Larry Hengen
With Firebird 3.0X releases there is no longer a separate install for embedded deployments. In fact the guidance essentially is to use the ZIP package and customize it as desired. If you want a minimal… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi0
jpluimers
From an interesting thread at [WayBack] What’s the piece of Delphi knowledge you find yourself looking up over and over again? For me format strings is probably the thing that most stubbornly… – Lachlan Gemmell… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development0
Ian Barker
Earlier this week I presented a webinar with fellow Embarcadero MVP and TMS Evangelist Dr. Holger Flick about the superb TMS Web Core product. You can view the official replay here: TMS Web Core allows… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, TMS Web Core, Uncategorized, Web Core0
FPiette
In this blog post, I will show you how easy it is the have a Direct2D canvas for your Delphi form.What is a canvas? In Delphi VCL technology, a canvas is an abstraction encapsulating Windows API… … Read more
4 years ago in API, Delphi, Direct2D, programming, RAD Studio, vcl, windows0
zarkogajic
Windows messages are a key ingredient in communication between Windows and (your) application and also in communication between (two) applications. Even without your knowledge Windows messages are being posted and handled by forms in your… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, twincontrol, windows, windows api, windows messages0
Holger Flick
I noticed that the well-known, traditional Delphi page Torry.net published a book review of Hands-on with Delphi I on its pages. Torry has been a part of the Delphi community since the very early days… … Read more
4 years ago in book, Delphi, English, Hands-on, MVP, Review0
jpluimers
If you ever get a “Fatal: F1027 Unit not found: ‘System.pas’ or binary equivalents (.dcu)” – Google Search, then it is likely because you: build from a script build use a user that has never ran… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development0
jpluimers
In addition to Shared/IShared, there is also Weak/IWeakReference in Spring.pas; these blog post explain more about them: Shared/IShared (search for {$REGION ‘Shared smart pointer’} at the current repository): [WayBack] Delphi sorcery: Smart pointers in Delphi Weak/IWeakReference (search for… … Read more
4 years ago in Conference Topics, Conferences, Delphi, Development, Event, Software Development0
GunSmoker
Do you know what the different colors in the callstack mean? These colors help you to understand how call stack was build: Red means crash or leak location. This is the exception’s address. Each bug… … Read more
4 years ago in bug reports, Delphi, EL 7.x, feature, how it works, technical, tips0
dummzeuch
Recent versions of Delphi (for a suitable definition of “recent”) come with a TZipFile class implemented in the unit System.Zip. This class has the really neat feature that it can not only read the contents… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi0
jpluimers
A few posts on why not to use the TPL and be very careful with regular RTL threading code: [WayBack] Ondrej Kelle – Google+ [WayBack] Delphi To Go: Don’t lose time with a known Delphi… … Read more
4 years ago in Delphi, Development, Software Development0