech Blog
– Tomorrow the RAD Studio PM Team (Nick, Myself, Sarina and David) is hosting a webinar introducing the new features in Update 2 for Delphi and C++Builder. You might be surprised to learn that this update has bug fixes, but also significant new features. In fact, it is the first update ever to ...
Tuesday, 1. November 2016
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nst/JSONTestSuite: A comprehensive test suite for RFC 7159 compliant JSON parsers
The Wiert Corner
– Cool: nst/JSONTestSuite: A comprehensive test suite for RFC 7159 compliant JSON parsers Which is the result of the presentation seriot.ch – Parsing JSON is a Minefield [WayBack] Both the tests and presentation are well worth reading. The graph gives me ambivalent feelings and make me wonder ...
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Flotsam and Jetsam #117
Delphi-losophy
– I can’t seem to find a WordPress theme that I like. Look for the theme to change a bunch while I play around with different ones. I’ve started a new blog over on the Embarcadero Community site. It will be for more “official” stuff that I post about. You can follow me ...
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EKON 20 – anniversary edition of the famous Delphi related conference with lots of English sessions
The Wiert Corner
– Next Monday-Wednesday (7th till 9th of November) will the the 20th edition of the famous Delphi related EKON conference and post-conference workshops at the Hotel Meliá Düsseldorf. It will be a blast, not the least because it’s an anniversary. There are still a few spots left, so drop me a ...
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Brisbane Meeting – November 2016
Australian Delphi User Group Members
– Wednesday November 2nd at 5:30pm to 9pm. Jim Gilmour will present on “Raspberry Pi – The Future of Data Collection ?” Jim will show us the Raspberry Pi with the Ultibo Pascal environment. Details about the venue etc are here.… Continue reading ›
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Sydney Meeting – Early November 2016
Australian Delphi User Group Members
– The October Sydney meeting was postponed and will now be on Wednesday 2nd November 2016 at 6 for 6:15pm start Important changes We’re meeting in the new offices of The Continuity Group in Chippendale (not Regus at Ultimo). It’s a short walk from Central Station or for those who are ...
Monday, 31. October 2016
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Speaking at EKON 20 Next Week
Marco's Tech Blog
– Next Monday I'll speak at the 20th edition of EKON. This started at a multi-language, multi-tool conference but has recently been mostly focused on Delphi, although it does cover other technologies for developers. This year conference is the 20th and this is likely the longest running Delphi ...
Friday, 28. October 2016
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Calculating how old I am and how many years I have been married - using Delphi and C++Builder
Sip from the Firehose
– Today is my 65th birthday and my 35th wedding anniversary. How do I remember? I have an app. But before I show the multi-device form, Delphi and C++ code, here are a few computer history items from 1951. Tomorrow, on June 14 (my parents wedding anniversary) in 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau ...
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Thirty One years of Developer Tools and still moving forward.
Sip from the Firehose
– Today marks the 31st year since I started working at Borland International on June 17, 1985. I met Philippe Kahn at Comdex Las Vegas in November 1983. He gave gave me copies of Turbo Pascal version 1.0 on floppy disks (5.25 inch PC-DOS and 8 inch CPM). I put the PC-DOS disk into an IBM PC we had in ...
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Apache Server support in RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder 10.1 Berlin
Sip from the Firehose
– With the release of RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder 10.1 Berlin, we have added Apache Server support on Windows (Linux server is on the RAD studio 2016 public road map) for RAD Server / EMS. You can now run the EMS Server and the EMS Console in the Apache server on a production environment. ...
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DevExpress VCL components version 16.1 now available!
Sip from the Firehose
– 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 Control, new Range Track Bar Editor, new Windows ...
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Extended Beacon sample for Delphi 10.1 Berlin: Standard, Alternative and Eddystone beacons
Sip from the Firehose
– If you look at the ExtendedBeaconScanner sample that is included for Delphi in 10.1 Berlin, you will learn how to scan for Beacon devices using different scan modes: Standard, Alternative, Eddystone, and Extended. When selecting the Extended mode, the sample allows you to select the kind of Beacon ...
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Webinar this Thursday July 14: Useful C++ Features You Should be Using at 7am, 11am and 5pm Pacific Time
Sip from the Firehose
– Learn about the latest features of C++11 that you can take advantage of today in C++Builder 10.1 Berlin. David Millington, Embarcadero's new C++Builder Product Manager, will show cool C++11 code in the IDE that can be compiled for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android using the Clang-enhanced compiler. ...
