[DUG] BERLIN and DB connectivity

[Barry Neale]

We've been using FireDAC for a little while now and I'm finding it works
really well.
We currently only run against SQLite, but we do it on Windoze, Android and
iOS and it works without any issues at all (we had problems on other
platforms until we changed to FireDAC)

Personally I feel the Berlin release has been the best one so far, in terms
of other platforms.

Our code has matured, but compiling and building apps is way quicker (in
the early XE versions it took minutes to compile for android and not at all
for iOS), and the start up times for the apps on the mobile platforms has
speed up considerably with this version.

Any app's that don't directly connect to a DB (ie n Tiered) we use JSON
with some of our own classes to help.

Is it a realistic option for multi platform. For us a present it is, would
we make the same decision now if we were starting out, I don't know.

I think it's like all delphi development. It's very easy to make
prototypes, by dropping components/controls onto forms and then having code
executed on events which you select from the object inspector.

If you want to make really good production code, for substantial products,
then it requires serious coding and building of your own classes which
takes time, and doesn't look like how it's down by the Sales Team at
whatever company currently own's 'Delphi'.





On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Tony Blomfield <tonyb at precepthealth.com>
wrote:

> Some generic questions. I have just started using Berlin.
>
>
>
> 1.       For DB connectivity, query etc. Which is better. Firedac, or
> TSQL connection ?
>
> 2.       TSQL connection does not support SQLServer 2008 R2, 2012, or
> 2014. This is a pretty serious short coming. What do others think ? No
> doubt there are many other shortcomings.
>
> 3.       Can anyone experienced in the subject suggest a good n Tiered
> example using Data Snap ?
>
> 4.       Is Delphi a realistic platform for Android and iOS ? Friends
> that have tried it, say it is just a demo toy, and a long way from ready.
>
>
>
> Thanks very much,
>
>
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> *From:* delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@
> listserver.123.net.nz] *On Behalf Of *Graham Marsden
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 2 August 2016 4:37 a.m.
> *To:* delphi at listserver.123.net.nz
> *Subject:* [DUG] TChromium
>
>
>
> Hi All
>
> Does anyone have any experience with TChromium ... as in
> delphichromiumembedded, DCEF3 ?
>
> Installation in the VCL, distribution (files required), reliability,
> support etc
>
>
>
> I am looking for a replacement for the standard TWebBrowser component in
> order to view PDF files within a Delphi VCL application. TWebBrowser
> unfortunately relies on the Windows Internet Explorer installation and
> current settings which can lead to various problems.
>
> Any info very much appreciated on this and the wider topic of extracting
> images from PDF files generally.
>
> Graham Marsden
>
>
>
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