Introdução Na primeira parte deste artigo falamos sobre os requisitos e configurações necessárias para desenvolvimento de Live Tiles para o Windows 8 com Delphi XE3.  Dando continuidade, vamos agora entender melhor o que são Live Tiles e como eles funcionam em detalhes, permitindo assim que façamos o melhor uso possível desta tecnologia em nossos projetos. A vida (quase) secreta de um Live Tile Nas versões anteriores do Windows, um shortcut era apenas um atalho com um ícone para um aplicativo...

Introdução Neste artigo vou mostrar como criar um Live Tile para Windows 8 utilizando o suporte nativo do Delphi XE3 para a nova interface do Windows 8. Em linhas gerais, Live Tiles são as peças principais da nova tela inicial do Windows 8, concebida sob o novo padrão de interface chamado inicialmente de Windows Metro (de Metropolis) e renomeada antes de seu lançamento para Windows 8 Modern UI (devido questões de patentes referentes a nomenclatura Metro). Preparando o Ambiente Para desenvolve...

RAD Studio XE3 allows you to implement the Windows 8 style in your VCL and FireMonkey Delphi and C++Builder applications using the new Metropolis UI style. Windows 8 Metropolis UI applications do not use a persistent menu bar at the top of the application window. Instead, Metropolis UI applications use a touch control called an AppBar. An AppBar can appear at the bottom of the screen, the top of the screen, or both. AppBars are normally not visible, but become visible in response to gestures, mo...

On this evening of the Windows 8 release - while watching Windows 8 commercials during Game 2 of the World Series (Go Giants!) - I find myself contemplating this world of choice we have in late 2012. This is an amazing time to be a consumer of electronic goods, especially mobile devices, likes phones and tablets. This also presents an unparalleled opportunity for software developers but, along with it, major challenges in supporting these multiple operating systems. One of the more interesting a...

Windows 8 will be available this month. To take advantage of Microsoft's launch and your customers and users who will get new computers with Windows 8 or who will upgrade to Windows 8, you'll want to get your VCL and FireMonkey applications ready for the Windows 8 look and user experience. Using RAD Studio XE3, Delphi XE3 and C++Builder XE3 you can easily create Windows applications that incorporate the latest Windows 8 styling and functionality in an easy and accessible way. In the first vide...

RAD Studio XE3 and FireMonkey 2 give you additional support for new UI controls and styles. For example, you can now add glyphs to the TEdit (edit box) component including glyphs and functionality for Clear, Password, Search, Elipsis, and more. You can also use the Object Inspector to visually select different style items for UI controls using the Style Lookup property editor. FireMonkey 2 also support the new Windows 8 style look for UI controls, Form styling and the TAniIndicator control th...

RAD Studio XE3 includes new classes for identifying, managing and using any sensors that are available on your target Windows and Mac computers. In this blog post I show you how to list all of the sensors that are available on a computer (you can do this using Delphi and C++Builder). Delphi XE3 and C++Builder XE3 include the new the new System.Sensors unit. From the unit, the categories of sensors (TSensorCategory) are: Location Environmental Motion Orientation Mechanical Elec...

O Delphi e o C++ Builder receberam uma intensa atualização para suportar o novo sistema operacional da Microsoft. Com a versão XE3 você também é capaz de distribuir sua aplicação para o novo tablet da Microsoft, o Surface Pro, o que abre um novo mundo de possibilidades para os fornecedores de software para Windows. Nosso suporte ao Windows 8 inclui ainda: Migração facilitada de aplicações existentes para o estilo Metropolis do Windows 8 Suporte a processadores Intel e Atom, 32 e 64 bits...

If you can't make it to one of the RAD XE3 World Tour live events, we will also be live online on September 10.  You will find the details at http://forms.embarcadero.com/forms/GL1209RADXE3TourWebinar9-10 RAD XE3 World Tour Webinar Monday, September 10, 2012 6:00AM PDT / 9:00AM EDT / 13:00 UTC 11:00AM PDT / 2:00PM EDT / 18:00 UTC 5:00PM PDT / 8:00PM EDT / 10:00AM July 26 Australia EST Be among the first to see what’s new in Delphi XE3 and in RAD Studio XE3 – including Delphi, C++B...