Using SQLite 3 with Unicode in Delphi

By tim, on February 10th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

I’ve updated my SQLite3 Delphi wrapper for Unicode in Delphi 2009 and higher. Previous versions of the wrapper ducked the issue by using Ansi strings throughout.

I actually used Embarcadero Delphi XE for the development, but I would expect it to work in Delphi 2009 and higher, since it was in that version

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Updated SQLite wrapper for Embarcadero Delphi (and Free Pascal)

By tim, on February 4th, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

A while back I worked on a Delphi wrapper for SQLite 3, which I published on this site as an open source project. Others amended it to support Free Pascal and Lazarus, so you can use it on Linux and on the Mac. I’ve not touched it for a couple of years; but recently

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Delphi and C++ Builder XE Starter Editions announced

By tim, on January 31st, 2011 Follow tim on Twitter

Embarcadero has announced Starter Editions for both Delphi XE and C++ Builder XE, rapid development environments for native Windows applications.

These are not toy versions. The main technical difference between the Starter editions and the Professional versions are the absence of UML modelling, Class Explorer and Resource Manager tools. You also miss out on

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Delphi XE still not quite ready for Vista/Windows 7

By tim, on September 1st, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I’ve successfully installed Embarcadero RAD Studio XE (including Delphi). I’m running Windows 7 64-bit. On first quitting RAD Studio (which is still called bds.exe – it stands for Borland Development Studio) I got this message:

Fortunately I know exactly what this means. Read here for my earlier explanation. And if I go

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What next for Embarcadero Delphi? Roadmap with Mac, Linux support published.

By tim, on May 16th, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

Embarcadero has published an updated roadmap for its Delphi development tools: Delphi, C++Builder and the RAD Studio shared IDE. These tools combine the Object Pascal (Delphi) or C++ language with a visual component library and native code compiler for Windows.

Chief Technical Architect Michael Rozlog outlines four products which are being worked on, including

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Embarcadero All-access: a better way to deploy developer tools?

By tim, on March 31st, 2010 Follow tim on Twitter

I have a call lined up with Embarcadero today, and wanted to catch up with their latest tools. It reminded me of something I’d intended to post about for some time, the Embarcadero All-Access system which allows no-touch install of many of its tools. Here is how it works. First, you run the All-Access

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Delphi and C++ Builder 2010 are out

By tim, on August 25th, 2009 Follow tim on Twitter

I’ve installed the new Delphi from Embarcadero. I want to enthuse about this product, as a long-time Delphi enthusiast, but a few things have dampened my zeal:

1. The install on Windows 7 64-bit was not totally smooth. First Avira Antivir claimed that a file installed during setup, called convert.exe, contained a virus (not

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Delphi developer virus exposes weakness in anti-virus defences

By tim, on August 20th, 2009 Follow tim on Twitter

I found a real live instance of the Delphi-attacking virus W32/Induc-A yesterday. It was in the executable for FinalBurner Free from ProtectedSoft (ironic name in the circumstances), a decent freeware CD burning application. The file is burner.exe and I suspect the company has been shipping it for some time. I do not know if

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Survey ranks developer tools, and reveals what developers care about most

By tim, on June 18th, 2009 Follow tim on Twitter

Evans Data has published its 2009 Software Development Platforms survey, to which around 1200 developers contributed, scoring their chosen development tools in eighteen different categories.

The tools covered are Eclipse, Embarcadero’s Delphi, IBM’s Rational Suite, IntelliJ, Microsoft’s Visual Studio, NetBeans, Oracle JDeveloper and Sun Studio.

I was sorry not to see more

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Embarcadero CEO on cross-platform native code

By tim, on June 16th, 2009 Follow tim on Twitter

I had a long chat with Embarcadero CEO Wayne Williams last week. I used a few snippets on the Reg – on cross-platform Delphi and Eclipse – and hope to post more from it shortly. In the meantime, here’s what he said about using native code rather than Java or other types of managed

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