The version 2.0.12 of Lazarus IDE is officially released, according to the Lazarus team.
Continue reading “Lazarus 2.0.12 is released”Using platform-specific paths in Delphi
The TPath class from System.IOUtils unit give you the ability to access system and application specific paths and folders, like the user folders (My documents, My music, My pictures, …).
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Delphi has many system routines that enable you to handle and work on files and storage contents. Also, these routines can be used on all supported platforms, provided by the System unit and sub-units.
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In Delphi FMX, it is possible to save and retrieve data form the last state of your app.
This mean that, when your app is closed (on Windows and macOS) or moved to the background (on Android), its state’s data such as form’s properties, controls’s inputs and values can be stored to a temporar or permanent stream storage. Then, on the next form creation, these data are loaded and used again.
Let’s see how it can work through this quick tutorial :
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On Microsoft Windows, the Registry represent the main component to store, retrieve and customize configurations and settings.
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In Delphi FMX multi-platforms apps, you can use the system clipboard (on Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS and Android) to copy and paste data like text and images.
There is two options in Delphi FMX, you can use :
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