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Hey there, It's Mert, newest guy at the forum. Saw that community is talking for important topics. I would like to ask a question to you all. First of all, I asked it first to @ertank , He answered me with significant words. I appreciate it. Me and my team jumped to C++Builder 11.2 about 1 month ago. We were using Embarcadero's previous versions but we want to add new features to our project with new developed components. Everybody know that DevExpress is also developing lovely components to VCL environment. My question is; if we take away DevExpress cost, is it most likely necessary to use and build our project with DevExpress components. What's about Embarcadero's own developed components vs DevExpress features? Is Embarcadero doing good job with their new components or are they not caring enough? On the other hand, what's about DevExpress VCL features? Waiting comments from you all. Thanks.

Online Store and PricesDear visitors, We like to inform you that new version of NextSuite6 is released. Click here to read the release news and see what we are working on for the next release! Click here for Online Store and Prices . NextSuite includes always growing set of VCL components. Most important components are: NextGrid6 (StringGrid/ListView replacement, written from scratch). NextDBGrid6 (Db variant of the grid) NextInspector6 - An object inspector component. Next Collection 6 - A set of smaller components that are both useful and easy to use. Next Canvas Application - a drawing application that wysiwyg convert your drawings into a valid Delphi TCanvas code.   and many more.  Few screenshots:     Download big demo project from: http://www.bergsoft.net/downloads/vcl/demos/nxsuite6_demo.zip Boki (BergSoft) boki@bergsoft.net | LinkedIn Profile -- BergSoft Home Page: www.bergsoft.net Members Section: bms.bergsoft.net Articles and Tutorials: help.bergsoft.net (Developers Network) -- BergSoft Facebook page -- Send us applications made with our components and we will submit them in news article. Link to this page will be also set on home page too.

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Hi, On a fairly large sized application with a few threads doing most of the work the UI does have 2 timers for updating fields based on calls to Thread class properties, I get a almost consistent pauses in the UI (ie... progress bar updates, TRichEdit line adds and TLabel caption updates) unless my mouse pointer is moved over the window. This is on a PC with two monitors. Is there something I can call to keep the UI from pausing? I tried finding other posts that ask this before posting here. Thanks. David

v4.0.0 Skia library version has been updated from Milestone 98 to 107; [API] Added support for iOS Simulator ARM 64-bit to RAD Studio 11.2 Alexandria or newer. [API] Added TBitmap.CreateFromSkImage; [Framework] Added LinesCount and DidExceedMaxLines properties to TSkLabel; [Framework] Added new splashscreen to our main demo; [Samples] Added ISkParagraph.Visit method; (#136) [API] Rewritted TSkAnimatedImage and TSkAnimatedPaintBox, adding features to have full control over the animation; (#104) [Framework] Some of them are: Start and Stop methods, and AutoReverse, CurrentTime, Delay, Duration, Enabled, Inverse, Loop, Pause, Progress, Running, Speed, StartFromCurrent, StartProgress and StopProgress properties. All these properties and methods are in the Animation property of the TSkAnimatedImage and TSkAnimatedPaintBox. Improved automatic tests; [Tests] Fixed issue in edit controls with emoji or Chinese char; (#159) [Render] Fixed custom fonts on Android deployed to assets\internals that was not automatically loaded; (#153) [Render] Fixed webinar demo splashscreen; [Samples] Fixed exception loading images from stream or bytes; (#111) [Framework] Fixed TSkAnimatedImage exceeding bounds in some WrapMode [Framework] Fixed TBitmap.SkiaDraw issues in VCL; [Framework] Fixed TBitmap.ToSkImage AV in VCL; [Framework] Fixed flicker problem in TSkAnimatedImage in VCL; [Framework] Fixed text print; (RSP-16301) [Render] Fixed TSkAnimatedImage with 90° rotation that fails to play; [Framework] Fixed high DPI issues of TSkLabel in VCL; [Framework] Fixed high DPI issues in VCL demo; [Samples] Fixed SkRegion.IsEqual; [API] Fixed link with runtime packages; (#163) [Setup] Fixed big GIF issue; (#118) [API] Fixed wrong pixel format on Android in Delphi 10.3 Rio; [Render] Minor improvements and fixes. Skia version: 107.0.0 Compatibility break We are in continuous development, so some updates will bring compatibility breaks. So, pay attention to version numbers, we use semantic versions (for major versions there is some compatibility break). See some breaking changes in this version: No longer use TSkAnimatedImage.Enabled to start or stop an animation. Now use TSkAnimatedImage.Animation.Enabled. The class TSkTypefaceManager is deprecated in favor to TSkDefaultProviders; Several changes in API (Skia.pas); Supported platforms RAD Studio 11 Alexandria: All platforms RAD Studio 10.3 Rio or newer: Windows and Android RAD Studio XE7 or newer: Windows Github: github.com/skia4delphi/skia4delphi Website: skia4delphi.org

