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Hi there. I need simple example, how only to SEND email from my app, perhaps, also with Attachment. Delphi Xe 7. Thnx

Hello guys, Is there any name convention to naming class var variables? Or should I follow the normal convention of starting class fields with "F"? Thanks :D

Any one has a idea why rename isn't always available in the project manager Did try , synchronize with editor, save , save-all , commit to repo , unit opened , unit closed etc.. Sometimes I have to close the project and re-open it, sometimes I have to restart the entire IDE. #10Seattle

Hey, guys! I was looking for firedac reflection api example and so I've found a trouble: how to control updates comming from client way? How to generate a non autoinc field value and set it to insert record update? I'm receiving from client a TFDMemTable delta's and applying updates with a single TFDQuery in server side. Anyone has a suggest?

Dear Developers, I'm pleased to announce the new main version of X-DBGrid Component 6.2 and X-Files Components 6.2!   What's new in version 6.2 ?   =======================   - TXDBGrid component was extended by integrated universal search panel!!!   - New TXDBGridSearchPanel class to manage of searching text by the user   - New methods in TXDBGrid: ShowSearchPanel, CloseSearchPanel, UpdateSearchPanel   - New properties in TXDBGrid: SearchPanelVisible, SearchPanelHeight   - New shortcuts in TXDBGrid: Ctrl+F, F3, Shift+F3, Ctrl+F3, Alt+F3   - New TXDBGridSearch class and new Search property in TXDBGrid component   - New properties in TXDBGridSearch class: Active, Color, Options, Text, Visible   - New methods in TXDBGridSearch class: DefaultColor, SwitchOptions   - New options: soCaseSensitive, soWholeWords, soWrapAround, soSkipMessage   - New search methods: SearchCell(Mode, Text, Options), SearchGrid(Mode)   - New search modes: smFirst, smNext, smPrev, smLast   - New kind of TXL...

Dear Developers, I'm pleased to announce the new version of X-DBData Components 1.6!    What's new in X-DBData Components 1.6 ?    ===================================   - New TXDBFieldList class replaces (too slow) TFieldList class (RAD >= 2009)   - New TXDBDataSet.InternalDataProvider property of type Boolean   - Bug fixed: TXDBData.AddAllFields did not use DefaultWidth property   - Bug fixed: TXDBData.ClearIndexFields after Destroy caused an error   - Bug fixed: TXDBData.FieldListChanged does not included child fields   - Bug fixed: Exception "Icon image is not valid" for empty TIcon graphic   - New X-DBData Demo 10 - Run-time using examples   - New X-DBData Demo 11 - LocalSQL using examples (RAD >= XE5)    What's new in X-DBData Components 1.5 ?    ===================================   - New packages for Delphi/C++Builder 10 Seattle Win32/Win64!!!   - Support for sorting in TXDBCustomData class and each descendant!!!   - New published property in TXDBData...

Does anyone has a sample how to register a Spy for Dsharps IWindowManager . So my tests can spy on it.

Has anyone used a graph database with Delphi? (A graph database is a type of DB that represents nodes and connections, rather than a normal relational database.) I'm looking at Neo4J, which has language bindings for many languages but not Delphi. If there is another graph database out there that does have Delphi support - and Google isn't showing anything - what is it? If not, where would you begin in order to write a Delphi driver - somewhere in FireDAC? I'm not overly familiar with Delphi's database support in the first place, and writing a database driver is diving into the deep end, I think. http://neo4j.com/developer/language-guides/ http://neo4j.com/developer/language-guides

Has anyone encountered such issue with Android ? DBNavigator glyphs aren't paint an Android 4.03. Any clue ? https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-10594 https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-10594

Hi developers! We've just released a new #10Seattle tool called Remode. We would like to have feedbacks from very skilled people like you :-) Remode allows you to have a full remote control of your PC and/or Mac. When Remode Manager is up and running on your PC or Mac, you can use a simple browser or our Android App (Ios work in progress) to give commands. Android App can work in both Bluetooth and HTTP modes. Your opinion and suggestions will be highly appreciated. Top features: - Simple QR code based setup - PowerPoint & KeyNote full control - Media player full control - Create a manage playlists - File share workspaces directly from your PC or Mac accessible via web - Remote Keyboard & Mouse (only Android) - Barcode and QR code wireless reader (only Android) - Speech-to-text (only Android) - File share workspaces Remode Manager for Windows: http://synalogin.synaptica.info/DownloadApp?appId=8&uuid=80d2959b-35be-4515-9366-1fcd2d7e973f Remode Manager for MAC: http://syn...

