Alexander Halser from EC Software GmbH. has released an in-depth how to guide for preparing your Delphi VCL applications to support 4K displays. The guide talks about what the standard DPI in your Windows applications is usually set to (96 DPI), which versions of Windows support various DPI virtualization techniques, and changes you can make to your application manifest to make it DPI aware. Lastly it provides some source code in the form of a Windows message handler for scaling your applic...

Last week was probably the busiest in my presenting career with four events day after day in four different countries. I have promised to publish some photos, so here they are! Everywhere the reception of the new Delphi XE7, C++Builder XE7 and RAD Studio XE7 was fantastic. Tons of questions and in general developers are happy with the direction where this excellent product is going. Strong VCL support plus a lot of innovation around Multi-Device development with new unified "Multi-Device" proje...

Our current RAD offer (valid through September 30th, 2014) includes a new FireMonkey premium style pack. This pack includes the following 4 new multi-device styles for iOS, Android, Windows and Mac: Emerald Crystal Emerald Dark Coral Crystal Coral Dark Our existing Jet, Diamond and Sterling styles have also been extended on the Desktop side to include the same UI elements as the premium mobile styles.   Below are the steps for getting started using premium styles with FireUI:1...

Next week, we'll be presenting a webinar that will show you how to quickly program the Internet of Things (IoT) using the Appmethod September 2014 Release (you can also do the same with Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio XE7). The webinar will take place on Wednesday, September 24 at 6am, 11am and 5pm PDT (UTC 1300, 1800, 0000 Sept 25).  The Internet of Things presents developers with an amazing opportunity to create a whole new category of apps that take advantage of connected gadgets and ...

In RAD Studio XE7, we introduced a new smart menu component called TMultiView. With TMultiView, it is really easy to create app navigation that automatically adjusts itself depending on form factor, orientation and target platform using our new behavior services. TMultiView is a container component which means that you can parent many different components to it, such as a top aligned TToolbar or a client aligned TListview. To use the new TMultiView component, drag and drop the TMultiView compon...

Delphi XE7, C++Builder XE7 and RAD Studio XE7 have been very recently released and now Embarcadero Technical Evangelists and MVPs are on the road showing XE7 to developers all around the world. This week I have been in Hungary, Turkey and the Netherlands, and next week is going to be even busier with Prague, Brussels, Warsaw and Bucharest XE7 events. Instead of getting tired, I'm getting a lot of positive energy from happy developers that I meet on my way, all very enthusiastic about new RAD Stu...

With RAD Studio XE7, you can easily extend your existing Windows VCL and FireMonkey apps to connected devices, sensors, data and services using Application Tethering. In XE7, we have added support for Bluetooth tethering, in addition to Network based tethering. Here are some of the features that App Tethering provides: Extend FireMonkey and VCL Apps Auto Device Discovery Trigger Events and Methods on Other Devices Remote Control Apps Send Data back and forth Bluetooth & Wifi Suppor...

  The Interview was conducted by Clark Buckner from TechnologyAdvice.com (they provide coverage content on sales contesting, customer loyalty solutions, and employee engagement platforms and much more). Also be sure to check out their comprehensive tech conference calendar.   Embarcadero's John Thomas was recently a guest on the Technology Advice podcast. Topics included JT's programming experience, software by developers for developers, a vision for developing connected apps f...

RAD Studio XE7's integrated wireless support (Bluetooth and Wifi) works with thousands of consumer and industry specific devices. RAD Studio's approach makes it easy to integrate virtually any device into the app user experience, and even support multiple device vendors with the same code. In RAD Studio XE7, we have a new Bluetooth LE component for connecting to many different Bluetooth Smart Devices that work with the different GATT profiles. We ship several Bluetooth demos with the product t...

I am really excited about today's release of RAD Studio XE7. RAD Studio XE7 includes a lot of great new features, including: NEW FireUI Multi-Device Designer: Build user interfaces once for multiple device form factors and OSs with native fidelity, capabilities, and uniqueness NEW Parallel Programming Library: Easily integrated for super-charged performance of your VCL and FireMonkey applications NEW Bluetooth App Tethering: Extend existing Windows applications with tethered mobile apps usi...