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Ronald Krause has been using Pascal Delphi ever since Turbo Pascal 3.0. His showcase entry VitaMonitoring was a fantastic addition to the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge and we got to interview him regarding his Delphi experiences. When did you start using RAD Studio Delphi and have long have you been using it? I started with Turbo Pascal 3.0 and have been using Delphi ever since. There were ups and downs on this road, but today Delphi is in a good…

What is Blockchain? The best way to describe blockchain is a distributed database, and it is shared across many computer in a network. Block refers to the fact that data and state are stored in sequential batches or “blocks”. Chain refers to the fact that each block cryptographically references its parent. A block’s data cannot be changed without changing all subsequent blocks, which would require the consensus of the entire network. All computer on the network are known as Node. What is…

The pain of finding the right file Let’s be honest: Searching for files in the file explorer or on your desktop can be very annoying. Especially if you are looking for a certain picture of – let’s say – your last holiday trip to Italy. Luckily, previews are a thing for a while now! The busy software user expects your program to present him or her a little preview of the file content when selecting an item: Imagine users scrolling…

I know the best way to traumatize a software developer who has been using Delphi for some time. You just show them this image: The BDE Administration Manager. So many ‘happy’ hours trying to resolve “PDOXUSERS.NET is in use” messages and learning all about the purpose of arcane settings like SharedDir and NETDIR. Shudder. If you wanted to store a database accessed via the BDE on a network drive there was a whole bunch of things you’d have to do…

Alexandr Anicimov launched his first Delphi application in 2005. His application (Laser Flash Method) was a showcase entry at the Delphi 26th Showcase Challenge and we interviewed him for an insight of his programming adventure. Go over at the Laser Flash Method website to download the application. When did you start using RAD Studio Delphi and have long have you been using it? My first Delphi app was created in 2005. It was a local database. The text file (warehouse…

As a software development company owner, you always look for ways to increase revenue. With a healthy bottom line, you can create an emergency fund to help your business survive during tough situations. Also, it can help you to expand your business. However, there is a secret for boosting the bottom line that you must know about. In this post, you will find all the details. What is the secret of boosting your business bottom line? You might have spent…

In this RAD Server CRUD Procedures – Part 1 post, we will discuss the the default generated CRUD procedure implementations from the RAD Server Package Wizard. In the RAD Server CRUD Procedures – Part 2 post, we will discuss modifying the default generated CRUD procedure implementations from the RAD Server Package Wizard using both Delphi and C++ Builder, to show possible ways to implement Get, GetItem, Post, Put and Delete, including Delphi and C++ Builder clients to call the CRUD…

What is Computer Vision? According to Ballard and Brown in 1982, Computer Vision is an interdisciplinary scientific field that deals with how computers can gain high-level understanding from digital images or videos. From the perspective of engineering, it seeks to understand and automate tasks that the human visual system can do. At 19th CERN School of Computing, T. S. Huang states that Computer Vision has a dual goal. From the biological science point of view, Computer Vision aims to come…