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Monday, 7. January 2013
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31 C++Builder XE3 videos in January - Jan 6 - Your first Dataset C++ FireMonkey application using ClientDataSet
Sip from the Firehose
– During each day of January 2013, I am creating a new video showing you how to use the new C++Builder XE3 compilers for Win32, Win64 and OSX to create multi-platform, database, multi-tier, HD and 3D applications. In the sixth video you will learn how to build your first C++ FireMonkey application ...
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Simple REST Client for Delphi
Jamie's Blog
– While writing a Delphi Rich client for a personal project talking to RESTful service I recently became frustrated with the availability easy REST client interfaces for Delphi. As a result, I wrote a small wrapper around the Indy TIdHttp component to provide a fluent interface upon which you can use ...
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Do you know Build Groups?
The Art of Delphi Programming
– Can you make a build in one step? (It is #2 in The Joel Test, but that is not a main topic of this article.) If you can, you have probably set up a clean build system for doing daily builds (#3 of The Joel Test) or even continuous builds based on a source control system (#1 of The Joel Test) and ...
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Loop Less with IEnumerable and Spring for Delphi
Nick Hodges
– I rave about the Delphi Spring Framework. But I think my attention to the Dependency Injection Framework – which is only part of it -- has made you guys think that the two are synonymous. Not true – Spring4D is more than just a Dependency Injection container. In fact, there is a ...
Sunday, 6. January 2013
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FMX tip: ‘labels’ with selectable text
Delphi Haven
– Say you are designing a form in FMX, and wish to use a read-only edit box. No problem: stick a TEdit on the form and set its ReadOnly property to False. However, doing this doesn’t give any visual indication the edit box’s contents can’t be changed. Moreover, what if you’re ...
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31 C++Builder XE3 videos in January - Jan 5 - Using the Metropolis UI in Existing C++ VCL and FireMonkey Apps
Sip from the Firehose
– During each day of January 2013, I am creating a new video showing you how to use the new C++Builder XE3 compilers for Win32, Win64 and OSX to create multi-platform, database, multi-tier, HD and 3D applications. In the fifth video you will learn how to take your existing C++ VCL and FireMonkey ...
Saturday, 5. January 2013
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Original method to iterate the bits within an integer
Behind the connection
– Today, I would like to present you an original way of iterating thru all the bits in an integer. The usual way of iterating the bits is to build a moving bit mask in a loop and selecting each bit in turn with that mask. This works perfectly and it is fast. But today, I want to show you a better ...
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FMX tip: buttons with images that still have nicely-aligned captions
Delphi Haven
– Unlike its VCL equivalent, the FMX TSpeedButton has no Glyph property; similarly, TButton doesn’t have the image properties added to the VCL version in D2009, and in FMX, there’s no TBitBtn class to boot. The reason for this is that in principle, there is no need for class-specific image ...
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Flotsam and Jetsam #72
Nick Hodges
– Am I weird? One of the first things I do when I install Delphi is to turn off Brace Matching and Line Highlighting. I find both of these features incredibly distracting, particularly the Brace Highlighting, which makes it impossible to see where the caret is in the text. This ...
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31 C++Builder XE3 videos in January - Jan 4 - Working with C++ FireMonkey Devices and Sensors
Sip from the Firehose
– During each day of January 2013, I am creating a new video showing you how to use the new C++Builder XE3 compilers for Win32, Win64 and OSX to create multi-platform, database, multi-tier, HD and 3D applications. In the fourth video you will learn how to use the new Devices and Sensors support in ...
Thursday, 3. January 2013
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Oxygene on the Big Screen
RemObjects Blogs
– You already know Oxygene is the best choice for mobile development – Oxygene for Java on Android, Oxygene for .NET for Windows Phone and the Windows RT Surface and the beta “Nougat” already providing great support for iOS development. But what if you want to develop on the big screen? ...
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31 C++Builder XE3 videos in January - Jan 3 - Adding Actions and Gestures to a C++ FireMonkey App
Sip from the Firehose
– During each day of January 2013, I am creating a new video showing you how to use the new C++Builder XE3 compilers for Win32, Win64 and OSX to create multi-platform, database, multi-tier, HD and 3D applications. In the third video you will learn how to add Actions and Gestures to an existing C++ ...
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Welcome 2013, A New Year Dawns for Pascal Game Developers
Pascal Game Development
– Hello everyone and a late Happy New Year! It's been some time since I've done a site-wide community announcement, but I felt that I should say something to ring in the new year and let you all know that I'm
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Signing Off. So Long, and Thanks for All The Good Times!
About Delphi Programming
– Dear delphi.about.com web site visitors, readers and friends who followed my work as the Delphi Programming Guide for the About.com network, the time has come for me to move on to new endeavours. After 15 great years I'm leaving About.com. I've started working as the Delphi Programming Guide in ...
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Making the never-ending sorry tale of FMX menus a bit happier
Delphi Haven
– For me, FMX at present has three main showstopping limitations: an inability to draw text that is neither wonky (XP/Vista) nor overly ‘sharp’ (W7/W8) on Windows; a TMemo that isn’t fit for purpose on any platform; and a menu implementation that is poor on Windows, and hopelessly ...
