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@Darian Miller unearthed the following https://www.embarcadero.com/resources/development-jobs/ which allows you to post your "looking for work" requests as well as "looking for developer" posts

Hi all, Just wanted to share a quick update on the DelphiMistralAI wrapper: it's now aligned with the latest capabilities released by MistralAI. 1. Conversational Agents & Agentic Tools Full support for the “agentic” approach: define custom agents with instructions and embedded tools (code execution, premium web search, access to libraries/documentation, etc.). Conversations and Agents endpoints enable multi-turn sessions with actions (function calling, callbacks, web_search_premium, code_interpreter, etc.). Usage example in the documentation: agent configuration, callback handling, and customization of triggerable tools. 2. Vision & Advanced OCR (Document AI) Image processing: text extraction, description, classification, and visual analysis via vision models (e.g., pixtral-12b-2409). Extended OCR: recognizes not just text but structural elements (boxes, tables, metadata), outputs structured JSON per user-defined schema, and handles figures, charts, signatures automatically. Native handling of PDFs and images with automatic annotation for industry use cases (finance, legal, HR, etc.). 3. Audio Multilingual transcription with automatic language detection, segmentation, and timestamps (voxtral models). Analysis of audio files (up to roughly 15–20 minutes) integrated directly into the multimodal chat session. Typical use cases: meeting summarization, indexing, context-aware voice assistants, and audio+NLP pipelines. 4. Batch & Moderation Asynchronous batch inference over large volumes, with background job tracking. Native integration of moderation APIs to filter incoming or generated content. Designed for high-throughput or sensitive applications (personal data, enterprise contexts, etc.). 5. Fine-tuning, Specialized Models & Libraries Fine-tuning support to adapt models to very specific domain requirements. Libraries endpoint for managing and sharing documentation resources; enables fine-grained, contextual access from OD agents. 6. Extensibility, Asynchronicity & Software Quality All endpoints exposed in both synchronous and asynchronous modes (promises, callbacks, progressive streaming, live cancellation). HTTP layer dependency injection to facilitate mocking, unit testing, and alignment with modern architecture patterns. Built-in unit tests: seamless DUnit integration via the MistralAI.DUnit.Tests unit to bootstrap validation suites quickly. 7. Tooling TutorialHub and ready-to-run sample projects. Explicit support for VCL and FMX architectures with functional scenarios.. 8. Getting Started Download one of the two ready-to-run sample projects (VCL or FMX) from the sample/ folder in the repository. Each .zip contains the full scaffold so you can start with minimal setup: unzip, open the project in Delphi, and provide your MistralAI API key (either in code or via the provided UI). Then follow the README as a step-by-step guide: obtain your API key, initialize the client in the form’s OnCreate, perform an initial “chat” call, and proceed to explore the included scenarios (vision, audio, agents, etc.). The samples are designed as a sandbox—feel free to tweak prompts, swap models, and iterate on workflows to validate and extend functionality. Feedback and Questions Feel free to post here or share your adaptations to help enrich the discussion and so, the project.

According to https://www.advdelphisys.com/help/ads_keys_u.html Ctrl+O+C starts column selection mode or with the mouse Click+Alt+mousemove (https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/Default_Keyboard_Shortcuts)

You really should treat Julia better :D

I have just updated the DelphiGenAI wrapper to support the OpenAI APIs. Below is the list of changes made compared to version 1.1.0. These enhancements are designed to fully leverage the capabilities of the GPT-5 model while ensuring optimal compatibility with previous models. You can find the complete repository here: https://github.com/MaxiDonkey/DelphiGenAI Version 1.2.0 JSON Normalization Before Deserialization New GenAI.API.Normalizer module (TJSONNormalizer, TWrapKind, TNormalizationRule) to unify polymorphic fields (e.g., string vs. object). Direct integration into the HTTP layer: new Get(..., Path) | Post(..., Path) overloads enabling targeted normalization of a JSON subtree before object mapping. Canceling Background Requests New Responses.AsyncAwaitCancel(response_id) method to cancel an asynchronous response (background = true), with full callback support (OnStart, OnSuccess, OnError). Streaming Enhancements Extended typed coverage for streaming events and outputs (MCP, Code Interpreter, Image Generation, etc.) via new Responses.OutputParams classes (TResponseOutput*, TResponseImageGenerationTool, TResponseCodeInterpreter, etc.). New Types and Parameters InputParams: full coverage for computer interactions, local shell, MCP, web search, code, image generation, reasoning, text/JSON formats, tool choice/hosted tool, and file search filters. OutputParams: states (Created, InProgress, etc.), events (Added, Delta), usage metrics, and statistics. New enums: TOutputIncluding, TReasoningGenerateSummary, TFidelityType, etc. API v1/chat/completions New parameters: prompt_cache_key (prompt caching) safety_identifier (stable ID for safety monitoring) verbosity (low / medium / high) API v1/responses New parameters: max_tool_calls prompt (template reference via TPromptParams) prompt_cache_key, safety_identifier stream_options, top_logprobs, verbosity Structured System and Developer Messages New overloads: TMessagePayload.Developer(const Content: TArray; const Name: string = '') TMessagePayload.System(const Content: TArray; const Name: string = '') Improves parity between plain text and structured content flows.