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TECNativeMap is a 100% Delphi mapping component using neither browser nor javascript. It is available in VCL and FMX for all platforms. Main new features of the last version Layer for OverPassApi (OpenStreetMap data import) TomTom routing engine, and layer for road incidents Support for IsoChrones Wizard to draw paths (road, bike and foot) in a few clicks You can download a trial version for Delphi 11

The complete VCL package includes more than 760 VCL components including popular packages like LMD DockingPack, GridPack or LMD DialogPack (available for Delphi/C++Builder XE2 and better). 2022.4 is a mere service release with minor enhancements and fixes. Review changes of this service pack on history page. A list of all changes in 2022 release can be found on LMD VCL What’s new page. Check the new trials and compiled Exe-Demos at https://www.lmd.de/downloads Feature Matrix of all LMD VCL products: https://www.lmd.de/feature-matrix If you are interested in purchasing check out the order Page: https://www.lmd.de/shopping Summer Sale: Get 30% off for a limited time! This special offer is limited to orders via Shareit! (no resellers) between 16-Aug-2022 and 24-Aug-2022. All products and updates available on the shopping page qualify for discount. Please enter during ordering process the coupon LMDSUMMER22 which grants a 30% discount. If you are missing links or if you need a special direct order link, please contact sales@lmd.de with the product you want to order.  If any other questions are left, please contact us at mail@lmdsupport.com!

I gonna run python script in separate thread. My PythonEngine has IO field assigned with TPythonGUIInputOutput component What is the correct way to synchronize output (e.g. print("Hello World!") to Delphi's TMemo component? As far as I know VCL is not thread safe... Thank you.

Using Tokyo 10.2. I've been trying to modify some outgoing email code I set up a while ago using TIdMessage and TIdSMTP and such. It worked fine until I needed to accommodate port 465 and SSL. All the suggestions I found online to handle this were way more involved than I want to deal with so I started looking for 3rd party tools I could implement. I found EmailArchitect and downloaded the trial last night. It was pretty easy to set up and use, mostly pretty logical and straightforward. The price is okay too. Can anyone confirm that this is a good product or recommend anything that's better? My only concern with EmailArchitect is that although they continue to update their product (when I looked at their product history) they haven't seemed to do any Delphi updates in the last 11 years. That's concerning for me. Also, while there are lots of good samples included the documentation seems to be nearly non-existent. I'm good at just figuring things out but good documentation of a 3rd party tool is important. Thanks in advance! Avian

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Make a cool demo using Skia4Delphi and Delphi 11.1 Alexandria, post it on GitHub, be the envy of all your friends, and maybe win a new M1 Mac Mini! Visit the official contest page: Skia4Delphi GUI Beauty Contest See also the latest Skia4Delphi webinar: Supercharge Your User Interface with Skia4Delphi - Webinar Replay - YouTube

Dear visitors, We like to inform you that new version of NextSuite6 is released. Click here to read the release news. This upgrade brings new column type - Chart column.  Click here for Online Store and Prices . NextSuite includes always growing set of VCL components. Most important components are: NextGrid6 (StringGrid/ListView replacement, written from scratch). NextDBGrid6 (Db variant of the grid) NextInspector6 - An object inspector component. Next Collection 6 - A set of smaller components that are both useful and easy to use. Next Canvas Application - a drawing application that wysiwyg convert your drawings into a valid Delphi TCanvas code.   and many more.  Few screenshots:     Download big demo project from: http://www.bergsoft.net/downloads/vcl/demos/nxsuite6_demo.zip Boki (BergSoft) boki@bergsoft.net | LinkedIn Profile -- BergSoft Home Page: www.bergsoft.net Members Section: bms.bergsoft.net Articles and Tutorials: developer.bergsoft.net (Developers Network) -- BergSoft Facebook page -- Send us applications made with our components and we will submit them in news article. Link to this page will be also set on home page too.