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I'm a bit confused about iOS 64bits it seems that iOS 64bits application should run on 32bits as well as 64bits phones, because the application provide both binaries...and 64bits version is now mandatory for Apple Store https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=04082015a so why is there two target for iOS ? And why can't I run the 64bits version on a 32bits iPhone 4 ?! And why does the iOS options crash the French IDE !!! https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-12975 https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=04082015a

Delphinus issue. I have Delphinus installed and have the OpenSSL files on my environment path, but when I click refresh nothing is displayed on the available tab. It was fine a month or two back. Any ideas?

What the hell is this? I was working on #D10Seattle  and I got this popup message. Is it possibile to focus on bug fixing please?

Hello, Question about Splash Screens on Android. On a Galaxy S5 (1080 x 1920) the splashscreen is the 470x320 picture (why ?)...but the image is truncated, how is it possible ? I've tried to use 9patch image, the top and bottom is no more black, but the image still truncated The picture is the screenshot of the phone with the original picture over (the 470x320 text was on the phone, that's how I know wich picture is used) Apparently the image is displayed at 300% of the original.

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Originally shared by Boian Mitov #Delphi #10Seattle

For all of you having troubles with manifest files, here's a link to MSDN. Hope you find a solution and some peace of mind. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa374191%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

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I do not get it Delphi 7 window 7 and ini file. If i exe my program outside Program Files (x86) the program reads the ini OK. If i exe my program with Delphi 7 IDE (the file is at Program Files (x86) ) ini is OK If i exe my program as usual (the file is at Program Files (x86) ) ini is not OK as it is EMPTY. I thought administrator rights so i added manifest for that and checked that the program has administrator right with procedure isAdmin; it is ok program has admin rights. Now what buffed me is that if i run the program with "Run as administrator" (the file is at Program Files (x86) the ini file is loaded OK. I tried with TMemIniFile also. Ini is where the exe is

Hello guys, Is the ERTTI a good fit for marshalling/unmarshalling serialized types from JSON or XML? Using attributes to control serialization properties, this causes applications to become too fat or ERTTI is a bit slow for that? I have no experience in this way :( Thanks :D

Hello all, Here is my Delphi Implementation of a BigNumber Library based on ClojureCLR. Integer and Floating Points Computations are supported. Been working on it for sometime and just decided to make it public. Mobile and Desktop Compilers are supported. This library requires at least XE3 to compile. https://github.com/Xor-el/DelphiBigNumberXLib

Survey: What type of Delphi shop are you in terms of employees? If you are and edge case please choose the lower choice.

Is it somehow possible to assign an static array to an dynamic array, without copying the whole values? I just want to use the address of the static array to get it's value from some other routines. For performance reasons. fStringArray: array of string; ... const STATIC_ARRAY: array[0..1] of string = ('s1', 's2'); .... procedure MyClass.SetArray(aStringArray: array of string); begin   fStringArray := aStringArray;  //Error: Incomatiple types end; ... SetArray(STATIC_ARRAY);

Do you use JCL / JVCL classes and / or components? If so, which of them do you use most often?

what is the world coming to

Looks like beginend.net site is offline ! http://beginend.net

I found some time and dig in my photos. And just changed my profile photo and now I find difficult to locate where my posts are. Maybe I just need to get used to. What do you think? It's better a profile photo or a generic one like before?

