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Archive for December, 2007

The Sci Fi Sounds Quiz

24 Dec

I received 78 credits on The Sci Fi Sounds Quiz How much of a Sci-Fi geek are you?

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A Whole Lot of Nothing

20 Dec

I’m not sure whether to be alarmed about, well, nothing or not after this appeared on my screen today:

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Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #47

19 Dec

Folks were asking for the "Powered By" links as a zip file, so here it is.
Jacob Thurman has a new website called Delphi Puzzles. It took me a minute, but I got the first one figured out.
Fixes for the December Update:

284 Core bugfixes
93 Delphi 2007 fixes
46 C++ Builder fixes
157 Delphi 2007 .NET fixes

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December 2007 Update to RAD Studio, Delphi, C++Builder

17 Dec

We are very pleased to announce the December Update for RAD Studio 2007, Delphi 2007, and C++Builder 2007 which includes fixes and even more performance enhancements. We’re also continuing to improve the install experience making it smoother, faster and simpler (and will continue to improve the install). In order to get the most from this […]

"Powered By" Logos

14 Dec

Hey cool! We now have a set "Powered By" and "Created With" logos online for your download enjoyment. They include both GIF and PNG and low-res and hi-res images.
Please feel free to use these in your applications and brag that your great stuff was written with Delphi or whatever great CodeGear tool you […]

Cool Stuff with Delphi #14

13 Dec

EditPad™ Pro  from Just-Great Software is a cool, powerful text editor built in Delphi. I am always on the lookout for nice alternative to the, uhm, less then powerful Notepad.  EditPad Pro is an able solution.

I also appreciate and read the author’s blog "Shareware Beach" (RSS feed here).  Jan Goyvaerts often has interesting things […]

Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #46

11 Dec

I’ve written an article on building Live Template Scripting Engines. It’s surprisingly easy, and I try to make it a little easier by providing a base class that does some of the grunt work for you.
We’ve added a link to the Delphi Product page that highlights third-party components that work with Delphi 2007 and RAD […]

A General Discussion about the RAD Studio End User License Agreement

07 Dec

I’ve just published an article on the Developer Network called "A General Discussion about the RAD Studio End User License Agreement". 
It is being published because there seem to be a pretty steady stream of questions about certain issues regarding the EULA for Delphi, and we wanted a document that explains things as clearly as […]

Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene #45

06 Dec

The tool palette continues to be a hot topic!  Jacob Thurman of Castalia fame has thrown a spanner in the works with his new "Mini-Palette".  It sure looks like it is a "best of both worlds" solution.
If you haven’t taken a look at the G Framework lately, you might want to check in.  I see […]

Spirit of Delphi 2007 — Andreas Hausladen

06 Dec

The winner of the 2007 Spirit of Delphi Award goes to Andreas Hausladen.
Andreas has been an invaluable member of the Delphi community for a long time, and we are happy to recognize his contributions with this award. 
Andreas has made countless contributions both to the Delphi community and to the product itself.  His Delphi SpeedUp […]

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