A Pain In The Butt
[Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes] This post is one of those classic double-entendres for which us Brits are (in)famous, involving as it does both an actual Pain In The Butt and a euphemistic one.
Porting the Objective-C CFFTPSample to XE2: Part 1
[Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes] On the NZ DUG email list (yes, we still have those here) a question was recently posted asking for help with getting some FTP code working on OSX, using XE2. This coincided nicely with my reaching a point in my Objective-C learning where this sort of exercise was of interest to me also, so I decided to try porting the CFFTPSample from the Apple Developer reference materials as a learning exercise.
XE2 Update #4 On The Horizon
[Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute] The release notes for Update #4 have appeared online, signalling the imminent arrival no doubt of the update itself.
When Does “CreateForm” Not Create a Form… ?
[Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes] Apparently, when your application is a FireMonkey application.
Why Does My OSX FireMonkey App Think It Is a Console App ?
[Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute] Because System.IsConsole is hardwired to TRUE on MAC OS:
RAD STUDIO XE2: Launch Event Report
[Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes] Today I was fortunate to be present in Auckland at the World Premier of the launch event for RAD Studio XE2. There is so much good to report that I really don’t know where to begin, so apologies if this post is a bit of a disorganised ramble. But here goes.