Patrick PREMARTIN

Last week-end I finished the rebuild in Delphi FMX of the video game Bidioo I've created in AGK Basic in 2013. It's a match-3 game. I used the sample match-3 TFrame added to Delphi FMX Game Snippets two weeks ago. The graphics are in SVG. I use Skia like in my other recent games. On iOS and macOS with Metal it's very speed. The best experience is of course on an iPad. On Windows without the Skia raster it works as expected (in a VM, I didn't check on a real PC). On Android it's too slow to have the full animations, but it works. I've to find the reason and check with Skia4Delphi and EMB teams if a solution can be found. The 2.0 version has been published on stores. you'll find the download links on this page. I can send you free coupons if you want to test the game on an Apple device. Just send me a private message. For Windows, use Itch to get the installer (and the game) for free. The source code of the project are on GitHub except some files where are stores the SVG (the images are under closed licenses). It won't compile as it instead of the match-3 sample project. Some demos are available from YouTube and PeerTube. If you want to talk about game programming in Delphi or this particular game, you know how to message me. We can do anythings in Delphi. Just try. 😉

Hi If you want to prevent the user activities for a waiting animation you simply have to put a Layout with contents alignement and HitTest=True. Instead of using a Form for your animation, use a TFrame or a simple image component. Of course if the user is supposed to have a real keyboard, you must intercept onKeyDown events.

My projects are open source. It doesn't means all the code of the dependencies are open source too. If I use FireDAC, I'm still open source, even if Embarcadero don't give us everything (like the drivers). Open source and free software are subject to interpretation. It's a debate that began in the last century and will never end.

I try to use only components from Embarcadero (available in the CE edition, but as an MVP I have the Enterprise edition) or open sourced, but sometimes I need others like Delphi HTML Components used in HTML Writer. In this case my code stay open source. I cannot guarantee that everything I offer online can be recompiled without external dependencies. In the case of external components, I either purchase them or they are given to me, but in no case is it for advertising purposes, only because I have a use for them.

I have a slightly more extreme solution: use a capture of the component whose color you want to retrieve (with MakeScreenshot) and look directly at its bitmap canvas.

Today I've released "Copyright Pascal Project" v0.3b (still a beta but used in production by me). The purpose of this program is to add and update comments on top of Pascal files (PAS, DPR, LPR) with the copyright, description, authors, links you want to put on each files of your projects before distributing them. The program add a signature to each file to update the comments only for files really changed without looking at their file date. In previous releases I used XML Doc comments for the program or units name. I replaced them by a simple comment. The exports of developer docs (with DocInsight or PasDoc) are better like that and you are free to add yours XMLDoc comments without conflicts with what I do. The project is distributed as a shareware. You can download latest version from the GitHub repository at https://github.com/DeveloppeurPascal/CopyrightPascalProjects/releases/ The program changes the Pascal source files in a folder tree. Beware of changes it can do in case of errors or bugs. I didn't see anything wrong with it but it's up to you to save your files or do commits before applying new comments on your projects with C2PP (or any other tool which change files without previous control).

Hi Did you found a solution for this problem or filled an issue on the quality portal ? I'm having a similar problem where UPDATE doesn't work, whereas INSERT and SELECT don't cause any problems with BLOB fields.

Hello After talking about some of my utilities in November, I thought it would be interesting to talk about the other side: video games. I only do 2D, generally using FireMonkey. On classic FMX projects I add some of my libraries: game controllers, support for graphic elements as user components, help bar, music, score and settings storage. Everything is open source and available on GitHub. I have a few game projects developed under Delphi also visible on GitHub. They're available as executables or will be when I'm happy with how they work. Files containing licensed items, passwords or encryption keys are not put online. This prevents programs from being compiled, but not from reading their source code. If you're interested in the subject of game coding, here are a few repositories to look into: Delphi FMX Game Snippets: demos and examples of features and games (such as match-3, coded today as a TFrame). My Delphi libraries: a set of units I use everywhere, including SVG image list management and settings storage for my programs. Delphi Game Engine: components and libraries to support what we use in classic video games, with as few dependencies as possible and ideally cross-platform. Gamolf FMX Game Starter Kit: I presented it at the Embarcadero online conference in July 2024. This starter kit has evolved and simplified quite a bit since then. I've started switching my games over to it. There's still all the documentation to be produced before it's really usable by you, but I'm available if you have any questions. A pack of Delphi games: the list of my open source games available on GitHub. These projects are intended to work as much as possible with what Embarcadero provides, to be as simple as possible to use, consult and understand. I don't and never will support everything done by Castle Game Engine, Gorilla3D, APUS or other specialized game engines. On the other hand, what I offer should satisfy the majority of 2D video games (or 3D if you manage it yourself). PS: As with the utilities, the game sites are not all available and redirect to Itch.io or GitHub. Yesterday's release of this repository and the start of work on two others should finally allow me to create the hundred or so sites I've been waiting for. That should keep me busy for another year or two... 😉

It's now official : FMX Linux is back in GetIt for developers with Enterprise and Architect licenses under subscription. Current version available is 1.78 (the same for 12 and 12.1 Athens) but it will be maintained and evolve in the future. https://blogs.embarcadero.com/fmx-linux-for-delphi-12-3-is-now-available/

Did you installed it from GetIt or as a standalone program downloaded from https://my.embarcadero.com ? In the first case it should say the patch has been installed. In the second not. https://blogs.embarcadero.com/rad-studio-12-3-april-patch-available/ If you have FireMonkey projects on Mac/iOs, try to connect the IDE to PAServer. The patched version needs an update (the file is in the catalog repository folder of the patch).

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If you need to upgrade Windows 11 on this "old" VM it's possible even if Microsoft says "this system is too old, Windows Update can't be used anymore". I found how to do it on Parallels forum and can explain how to do it there.

Ah, yes, I've forgotten that. So no other solution than RTTI or checking all components in loops. Mark, you're probably not the first one in 30 years to want to access it. Perhaps you can open a "new feature" request on https://qp.embarcadero.com asking for having DataSources[] (read only) and DataSourceCount public properties on TDataSet ? (and explain why you need them)

Perhaps you can try to access it from a helper on TDataSet...

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