Visualize complex multi-dimensional data using #TeeBI Composer control. Minimal code, automatic output. https://github.com/Steema/TeeBI/tree/master/demos/delphi/Visualization/Composer

I would try using MadExcept or Eurekalog for capturing unhandled exceptions - in my experience they produce far more reliable and useful information than JCL.

What are you expecting anyone to do with this?

Seriously, show the whole unit.

Here's a new resource: https://www.embarcadero.com/resources/development-jobs/

TDataItem class is just four units, no dependencies, 100% Pascal code. It can be used standalone from TeeBI. uses BI.DataItem; var MyData := TDataItem.Create https://github.com/Steema/TeeBI

You can create a CGI application as a VCL Program that listens for web requests as if it was running under IIS--makes it very easy to debug (see attached image). Maybe this will help: https://github.com/corneliusdavid/AutoGetIt

If you are willing to consider another route then have a look at MadExcept. It can do screenshots and is an extremely useful tool.

Why are you reading the mDate field as a String and not as a TDateTime to begin with? And are you populating your UI controls manually instead of using data-aware controls? If using a data-aware UI, you can configure a data field to *display* in a particular format, without having to actually pull the data and format it yourself. You say you have a date/time field, but then you talk about a Memo field. Which one are you actually parsing? I'm still not clear where your error is. Your screenshots don't match the code snippet you provided.

The Community Edition is a Delphi 12.1 Athens version. This said some GetIt servers have technical problems. Embarcadero teams know that and are working on it.

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On this atleast syuntax is readable X := if Left < 100 then 22 else 45; For example C-syntax is not what I really can say that I like. int result = (x > 5) ? 10 : 20; even worse if writte like this int result=(x>5)?10:20; Syntax highlighting saves a bit for sure but still easy to miss those... One character operator thingies... -Tee-

Yeah, right 🤦‍♂️ More syntactic sugar, the compiler codegen is still a joke, and we still haven't got SIMD intrinsics. The only time I've ever wished for a ternary operator was when porting C code and being in a rush. But I wouldn't mind all this fluff (since I don't have to use it) - if they would also throw an occasional bone to those of us that need low level performance. Yes, but you don't have to use it.

*facepalm*

Putting the function definition inside a Begin / End code block produces the multiple errors posted. So the unit has an open code block where the function definition currently is.

No, simply two monitors with different resolutions (and different scaling): Just to make this more difficult, monitor 2 (1920x1200 scaled 100%) is the main monitor, so all positions on monitor 1 (3840x2160 scaled 125%) are negative x (-1 to -3839) and some are even negative y. I always put the IDE on the right 2/3 of monitor 1, that's why saving and restoring desktops in Delphi IDE's is broken on my setup since Delphi 11. Also this is the reason that scaling in the Delphi IDE is broken on my system (and my home grown scaling in GExperts is very difficult to do and still has some glitches).

Yes but note that PyObject_SetAttrString increments the reference count of pObj. So if you want to pass the responsibility of destroying the object to python, you need to decrement it: fPyEngine.Py_DecRef(pObj);

OpenSSL has issued a new release 3.5.2. In OpenSSL 3.5.2, the FIPS provider now performs a PCT on key import for RSA, EC and ECX. Windows binaries are available in SVN and the overnight zip file and separately from https://wiki.overbyte.eu/wiki/index.php/ICS_Download or https://www.magsys.co.uk/delphi/magics.asp In addition to the three DLL files, the zips include compiled RES resource files that contain the same DLLs, text files and version information, see the RC file. The RES file may be linked into application EXE files and code then used to extract the DLLs from the resource to a temporary directory to avoid distributing them separately. ICS V9.1 and later optionally support loading the resource file. These OpenSSL versions are included with ICS V9.5 beta available from SVN and the overnight zip. ICS V9.5 beta now defaults to using OpenSSL 3.5.2, provided the new OverbyteIcsDefs.inc files is installed, or you undefine OpenSSL_35 and suppress an earlier version. Angus

Finally, after a little help from Axes4 GmbH, my report designer + a patched Gnostice can (also:) create fully valid PDF/UA's. The tagging is entered in the designer and passed with GDI comments/EMF to the Gnostice PDF.

The getit server is down (or is not working) since Saturday.