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Embarcadero has just release the XE6 version of Delphi, C++Builder, and RAD Studio. And this is the call to action.

Read the Descriptions

You can head to www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi, www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi, www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio.

Look to the many other pages including www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/whats-new, the screen shots at www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/screen-shots, and the mobile tutorial including C++ for Android support at docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/XE6/en/Mobile_Tutorial:_Creating_a_FireMonkey_Mobile_Application_(iOS_and_Android). I could post hundreds of links, but you can navigate around and find a lot of information.

And don't miss this very long list of fixes, including 500+ bugs reported via Quality Central: edn.embarcadero.com/article/43754

Download the Trial

The trial page is at downloads.embarcadero.com/free/rad_studio

The ISO image download (requires only EDN login) is at cc.embarcadero.com/item/29821

Attend the Webinar (Tomorrow)

Don't miss the webinar tomorrow (forms.embarcadero.com/RADXE6Webinar4-16 -- more of a launch webinar than a preview one, at this point) in which JT and myself will present the key new features of the product.

Buy It (or recharge your XE5 license)

Buy the product online or from one of the Embarcadero partners around the world, taking advantage of the active offers. And if you are already on XE5, you can take advantage of the new recharge price, which is slightly less than half of the regular update. You can recharge your XE5 license with an identical one (same product, same version) of your existing license. Read more at www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/recharge.

Stay tuned for a wealth of information on XE6 in the coming days, from this blog and many other sources. For now, enjoy the what's new video, below:

