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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
Ever since around Delphi 2007, it started to use temporary .VRC files to re-build the project .RES file.It confuses people, and with reason as the only public information about it on the dockwiki seems...
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff: jpluimers
In the series “interesting stuff you can do with Implicit operators”: delphi – With a class operator is an implicit typecast to itself allowed? – Stack Overflow.Be careful though, as Implicit...
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The Podcast at Delphi.org: REST and the Kimono
I love the new TRESTClient components in XE5. Especially the ability to visual bind a REST datasource with the use of the TRESTResponseDataSetAdapter. Now I find I’m always on the look out for new REST...
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Firebird News: Reminder Vote for Firebird as Database of the Year 2013 at...
There are less than 18 hours left to Vote for Firebird as Database of the Year 2013 at LinuxQuestions (must be registered user with at least one Linux related post)...
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Castle Game Engine news: Latest news about the engine development - progress...
Latest news about the engine development - progress in Android and iOS support, new game, AWSD inputs by default, and more :)Hello everyone in 2014 :). First of all, I would like to present a small...
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Castle Game Engine news: New example fonts/font_from_image.lpr in the engine...
New example fonts/font_from_image.lpr in the engine SVN, showing how to use a font prepared as an image. Nice for fancy and colorful game fonts. Test font images by http://opengameart.org/users/asalga...
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Castle Game Engine news: We have a new font loading and rendering method :)...
We have a new font loading and rendering method :)We now use the FreeType library (and FreeType FPC unit) for loading fonts, which allows us to load at runtime a ttf font, and use it with any size, and...
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Castle Game Engine news: Android and OpenGLES renderer (Android, iOS)...
Android and OpenGLES renderer (Android, iOS) improvements :)1. Android supports now Application.ProcessMessages method. This means that you can use modal functions, that inside run the message loop and...
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Castle Game Engine news: Screen effects, including Screen Space Ambient...
Screen effects, including Screen Space Ambient Occlusion, work on OpenGLES now too :)- All screen effects predefined in view3dscene, including the ones using depth textures, work.-...
View ArticleThe Podcast at Delphi.org: Oh Yeah, the Ouya!
The Ouya is an Android powered game console / set-top box that you can pick up for $99. Not only is it a cheap game console, but it is also an affordable Android platform designed to drive big screen...
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Firebird News: Firebird backend for Django 1.6.x promoted to Release...
It can be installed from repository and tested with lastest stable Django 1.6.x ps: Soon it will be uploaded to pypi
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Firebird News: pyfirebirdsql Version 0.8.3 released
pyfirebirdsql Version 0.8.3 is released with following changes refactoring add repair() method in Services add is_disconnect() method in Connection
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Castle Game Engine news: And here are some screens from our engine running on...
And here are some screens from our engine running on iOS, big thanks to +Jan Adamec :)2014-02-05
View ArticleThe Podcast at Delphi.org: XE5 REST Debugger Supercharged
I some people ask for the source code to using the new XE5 REST Client Library to consume the Kimono web service. The crazy thing is there isn’t any. I decided to make a video about how easy it is to...
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The road to Delphi: VCL Styles Utils and TWebBrowser support
I just made some changes to the TVclStylesWebBrowser class which add support for VCL Styles to the TWebBrowser component. Now the TWebBrowser Scrollbars, Menus and dialogs are styled.JavaScript...
View ArticleThe Podcast at Delphi.org: Connecting to the Kinect for Windows with RAD...
The Kinect is a 3D motion sensing input device for Windows. Based around a webcam-style add-on peripheral, it enables users to control and interact with their computer through a natural user interface...
View ArticleTPersistent: Even Apple has UX Issues
Today I was trying to figure out how to put a photo back on my iPhone so I could send it to a friend via iMessage. There used to be a photos “tab” in iTunes, but for some reason it wasn’t present so I...
View ArticleThe Podcast at Delphi.org: Scanning Barcodes with RAD Studio XE5
Turns out there are a few ways to scan a barcode with RAD Studio XE5, and no sooner do I make a video about it then TMS releases a component to scan barcodes, and then Thomas Krampe sends me his...
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The road to Delphi: VCL Styles for Inno Setup
IntroductionAs part of the VCL Styles Utils project, I made a plugin (dll) to skin the installers created by Inno setup. The current size of the plugin is about 1.6 mb, but when is included (and...
View ArticleThe Podcast at Delphi.org: Revisiting Google Glass
Few weeks ago I posted about how to launch a Google Glass app with a voice command. The app I built used buffered sensor data from the accelerometer and smooth animation to show a level. The video...
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