If you get access violation, running an application with a Delphi component, then comment out in the project's main form's cpp file the following: //#pragma link "Component_Unit_Name".

Embarcadero RAD Studio XE is a comprehensive application development suite and the fastest way to visually build GUI-intensive, data-driven applications for Windows, .NET, PHP and the Web. RAD Studio includes Delphi®, C++Builder®, Delphi Prism™, and RadPHP™ enabling developers to deliver applications up to 5x faster across multiple Windows, Web, and database platforms.

With RAD Studio XE, you can:

* Rapidly build ultra-rich, ultra-fast applications across multiple platforms
* Build applications faster with pre-built components and drag-and-drop visual design
* Future-proof your applications with native connectivity to 9 major databases and ready-made components for cloud connectivity
* Utilize thousands of free and commercial components for user interfaces, database, multi-tier, web apps, industry specific and more

RAD Studio includes:

* Delphi and C++Builder for rapidly building high-performance native Windows applications
* Delphi Prism for rapidly building .NET and cross-platform Mono applications which can target Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
* RadPHP, a complete PHP IDE and the only choice for rapid drag-and-drop visual development of PHP web applications
* Access to previous versions of Delphi (7, 2007-2010), C++Builder (6, 2007-2010), Delphi Prism (2009-2011) at no extra cost

Some file types are blocked by Gmail:

As a security measure to prevent potential viruses, Gmail doesn't allow you to send or receive executable files (such as files ending in .exe) that could contain damaging executable code. In addition, Gmail does not allow you to send or receive files that are corrupted.
Which file types can I not send or receive?

"ade", "adp", "bat", "chm", "cmd", "com", "cpl", "exe",
"hta", "ins", "isp", "jse", "lib", "mde", "msc", "msp",
"mst", "pif", "scr", "sct", "shb", "sys", "vb", "vbe",
"vbs", "vxd", "wsc", "wsf", "wsh"

Gmail won't accept these types of files even if they are sent in a zipped (.zip, .tar, .tgz, .taz, .z, .gz) format. If this type of message is sent to your Gmail address, it is bounced back to the sender automatically.

SAN FRANCISCO –Aug. 25, 2009 – Embarcadero Technologies, a leading provider of multi-platform database tools and developer software, today announced the general availability of Embarcadero® RAD Studio 2010 which incorporates new versions of Delphi®, C++Builder® and Delphi Prism™. RAD Studio 2010 offers breakthrough capabilities for rapid development of interactive touch and gesture-based interfaces for new or existing applications as well as more than 120 new and enhanced features to increase developer productivity for native Windows and .NET application development. Key RAD Studio 2010 enhancements include:

* Touch and Gesture Capabilities enable developers to build modern, interactive touch-based GUI, tablet, touchpad and kiosk applications with a flexible touch-enabled component framework that is easy to use and works on Windows 7 as well as Windows 2000, XP and Vista platforms.
* Extended database connectivity with first-time support for the popular open-source Firebird database plus updated drivers for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL®. The enhanced DataSnap™ multi-tier framework allows for broader access to industry standard communication protocols, including new JSON and REST that enable interoperability with other services.
* Improved developer productivity with new IDE Insight, a time saving tool to easily find files, components, features and settings using simple keystrokes and search terms; code formatter; C++ Class Explorer; and numerous debugger enhancements.
* Language and compiler enhancements include new background compilation for Delphi and C++Builder, Attributes and RTTI (Run-Time Type Information) for the Delphi language, new draft C++0x language support and updated Boost, STL and TR1 libraries in C++Builder; and Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) in Delphi Prism.

“Affordable hardware availability and user demand for natural input on netbooks, touchpads, and kiosks is outpacing touch-enhanced application availability,” said Michael Swindell, vice president of products, Embarcadero Technologies. “Delphi and C++Builder 2010 make the transition to new technologies, like touch, seamless for developers. RAD Studio 2010 is a wise investment because it gives developers the functionality needed to continually stay ahead of the curve while using fewer resources and minimizing re-work.”