</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p></div></div><div class="mtposted">posted by <a href="http://www.marcocantu.com" target="_blank">marcocantu</a> @ <a href="/blog/2014_april_xe6avaialble.html" title="permalink">11:02AM</a> | <a href="/blog/2014_april_xe6avaialble.html#FeedBack" title="comments">3 Comments [0 Pending] </a></div></div><br xmlns=""/><br xmlns=""/><div xmlns="" class="mtentry" align="center"><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br/></div><br xmlns=""/><div xmlns="" class="mthead" align="right"><h2>Thursday, April 10, 2014</h2></div><div xmlns="" class="mtentry"><a href="/blog/april_2014_xe6firstlook.html"><h2>RAD Studio XE6 First Look on April 16th</h2></a><div class="mtsummary">First Look Webinar of the XE6 version of RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder XE6 coming next Wednesday, April 16. </div><div class="mtbody snap_shots"><div class="entry-content"><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">First Look Webinar of the XE6 version of RAD Studio, Delphi and C++Builder XE6 coming next Wednesday, April 16.</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">I'll join JT in presenting the product, showing what’s coming for VCL/Windows and FMX multi-device development in XE6 and get ready to take your app development to the next level. We'll explain the current direction of the products, and show you practical demos of the new features. Come and see what's up with VCL, Android and iOS development, database classes, web services, and much more.</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">As usual, three times of the day:</p><ul xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> <li>6AM PDT San Francisco / 9AM New York / 2PM London / 3PM Milan / 13:00 UTC/GMT</li> <li>11AM PDT San Francisco / 2PM New York / 7PM London / 8PM Milan / 18:00 UTC/GMT</li> <li>5PM PDT San Francisco / 17-Apr (Thursday) 9AM Tokyo / 17-Apr (Thursday) 10AM Sydney / Midnight between 16&17-Apr (Thursday) UTC/GMT</li> </ul><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/" style="text-align: center;"> <strong> <a href="http://forms.embarcadero.com/RADXE6Webinar4-16?cid=701G0000000tP05">Sign up now!</a> </strong> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/" style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://img.en25.com/EloquaImages/clients/Embarcadero/%7Be4c5098f-eb68-401f-80f1-275b1c94eae0%7D_RADXE6-Launch_Webinar_680x150.jpg" width="680" height="150" alt=""/> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p></div></div><div class="mtposted">posted by <a href="http://www.marcocantu.com" target="_blank">marcocantu</a> @ <a href="/blog/april_2014_xe6firstlook.html" title="permalink">3:03PM</a> | <a href="/blog/april_2014_xe6firstlook.html#FeedBack" title="comments">2 Comments [0 Pending] </a></div></div><div xmlns="" class="mthead" align="right"><h2>Tuesday, April 8, 2014</h2></div><div xmlns="" class="mtentry"><a href="/blog/april_2014_windows_modern_ui_screenshot.html"><h2>Windows Modern UI Screenshot</h2></a><div class="mtsummary">A screenshot of Windows modern UI applications running within a window, rather than full screen.</div><div class="mtbody snap_shots"><div class="entry-content"><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Here is a screenshot of Windows modern UI applications running within a window, rather than full screen.</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">As you might have heard, at the BUILD conference last week, Microsoft unveiled that one of the elements of future versions (or updates) of Windows will be the ability to run Modern applications mixed in with desktop ones, that is, running in a windows rather than full screen (as it happens in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1).</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Modern UI applications are applications that follow the UI style initially called Metro and are powered by the WinRT engine. Here you can see how your desktop might look like in the future.</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/" style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://blog.marcocantu.com/images/forblog/ModernUIExperiments.png" width="900" height="663" alt=""/> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p></div></div><div class="mtposted">posted by <a href="http://www.marcocantu.com" target="_blank">marcocantu</a> @ <a href="/blog/april_2014_windows_modern_ui_screenshot.html" title="permalink">10:06AM</a> | <a href="/blog/april_2014_windows_modern_ui_screenshot.html#FeedBack" title="comments">18 Comments [0 Pending] </a></div></div><div xmlns="" class="mthead" align="right"><h2>Monday, April 7, 2014</h2></div><div xmlns="" class="mtentry"><a href="/blog/delphi_blogs_week_10.html"><h2>Delphi Blogs of the Week #10</h2></a><div class="mtsummary">Here is another round of blog posts, covering the last two weeks. I've been very busy, which is why the blog was so quiet.</div><div class="mtbody snap_shots"><div class="entry-content"><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Here is another round of blog posts, covering the last two weeks. I've been very busy, which is why the blog was so quiet recently. Hope to be able to catch up a little.