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May 2013
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Embarcadero: Don’t hide behind bad design
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– Recently I created an QC report to try and get the default wizard behaviour changed to be user friendly. The issue is that the description text for the wizard item only shows when the mouse is hovered over the item. This means that keyboard navigation will never show the description nor will just ...
April 2013
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XE4 Mobile Tip #2 – Loading local HTML content
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– I’ve already answered this on the newsgroups however it deserves a little more attention. The most important thing to do when deploying additional files with your app is to make sure they are prefixed with “StartUp/”. This tells the deployment manager to deploy these files with the ...
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XE4 Mobile Tip #1 – Disable the GPU Canvas
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– If you don’t like circles with jagged edges, you can disable the GPU canvas. Using the GPU Canvas: Not using the GPU Canvas: Full image comparison at 200% using Beyond Compare. Click to enlarge to full size (2600 x 1540). NOTE: If you see other drawing issues, enable the GPU canvas again ...
February 2013
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FireMonkey: Extending TFloatAnimation to support maximum loops
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– Background In response to a QC report I wrote early last year I decided to implement a LoopCount property on the TFloatAnimation component. Report No: 105140 Status: Open Add a LoopCount property to the TAnimation class http://qc.embarcadero.com/wc/qcmain.aspx?d=105140 Class Definition ...
January 2013
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Fixing FireMonkey: TMemo/TEdit – OnExit
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– Currently in the Delphi XE3 release there is a bug in the OnExit processing of TMemo and TEdit (possibly others) controls. Issue If you make a change in a TEdit or TMemo control and then exit the control, after the OnExit event is called, another OnChange event is called. This shouldn’t ...
December 2012
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XE Plus Pack – Release 11
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– Release 11 of XE Plus Pack is now available for all supported IDE versions (Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3). XE Plus Pack and XE2 Plus Pack now include all features available in XE3 Plus Pack. Release 11 features: Visual Forms can now support multiple projects in the same location. Note: ...
November 2012
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Office closing for a week (plus what’s coming up)
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– We will be closed from today for a week. Reopening on Friday the 30th of December. No this isn’t a thanksgiving holiday, we are located in Australia. After reopening, Release 11 of XE Plus Pack will be made available for all supported IDE versions. During the second week of December, a ...
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FireMonkey Style – TStyleTag (Part 2)
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– Part 1 – http://jed-software.com/blog/?p=699 Along with the missing registration of TStyleTag, the following components cannot be used in styles without hand editing FMX or Style files. TFontObject TBrushObject I’ve updated the package to now register these missing style components so ...
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JSDialog Pack 2.0.021
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– A new version of JSDialog Pack was sent to customers earlier this month. If you haven’t received your Delphi XE3 compatible version of JSDialog Pack, let me know. Release History October (2.0.021) - Add support for Delphi XE3 - Make non-modal dialog sheets move when the form is being ...
October 2012
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Image issues with previous post
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– Apparently there were some issues with rendering images from the Improving the default FM2 Popup Menu style under OS X post. They were just tiff images created using Snag-It on OS X. I’ve now resaved these images to PNG (using MS Paint – since Snag-It on windows can’t open the ...
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Improving the default FM2 Popup Menu style under OS X
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– This post describes changes you can make to improve the appearance of popup menus in your Delphi XE3 FireMonkey applications that target OS X. The Default Popup Menu Style Here is a screen capture of what the default FM2 popup menu style looks like under Mountain Lion. Here is a screen capture of ...
September 2012
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FireMonkey Style – TStyleTag
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– There appears to be an oversight by Embarcadero with the TStyleTag component not being registered for use. TStyleTag is a handy little component that allows you to add it to a style definition and have it store an Integer, Float or String value. This is used in some of the default styles, one place ...
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XE3 Plus Pack
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– XE3 Plus Pack is now available for download. This version supports XE3 and includes a new expert (detailed below), some minor enhancements plus some fixes. - New expert called Watch Property Groups. - The Bookmark Guide expert now defaults to suppressing editor bookmarks and aligning to the ...
July 2012
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Office Closure
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– We will be closed from today until July 16, 2012 for a well earned break! New orders and renewals will not be processed during this time. Support queries will be processed however the turn around may be increased.
May 2012
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XE Plus Pack – Release 8 (XE and XE2 versions)
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– A new release of XE Plus Pack is now available to download. For Delphi XE – http://www.jed-software.com/files/XEPlusPackTrial.zip For Delphi XE2 – http://www.jed-software.com/files/XE2PlusPackTrial.zip NOTE: Update 4 must be installed for the Delphi XE2 version. Available ...
