Posted by Jim McKeeth on 28-May-2009
Anders Ohlsson shows of his Delphi parsing tool to aid in the migration to Unicode support with Delphi 2009. Embarcadero Technologies DelphiLive! 2009 May 2009 in San Jose Part 5 of 8. [Vimeo] [YouTube] [Viddler] [Part 4] – [Part 6] (Coming soon!) BTW, I have family visiting from out of state, so have been a [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 27-May-2009
The long anticipated Delphi 2009 Update 3 is now available. Just run check for updates. As if the long list of fixes in Update 3 wasn’t enough, they also released a Database Pack Update 4. You can also download to install on multiple machines. Looks like there is a Boost update for C++ Builder 2009 [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 16-Apr-2009
Let me know if you have a specific speaker from DelphiLive! you would like interviewed on the podcast, and any specific questiosn you might have. I’ve already contacted a few speakers at random, but I am certainly open to interviewing all the speakers. If you are a speaker then feel free to nominate yourself or just [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 9-Feb-2009
I guess you could say I am a bit of a Delphi groupie, especially for tours and events . . . . The new Delphi 2009 Productivity Tour reminds me of the Delphi 6 Release Tour. The nearest tour stop for the Delphi 6 tour was in Salt Lake City, Utah and I lived in [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 5-Nov-2008
I went to install the latest JVCL today for Delphi 2009. I was surprised that JEDI stopped offering one download with both the JCL and JVCL. So I downloaded both, installing JCL first since it is required by JVCL. Well, JVCL gave me an error that I had the wrong version of the JCL installed. [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 3-Nov-2008
This was recorded live at PDC2008. You are getting it unedited and raw, but in your choice of formats: Audio or Video! Talking about Delphi 2009 and Delphi Prism. Discuss language compatibility going forward between the two languages. Allen’s role in developing Delphi. What is new with Embarcadero. The future of .NET and Win32 Windows [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 27-Oct-2008
At 1:45 AM today Allen Bauer will be presenting an open space session on Delphi 2009. Be sure to show up with your Delphi questions and to find out what is new in Delphi 2009. I’ll be there and would love to meet you too. I picked up my Delphi Prism DVD too. I’ll post [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 7-Oct-2008
Hopefully you all just got an email from Michael Swindell with the subject line “Product Update: Delphi and C++Builder Changes.” The email address it comes from is “CodeGear from Embarcadero” <e-update@email.codegear.com>. If not, then check your spam folders and furiously refresh your in-box until it shows up. The email is a request to update your [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 29-Sep-2008
This week is an interview with Craig Peterson, the Lead Developer on Scooter Software’s Beyond Compare, one of my favorite utilities. We discuss deveoping on the Linux platform with Kylix, adding Unicode Support pre-Delphi 2009, the new version of Beyond Compare and some tips for using it, plus a whole lot more. Scooter Software What’s [...]
Posted by Jim McKeeth on 26-Sep-2008
A very short introduction to Generic Collections in Delphi 2009. Create a TList of Integers and show adding and removing items from it. Showing some of the differences in types, gotchas and errors you might get. Generics, or parametrized types, are a type that works with another type that is defined later. Collections are a [...]