Hello! Here I am trying to stretch DUnitX to do things that are both weird and wonderful :) Sooo... this might actually be me not understanding how to use it properly, so feel free to point out I am a knob if it were so :) What I am trying to do Compare an interface property to Nil. If it is, all is good. The code I am using const ExpectedRootFolderResult : IsmxFolder = nil; // later on in the method Assert.AreEqual (RootFolder.RootFolder,ExpectedRootFolderResult ); Is this a bug or me being a knob? [UPDATE] Maybe, if I also put what I am getting that'd be easier to help with :D I am getting an Access Violation. A

Originally shared by David Berneda TeeBI Beta 5 released, including full source code ! Download and release notes: http://www.steebi.com/2015/11/27/new-teebi-update-available-beta-5/ http://www.steebi.com/2015/11/27/new-teebi-update-available-beta-5/

About some issues in the latest FMX :) Sorry. http://sourceoddity.com/blog/2015/11/fixinsight-vs-fmx-in-delphi-10-seattle/

#10Seattle #LiveBindings #VCL It seems we should give LiveBindings a second chance :o) https://delphiaball.co.uk/2015/11/26/livebindings-in-vcl-part-5-advanced-master-detail-objects

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Hello guys, Use or not use GUIDs with generic interfaces? Once I have chosen for not use it, what penalties I would have? :D

Please confirm following issue and vote: https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-13023

Hello guys, I would love to see Profile Tools coupled to RAD Studio in a future release for desktop and mobile platforms :D, tracking memory allocations, memory snapshots, memory and resource leaks, the time spent by each method, and some others nice tools for profiling :D It is not a raging question, just a desire.

function Truth:Boolean; begin   Result := Truth; end; Originally shared by Microsoft Developer Well that sounds simple enough.

Does anybody know if, in Delphi Seattle, by pressing Ctrl+Space you can get interface methods for generic interfaces ? That does not seem to be supported... A

https://sergworks.wordpress.com/2015/11/24/any-crc-algorithm/ Now TCRC class is documented. If you have installation problems on "latest and greatest" (actually on any version above Delphi XE) please let me know.  https://sergworks.wordpress.com/2015/11/24/any-crc-algorithm

Does anybody know whether RemObjects's SDKs are supported on Lazarus? A

In defense of declaring variables at the top Reasons I like it: 1) It obliges you to reason beforehand about what goes in the algorithm 2) If you have to add a new variable, everything is there for you to read 3) Minimizes mistakes A

Okay, I start with this: procedure PrintSquares1(aInteger: integer); var i: Integer; begin for i := 1 to aInteger do begin WriteLn(i, ' - ', i * i); end; end; Then I go to this: procedure PrintSquares2(aInteger: integer); begin if aInteger > 0 then begin PrintSquares1(aInteger - 1); WriteLn(aInteger, ' - ', ainteger * aInteger); end; end; And finally this (using Spring4D Collections): procedure PrintSquares3(aLength: integer); var List: IList ; i: integer; begin List := TCollections.CreateList ; for i := 1 to aLength do begin List.Add(i); end; List.ForEach(procedure(const aInt: integer) begin WriteLn(aInt, ' - ', aInt * aInt) end); end; But I feel like there should be a better way to fill that collection. Thoughts?

Strings with a reference count > 1 are immutable

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Lately (since update #1 for Seattle?) I have seen more and more stacktraces (within the IDE) with something like the following at the top: Unknown function at __dbk_fcall_wrapper I know that function is in SysInit.pas and I know there are changes around it between Seattle and Seattle UP#1. But what does it do, what is it used for, why is it there? I am guessing that this is outside the realm of most developers but maybe Marco Cantù or Allen Bauer might be about to provide some information (sorry guys for naming you directly but I would like understanding on this)

What are your favourite features of Object Pascal (I mean Delphi, no FPC, no SmartPascal, Oxygene or others) and what do you miss the most that you might know from other languages? Please only pure language features , no IDE things or "I can put stuff together very fast using RAD" (which can be great, no doubt). Looking for a constructive conversation. Flames will be removed by me. :)