</p><h2 xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Blog Posts</h2><ul xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> <li> <a href="http://www.fmxexpress.com/transfer-debug-objects-with-datasnap-in-delphi-xe5-firemonkey-on-android-and-ios/">Transfer & Debug Objects With DataSnap In Delphi XE5 FireMonkey On Android And IOS</a> is the FMXexpress translation of the original at <a href="http://blogs.embarcadero.com/vsevolodleonov/2014/03/24/datasnapmobile2_codesite/">blogs.embarcadero.com/vsevolodleonov/2014/03/24/datasnapmobile2_codesite/</a> </li> <li>Jim "astonishing" (or great, even if somehow useless) <a href="http://delphi.org/2014/04/thought-controlled-quadcopter/">Thought Controlled Quadcopter</a> </li> <li>Another nice Friday design by Thierry at <a href="http://blogs.embarcadero.com/tlaborde/index.php/2014/03/29/the-friday%E2%80%99s-design-11-firemonkey-mobile-design-with-delphi-xe5/">blogs.embarcadero.com/tlaborde/index.php/2014/03/29/the-friday%E2%80%99s-design-11-firemonkey-mobile-design-with-delphi-xe5/</a> </li> </ul><h2 xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Interesting Projects and Libraries</h2><ul xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> <li> <strong>Spring4D</strong> release at <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+StefanGlienke/posts/BXNmDWX893b?cfem=1">plus.google.com/u/0/+StefanGlienke/posts/BXNmDWX893b</a> </li> <li>Delphi ARM backtrace at <a href="https://bitbucket.org/shadow_cs/delphi-arm-backtrace/">bitbucket.org/shadow_cs/delphi-arm-backtrace/</a> </li> </ul><h2 xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Coming Events</h2><ul xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> <li> <strong>EMEA Developer Direct</strong> restarts on Aprile 11. Read more at <a href="http://blogs.embarcadero.com/pawelglowacki/2014/04/04/40219">blogs.embarcadero.com/pawelglowacki/2014/04/04/40219</a> </li> <li>And last but not least, <a href="http://forms.embarcadero.com/RADXE6Webinar4-16"> <strong>RAD Studio XE6 Preview coming on April 16th</strong> </a> </li> </ul><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p></div></div><div class="mtposted">posted by <a href="http://www.marcocantu.com" target="_blank">marcocantu</a> @ <a href="/blog/delphi_blogs_week_10.html" title="permalink">1:08PM</a> | <a href="/blog/delphi_blogs_week_10.html#FeedBack" title="comments">0 Comments [0 Pending] </a></div></div><br xmlns=""/><br xmlns=""/><div xmlns="" class="mtentry" align="center"><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br/></div><br xmlns=""/><div xmlns="" class="mthead" align="right"><h2>Thursday, March 27, 2014</h2></div><div xmlns="" class="mtentry"><a href="/blog/2014_march_oculus_glass.html"><h2>[OffTopic] Oculus, Glass, and ViewMaster</h2></a><div class="mtsummary">I got these two posts in sequence in twitter, and it is a coincidence as they came from two different sources.</div><div class="mtbody snap_shots"><div class="entry-content"><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">I got these two posts in sequence in Twitter, and it is a coincidence as they came from two different sources. Too funny, so I had to share this.</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Notice: the one BELOW is the first to read, as it is an inverted temporal sequence. And this is a real snapshop, I'm not making this up. Retweeted by completely different people at the same time. </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/" style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://blog.marcocantu.com/images/forblog/OculusFun.jpg" width="674" height="840" alt=""/> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">(PS. For those unaware, Facebook bought Oculus -- big virtual reality devices -- for a ton of money).</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p></div></div><div class="mtposted">posted by <a href="http://www.marcocantu.com" target="_blank">marcocantu</a> @ <a href="/blog/2014_march_oculus_glass.html" title="permalink">4:52AM</a> | <a href="/blog/2014_march_oculus_glass.html#FeedBack" title="comments">2 Comments [0 Pending] </a></div></div><div xmlns="" class="mthead" align="right"><h2>Sunday, March 23, 2014</h2></div><div xmlns="" class="mtentry"><a href="/blog/delphi_blogs_week_9.html"><h2>Delphi Blogs of the Week #9</h2></a><div class="mtsummary">I skipped last week (as there wasn't much content), while this was a week with quite some interesting material.</div><div class="mtbody snap_shots"><div class="entry-content"><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">I skipped last week (as there wasn't much content), while this was a week with quite some interesting material.</p><h2 xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Embarcadero Press Coverage</h2><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> <strong>R</strong> <strong>eviews of Appmethods</strong> (like this one on <a href="http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=68933&page=1">sdtimes</a>, this one on <a href="http://thenextweb.com/dd/2014/03/18/appmethod-new-platform-creating-truly-native-apps-android-ios-windows-os-x/">thenextweb</a>, and this one on <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2109100/embarcadero-unifies-ios-and-android-development-within-a-single-tool.html">pcworld</a> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">On <strong>CA-ERWin aquisition</strong>: <a href="http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17096:embarcadero-to-acquire-ca-technologies-data-modeling-business&catid=324:breaking-news&Itemid=2701735">wwpi</a>, <a href="http://blogs.enterprisemanagement.com/evanquinn/2014/03/15/erwin-win-win/">enterprisemanagement.com/evanquinn</a>, and <a href="http://www.itworldcanada.com/article/erwin-modeling-tools-get-new-owner/90372">tworldcanada</a>, among many others.