Category Archives: C++-Builder

VirtualTreeView

Today I merged the VirtualTreeView from TurboPack with the version from GitHub. As soon as EMBT has updated GetIt, you can download this library directly from inside the RAD Studio IDE.

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Encoding of .pas files

This week I would like to talk about the encoding of .pas files. Normally they are ANSI encoded which is no problem since all Delphi statements are ASCII encoded. But the exception are comments. Many developers overlook this issue, but … Continue reading

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Did you know…?

Did you know that the RAD Studio Welcome Page shows if you have installed all necessary updates? I just learned that a necessary patch for macOS Big Sur was missing in my installation. Here you can see the current status … Continue reading

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20 Year Anniversary

Today is a wonderful day. It is the 20th anniversary of TMS Software. I’m sure that most of you know the TMS products like VCL UI Pack, FNC, Flexcel, BIZ and last but not least Web Core. Exactly 20 years … Continue reading

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Orpheus

I fixed several minor bugs in Orpheus according to Win64 and Unicode. Embarcadero has updated GetIt. I have the impression that still many people are using this library which I have seen for the first time with Delphi 2.

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Mustangpeak

As I mentioned yesterday, pyscripter joined the TurboPack team. He maintains not only SynEdit but also the Mustangpeak libs. That’s why I merged the different Mustangpeak forks and pushed them to Turbo pack. Many thanks again for your help and … Continue reading

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SynEdit

I just merged SynEdit. There were some great updated forks made by pyscripter that I compiled with Delphi Berlin, Tokyo, Rio and Sydney and also with the Sydney C++-Builder. Many thanks for your help and support, Kiriakos. Good to have … Continue reading

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Dark theme

After a long period of hesitation I decided to move to the dark theme. I switched my iMac, virtual Windows 10 and particularly my Delphi IDE to the dark theme. Also the Total Commander and Beyond Compare could be moved. … Continue reading

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DOSCommand

Since I’m currently working on the TurboPack components, I just updated DOSCommand. There was a pull request by a user and I merged it into the main branch.

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PNG Components

I synchronized the Turbo Pack PNG components with these ones. I also added an explicit cpp output dir for the hpp files. During installation with GetIt, the IDE now compiles the components and creates the necessary hpp files, so that … Continue reading

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