[DUG] BERLIN and DB connectivity

[Tony Blomfield]

Thanks for that. Its good news.



From: delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of Barry Neale
Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2016 10:33 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] BERLIN and DB connectivity

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<mailto: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 at listserver.123.net.nz> [mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz<mailto:delphi-bounces at 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<mailto: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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