Alcinoe Component Library and Delphi 11.1 Alexandria Compatibility
Open-source Delphi library with WebRTC, GPU-buffered FireMonkey controls, JSON/BSON parsing, and MongoDB. Covers Alexandria 11.1 compatibility and installation.
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Cross-Compiling Delphi Components for C++Builder: Avoiding Unresolved Externals
A technical guide on how to safely structure and compile Delphi VCL components so they link cleanly in C++Builder projects without missing object files
Range Check Errors in Delphi PDF Libraries: Root Causes
Range check errors in Delphi PDF libraries: why compound boolean conditions bypass bounds checks, and why page object storage order is the real root cause.
TDateTimePicker Format in Delphi 5: DateTime_SetFormat
Delphi 5 has no TDateTimePicker.Format property. The fix is DateTime_SetFormat from CommCtrl, sent to the control handle inside a compiler conditional.
Fixing Delphi E2010 tagLOGBRUSH and tagLOGBRUSH32 Mismatch
Delphi XE2 made tagLOGBRUSH32 incompatible with TLogBrush. EMF code fails E2010 at CreateBrushIndirect. Copy lbStyle, lbColor, lbHatch into a local TLogBrush.
Create and Free a HotPDF Component Dynamically in C++Builder
Allocate and release a THotPDF instance at runtime in C++Builder: owner semantics, try/__finally cleanup, include path setup, and AutoLaunch pitfalls.
Extracting Document Summary Information from Excel Files in Delphi
Learn how to programmatically extract standard and extended document summary metadata from Excel files in Delphi using the HotXLS component
Porting _ftol Inline Assembly from 32-bit Delphi to DCC64
Delphi 64-bit rejects inline asm in Pascal routines with E1025. Why DCC64 diverges from DCC32, how a pure-asm wrapper works, and when Trunc is the right fix.