More Coding in Delphi Book Review

Book Reviews, Rad Studio Delphi Development
More Coding in Delphi Book Review Nick Hodges has released the latest additional to the Delphi world called "More Coding in Delphi".  The book is a pretty neat manual but more on the theory side then actual code.  There are samples in each chapter but this is not a typical technical manual that breaks down the syntax concerning Delphi.  The predecessor "Coding in Delphi" was very similar and could be considered part one that dives into object pascal aspects of Delphi. The Chapters are about 12 to 20 pages each and deals strongly in the object oriented Delphi or Object Pascal.  You can pick up both books together for a low cost at various web stores and they are a highly recommended book to pick up.  You can use the knowledge…
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Learning iBeacon Review by Craig Gilchrist Packt Publishing.

Book Reviews, Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software Releases
  Learning iBeacon which was written by Craig Gilchrist is a solid technical manual that provides Objective-C / iOS source code that demonstrates various methods to interface with a iBeacon.  Now for folks that do not know what an iBeacon is, they are a small electronic that transmits a signal for an application that is attempting to locate the proximity of a person to where they currently are. Shown below, the iBeacon is no bigger then a quarter and can be placed anywhere within your store or location to send out a beacon to inform the user which area they are in.  Now the signal is just that, a signal your application does everything else.  So if I walk into a store and step by the shoe department, using the…
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Delphi Create a Process or Shelling to start up an external application.

Computer PC Tips - bits and bytes, Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software development Concepts
Delphi Create a Process or Shelling to start up an external application. Since Windows 10 has been released there has been hiccups when dealing with the Windows API. The strange behavior may not return an error code and may actually end up doing nothing leaving you more perplexed then ever. For Delphi developers the best thing to do is retire the ShellExecute API call and convert it over to ShellExecuteEX or to create a separate process you should use CreateProcess. Let's examine the simple task of calling ShellExecute(0, 'open', Pchar('DocumentName.pdf'), '', '', SW_SHOWNORMAL); work under Windows 7 and 8, which would start the Acrobat Reader and open the file but under Windows 10 this no longer is the case. So the next step was to update the call to use…
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Baron Software releases OLE Error Helper for Windows.

Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software development Concepts, Software Events, Software Releases
Baron Software has released the latest version for Windows the OLE Error Helper which is a simple free application that allows developers to do a quick search on OLE Errors and the definition.  Click here to download the latest version.  Developed using Rad Studio Delphi and SQLite stores the information.  System requirements is any Windows 7 or higher and the versions are either 32 bit or 64 bit. Search by simple words to match what you are looking for. You can view or print a report based on your search criteria or dump out the entire database to read at your leisure.
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Embarcadero and Baron Software Powerstudio case study which monitors SQL Performance

Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software development Concepts, Software Events, Software Releases, SQL Tips
Embarcadero and Baron Software has issued a case study that demonstrates the benefits of using Microsoft SQL Powerstudio product line.  Powerstudio is a robust package that monitors SQL performance and can provide assistance for clients to update or create tables, stored procedures, etc. for various SQL servers some being Oracle, Microsoft SQL and many more.  The detailed report can be view by clicking here.  
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