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2011-09-25

Synopse SQLite3/mORMot framework 1.15

By AB4327-GANDI, 2011-09-25. Open Source › mORMot Framework

Our Client-Server ORM framework is now available in revision 1.15.

This is a major upgrade of the framework:

It is now called mORMot - so please update your T-Shirts or coffee cups
It is able to use any Database engine back-end - in fact, it is SQLite3 powered, not SQLite3 limited;
In particular, direct OleDB and native Oracle have been implemented;
It makes use of the genuine SQlite3 Virtual Table mechanism everywhere to allow mixed access to any database engine;
New TModTime / TCreateTime kind of fields;
Enhanced stability, speed and multi-thread implementation;
Methods and functions have been enhanced, according to user feedback (thanks you all for your interest and forum posts!);
Extended documentation (more than 700 pdf pages), with new diagrams and a lot of new content;
New associated tools, like LogViewer or SynDBExplorer;
The SQLite3 core can now be used without our ORM - it has been updated to the latest 3.7.8 version;
Open Source (under GPL/LGPL/MPL license), running from Delphi 6 up to XE2.

Some thoughts about OSX integration in XE2

By AB4327-GANDI, 2011-09-25. Pascal Programming

You know all that one of the most exciting features of Delphi XE2 is the MaxOSX Cross-Platform feature.
You've got the UI part, that is FireMonkey, but underneath, you did have some RTL modifications in order to let our Windows-centric solutions be OSX ready.

The first main step was to make our code speak with the "Objective-C" way of coding.

Objective-C is the primary language used for Apple's Cocoa API, and it was originally the main language on NeXT's NeXTSTEP OS. It's some object-oriented C variant, but something other than C++ or Java. In fact, Objective-C sounds more like a SmallTalk variance of C than another C++/Java/C# flavor. For instance, the Objective-C model of object-oriented programming is based on message passing to object instances: this is just another way of doing it. It has some advantages, and disadvantages (I don't want to troll here) - but it is definitively nice. And the memory model is just something else, more close to our reference-counting way (as in Delphi interface implementation) than a garbage collector.

Synopse SQLite3 framework is now mORMot

By AB4327-GANDI, 2011-09-25. Open Source › mORMot Framework

In case you were redirected from the previous "Synopse SQLite3 framework" category link, here is the new thread to be used instead: http://blog.synopse.info/category/Open-Source-Projects/mORMot-Framework Since revision 1.15 of the framework, it is able to connect to any database engine […]

Synopse PDF Engine 1.15

By AB4327-GANDI, 2011-09-25. Open Source › Synopse PDF engine

For our PDF generation Open-Source library, this is a small fix update.

It can now be compiled under Delphi XE2.
But it's still working from all previous IDE versions, starting with Delphi 5, and still 100% free - released under GPL/LGPL/MPL license, choice is yours.

2011-09-14

L10n and i18n in our framework

By AB4327-GANDI, 2011-09-14. Open Source › mORMot Framework

In computing, internationalization and localization (also spelled internationalisation and localisation) are means of adapting computer software to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market:

Internationalization (i18n) is the process of designing a software application so that it can be adapted to various languages;
Localization (L10n) is the process of adapting internationalized software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text, e.g. for dates display.

Our framework handle both features, via the SQLite3i18n.pas unit. For instance, resourcestring defined in the source code are retrieved from the executable and can be translated on the fly. The unit extends this to visual forms, and even captions generated from RTTI.

In short, making your software open to any language is handled by the framework, from the bottom-up.

2011-09-12

Using Extended in Delphi XE2 64 bit

By AB4327-GANDI, 2011-09-12. Pascal Programming

Unfortunately, Delphi's 64-bit compiler (dcc64) and RTL do not support 80-bit extended floating point values on Win64, but silently alias Extended = Double on Win64.

There are situations, however, where this is clearly undesirable, e.g. if the additional precision gained from Extended is required.

The Open-source uTExtendedX87 unit provides a replacement FPU-backed 80-bit Extended floating point type (TExtendedX87) for Win64.

2011-09-01

DataSnap-like Client-Server JSON RESTful Services in Delphi 6-XE5

By AB4327-GANDI, 2011-09-01. Open Source › mORMot Framework

Article update:
The server side call back signature changed since this article was first published in 2010.
Please refer to the documentation or this forum article and associated commit.
The article was totally rewritten to reflect the enhancements.
And do not forget to see mORMot's interface-based services!

Note that the main difference with previous implementation is the signature of the service implementation event, which should be now exactly:
procedure MyService(Ctxt: TSQLRestServerURIContext);
(note that there is one unique class parameter, with no var specifier)
Please update your code if you are using method-based services!

You certainly knows about the new DataSnap Client-Server features, based on JSON, introduced in Delphi 2010.
http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudi … plications

We added such communication in our mORmot Framework, in a KISS (i.e. simple) way: no expert, no new unit or new class. Just add a published method Server-side, then use easy functions about JSON or URL-parameters to get the request encoded and decoded as expected, on Client-side.

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