</p><h2 xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Delphi and Mobile</h2><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">New Frech iOS app (for hiring Delphi developers!) discussed at <a href="http://blogs.embarcadero.com/tlaborde/index.php/2014/03/19/delphi-staff-lance-sa-nouvelle-application-pour-ios/">blogs.embarcadero.com/tlaborde/index.php/2014/03/19/delphi-staff-lance-sa-nouvelle-application-pour-ios/</a> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Music search (with a new REST service) by Sarina at <a href="http://blogs.embarcadero.com/sarinadupont/2014/03/21/feeling-the-beat-with-rest/">blogs.embarcadero.com/sarinadupont/2014/03/21/feeling-the-beat-with-rest/</a> </p><h2 xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Delphi Online</h2><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">New online community by Embarcadero, for now for Appmethod users, explained by David I: <a href="http://blogs.embarcadero.com/davidi/2014/03/18/43647">blogs.embarcadero.com/davidi/2014/03/18/43647</a>. The community itself is at <a href="http://community.embarcadero.com/"> <strong>community.embarcadero.com/</strong> </a> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Impressive collections of all videos of CodeRage conferences, webinars, online events, online training and other events all grouped at <a href="http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/43717">edn.embarcadero.com/article/43717</a>. The page is called <strong>RAD Studio Webinar On-Demand Library</strong> and lists (directly and indirectly) hundreds of technical videos on Delphi and C++Builder. Kudos to the team for putting this together.</p><h2 xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Tech</h2><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">One truly technical blog post, mason asking for live leaks detection. Interesting idea. See <a href="http://tech.turbu-rpg.com/486/wanted-live-leak-detection-for-fastmm">tech.turbu-rpg.com/486/wanted-live-leak-detection-for-fastmm</a> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">That's all for the week. During the next I'll be in the office, so likley little time for blogging.</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p></div></div><div class="mtposted">posted by <a href="http://www.marcocantu.com" target="_blank">marcocantu</a> @ <a href="/blog/delphi_blogs_week_9.html" title="permalink">11:21AM</a> | <a href="/blog/delphi_blogs_week_9.html#FeedBack" title="comments">1 Comments [0 Pending] </a></div></div><div xmlns="" class="mthead" align="right"><h2>Tuesday, March 18, 2014</h2></div><div xmlns="" class="mtentry"><a href="/blog/2014_march_hotfix_ios71_simulator.html"><h2>Hotfix Coming for iOS 7.1 Simulator Problems with RAD Studio XE5</h2></a><div class="mtsummary">RAD Studio XE5 has problems running apps on the iOS 7.1 simulator. A hot fix is being tested and will be available soon.</div><div class="mtbody snap_shots"><div class="entry-content"><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">RAD Studio XE5 has problems running apps on the recently released iOS 7.1 simulator, while targeting an updated iOS 7.1 device seems to work fine (I haven't done it myself). The RAD Studio team had tested beta versions of 7.1 and everything was working smoothly, but in the final release of Xcode 5.1 Apple broke our integration, based on PAServer. A fix has been developed and is currently being tested internally.</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">We expect to make this fix available soon (meaning within a few days, likely next week), depending on the current testing. It will be a PAServer update, a hotfix freely available to XE5 Update 2 users.</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p></div></div><div class="mtposted">posted by <a href="http://www.marcocantu.com" target="_blank">marcocantu</a> @ <a href="/blog/2014_march_hotfix_ios71_simulator.html" title="permalink">10:39PM</a> | <a href="/blog/2014_march_hotfix_ios71_simulator.html#FeedBack" title="comments">7 Comments [0 Pending] </a></div></div><br xmlns=""/><br xmlns=""/><div xmlns="" class="mtentry" align="center"><script type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br/></div><br xmlns=""/><div xmlns="" class="mthead" align="right"><h2>Sunday, March 16, 2014</h2></div><div xmlns="" class="mtentry"><a href="/blog/2014_march_mobile_update.html"><h2>Mobile Apps Update Rate</h2></a><div class="mtsummary">Compared to the slow uptake of desktop applications, mobile users update very fast, due to store management and notifications.</div><div class="mtbody snap_shots"><div class="entry-content"><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Compared to the slow uptake of desktop applications, mobile users update very fast, due to store management and notifications. This is what I noticed looking to the migration rate data of my mobile app. True, this is a single data point, and not a statistical analysis, but I'd expect this to be rather standard.</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">The graph below (for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marcocantu.MyMiniFigures">My Mini Figures</a> Android app) shows the current users for each of the versions of the application. The green area is the update to the new release. As you can see, out of the almost 30,000 active users (users with the app installed) after a week of the release of an update, about 25,000 moved to the new version. That is an impressive rate to me, clearly showing how different this world is form the classic desktop one.