I repost this since comments were disabled on the previous post. I'm no more able to debug my Android application starting XE8 and up. I'm using an Honeywell Black 70e device... Nothing fancy... An industrial barcode scanner running Android 4.03. My problem is that debugger is useless. I'm getting segmentation fault (4) when stopping at breakpoints or segmentation fault (11) and eaccessviolations... This is really frustrating. Has anyone a solution for this ? I'm currently running Seattle 10 Update 1 with Java jdk1.8.0_66 64bits + android SDK 24.3.3 32bits. Here is some system information (created with System info Honeywell tool): SYSTEM DATE/TIME ------------------------- DATE/TIME: 24 nov. 2015 11:51:04 SYSTEM INFO ------------------------- PRODUCT: dblack BRAND: Honeywell MODEL: Dolphin 70e Black TYPE: user CPU_ABI: armeabi-v7a INCREMENTAL: 41.14 SERVICE_PACK: No Service Pack RELEASE: 4.0.3 Memory Total: 510541824 Memory Free: 114507776 Memory Cached: 187707392 Memo...

Hello! For the first time in 25 years of programming, I need a protected or private static property and I do not think that Delphi has the kind of mechanism I am looking for built in. Scenario: I have a configuration class that is created on the fly because it's useless to have it hang around. The problem is that I need an array where to store some of its data permanently, even when the object has been destroyed, because it will hold interfaces that are relatively expensive to create and that do not change much. Solutions so far: The first thing I thought of is to make a private array in the implementation and go with that. It is kind of OK, except that I really don't like leaks and this would be a flood :) The second thing I thought of is a class constant, but that is even worse, because even if I declare it in the "private" section, it is still accessible by external code due to its "class" status. Sigh. So far, the only solution that kind-of works is the ...

With or without theme related to  https://plus.google.com/+PaulTOTH/posts/MtpV9CvFoo2

Is that a Windows bug ? "Week 1 is defined as the first week that contains at least four days." https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb760919(v=vs.85).aspx

I prefer Delphi IDE with darkula style. Unfortunately delphi doesn't have one out of box. I use delphi IDE colorizer, which is nice. It works fine with VCL, but on FMX projects it always displays Form Designer background as white. Apparently it is hardcoded as white. Anyone knows how to hack the ide to change the color of FMX form designer background??? Another problem for people who like darkness, is that not all windows are supported by IDE Colorizer - audits, metrics, to-do items, clipboard history are still displayed white. Third party windows - Parnassus bookmarks - white, Parnassus navigator is not even usable with dark style - nothing is visible. GExperts, CnPack, MMX - all dispalyed white. I can see from Nick Hodges videos that he prefers dark style, and Marco seems like default one. So Marco, could you look into implementing proper dark theme for the IDE, as approximately half of the developers like it.

Wouldn't it be great if the "Check for Updates" shortcut would work after seeing the announcements of new updates being available? I'm always skeptical if I should install those updates while the Check for Update feature doesn't offer to update.

Wouldn't it be great if the "Check for Updates" shortcut would work after seeing the announcements of new updates being available? I'm always skeptical if I should install those updates while the Check for Update feature doesn't offer to update.

Spring4D - named registrations do not call constructor?  I have an ICommandHandler interface, with multiple implementations and I'm registering then with the container using names :  container.RegisterType ('command.help');  container.RegisterType ('command.another'); I'm calling contaner.Resolve (commandName) in my factory class, and this does return the correct instance, but never calls the constructor exposed on the class (each one has a different constructor). Should this work or am I missing something?  Stefan Glienke

String instances vs. string variables.

Why cannot I login to https://quality.embarcadero.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa when it works fine on http://members.embarcadero.com/Default.aspx ? Is there any secret requirements. The error message is " Sorry, an error occurred trying to log you in - please try again." I think it is also strange that the new site don't have any button to register.  https://quality.embarcadero.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa

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So my brain is drawing a blank here for some reason... why doesn't the following compile? type   TProc = reference to procedure;   IWidget = interface     procedure Explode;   end;   TWidget = class(TInterfacedObject, IWidget)     procedure Explode;   end; { TWidget } procedure TWidget.Explode; begin   WriteLn('Boom'); end; var   w: IWidget;   p: TProc; begin   w := TWidget.Create;   p := w.Explode;  // E2010 Incompatible types: 'TProc' and 'procedure, untyped pointer or untyped parameter'   p(); end. If I change the type of w to be TWidget, ie a regular object instance, it works as expected. What makes interfaces special in this case? Using D10 Update 1 if it makes a difference.

