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I just saw a hot fix has been released to fix some issues in Update 2 (found through this Embarcadero blog post by J T.)  It looks like it only affects C++: it fixes a linker error and an error compiling STL containers. If you use C++ Builder or RAD Studio, this looks worth applying. As a side note, I only noticed this because I keep a close eye on community blog posts (through DelphiFeeds, a

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Last post, I said that the next part of my transparent graphics series would be Part 2, and would introduce a class I've written to simplify drawing to glass, drawing partially transparent shapes and text, etc. I haven't posted this yet, simply because life has got in the way - since my last post, I spent a couple of weeks back home in Australia visiting friends and colleagues, and traveling a

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Transparent graphics are used everywhere these days.  Half the UIs you will have used today will have made some use of composited graphics, overlays, or something similar.  You've probably seen: Selections with transparent rectangles or other shapes Text with a transparent shape behind it, so you can see the through to the background and still clearly read the text Custom drawing on glass, such

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Hullo from Cologne!  Yesterday I attended the Cologne stop in the Delphi World Tour.  There were over 250 attendees, and they sold out all their tickets: Delphi-Tage about to begin Introduction to XE2 The first talk was an introduction by David Intersimone.  XE2 is, he said, “in my twenty-six years [working for Borland / Embarcadero], the largest developer release”.  He stressed it is

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Welcome!  This is the first article on my new blog, and it examines XE2.  I’ll dig right in: First impressions XE2 uses the same installer as previous versions, and has a fairly simple setup process.  For some reason the help uses a separate installer and so installation isn’t ‘set it and forget it’ – you’ll come back thinking it’s done to find you need to click Next a couple of times and

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