</p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/" style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://blog.marcocantu.com/images/forblog/MobileUpdateRate.png" width="848" height="200" alt=""/> </p><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> </p></div></div><div class="mtposted">posted by <a href="http://www.marcocantu.com" target="_blank">marcocantu</a> @ <a href="/blog/2014_march_mobile_update.html" title="permalink">8:57AM</a> | <a href="/blog/2014_march_mobile_update.html#FeedBack" title="comments">5 Comments [0 Pending] </a></div></div><div xmlns="" class="mthead" align="right"><h2>Friday, March 14, 2014</h2></div><div xmlns="" class="mtentry"><a href="/blog/migrate_legacy_xp_app.html"><h2>Migrate Legacy Windows XP Applications Now</h2></a><div class="mtsummary">One of the drivers of my webinar next week on "Modernize Your Windows Applications" is the end of support for Windows XP, now less than a month away. </div><div class="mtbody snap_shots"><div class="entry-content"><content xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> <p>One of the drivers of my webinar next week on "Modernize Your Windows Applications" is the end of support for Windows XP, now less than a month away. What is that, and how is it relevant to Delphi developers?</p> <p> <img src="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/xp/img/xp/en-us-step1-thumb.jpg" width="260" height="143" align="left" alt=""/> </p> <h2>Windows XP End-Of-Support on April 8th</h2> <p>As you certainly know, there is less than a month of support for Windows XP. After that date, the company is not going to release any new fix, even in case of a critical bug malware could exploit. So keeping those Windows XP boxes running is far from ideal, particularly in a business environment. You can read more (from Microsoft) on <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/end-support-help">windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/end-support-help</a>. A really nice resource is the dedicated site called <a href="http://amirunningxp.com/">amirunningxp.com/</a>. Not sure you have to ask a web site which operating system you have, but that's another story. Nicely enough, if I go there, it tells me I'm not running XP. In fact, I'm running a Mac.<img src="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/xp/img/xp/en-us-step3-thumb.jpg" width="260" height="143" align="right" alt=""/> </p> <h2>Delphi and C++Builder Offers Smooth Migration</h2> <p>Delphi and C++ Builder offer a very smooth migration off Windows XP. If you take an old application (like those written with a single digit versions like Delphi 6 or C++Builder 7), make sure strings management is Unicode complaint, double check your file system usage (so that the application is UAC compliant), you can recompile with a newer version of RAD Studio, like XE5. Truly, there might be third party components or some low-level code to deal with, but the migration is relatively smooth...and infinitive smoother than having to rewrite in a different programming language and with a different component library.</p> <p>By rebuilding in newer versions of RAD Studio you gain themes support (and a more integrated UI), some system dialogs redirected to the latest version in Windows 7 or 8, migration to some newer APIs, and a large set of fixes and enhancements. And you can often rebuild your applications as native 64bit Windows applications.</p> <p> <img src="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/xp/img/global/laplink-banner-image.png" width="256" height="115" align="left" alt=""/>The advantage of this move is also that it will let you leverage new features for your VCL applications (without having to migrate to FireMonkey, which is nice for multi-device but certainly not required for Windows). You can easily take advantage of VCL styles, adopt the Modern UI (Windows 8) look and feel, gain full Unicode support, embrace new database access and web service access libraries.</p> <p>Speaking of data access libraries, if you have existing old applications written in Delphi or C++Builder it is likely they'd be build using the BDE. Now if that engine is still technically in the product (but not for long) we fully recommend migrating away from the BDE to FireDAC as a very significant part of your migration effort.</p> <h2>A Great Opportunity for Developers</h2> <p>Now how is this different from migrating from Windows XP and to newer versions of RAD Studio 6 months ago or a year ago? The difference is that today if your users are running on XP they will be pushed to migrate, and might be more open to invest a little extra money to clean up and move to Windows 8 some of those old legacy business applications they have. In other words, Windows XP migration might become a very good excuse for you as a developer to sell the full migration and modernization story, and be able to sell this work to your customers (rather than having to do it as part of normal support work).</p> <p>Like the mythical millennium bug, or the Euro switch (for us in Europe), the XP end-of-life is getting a lot of media attention, with the extra push (this time) of a large Microsoft advertising campaign. This gives the opportunity to all Windows developers to get back to their customers and offer them something new. Which is what we are also doing with those Delphi and C++Builder developers still stuck on older versions.</p> <h2>Webinar Next Week, Amnesty Offer This Month</h2> <p>Not only we are doing this effort in terms of marketing and with next week webinar (sign up on <a href="http://forms.embarcadero.com/ModernWindowsApps3-19"> <strong>forms.embarcadero.com/ModernWindowsApps3-19</strong> </a>), but we are also offering an upgrade amnesty offering all RAD Studio old timers a great chance to upgrade to XE5: <a href="http://www.embarcadero.com/radoffer"> <strong>www.embarcadero.com/radoffer</strong> </a>. Don't miss the opportunity: attend the webinar and buy XE5 before the offer expires at the end of March.