Rad-Studio-Feature-Matrix 10.4
Rad-Studio-Feature-Matrix 10.4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTEGRATED COMPILERS AND TOOLCHAINS APPLICATION PLATFORMS, INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS,
LICENSING AND TOOL MANAGEABILITY DESIGNERS AND SDKS
FMX APPLICATION PLATFORM (FIREMONKEY) VISUAL COMPONENT LIBRARY (VCL)
COM/DCOM SUPPORT INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SUPPORT
VISUAL LIVEBINDINGS INTEGRATED BUILD TOOLS AND PROJECT SUPPORT
RECENT C++ LANGUAGE AND CORE RTL FEATURES RECENT DELPHI LANGUAGE AND CORE RTL FEATURES
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
SHARED RUNTIME LIBRARY FEATURES
AND DEVELOPER PRODUCTIVITY
SOURCE CODE MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
REFACTORINGS UML MODELING
INTEGRATED DEBUGGING INTEGRATED UNIT TESTING
INTEGRATED HELP DATABASE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTIVITY
FIREDAC MULTI-DEVICE DATA ACCESS LIBRARY DBEXPRESS AND IBX
RAD SERVER DATASNAP MULTI-TIER
DATABASE TOOLS INCLUDED DATABASES
REST CLIENT LIBRARY AND BAAS CLOUD SUPPORT
XML AND SOAP IP*WORKS! COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS
CONNECT TO REST APIS WITH ENTERPRISE CONNECTORS FILE COMPARE WITH BEYOND COMPARE TEXT COMPARE
TEECHART CHARTING COMPONENTS LOGGING WITH CODESITE EXPRESS
FASTREPORT REPORTING SOLUTIONS SENCHA EXT JS PROFESSIONAL EDITION
AQUA DATA STUDIO
PROFESSIONAL / ARCHITECT /
FEATURE
COMMUNITY1 ENTERPRISE
INTEGRATED COMPILERS AND TOOLCHAINS
Delphi 32-bit native code optimizing compiler (dcc32) and toolchain for Windows. Delphi 64-bit
native compiler and toolchain for Windows (dcc64)
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Delphi 64-bit native compiler and toolchain for Linux (dcclinux64)
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.2 RIO! Delphi native compiler and toolchain for macOS 64-bit (dccosx64)
Delphi ARM 32 bit compiler and toolchain for Android devices (dccaarm)
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.3 RIO! Delphi 64-bit ARM compiler and toolchain for Android 64-bit platform (dccaarm64)
INTRODUCED C++ 17 Clang-enhanced compiler and toolchain for Win32 (bcc32x and bcc32c). Classic
IN 10.3 RIO!
Embarcadero C++ compiler and toolchain for Win32 (bcc32)
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.2 RIO! C++ 17 Clang-enhanced compiler and toolchain for Win64 (bcc64)
LICENSING
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2.3 TOKIO Limited license based on revenue and usage and team size (see EULA for details)
COMMUNITY only
Licensing suitable for larger teams with no restriction on the number of licenses you can purchase
or use and on revenue derived from the product (see EULA for details)
PROFESSIONAL only
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Community edition planned for a future 10.4.x release. Current available Community Edition version is 10.3.3.
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 2
ENHANCED Earlier version licenses included in network licenses (Delphi 2007–10.3, C++ Builder 2007–10.3).
IN 10.4 SYDNEY!
Delphi 7 and C++Builder 6 available separately
PROFESSIONAL only
ENHANCED Access to licenses and downloads for earlier versions with purchase of standalone product licenses
IN 10.4 SYDNEY!
(Delphi 2007–10.3, C++Builder 2007–10.3, Delphi 7, and C++Builder 6)
PROFESSIONAL only
APPLICATION PLATFORMS, INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS, DESIGNERS AND SDKS
INTRODUCED Support for Linux server-side and standalone applications for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
and RedHat Enterprise Linux (version 7)
ENHANCED Support for Linux client-side applications using the bundled FMX Linux library*
IN 10.4 SYDNEY!