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v3.3.0 Added HeightMultiplier property to TSkLabel to change the default line height; Added tag properties to TCustomWordsItem of TSkLabel; Added TItemClickedMessage to intercept the OnClick of all TCustomWordsItem of TSkLabel controls; Improvements in the OnClick triggering of TSkLabel items; Fixed many issues in Windows when using Skia4Delphi Canvas (including combobox dropdown); Fixed wrong colors in iOS with services when using Skia4Delphi Canvas: IFMXTakenImageService, IFMXCameraService, IFMXPhotoLibrary and IFMXShareSheetActionsService; Fixed effects and filters issue in Metal when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed wrong text size when using Skia4Delphi Canvas (fixing problems with TMemo and TTMSFMXHTMLText); Fixed AV in TSkLabel when the text of a TWordsItem starts with a sLineBreak; Fixed case-insensitive of image formats when saving images; Fixed wrong draws with stroke thickness zero when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed black screen startup on iOS in simple forms with only shapes when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed specific cases of performance issues in Windows when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed projects of RAD Studio 11; Fixed popup menu exception in rasterization mode when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed modulate color problem before RAD Studio 11.1 (which involves TintColor and TintIconColor properties on mobile); Minor improvements and fixes. Github: github.com/skia4delphi/skia4delphi Website: skia4delphi.org

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The complete VCL package includes more than 760 VCL components including popular packages like LMD DockingPack, GridPack or LMD DialogPack (available for Delphi/C++Builder XE2 and better). Major changes in this release are the redesigned RichPack and common PrintPack package. New controls were added to LMD-Tools (new Font/Replica image list controls) along with dozens of requested improvements and fixes. Color schemes and JSON support were added to LMD SyntaxEdit; DemoCenter and AnyLogger app were updated (e.g. using the new scalable font icons). Please check also Tutorials Page to review several new and updated documentations. A list of all changes can be found on LMD VCL What’s new page. Check the new trials and compiled Exe-Demos at https://www.lmd.de/downloads Feature Matrix of all LMD VCL products: https://www.lmd.de/feature-matrix If you are interested in purchasing check out the order Page: https://www.lmd.de/shopping  If any questions are left, please contact us at mail@lmdsupport.com!

v3.0.1 Increase default form quality of Skia4Delphi Canvas in Android and iOS; Improve documentation about Righ-To-Left text rendering with Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed demo in Android 11; Fixed exception in ExcludeClipRect; Fixed quality of DrawImage of Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed some wrong pixel format in Android and iOS (without metal) that caused wrong colors of TCameraComponet; Fixed opacity of TSkAnimatedImage, TSkLabel and TSkSVG when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed TSkSVG cache; Fixed compilation with FmxLinux; Fixed FontWeight in FmxLinux; Fixed PDF viewer of demo in FmxLinux; Fixed setup and improve the logs; Fixed build.sh script; Fixed chocolatey package; v3.0.2 Fixed pixelformat of TBitmap of Skia4Delphi Canvas; Github: github.com/skia4delphi/skia4delphi Website: skia4delphi.org

Dear visitors, We like to inform you that new version of NextSuite6 is released. Click here to read the release news.  Click here for Online Store and Prices . NextSuite includes always growing set of VCL components. Most important components are: NextGrid6 (StringGrid/ListView replacement, written from scratch). NextDBGrid6 (Db variant of the grid) NextInspector6 - An object inspector component. Next Collection 6 - A set of smaller components that are both useful and easy to use. Next Canvas Application - a drawing application that wysiwyg convert your drawings into a valid Delphi TCanvas code.   and many more.  Few screenshots:     Download big demo project from: http://www.bergsoft.net/downloads/vcl/demos/nxsuite6_demo.zip Boki (BergSoft) boki@bergsoft.net | LinkedIn Profile -- BergSoft Home Page: www.bergsoft.net Members Section: bms.bergsoft.net Articles and Tutorials: developer.bergsoft.net (Developers Network) -- BergSoft Facebook page -- Send us applications made with our components and we will submit them in news article. Link to this page will be also set on home page too.

