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In the core of LiveBindings expressions of RAD Studio XE2
Daniele Teti's programming blog
– WARNING! I’ve been authorized by EMBARCADERO to write about RAD Studio XE2. RAD Studio XE2 is full of nice and exciting features. One of the most awaited of them is the LiveBindings. The LiveBindings is available to the VCL and the new FireMonkey framework and allows to connect a property ...
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RAD STUDIO XE2: Launch Event Report
Te Waka o Delphi
– Today I was fortunate to be present in Auckland at the World Premier of the launch event for RAD Studio XE2. There is so much good to report that I really don’t know where to begin, so apologies if this post is a bit of a disorganised ramble. But here goes. Executive Summary FireMonkey ...
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For The Record
Let's Get Technical
– Records are data structures that hold one or more pieces of information. While records have been around since the earliest days of Pascal, they have taken on a much larger role in the most recent versions of Delphi. Today's records possess many features previously only found in ...
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Why we need interfaces in Delphi.
The Programming Works
– Objects are normally accessed by an object reference. Interface reference is a different method to access an object’s functionality. A simple question – why do we need interface references at all, why can’t we use object references everywhere? There are several reasons to use interface ...
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DataSnap Mobile Connectors in RAD Studio XE2
Daniele Teti's programming blog
– WARNING! I’ve been authorized by EMBARCADERO to write about RAD Studio XE2. RAD Studio XE2 is full of nice and exciting features. One of the most interesting IMHO is the DataSnap extension called “Mobile Connectors”. In the past, I’ve talked about connecting and using your ...
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A little bit about FireMonkey and Delphi XE2
Andreano Lanusse
– FireMonkey is going to be a whole new world of possibilities for Delphi and C++Builder developers. The platform itself is flexible, customizable and cross-platform, all components behave the same on Windows and Mac. In this post I will give you a general idea of some very powerful concepts related ...
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IDE Fix Pack 4.7 – Includes support for XE2 Update 4
Andy's Blog
– The new version of IDE Fix Pack 4.7 is now available. It not only adds support for XE2 Update 4 but also fixes some performance bottle necks in the the IDE. With the introduction of the FireMonkey framework in XE2, all DataModules got this new property “ClassGroup”. If it is set to ...
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GLScene source code used in FireMonkey?
DelphiTools
– Dan Bartlett spotted some GLScene source code in FireMonkey, see this thread in the Embarcadero forum for details, parts of the VectorGeometry.pas, Spline.pas and raycasting code have been identified. The code having been incorporated in closed-source code (KSDev’s, Delphi XE2) it hadn’t ...
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RAD Studio XE2 - VCL and FireMonkey (FMX) first glance comparison
Lars Fosdal
– Published with permission from Embarcadero.When you start out a new simplistic GUI project in VCL or FireMonkey (FMX) in XE2, you will notice a few differences from older Delphi versions. XE2 introduce consistent use of unit scope prefixes. The Windows related units are grouped under the Winapi ...
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A new book
Delphi Haven
– As many users of Delphi will know, the product’s official documentation is not exactly a classic of technical literature. While some parts are good, other parts and the overall structure are… not so good. Despite that, the market for Delphi books is hardly chockablock with entrants. The ...