* Available for download in the GetIt Package Manager
ENHANCED FireMonkey Application Platform for creating 32-bit Windows applications and 64-bit Windows
IN 10.4 SYDNEY!
applications for Windows 10, Windows 8.x and Windows 7; Windows Server 2016 and 2012 R2
ENHANCED FireMonkey Application Platform for creating 64-bit macOS applications that run on 10.15 Catalina,
IN 10.4 SYDNEY!
10.14 Mojave, and 10.13 High Sierra
ENHANCED FireMonkey Application Platform for creating native iOS applications for iOS 13, iOS 12, and iOS 11 for
IN 10.4 SYDNEY!
ARM 64-bit, with expanded support for iOS 13
ENHANCED FireMonkey Application Platform for creating native Android ARMv7 applications for 10, Pie (9.0),
IN 10.4 SYDNEY!
Oreo (8.0), Nougat (7.x), and Marshmallow (6.x)
ENHANCED FireMonkey Application Platform for creating native 64-bit Android ARMv7 applications for 10, Pie
IN 10.4 SYDNEY!
(9.0), Oreo (8.0), Nougat (7.x), and Marshmallow (6.x)
ENHANCED VCL (Visual Component Library) for rapidly building 32-bit and 64-bit applications for Windows 10,
IN 10.4 SYDNEY!
Windows 8.x and Windows 7; Windows Server 2012 and 2016
Windows Desktop Bridge .appx package format deployment (providing support for deploying to the
Win 10 store), including the management of additional files, APPX packaging and code signing
automatically invoking the platform SDK (this feature requires running RAD Studio on Windows 10
Anniversary Update or above)
Microsoft Windows SDK support for Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7 APIs. Includes
ENHANCED
IN 10.3 RIO! support for calling both classic Win32/Win64 APIs and enhanced support for WinRT APIs; required
for the Windows Desktop Bridge
FMX APPLICATION PLATFORM (FIREMONKEY)
FireUI multi-device designer for visually building mobile and desktop applications and customize
them at design time for different form factors and operating systems
FireUI multi-device designer ability to make changes on the main user interface that are propagated
to other device specific user interfaces and fine tune a device specific form factor without affecting
other views; support for adding additional custom views to the designer
FireUI App Previews lets you preview your FireMonkey application on iOS, Android, desktop targets
as you are designing the app. Changes made in the FMX Designer are broadcasted in real time to
connected devices using the appropriate Styles for the devices.
Dozens of UI controls for building FMX applications, covering the most common UI guidelines and
including also 3D support, for rapidly building multi-device applications
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! Metal Drivers GPU Support for macOS
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! New Windows Styled Memo Implementation with enhanced IME support
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! TBufferedLayout Component for faster rendering of child controls
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! iOS Theme check and theme change change notification
Address Book component for iOS and Android, allowing access to and extensive modification of
device contacts and groups and including monitoring of address book changes by other applications
INTRODUCED Google Firebase Push Notification support for the Android platform, with IDE-integrated
IN 10.3.2 RIO!
configuration and updated Google Play services
INTRODUCED QuickEdit designers for FireMonkey, including a new pane for editing common control properties
IN 10.2.2 TOKYO!
faster and several other additions to the IDE designer experience
Extended clipboard service support, with new IFMXExtendedClipboardService interface, with
support for querying and working with text, images, and custom formats
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 3
Support for accelerator keys on Windows, compatible with other platforms and implemented using
the new IFMXAcceleratorKeyRegistryService platform service. There is also a new FocusControl
property for the Label control to specify the focus target for the label’s accelerator
Grid controls improvements including support for ImageList, new AutoDisplacement and
CancelEditingByDefault options, and StringGrid supports for glyph and currency columns
ListView item designer, providing an interactive way to work with ListView items; Touch animation
support for TListView
Enhanced TFont and TFontStyle to support multi-weight, multi-style fonts
FireMonkey zOrder support for Windows and native style presentation for Windows for Edit and
Memo platform controls
INTRODUCED FireMonkey zOrder support for Android and native style presentation for Android for Edit, Calendar,
IN 10.3 RIO!
