Patrick PREMARTIN

I use a PC only when I travel. My main computer is this Mac even when I stream. 16Gb of RAM are needed to be more confortable and if you want to have more than 1 VMs up at the same time like a "real" Linux + Windows. If not 8Gb works as expected with Windows started. Parallels manages it very well. For the disk I only have 256Gb (in fact less than 10 to 30Gb free) and use a 1Tb SanDisk Extreme Pro external SSD connected on an USB port for the VMs and my datas.

I can confirm : there is no problem to debug for macOS (if Apple toolchain is coherent : Xcode + macOS SDK at the same level). If not you can compile, but debugging can work or not depending on the stars position in the sky. (and just notice I'm on a M1 Mac mini with only 256Gb SSD and 8Gb of RAM, Parallels and Windows VM works, you can try it if you have a M2 processor somewhere)

The simple way : in Delphi you have to use macOS 15.6 sdk and on the Mac I don't remember if you need or not the Xcode release for this version too.

iOS debugging is not available since 12.x releases. It hasn't been fixed in 13 Florence release of Delphi. Try to launch your app without the debugger on your iOS device, it should work if the iOS version is compatible.

what are the properties values of your TFDSQLiteDriverLink ?

Doing that you don't obtain fixes for "old" features neither optimizations (and sometimes new bugs depending on what you use). "What's New" is just the tip of the iceberg. Be sure to also read the list of closed tickets in each version (even if you only scan the list quickly without looking at the details). The VCL is generally stable, but for FireMonkey, it is strongly recommended that you update to comply with the requirements imposed by Google/Android, Apple, and Microsoft. That's why the subscription (with a lower price) exists on top of the license.

@Dalija Prasnikar Can you explain that to all vibe coders, no code (anti)coders and users of SaaS to create a (web) mobile app or website by drag & drop depending on a lifetime monthly paiement until the hosting company disappear or decide to stop the offer ? I completely agree with you: the only viable model (for a publisher and its customers) is a perpetual license with optional updates. Unfortunately, the market is full of people who only see the monthly cost and not the lifelong dependency.

Ok, it's seen as a multimedia device, not an Android smartphone. Try to change the connection mode on the tablet (choose charge only, not file sharing). Enable the USB debugging option. Check is the developer mode is still enabled (sometimes it's disabled after a system update). I have a Lenovo Tab too, when I open the notifications from the top of screen I have this : An other thing you can check is if you accepted the debugging ID the first time you connected the device to Windows. You can reset this in the developer options on the tablet.

Does Windows see the devices in USB list or only ADB ?

Except compiling in a previous Delphi release, I don't think it's possible. The supported Windows target are : Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2022 Delphi XE5 is the latest platform officially compatible with Windows XP. https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/PlatformStatus/en/Main_Page

Being open source has never helped a commercial product to increase its users base. Never. If you want open source with Pascal you already have FPC and Lazarus. You need open sources features ? Contribute to these projects. You want new features in Delphi IDE ? You have the Open Tools API. If Delphi were open sourced, what will you do to help it "not to die" ?

The main purpose of this blogs is to inform about new products, features, conferences and events. If you want more technical contents you can find it on MVPs and other developers blogs, in books, on YouTube with thousands of videos, ... What contents fo you expect or need ? On what topics do you want or need more textual contents ? Asking for content is easy. Finding on what to write and time to write it is more complicated.

Sorry, but why do you need or want a MCP Server included in a library which shows HTML contents ?

I had the same error ("can't open partial info.plist") yesterday but didn't investigate. Good to know that adding the framework fixed that too. 😉

No release date is available for a new Community Edition. It could be next year or in two or three years. Embarcadero has no obligation. Statistically speaking, it could be next summer if a new bootcamp session is set up. The current Community Edition works well and allows deployment on the latest versions of iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac. You don't "need" an update. If you need the new features and updates in Delphi 13 Florence, you should consider whether the CE license is really what you need, rather than a Professional license.

Hi This morning Apple released it's 26 versions of macOS, iOS, Xcode, ... Of course I upgraded everything here to test if PAServer and RAD Studio 13 Florence (and previous releases) can deal with them. For macOS ARM (Apple Silicon) it compiles as expected. For macOS (Intel) I had a problem on a project and it worked for an other. I'll investigate to find and exterminate the reason or send some daleks to Apple Park. For iOS it didn't worked. I have a linker problem with a missing framework used by an empty FireMonkey project. I opened an issue on QP. Follow it or this post if you want to be informed when it's fixed. So, I suggest you to wait a few days this is solved before upgrading your Apple devices and softwares.

Adding the _LocationEssentials framework to iOS 26 and iOS Simulator 26 SDK fixed the problem and I was able to compile my test projects with Delphi 12 Athens and Delphi 13 Florence. https://developpeur-pascal.fr/ios-26-reclame-le-framework-_locationessentials.html

Bookmarks, Navigator and the multi threading debugger extension from Parnassus should arrive on GetIt in a few days.

I've just installed the GExperts 1.3.26 available from https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2025/09/12/gexperts-1-3-26-beta-for-delphi-13/ It work in the 32 bits IDE and allow to enable its code formater with Ctrl+D to restore previous behavior. On some of my units I see a few differences with previous default formater, but not a real problem (except for code versioning) : an indent of variables of same type declared on more than one line. FField1, FField2: integer; become FField1, FField2: integer;

The reason is simple : it's disabled for Delphi (but can be used by IDE plugins or for next update or release), but it is used for C++Builder by Visual Assist tools.

As Marco Cantu pointed out, the LSP Server does not always meet expectations. They are aware of this and are working on an overhaul. In the meantime, they have reactivated the previous version of Code Insight as an option in 13 Florence. Go to Tools / Options / Editor / Language / Delphi / Code audit to choose which one you want to use (in the 32 bits IDE or in the 64 bits IDE).

Yep, like for too many websites, it sounds "COVID era". 😞 Hope it's not the case.

Perhaps you can ask them directly ? (an email is available on the about page of their site)

no, it's the good default folder

As I know, no. They use the same settings for all texts. An other new feature request to add font and size settings in Tools / Options / IDE / Home page ?