Is there a way to produce a pdf directly on android platform from frx (fastreport 5 format) ?

How would you finish the sentence: "I am a "

I thought that, perhaps, you might want to do another update :) I have added a little, handy tool :)

So, When I have in one JSon String " character, i'm getting acces violation, and i tested, it happends when some string contain ' or " . Line that fires exception is LMyArrays := LJsonObj.Get('myArrays').JsonValue as TJSONArray; and i'm parsing string with LJsonObj := TJSONObject.ParseJSONValue(TEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(LJSonString), 0) as TJSONObject;

So, When I have in one JSon String " character, i'm getting acces violation, and i tested, it happends when some string contain ' or " . Line that fires exception is LMyArrays := LJsonObj.Get('myArrays').JsonValue as TJSONArray; and i'm parsing string with LJsonObj := TJSONObject.ParseJSONValue(TEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(LJSonString), 0) as TJSONObject;

Abuse of WM_WININICHANGE? I'm using Delphi action toolbars (like Delphi IDE does) and it is already for quite some time that I noticed continues refresh/redesign on IDE menu/toolbars (or on my software menu/toolbars). I took some time to investigate and I discoverd that sysop/other applications fires often the WM_WININICHANGE message and it is broadcasted to all open windows. Delphi action toolbars react to that message redesigning themselvs. If this message is managed when I'm selecting a menu item I get AVs. I don'tn know if it is the best way to do it but I solved this annoying refresh, setting the Application.UpdateFormatSettings and Application.UpdateMetricSettings variables to false.  Just for fun if you want to simulate the case open internet explorer settings and clear the cronology/cache/..: while you are doing that take a look at Delphi IDE toolbars...

Ouch ! (Seattle 10.0) ... when I hit the "Close program" button, Delphi dies in terrible pain saying "Exception: EConvertError in rtl230.bpl at 0011F067, no argument for format ' docwiki.embarcedro.com/RADtud .' and 'Exception: EOSError in rtl230.bok at 0004DC21, System code 5- Access denied'

Ouch ! (Seattle 10.0) ... when I hit the "Close program" button, Delphi dies in terrible pain saying "Exception: EConvertError in rtl230.bpl at 0011F067, no argument for format ' docwiki.embarcedro.com/RADtud .' and 'Exception: EOSError in rtl230.bok at 0004DC21, System code 5- Access denied'

Some MacOS frameworks are 64Bit only. When will compiler ready? Feel free to vote for RSP-12993. https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-12993

After updating to DX10 Update 1 I now get an error when trying to run my FMX application on OSX (10.10.1 Yosemite). The application appears in the Mac's taskbar then I get "Runtime error 230 at 00016C32" in the PAServer console window and the application closes. It compiles and runs with Win32 and Win64 without a single hint or warning. If I try to debug the application on OSX the Delphi debugger never even hits the first breakpoint. If I comment out all the files in the uses clause of the project file the application runs so I assume one of the files has an intiialization section that is causing issues, but I have a lot of files and it's not feasible to remove them all one by one to find the culprit. Anybody having a similar problem? Is there any way to get more information about the error from PAServer or OSX?

Hello! I am working on another library that should go into ARLibs. This is something a tad more complex, i.e. an abstraction layer for document editing controls (such as TMemo or TRichEdit, or an image editing control, whatever). There are several interfaces that really need to be part of the document host, i.e. the panel which will contain the actual editing control. So... I was thinking to do something like this: 1) Declare a base class implementing the interface I need 2) Declare, inside the document host, several protected classes inherited from the former which will form the base for all the various bits and pieces (selection, caret, the document subject to which implement observers, etc.). Now, the thing is: I am wondering whether this will clutter the unit and make it difficult to read. Please note that the concept works as I've already tried it in a quick test, so it's all a matter of how to do this in the best possible way :) Maybe I need a few, always general, descend...