Switch, and Multiview controls
Touch animation for Android platform
FireMonkey apps can receive Android intents, regardless of the source (email, web link, other app).
A new sample demonstrates this ability
FireMonkey Behavior service for automatically adjusting UI properties to the target operating system
standards
MultiView component to create a UI that adapts to the form factor, from mobile to tablet, from
ENHANCED
IN 10.2.2 TOKYO! portrait to landscape. Now with specific support for Windows 10 UI, new options to manage
borders appearance, and new alignments for docked panel mode
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Multi-Threading support for TBitmap, TCanvas and TContext3D
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Unification of Delphi and Java threads on Android
Edit and Calendar ability to dynamically render a platform native UI control on iOS; Memo platform
controls for iOS for highest input fidelity
FireMonkey platform rendering TGrid for iOS
MapView component for mobile platforms (iOS and Android) supporting platform specific
interactive mapping libraries (respectively, by Apple and Google)
ENHANCED
IN 10.2.2 TOKYO! WebBrowser component for Windows
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! WebBrowser component for macOS based on WKWebView platform API
Improved mixing of platform and styled components, with new platform styling options for iOS and
controls Z-order improvements (with ControlType property for non-platform controls)
ImageList component for FireMonkey, for storing and manipulating multiple images and sub-images
in a single component; several components can more pick their graphical elements from the
ImageList, rather than a standalone image
Multi-monitor support for desktop platforms
Splash screen support for Android, with specific project options matching the iOS ones
Tint support for buttons and toolbars on iOS and Android (for control surface and controls icons)
In-app purchase component for iOS and Android, to help monetize your applications
ENHANCED Advertising component for Android, including AdMob support based on the Google Mobile Ads SDK
IN 10.2.3 TOKYO!
(updated to version 7.0 in RAD Studio 10.2.3), also to help you monetize your mobile applications
ENHANCED Push notifications support for mobile platforms, to receive remote notifications even if the app is not
IN 10.3.2 RIO!
running (updated to include Firebase Android support)
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 4
FireMonkey support for AppTethering across desktop and mobile applications, including both Wifi
ENHANCED
IN 10.2.2 TOKYO! and Bluetooth support, with protocol enhancements, including encryption hooks and events to
handle when a profile is connected or disconnected
Native message alerts for iOS and Android
Custom Pickers for iOS and Android, including Date Picker (DateEdit component) and Time Picker,
Time Picker for desktop platforms
Phone Dialer Support for iOS and Android
Built-in text editing mode for Edit and Memo controls on Android and iOS, including
Cut/Copy/Paste/Zoom; Spell Check Support for text input controls on iOS and Android
Notification Center Component for using notifications in your iOS and Android applications,
including notification sound and now supporting also Windows 10 Notifications
Gesture support for iOS and Android including swipe (pan), tap, tap and hold, double tap and pinch
& zoom
FireMonkey Mobile Application Wizard with header/footer, tabbed, and master detail templates
Full set of native iOS and Android styling options for buttons, toolbars, list boxes, sliders, switch
controls
Swipe-to-Delete and Pull-to-Refresh on iOS and Android with the ListView component; search
filtering for ListView
WebBrowser component for loading and displaying web content in your iOS and Android
applications (now with corresponding desktop component)
Extended ListBox capabilities for iOS and Android, including header/footer/grouped styling,
embedded search and expanded LiveBindings support
Support for various keyboard types on iOS and Android
TCameraComponent component for accessing the front and back camera, the flash, and more
device camera features
TabControl with new settings for using tabs as views and a PlatformDefault tab position to
automatically adapt tab layout to the current mobile platform, support for TabControl tab icons on
Android, slide transition action for TTabControl
FireMonkey Frames for designing portions of the UI and repeating them on multiple forms
Toggle Device Skin to show/hide mobile device background in the multi-device designer
FireMonkey Save State feature for persisting the forms status between sessions (and when the
program is stopped by the operating system)
macOS Full screen Mode
Actions and ActionLists for FireMonkey for better separation of the application logic from the user
interface
Ready-to-use action for accessing the camera application and for accessing images from the
camera roll on iOS and Android
Share Sheet support on iOS and Android for sharing content via Messaging, Mail, Facebook, Twitter
etc.
