Embarcadero preparing Delphi, C++ Builder XE3 release

By tim, on August 16th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

Embarcadero has announced a world tour to promote its forthcoming XE3 development suite.

But what is in it? No details yet, but a few clues:

Windows 8 “look and functionality” for VCL and FireMonkey apps A new edition of the FireMonkey cross-platform framework, called FM2 A new tool called HTML5 Builder.

There are a

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August 16th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: .net, embarcadero, professional | 4 comments

DevExpress offering Metro-inspired Tile control for Delphi VCL, plans to drop support for Delphi 7

By tim, on July 11th, 2012 Follow tim on Twitter

DevExpress has released an update to its VCL component suite, version 12.1, which includes a Metro-inspired tile control. That is, it looks like a Windows 8  Metro-style application, but in reality it runs as a desktop application. The VCL components support Embarcardero’s Delphi and C++ Builder, but not the FireMonkey library that runs cross-platform.

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July 11th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: delphi, development, embarcadero, software development, windows | 4 comments