Does anyone know, how do create a GUID in Delphi XE, when the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+G is not working? I use the Visual Studio keymapping and have CnPack installed.

Spring4D Noobie - if I have an interface IArchive, and 2 implementations, TFileArchive and TFolderArchive, which each take a file/folder name string in the constructor, how can I create a factory that will instantiate the correct class based on the file/folder name? ie, if the string is a filename, create the file archive, if it's a folder, create the folder archive?  I created an Archive factory class that takes in the container and has a CreateArchive method that takes the file/folder name, but still don't know how to resolve the correct implementation and pass the file/folder name parameter.. I don't want to set a property because it's meant to be read only. Stefan Glienke  P.S Wish G+ had a wiki markup format for showing code!

Just a little taste of some of the things I'll be posting about...

Is it possible to install and use Delphi #10Seattle and Delphi XE side by side on Windows 10?

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How much would you pay a month if you could one click deploy your Delphi VCL/FMX apps to a cloud server and access them in any HTML5 browser?  Seems like this would be a viable cloud service for Embarcadero (or another third party) to deploy via Thinfinity (  http://www.cybelesoft.com/thinfinity/virtualui/ ). They could either partner or buy Thinfinity and either partner with a cloud host like Rackspace/ServerIntellect/Azure or run their own servers. A simple Delphi IDE plugin could auto-upload the EXE to your server after the compile. Microsoft has a similar service called Azure RemoteApp but it doesn't appear to be accessible in the browser and it isn't one click deploy.

Anyone else experiencing a slowness in #Seattle  Update 1 when closing a unit or the whole project? Something similar happens when you rename units in the project manager. Closing the Welcome page seems to cure it. In addition I have an incredibly long pause when starting Delphi. The splash screen says "all designtime packages loaded" and IDEFixPack is on 100%. CPU load for bds.exe is 0%. Up to now I wasn't able to get rid of this.

Anyone else experiencing a slowness in #Seattle  Update 1 when closing a unit or the whole project? Something similar happens when you rename units in the project manager. Closing the Welcome page seems to cure it. In addition I have an incredibly long pause when starting Delphi. The splash screen says "all designtime packages loaded" and IDEFixPack is on 100%. CPU load for bds.exe is 0%. Up to now I wasn't able to get rid of this.

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RFC: VCL dropdown with checkboxes? What is your favorite way of doing a dropdown with multiple checkboxes (3-15 items)? Must be able to check/uncheck multiple items without closing/reopening.  Custom text when closed up would be nice too. Off-the shelf component suggestions also welcome.

Can anyone recommend me an advanced Delphi book?

Hello, Why does this code on an empty FMX3D form draw a red rectangle on Windowd, OSX and iOS Simulator but nothing on Android ? (don't have an iPhone). In fact it's seems that the rectangle is displayed quickly and the erased ... by what ? procedure TForm1.Form3DRender(Sender: TObject; Context: TContext3D); type   TVertex = record     x,  y,  z: Single;   end; var   Vertices          : TArray ;   Indices           : TArray ;   VertexDeclaration : TVertexDeclaration;   VertexSize        : Integer;   VertexCount       : Integer;   IndexSize         : Integer;   IndexCount        : Integer;   Material          : TMaterial;   Opacity           : Single; begin   SetLength(Vertices, 4);   Vertices[0].x := Width / 2 - 100;   Vertices[0].y := Height/ 2 - 100;   Vertices[0].z :=    0;   Vertices[1].x := Width / 2 + 100;   Vertices[1].y := Height/ 2 - 100;   Vertices[1].z :=    0;   Vertices[2].x := Width / 2 + 100;   Vertices[2].y := Height/ 2 + 100;   Vertices[2].z :=    0;   Vertices...

AR Libs released on GitHub Hello! I am proud to announce that a bit of my fiddling around has finally found its way on GitHub. https://github.com/DeerBear/ARLibs Please feel free to play with it and tell me what you think. NOTE : I am totally new to the GitHub desktop client and I can't see the code in my browser - please let me know if you don't see anything. https://github.com/DeerBear/ARLibs

Hello guys, In the next major release, you could remove the System.IEnumerable inheritance from the non-generic version System.IEnumerable? Without a rooted type system is a bit embarassing implement it. IEnumerable parameters are accepted in many places on RTL but it is not used by System.Generics.Collections where it would be hacky to use without any sort of disable warnings :( :D

A little information on the plans for this space.