FireMonkey control anchors for flexible positioning and sizing of the visual controls; Layout
Managers (Flow Layout, Grid Layout) for flexible child controls positioning and sizing
Location Services component for GPS or triangulation, including geocoding support
Support for Windows gestures. On-screen keyboard support for Windows touch devices
Edit control with styleable glyph with built-in style support for search bar, password control and
more
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 5
StyleLookUp support with preview of available designs for the selected component
Shared external redistributable bitmap style designer for VCL and FMX
INTRODUCED 5 new FireMonkey multi-device styles* with theming support for all supported platforms
IN 10.3.1 RIO!!
* Available for download in the GetIt Package Manager
Bitmap Style Designer enhancement, including new templates for Windows, Mac OS and Android
Lollipop styles, ability to create blank styles for different platforms, and to adjust objects for different
graphic resolutions
Significantly improved integrated FireMonkey Style Designer, and enhancement to the TStyleBook
component to support a collection of styles for various platforms
StyleViewer for Windows 10 Style in Bitmap Style Designer
Bitmap Links editor, to modifying TBitmapLink properties directly inside the IDE
Use one shader language for all rendering libraries (OpenGL or 3D)
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! Custom Title Bars and the TitleBarPanel Component
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! TVirtualImage component with support for images with multiple resolutions
INTRODUCED New Windows API headers for areas like High-DPI and DPI-awareness, WM_POINTER pen input
IN 10.3 RIO!
support, and more
New custom VCL controls corresponding to some of the new Windows 10 UI controls, which can
also be used on previous version of Windows
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! DatePicker and TimePicker VCL controls; StackPanel and CardPanel VCL controls
VCL support for AppTethering across desktop and mobile applications, with Wifi and Bluetooth
support with extensions and protocol enhancements, including encryption hooks, including events
to handle when a profile is connected or disconnected
Taskbar component with progress bars, overlay icons, custom buttons, and multiple previews;
JumpList component for adding custom menus to taskbar buttons
VCL Styles: Create VCL applications with enhanced GUI, with additional Windows 10 Styles for VCL
and including Windows touch tablets optimized styles; support for styling of main menus, popup
menus, and system menus
Windows 10 specific VCL styles, to build applications matching Microsoft’s Modern look and feel;
Premium styles including TabletLight, Sky, and Glow VCL styles
INTRODUCED 10 new VCL Windows styles* that users can apply to their Windows applications
IN 10.3.1 RIO!
* Available for download in the GetIt Package Manager
Create your own custom styles with the VCL Style Designer
VCL Styling improvements, including support for styling common dialogs and the TWebBrowser
component
Theming and styling support for TGrid descendants
Integrated gesturing framework with multi-OS support for Windows 8. Gesture Designer enables
full control of all gesture design and interaction; Gesture components (TGestureListView,
TGesturePreview, TGestureRecorder) to build gesture creation and management into VCL based
applications; Interactive multi-touch gestures for pan, zoom, rotate, tap, double tap, tap and hold
(requires multi-touch enabled OS)
TTouchKeyboard a virtual keyboard for enhanced non-keyboard interface interactions that support
multiple locales and languages
Modern VCL Components: TCategoryPanelGroup, TButtonedEdit, TLinkLabel, TBalloonHint
Support for Windows Imaging Component (WIC) including JPEG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, BMP, and HD Photo
image formats. RAW camera formats (such as NRW, NEF, CRW, CR2, RW2, ARW, SR2, SRF, ORF,
PEF, and DNG) also supported with manufacturer supplied codecs
Import Component wizard to import a type library, ActiveX control or .NET Assembly
Standard components including frame, edit, menu, button, label, checkbox, list box, combo box,
panel and action list
Additional components including graphical buttons, image, shape, scroll box, splitter, buttoned edit,
tabs, panels, action toolbar, and color map
Windows common controls including page control, image list, rich edit, progress bar, date time,
calendar, toolbar, tree view and list view
System components including timer, paint box, media player, OLE container and DDE
Dialog components including open, save, open/save picture, open/save text, font, color, print,
printer setup, find, replace and page setup
Data Access Controls via datasource and the use of data-aware controls