New features include:

REDMOND, Wash. — July 22, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the next versions of its flagship desktop and server operating systems. With the completion of this development phase, industry partners are readying products in time for the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 worldwide general launches. Windows 7 will be generally available to customers around the world on October 22, and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be generally available on or before that date. As always, current customers of the Windows Volume Licensing program, Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers and TechNet subscribers will be among the first to get customer access to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in the coming weeks.

Microsoft has started giving the public a taste of the next generation of its development platform and tools. In this regard, the Redmond company made available for download the first Beta builds of .NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. After being released only to MSDN subscribers on May 18, two days later, on May 20, the successors of Visual Studio 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 were up for grabs with no restrictions, as Microsoft had opened up the testing process to all, not just participants with MSDN subscriptions.

“This beta does have full setup available so you can provision it yourself. The product is designed to work cleanly with VS2008, however like any pre-release software you should be careful about using the product on your main machine. We are not (yet) opening the product up for general ‘go live’ usage; our goal is to get your feedback on the feature set and direction we are headed,” revealed Jason Zander, general manager, Visual Studio, Developer Division, Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1.

According to the Redmond company Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is designed to play nice with a range of Windows platforms. In this regard the software giant indicated that the bits could be installed on both the 32-bit and the 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista (all SKUs with the exception of Starter edition), Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and later, Windows Server 2003 R2 and later, Windows Server 2008 RTM and SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 RC Enterprise and Windows 7 RC Ultimate.

1. New Language Features
Delphi generics with full RTL list and collection support. Delphi anonymous methods. UnicodeString type as the default string type. C++Builder first commercial vendor support for upcoming C++0x language standards including move semantics, scoped enumerations, explicit conversion operators, static assert and type traits, decltype, extern templates, and Unicode characters. C++Builder library additions including TR1 and Boost. Improved Delphi compatibility in C++Builder with class methods and static properties

2. IDE Additions and Enhancements
Shared build configurations. Named option sets to save and apply build configurations to any project. Delphi compiler option to treat warnings as errors. Delphi Class Explorer gives configurable hierarchical view of class libraries throughout project, fast navigation to declarations and implementations, and easy addition of fields and methods. Resource Manager greatly simplifies the addition of resources to projects. LiveSource two-way UML modeling now available for C++Builder. Precompiled header wizard for C++Builder.

3. New VCL Features
VCL components and themes including TButtonedEdit, TBalloonHints, TCategoryPanelGroup. PNG image format support in TImage and TImageList. Ribbon Controls components for creating Microsoft Office style ribbon interfaces. Enhancements to TButtons, TEdit, TListView, TTreeView, TLabel, themes, and Vista Aero support. New version of VCL for the Web for creating AJAX and Silverlight-enabled rich intranet and web applications.

4. Expanded Multi-Tier Database Technology
Next generation DataSnap. New ServerMethods give complete control over functionality of middle tier. Call procedures from server as if the code were right on the client. Continue to use familiar IAppServer interface while expanding power of application servers. No COM dependencies in new DataSnap framework. Easily migrate existing servers to the new architecture.

5. New Unicode, internationalization and localization
Unicode enabled throughout the IDE. Enhanced Integrated Translation Environment (ITE) to view and edit VCL forms and resource strings. Enhanced External Translation Manager (ETM) to view and edit language resource files outside the IDE. Enhanced Resource DLL Wizard to create Win32 resource DLLs for localization. Enhanced Translation Repository provides a database for translations that can be shared across projects.

6. New for COM and ActiveX
Enhanced Import Component wizard to import a type library, ActiveX control or .NET Assembly. Enhanced Component wizard to create the unit for a new component . TStringBuilder for easier and faster string concatenation

Fully re-architected COM/ActiveX support now enables transparent access to IDL and code. Updated Wizards support wrapping existing VCL components as ActiveX controls.

7. Updated additional components and software
InterBase 2009 Developer Edition—up to 20 users and 80 logical local connections. Updated TeeChart 8.0 charting components. Updated Rave Reports 7.6. Updated VCL for the Web RAD Web application framework.