Monthly Archives: June 2014

Upgrade your project to Delphi XE6 and add VCL Styles to give a modern look – watch out for a few issues

I have successfully migrated my very complex Delphi XE database application to Delphi XE6 after upgrading my 3rd party control sets such as Infopower, 1st Class, Devart’s UniDac, QuickReports and TMS Smooth controls. Adding a VCL style to your application: … Continue reading

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Upgrading from Delphi XE to Delphi XE 6 – relatively painfree but some issues

Issues for those upgrading from Delphi XE to XE6: Variants.EmptyParam issue: If you use COM, in addition to this not being cross-platform technology, if your code passes Variant.EmptyParam (as an OLEVariant) in code XE or earlier, you will need to … Continue reading

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Is it time for Delphi XE VCL programmers to upgrade to Delphi XE 6 before the 30th June 2014 offer expires?

Delphi programmers who have not upgraded since Delphi XE and thus have been very happy just sticking to their VCL programming have until 30th June 2014 to upgrade to Delphi XE 6. After this date, they will not be able … Continue reading

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