So next year it'll be a decade since Windows Vista was released. To celebrate, how about Windows.pas was brought up to Vista-level?

Originally shared by Allen Bauer FYI.

Starting with Delphi 2005 the IDE provides an API for plugins to add an entry to its about dialog. It’s pretty simple to use and many plugins and components use it nowadays. But there is one thing that in my opinion most of them get wrong.  http://blog.dummzeuch.de/2015/11/22/adding-an-entry-to-the-delphi-ides-about-dialog/

Saw this on one of the Facebook groups, posted by Jens Fudge - a blog post about teaching Delphi in Denmark, and what's really cool is a presentation he did at a company there about cross-platform development. Nice to see people considering Delphi for this and apparently finding that it provides a good solution and/or a better solution than the alternatives. http://delphi.exotech.dk/#post36 http://delphi.exotech.dk/#post36

I have been playing with AboutBoxServices.AddPluginInfo and added an entry for GExperts to the Delphi IDE About dialog. One onnoying thing remains though. As you can see in the first picture, Delphi prefixes the version number with the string  "Product Licence Status:". It does the same for the JVCL, but not for the "Delphi Praxis Help Booster", as you can see on the second picture. Any idea why that is so? I'm using the following code: if Supports(BorlandIDEServices, IOTAAboutBoxServices,     AboutBoxServices) then begin   bmSplashScreen := LoadBitmap(HInstance, 'SplashScreenBitMap');   Result := AboutBoxServices.AddPluginInfo(         'GExperts',         'GExperts is [...]'#13#10         + '(c) by Erik Berry and the GExperts Team'#13#10         + ' http://www.gexperts.org ',         bmSplashScreen,         False,         GetVersionStr); end;

Better release names for Delphi (a blessing for a healthy brain) Delphi 2015.03 (Mar release) Delphi 2015.05 (May update) Delphi 2015.08 (Aug release) Delphi 2015.11 (Nov update) Delphi 2016.03 (Mar release) Delphi 2016.05 (May update) Delphi 2016.08 (Aug release) Delphi 2016.11 (Nov update)

If I have a Delphi DLL which uses units that have an initialization section, under which circumstances does initialization get call and when? Any pointers to this information this would be appreciated.

Hello Idera/Emba, many costumers are afraid about its Delphi plans for future and they are prematurely leaving Delphi :( It is very sad. They need to be sure that Delphi won't die, on the contrary, it will live and grow :D o/

Hello guys, It seems #10seattle Update 1 is generating smaller binary code (.so file) for Android applications. 81.899 KB - 10 Seattle 37.146 KB - 10 Seattle Update 1 I can be wrong but I realized it is occuring :D

Experimental GExperts Version 1.38 2015-10-21 released Again, there is nothing new about the formatter code. But there is a new option to improve the IDE search path dialogs. What it does is replace the list box in the search path dialog with a memo, so editing that path is much easier (in my opinion) than before. http://blog.dummzeuch.de/2015/11/21/experimental-gexperts-version-1-38-2015-10-21-released/

Microsoft has open-sourced VS Code . https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode

Hello, I develop an Android app, but I need to reduce size!!! The APK have 14mb, but installer had 53 MB. I have an app on Eclipse too and the apk have 3 mb and installed have 5 mb so... What can I do with apk in Delphi? Any Idea? thanks. PD: sorry for my bad English...

Hi, How to merge OpenGL ES API function into FireMonkey TForm3D and make OpenGL draw picture on TForm3D ? In windows with VCL, we can get DC and set DC to OpenGL. With FireMonkey, TForm3D has it's own context, OpenGL function glClearColor and glClear can set screen color, but draw some triangles and call eglSwapBuffers, there is no any effect.

http://blog.synopse.info/post/2015/11/21/Try-to-avoid-RTTI-%28ab%29use

What do you think of this?

