Windows 10 Anniversary Update has recently been released and now is a good time to take advantage of the new features available in Windows 10 in your own FireMonkey and VCL applications. In this post we will feature four different Windows 10 samples (one for FMX and three for VCL) which you can review to find out how to use some of the latest Windows 10 features. You will learn about adding a Windows 10 style navigation pane to your apps, utilizing Windows 10 notifications, adding Shar...

  What is the Windows Runtime (WinRT)? Introduced in Windows 8 Default program interface Object Oriented API Native Code API Does not replace Win32 Not part of .NET Not managed code Not a tablet version of Windows (WindowsRT) Only way to access some features of Windows 10 Asynchronous Non blocking > 50ms Notifications in Windows 10 Moved to System.Notifications Works with VCL, RTL and all app types Immediate or scheduled notifications Start menu shortcut re...

Recently, I covered the steps necessary to add password reset email notification functionality to your BaaS enabled Delphi XE6 app using Kinvey. Today, I thought I would explain how to do this with Parse. This demo shows you how to to derive from the existing ParseAPI class (TExtendParseApi = class(TParseApi)) for the Parse component and add a new method for executing Parse's password reset. Inside your Parse.com account, you can define email settings for the password reset email. M...