With the RAD Studio 10 Seattle release, we introduced 5 new VCL UI controls. These controls were specifically designed for Windows 10 and address common UI paradigms on Windows 10. While they were designed for Windows 10, the new VCL controls will also work with older versions of Windows, such as Windows 7 and Windows 8. As you can see in the screenshot above, we provide 3 new Windows 10 VCL styles in the RAD Studio 10 Seattle release: Modern Light, Modern Dark and Modern Blue. You can also c...

I am really excited about today's Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio 10 Seattle release. RAD Studio 10 Seattle is the fastest way to build and update data-rich, hyper connected, visually engaging applications for Windows 10, Mac, Mobile, IoT and more using Object Pascal and C++. Quickly and easily bring your apps and customers to Windows 10 with a wide range of Windows 10 enabling features such as new Windows 10 VCL Controls, VCL and FMX UI Styles, and UWP (Universal Windows Platform) services l...

As many of you may be aware, Jeremy North of JED Software has created an excellent Windows client to interact with the QualityCentral issue and feature tracking system used by Embarcadero. While he no longer hosts QC Plus on his site, he has kindly given me permission to host it on CodeCentral, and you can now download it from there. It is important to note that QC Plus is being offered on an "as is" basis, with no warranties whatsoever. If you have any issues with the software, please do not...

You may recall a few weeks ago that I blogged about upcoming changes to the DataSnap REST service used by EDN Mobile. Well, today I deployed these changes to production. So if you are an EDN Mobile user on version 1.1.4 or prior, I strongly suggest that you upgrade to the latest version. And if you're not an EDN Mobile user, what are you waiting for? Download it today! :-)...

I have been porting many of my DataSnap REST services from using dbExpress for its database access, to take advantage of the FireDAC data access framework. As a side-effect of this, I've had to make a change to the EDN Mobile application to handle a slight difference in datatype in some of the datasets it remotes to clients. In particular, the My Member Services and My duplicate accounts functionality may no longer work as intended with EDN Mobile versions 1.1.4 and prior once I upgrade the REST...

A couple of weeks ago, I implemented a new EDN feature which may have gone unnoticed by many of you. When you log into Member Services, you will now see a new 'My eligible field tests' option in the navigation bar to the left. [caption id="attachment_118" align="alignnone" width="146" caption="My eligible field tests navigation element"][/caption] When you click on this, it will show you a list of any field tests you may be eligible to participate in, due to having a registration for a qua...

[caption id="attachment_109" align="alignright" width="168" caption="EDN Mobile"][/caption] A new version of EDN Mobile has been launched, and along with it comes a few new features that moves it from being simply a clone of the http://members.embarcadero.com website, to instead starting to harness some of the features found in Android smartphones. I used this opportunity to write an EDN article about it, for the benefit of the one or two community members who don't follow my blog :-)...

Thanks to a totally unsolicited email from EDN community member Whiler, I am pleased to announce that EDN Mobile now supports the French locale. I now invite other community members to provide localizations in any of the supported languages. As of Android 4.0.3, this list is available here. The localization process is pretty simple, and involves downloading these XML files, and replacing the English text values with the localized version (leaving the name attribute untouched). Once you're d...

Thanks to a totally unsolicited email from EDN community member Whiler, I am pleased to announce that EDN Mobile now supports the French locale. I now invite other community members to provide localizations in any of the supported languages. As of Android 4.0.3, this list is available here. The localization process is pretty simple, and involves downloading these XML files, and replacing the English text values with the localized version (leaving the name attribute untouched). Once you're d...

If any of you have been following Anders' blog (and if you haven't, you should), you'll know he's been doing a lot with the iOS support that Delphi XE2 offers. He is currently working on getting an app approved in the Apple AppStore that will bring a lot of the functionality available to you via the Member Services website. Well, I'm pleased to say that I've beaten him to the punch, and last night I unleashed EDN Mobile, which will allow all you Android users out there to carry a little bi...