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I’m really enjoying RAD Studio 10.4.2, but my journey with it got off to a less than wholesome start. I’d installed from the .iso download and put just a basic Windows platform support in. Shortly… … Read more
4 years ago in CPlusPlus, Delphi, windows0
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Every few months or so someone sends me an email telling me they’ve speech-enabled their application with SAPI (the Microsoft Speech API) after having read my old coverage (specifically that for SAPI 5.1) from conferences in… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, windows0
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As I’ve made clear many times in conference talks I’m a big fan of FastMM4, the full version Delphi’s built-in memory manager (I haven’t yet tried out FastMM5, which is fully rewritten but now has… … Read more
4 years ago in CPlusPlus, Delphi, windows0
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WinRTThe WinRT (Windows Runtime) API was introduced with Windows 8, although it’s fair to say that most of us have tried our level best to forget that particular Windows release and pretend it never happened…. … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, windows0
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It seems funny to think Delphi is 25 years old, and yet sure enough the celebrations are ongoing for the 25th Anniversary of its unveiling on 14th February 1995.As it happens I’ve been part of… … Read more
5 years ago in android, Delphi, windows0
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A problem surfaced on Stack Overflow recently from a Delphi developer, Tom Byrnes, who discovered that on Android, the Enter (or Return) key no longer triggers the OnKeyDown and OnKeyUp events. This was unfortunate as… … Read more
5 years ago in android, CPlusPlus, Delphi0
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Some while back I posted a command script (or batch file as we used to call them) that could be used by RAD Studio 10.3 users if they felt the need to change any of… … Read more
5 years ago in android, CPlusPlus, Delphi0
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Some Delphi users building iOS applications have been thwarted by a…, well let’s be polite and call it a bit of an annoyance, when building their applications. What should just be an informational message about… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi, iphone0
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This year at CodeRage 2018 I presented a session on Creative Delphi Debugging Techniques.Other than my speaking volume being a bit quiet, it generated a number of very nice comments about the subjects covered so… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi0
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Sometimes when a new product is released there are a few ‘teething issues’. That certainly seems to be the case with RAD Studio 10.3 Rio. Both Delphi and C++Builder are hitting a few problems on… … Read more
6 years ago in CPlusPlus, Delphi0
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Just when I thought conference season was over, CodeRage 2018 came rapidly into view!I like CodeRage – there’s always a good range of session subjects to choose from, and alwyas a range of good speakers… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi0
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RAD Studio 10.3 Rio has just been released for General Availability, as you’ll have doubtless learned from the spree of blog posts on the subject. This is a great new release with a lot of… … Read more
6 years ago in android, CPlusPlus, Delphi0
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Exciting times – conference season is upon us again and I’m excited to be heading off to a couple of them to talk to Delphi developers around Europe about subjects I’m passionate about.First off, and… … Read more
6 years ago in Delphi0
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My CodeRage XII session on Directly Using the Android API has been aired on the Internet. If you saw it I hope it came across reasonably well (interruptions notwithstanding) and might prove useful to you… … Read more
7 years ago in CPlusPlus, Delphi0
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A whole 5 years ago (!) I did a session for CodeRage 7 on accessing the Android API. This was not long after RAD Studio XE5 introduced support for developing Android applications, and Delphi’s Android… … Read more
7 years ago in CPlusPlus, Delphi0
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