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <img src="http://img.en25.com/EloquaImages/clients/Embarcadero/%7B6d594850-8786-4c26-928d-3138aa2e67c2%7D_RAD-in-Action_Modernize_Cantu_680x150_RN.jpg" width="680" height="150" alt=""/> </p> <p> </p> </content></div></div><div class="mtposted">posted by <a href="http://www.marcocantu.com" target="_blank">marcocantu</a> @ <a href="/blog/migrate_legacy_xp_app.html" title="permalink">4:31PM</a> | <a href="/blog/migrate_legacy_xp_app.html#FeedBack" title="comments">11 Comments [0 Pending] </a></div></div><div xmlns="" class="mthead" align="right"><h2>Monday, March 10, 2014</h2></div><div xmlns="" class="mtentry"><a href="/blog/delphi_blogs_week_8.html"><h2>Delphi Blogs of the (Last) Week #8</h2></a><div class="mtsummary">Another week gone by, and what a week of Delphi and Embarcadero announcements, beside blogs.</div><div class="mtbody snap_shots"><div class="entry-content"><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Another week gone by, and what a week of Delphi and Embarcadero announcements, beside blogs.</p><h2 xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Announcements: Roadmap, Recharge, Appmethod</h2><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Let me start with the announcements:</p><ul xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> <li>A much updated RAD Studio (Delphi and C++Builder) roadmap has been posted at <strong> <a href="http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/43677">edn.embarcadero.com/article/43677</a> </strong> while a short comment is on my blog at <a href="http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2014_march_delphi_cpp_roadmap.html">blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2014_march_delphi_cpp_roadmap.html</a> </li> <li>RAD Studio customers have a new way to stay up-to-date with their license, the <a href="http://blog.marcocantu.com/blog/2014_march_rad_recharge_program.html">Recharge</a> program. Buy XE5 now to get ready for this new deal as explained at <a href="http://www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/recharge"> <strong>www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/recharge</strong> </a> </li> <li>Embarcadero announced Appmethod (a new mobile-centric development tool, a companion to RAD Studio). The FAQ for RAD developers is at <a href="http://www.embarcadero.com/kr/products/rad-studio/appmethod-faq"> <strong>www.embarcadero.com/kr/products/rad-studio/appmethod-faq</strong> </a>.</li> </ul><h2 xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">And Blogs as Usual</h2><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Here is a round of notable blog posts:</p><ul xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/"> <li>Nokia X development with RAD Studio by Anil at <a href="http://anilmembt.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/nokia-x-and-rad-studio-xe5-deployment-made-easy/">anilmembt.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/nokia-x-and-rad-studio-xe5-deployment-made-easy/</a>. I did it two weeks ago, should have my app public. BTW, the Nokia X is quite nice, and now my daughter's phone.</li> <li>For the programming devices series, see how you can control LED bulbs at <a href="http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/43616">edn.embarcadero.com/article/43616</a> </li> <li>See how David I's IDE can connect to phones, tablets, and glasses at <a href="http://blogs.embarcadero.com/davidi/2014/03/05/43619">blogs.embarcadero.com/davidi/2014/03/05/43619</a> </li> <li>Nice tip on Android settings by Jim at <a href="http://delphi.org/2014/03/setting-android-settings/">delphi.org/2014/03/setting-android-settings/</a> </li> <li>A "flappy bird" clone in Delphi at <a href="http://blogs.embarcadero.com/davidi/2014/03/02/43616">blogs.embarcadero.com/davidi/2014/03/02/43616</a> </li> <li>And a non-mobile blog post about Word automation at <a href="http://francois-piette.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/automate-word-document-print-using.html">francois-piette.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/automate-word-document-print-using.html</a> </li> </ul><p xmlns:gxi="http://geode.it/gxi/2.0/">Also, CodeRage 8 C++ sessions are now available, as explained by Tim at <a href="http://delphi-insider.blogspot.it/2014/03/coderage-8-delphi-and-cbuilder-sessions.html">delphi-insider.blogspot.it/2014/03/coderage-8-delphi-and-cbuilder-sessions.html</a>. That's all for the (past) week. </p></div></div><div class="mtposted">posted by <a href="http://www.marcocantu.com" target="_blank">marcocantu</a> @ <a href="/blog/delphi_blogs_week_8.html" title="permalink">3:43PM</a> | <a href="/blog/delphi_blogs_week_8.html#FeedBack" title="comments">2 Comments [0 Pending] </a></div></div></div></div></div><div id="footer"><img align="right" src="/images/BuiltWithDelphi.jpg" width="130" height="53"/><p>A blog about Delphi programming, Embarcadero, XML lingos, Web 2.0, JavaScript, and anything else Marco is working on.<br/> Marco works for Embarcadero Technologies as Delphi Product Manager. Site Copyright Marco Cantu' 2005-2013. </p></div><script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Delphi XE6, C++Builder XE6, and RAD Studio XE6 Now Available

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