A splitter inside a Panel, good idea isn't it ? http://lookinside.free.fr/delphi.php?TSplitPanel+pour+Seattle

I'm using DCPcrypt with Delphi XE for cryptography and loking for alternatives. LockBox seems to be a good one. I will be upgrading to Seattle and like to hear what library you are using.

Anyone finding the new G+ format difficult to read? The rotating comments on posts are distracting, and the now small counters for +1 and Shares do not stand out. I really dislike how so many desktop applications and platforms are clearly moving towards mobile. It oversimplifies desktop interfaces, making them "fat" and clumsy, IMO.

This took all day but I have figured out a workaround for the broken DPI handling of forms not directly descended from TForm in Seattle Update 1. Submitted the report here: https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-12971 Now I realize that the "documentation" says PixelsPerInch is supposed to be the design PPI and not the runtime, but that is just stupid and useless. Also, the PixelsPerInch property changes to the monitor DPI if the form is moved to a new DPI monitor, which leads me to believe that NOBODY IS TESTING THIS STUFF.  They should not be making changes like this without thorough testing. Anyway, my workarounds are just a few lines of code in ReadState and Loaded overrides, and restores the behavior from Delphi Seattle, which both made sense and WORKED. Full project is attached to the report.

Very interesting. My custom TForm descendant (from which all of my forms derive) no longer gets the correct PixelsPerInch assigned during creation in Seattle Update 1. I don't override this property or change it, so something significant has changed in the VCL. I don't mind debugging but this is not what I was hoping to work on today. :-(

Hello guys, Changing the NDKr9c to the x64 version got better build-time for me, has anyone tried the same? :D

Update 1 is giving me an issue, after some run / debug sessions the ide its noticeable slower and "out of resources" crash. I'm the only one?

dzMdbViewer is a small tool I wrote, when I was stuck without a MS Access installation but needed to have a look into a .MDB file. http://blog.dummzeuch.de/2015/11/20/dzmdbviewer-1-0-1-released/

More for the C++ developers, but still relevant: When installing RAD Studio #10Seattle Update 1, make sure you don't accidentally uninstall the Windows SDK at the end. When it is executed, if you already installed it, the only option will be remove. And it does remove a few extra files than it should, so it will mess up with the C++ installation

They changed the splash screen in update 1 to blue? (Used to be orange). Or were there some configurations that were blue before?

Some component developers here that might know the answer? http://stackoverflow.com/q/33823898/587106

After installing Seattle Update #1, I found some components installed that shouldn't be... https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-12957 Please vote for it to improve the installer... https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-12957

Firstly can I just state for the record I am not a bad coder, but a "manager" has forced me to change a load of my code, which involved the class model underneath at the 11th hour and now I have a shed load of memory leaks. The ReportMemoryLeaksOnShutdown := True; just won't cut it in this cicumstance, as I have medium to large blocks and it does not specify where or what ( see image ). Back in the Delphi 5 days I used to use MemSleuth and this tool was superb. Does anyone know of a tool like that that exist for Delphi 10 ( or even XE7, as I can go backwards on this project ) Thanks

Digitale Helfer beim Autoverkauf - von Swiss IT Magazine Artikel wie die Idee hinter der SmartCarSale MoreInfo App entstanden ist. http://www.itmagazine.ch/Artikel/60955/Digitale_Helfer_beim_Autoverkauf.html Mehr Informationen unter: http://ke4it.ch/loesungen.html

ISO update are now available - http://cc.embarcadero.com/Item/30445 Apologies if this has been posted before (missed it) but I know there are people who don't 'Web Install' :-) http://cc.embarcadero.com/Item/30445

On the occasion of my birthday I'm pleased to announce a 30% discount to the HTML Component Library,  HTML Report Library and HTML Editor Library. Please use coupon code  2015NOV20 Coupons are valid until 21/11/2015 , 5 coupons available. http://delphihtmlcomponents.com/ http://delphihtmlcomponents.com

For testing during debug is there a way of conditionally logging or messaging to something like a console window? Rather than writing to a text log which is what I currently do.