Greetings Dear Delphians, Say we have 20 Forms in an App. We use these 6 lines to create 20 Forms at different places. Form1 := TForm1.Create; try Form1.ShowModal; finally Form1.Free; end; When refactoring we can see this is a lot of code duplication and we should encapsulate form creation in a procedure like this. procedure ShowForm ( ThisForm: TCustomForm ) ; begin ThisForm := TCustomForm(ThisFormClass.Create);//?? How to Get Form Class try ThisForm.ShowModal; finally ThisForm.Free; end; end; I only have problem in first line. how to get ThisForm parent class to call it. Is it even possible? If yes then how? What about FMX? Any help or pointer is appreciated. Thanks and stay blessed

Dear visitors, We like to inform you that we are offering 35% discount on our products. Just use HOLIDAYS21 coupon code on the checkout page to get 35% off. Click here for Online Store and Prices . NextSuite includes always growing set of VCL components. Most important components are: NextGrid6 (StringGrid/ListView replacement, written from scratch). NextDBGrid6 (Db variant of the grid) NextInspector6 - An object inspector component. Next Collection 6 - A set of smaller components that are both useful and easy to use. Next Canvas Application - a drawing application that wysiwyg convert your drawings into a valid Delphi TCanvas code.   and many more.  Few screenshots:     Download big demo project from: http://www.bergsoft.net/downloads/vcl/demos/nxsuite6_demo.zip Boki (BergSoft) boki@bergsoft.net | LinkedIn Profile -- BergSoft Home Page: www.bergsoft.net Members Section: bms.bergsoft.net Articles and Tutorials: developer.bergsoft.net (Developers Network) -- BergSoft Facebook page -- Send us applications made with our components and we will submit them in news article. Link to this page will be also set on home page too.

Dear visitors, We like to inform you that new version of NextSuite6 is released. Click here to read the release news.  This week we are offering excellent opportunity to get 50% off on our components. Just use BLACKFRIDAY coupon code on the checkout page to get 50% off. Click here for Online Store and Prices . NextSuite includes always growing set of VCL components. Most important components are: NextGrid6 (StringGrid/ListView replacement, written from scratch). NextDBGrid6 (Db variant of the grid) NextInspector6 - An object inspector component. Next Collection 6 - A set of smaller components that are both useful and easy to use. new Next Canvas Application - a drawing application that wysiwyg convert your drawings into a valid Delphi TCanvas code.   and many more.  Few screenshots:     Download big demo project from: http://www.bergsoft.net/downloads/vcl/demos/nxsuite6_demo.zip Boki (BergSoft) boki@bergsoft.net | LinkedIn Profile -- BergSoft Home Page: www.bergsoft.net Members Section: bms.bergsoft.net Articles and Tutorials: developer.bergsoft.net (Developers Network) -- BergSoft Facebook page -- Send us applications made with our components and we will submit them in news article. Link to this page will be also set on home page too.

Hi, Using the VirtualTreeView, an error is raised but why ?. I have recreated a minimal sample to reproduce it. Either my coding does an error (more likely), either the component do it. The problem comes when a node is deleted (only when the deleted node has one sibbling with subnodes) from the OnGetImageIndex event. The event is called with an index greater than avalaible nodes. If someone has an idea ? Delphi 11 + VirtualTree for VCL 2021.09. Thanks a lot, Eddy TestVclVT.zip

Dear visitors,  We are offering excellent opportunity to get 35% off on our Next Suite Delphi (VCL) Components. Just use HALLOWEEN coupon code on the checkout page to get 35% off. Click here for Online Store and Prices . NextSuite includes always growing set of VCL components. Most important components are: NextGrid6 (StringGrid/ListView replacement, written from scratch). NextDBGrid6 (Db variant of the grid) NextInspector6 - An object inspector component. Next Collection 6 - A set of smaller components that are both useful and easy to use. new Next Canvas Application - a drawing application that wysiwyg convert your drawings into a valid Delphi TCanvas code.   and many more.  Few screenshots:     Download big demo project from: http://www.bergsoft.net/downloads/vcl/demos/nxsuite6_demo.zip  Best regards  Boki (BergSoft) boki@bergsoft.net | LinkedIn Profile -- BergSoft Home Page: www.bergsoft.net Members Section: bms.bergsoft.net Articles and Tutorials: developer.bergsoft.net (Developers Network) -- BergSoft Facebook page -- Send us applications made with our components and we will submit them in news article. Link to this page will be also set on home page too.

Hi all, I've already used Themes, with satisfaction, on some little applications. In a big application, I haven't used the TStyleManager.Engine because too hard to re-design the entire application, but I would like to have a way to style only the scrollbars colors of a TSynEdit component. It is, in some way, possible to add ONLY the TScrollingStyleHook behavior in a program without the Style engine running? Thank you for your suggenstions!