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VOTEHigh-Precision Floating-Point Types for Delphi
Erik van Bilsen
If Single and Double precision floating-point types don’t cut it for you, then the Neslib.MultiPrecision library may be just the thing. It provides up to 4 times the precision, while still being pretty fast compared… – Details…
2 weeks ago in Libraries, Optimization, Uncategorized
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When you have friends
Ian Barker
I know a fair few people in the Delphi world and I’m fortunate to call several of them my friends. It’s nice to hang out online with fellow like-minded developers and it’s doubly-handy since we… – Details…
2 weeks ago in Uncategorized
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Join TCoffeeAndCode For Developer Chats
Ian Barker
Have you watched any of the TCofeeAndCode series yet? They are informal discussions ranging from 30 minute lunch-time “espresso sized” ones to two hour (or more) full discussions. Being the media darling that I am… – Details…
4 weeks ago in Delphi, Embarcadero, live webinar, tcoffeeandcode, Uncategorized, webinars
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FExplorer: legal invoice integrations for Microsoft Windows Explorer
Andrea Magni
Since legal invoicing became mandatory for every company in Italy (2019) many Italian people had to start handling XML files containing invoice data. Many viewers are already available to browse invoice files yet still the… – Details…
1 month ago in Delphi, Embarcadero, English, events, Uncategorized
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FExplorer: fattura elettronica integrata con Windows Explorer [ITA]
Andrea Magni
Dall’introduzione dell’obbligo di fatturazione elettronica, introdotto per tutti in Italia dal 2019, molti di noi, a vario titolo, si sono trovati a dover maneggiare file XML delle fatture, attive o passive. Nonostante siano molti i… – Details…
1 month ago in Delphi, Embarcadero, Eventi, Italian, Uncategorized
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TCoffeeAndCode full panel with some great guests
Ian Barker
After yesterday’s post with the replay of the “espresso-sized” UK TCoffeeAndCode panel I was on – here’s a link to the bigger, fuller, calorie-laden USA TCoffeeAndCode panel. This was a great panel to be on… – Details…
1 month ago in Delphi, replay, tcoffeeandcode, Uncategorized, Webinar
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Decrease Your Build Time
Erik van Bilsen
Delphi is known for its fast build speeds, at least for Win32 apps. But when you compile your same FireMonkey app for other platforms, the build time increases dramatically and can be up to 15… – Details…
1 month ago in Optimization, Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized
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“Espresso sized” user interface design replay
Ian Barker
I’ve been invited just recently to appear on a few webinars to regale people with thoughts about user interface design. As Stephen Ball said during his introduction of me, I’m a bit of a user… – Details…
1 month ago in Delphi, stephen ball, UI, Uncategorized, User Interface
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New feature in MARS: shorten your URLs!
Andrea Magni
I’ve just pushed a few commits to MARS (https://github.com/andrea-magni/MARS) repository and there is a new feature in the library now. Nowadays, for a number of different reasons, you may find yourself trying to keep your… – Details…
2 months ago in Delphi, English, mars-curiosity, Uncategorized
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Delphi Live Italia 2021: #1
Andrea Magni
The Delphi Live Italia initiative is back! New events of the serie will be held starting today, February 22nd, h.16:00 CET. History The events started during the first COVID-19 lockdown, in 2020. We (me, Carlo… – Details…
3 months ago in Delphi, Embarcadero, Eventi, events, Italian, Uncategorized
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Deployment Manager now Open Source
Erik van Bilsen
The Grijjy Deployment Manager (DeployMan) is a tool to simplify the deployment of files and folders for iOS and Android apps written in Delphi. It is especially useful if you need to deploy a lot… – Details…
3 months ago in Delphi, deployment, Uncategorized
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Where NOT to put your Delphi components
Ian Barker
This is just a bit of an observation of things I’ve noticed in the past month or so. As an MVP I often have several copies of Delphi, both release and beta, installed on multiple… – Details…
3 months ago in Uncategorized
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How to write Delphi apps to run and look great on Windows, macOS and Linux
Ian Barker
Last Wednesday I presented an Embarcadero webinar “Cross Platform to Windows, macOS and Linux with Firepower”. Participating in the live Q & A after the demo was Roy Woll of Woll2Woll Software. I think we… – Details…
4 months ago in cross-platform, Delphi, linux, macos, Uncategorized, webinars, windows
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MARS 1000th commit: added support to Indy standalone SSL
Andrea Magni
One of MARS users (Kostas, thank you for the constant feedback on MARS) asked how to enable SSL through Indy built-in server (link). I personally tend to setup a reverse proxy (using Apache, nginx or… – Details…
4 months ago in Delphi, Embarcadero, mars-curiosity, Uncategorized
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Introduction to Shader Programming
Erik van Bilsen
In this post, I will show you how to take full advantage of the GPU by creating custom shaders. Shaders are used in two places in the FireMonkey framework: for creating materials that you can… – Details…
4 months ago in Delphi, FireMonkey, GPU, Shaders, Uncategorized
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