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Delphi XE6 is a specific version of Delphi released in April 2014.

Delphi XE6 is a specific version of Delphi released in April 2014.

It supports development of applications covering , , , and . Windows applications may be built using either the framework or the (FMX) framework, whereas the rest of the supported platforms are built under the Firemonkey framework.

Always use the tag alongside this tag.

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Delphi XE6 link C code in iOS

I've built an App on Android using Delphi XE6 that requires C code. However on iOS I cannot make it work. I suspect the problem is related to arm/thumb status, but I am not sure. There is no problem in either system to call the C code from Pascal.…
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How to create a dialog like component that allows drop other controls inside it?

It is a Firemonkey component, however I could see that most of the component base is the same for VCL and FMX, so please if you know how to do that in VCL share your knowledge, it can be eventually the solution for my case. I am using a TPopup as…
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Unable to get ampersand (&) to display in a Delphi TActionMainMenuBar

I am in need of help trying to get the ampersand character to show up in a Delphi XE6 VCL TActionMainMenuBar. I have come across similar requests on Stack Overflow but none that directly address the problem I am having. When creating an action in…
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Converting UnicodeString to AnsiString

In the olden times, i had a function that would convert a WideString to an AnsiString of the specified code-page: function WideStringToString(const Source: WideString; CodePage: UINT): AnsiString; ... begin ... // Convert source UTF-16 string…
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How to simulate drop-down form in Delphi?

How can i create a "drop-down" window using Delphi? Everything beyond this point is research effort; and is in no way related to the answer. Research Effort Making a proper drop-down requires a lot of pieces to carefully work together. I assume…
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Delphi XE 6 - SOAP request HTTPRIO error: The system cannot find the file specified

The error appears in the ShowMessage(aServer.mc_version) line of this code: uses mantisconnect; procedure TForm.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); var aServer: MantisConnectPortType; begin aServer := GetMantisConnectPortType; …
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How can I make Windows 8.1 aware that my Delphi application wants to support Per Monitor DPI?

I have tried to make Windows 8.1 recognize a Delphi XE6 application (a demo program) that I have been trying to build, and have it recognize my application is Per-Monitor DPI aware, purely by the Manifest technique. Delphi XE6 (and all other…
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How to make hovering over Minimize, Maximize, and Close buttons behave?

In a Delphi application, when you hover over a border icon, e.g.: Minimize Maximize Restore it doesn't behave correctly: Compare to an application that does behave correctly: Step to Reproduce Click File, New, VCL Forms Application -…
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How to set the Accessible Name associated with a TEdit control?

If a user is using a screen reader (e.g. Microsoft Narrator), and their focus enters a text box: All they hear is: Editing text Meanwhile in accessible applications, such as Microsoft File Explorer Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft…
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How to implement IEnumerable?

How do i implement IEnumerable? Background Lets say i have a class that i want to implement IEnumerable: TStackoverflow = class(TInterfacedObject, IEnumerable) public { IEnumerable } function GetEnumerator:…
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Parallel compilation of delphi projects through MSBuild

I have a script that compile all the projects (around 50) of my solution like following msbuild "myProjName.dproj" /t:build /p:config="Release" /fileLogger /flp:ErrorsOnly /nologo This works just fine but takes forever to compile. In order to make…
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Vcl.Printers.pas(888): W1025 Unsupported language feature: 'custom attribute'

I'm trying to fix another VCL bug; this time in Vcl.Printers.pas. For now we are doing this by copying the buggy VCL source files to another folder in the Delphi library path, and applying fixes to those files. We applied the fix to…
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Global scope procedures cannot be generic? Is there a technical reason for this restriction?

Why is it that using generic types in a global procedure is not permitted. For example: procedure Foo(bar : T); Compiler Error: E2530 Type parameters not allowed on global procedure or function Yet it is acceptable as a class method TFoo =…
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F2051: Unit %s was compiled with a different version of %s

We've been fixing bugs in the VCL in Delphi XE6. So far the folder contains: | VCL Source Fixes |----- Vcl.ComCtrls.pas |----- Winapi.CommCtrl.pas And we add the folder to our Library search path: Along the way, we learned that we have to confine…
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Delphi XE6 DLL: Unwanted export: TMethodImplementationIntercept

When you compile a DLL in Delphi XE6, it automatically exports the function TMethodImplementationIntercept from System.Rtti.pas. I tried to find a way to avoid this export but didn't find any configuration or compiler directive that could do the…
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