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 7
Data Controls including DBGrid, navigator, text, edit, memo, image, listbox, combo box, checkbox,
radiogroup, lookup and rich edit
TWebBrowser support, wrapped on the Microsoft IE ActiveX component
Task dialog component and enhanced Windows dialog components for file open and file save
COM/DCOM SUPPORT
Full COM/ActiveX support enabling transparent access to IDL and code, source control friendly, and
allowing total control over implementation of COM and ActiveX objects; DCOM support
Wizards support wrapping existing VCL components as ActiveX controls
Legacy support for DataSnap/MIDAS COM/DCOM based multi-tier database application framework
Advanced Type Library Editor that manages IDL, making COM development completely transparent;
Support for Automation Object event handling
Create reusable native 32-bit and 64-bit dynamically linked libraries (.DLL), COM controls (.OCX),
and standalone COM executable
COM Object Wizard; Microsoft ActiveX® Control Data binding; Import COM servers as components
Proximity support based on the “beacons” technology (including the iBeacon and AltBeacon
standards) for all supported platforms
Beacon enhancements with support for EddyStone format, change of AdvertiseData parser to
include all fields, improved Beacon scan performance, new Android scan modes, and WinRT
Bluetooth API integration, StartScan method on Android
New TBeaconDevice class for turning a device on one of the supported platforms into a “beacon”
BeaconFence components* for detecting a device position relative to pre-determined zones based
and based on triangulation of beacons positions
* Available for download in the GetIt Package Manager
BeaconFence enhancements for detecting zones, Windows support, customized calculation of the
current position, access last calculated position
New Bluetooth LE and Z-Wave compatible components* for Internet of Things devices, with demo
projects for Delphi and C++. In order to use the component, you will need to have the physical IoT
device.
* Available for download in the GetIt Package Manager
Ready to use Bluetooth LE-based IoT components including heart rate monitors, blood pressure
monitors, weight scales, thermometers, Environment sensors, speed and cadence fitness monitors,
items trackers, light bulbs
Ready to use Z-Wave compatible IoT components including environment monitors, home
automation devices, light and temperature monitors, and more
VISUAL LIVEBINDINGS
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! Optimized Visual Live Bindings RTTI integration for better performance
Easily replace prototype data with real ClientDataSet data with one click
Support for QuickBinding components, ability to visually add and bind to additional component
properties
Color coded component properties easily identify bindable members
Zoom control for Visual LiveBindings Designer and ability to save image of current LiveBindings
Designer layout; Hide visual elements on right-click
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 8
Integrated Layers Management system for LiveBindings Designer with Photoshop® like layers,
allowing you to visually organize and hide set of elements in the LiveBindings Designer
Tools Options support for LiveBindings Designer to show/hide certain components from the visual
LiveBindings Designer view and enable/disable Wizard option in right-click menu
INTEGRATED BUILD TOOLS AND PROJECT SUPPORT
IDE support for building and managing projects for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! IDE support for building and managing projects for 64-bit Linux
INTRODUCED IDE support for building and managing projects for 64-bit macOS (including macOS App Store
IN 10.3.2 RIO!
support and integrated Apple Notarization support)
Use MSBuild externally from the IDE to compile very large projects with the stand-alone Delphi and
C++ compilers.
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2.2 TOKYO! The stand-alone Delphi compilers can now use the large memory address space.
Define Android application settings, including supported orientations, and use the new Entitlement
lists to include advertising and notifications support in an app
INTRODUCED IDE support for creating Android App Bundle (AAB) including both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries for
IN 10.3.3 RIO!
store submission
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! Integrated installation of AdoptOpenJDK, required by Android SDK tools
IDE support for adding Java classes to an Android app classes.dex library and customizing it
Support for Android Services in the IDE, including wizards to create Android Services and to add
them to an existing Android app
Java2OP (Java to Object Pascal bridge) API headers translation tool (for Android), improved to
reduce dependency between units
SdkTransform tool to convert Objective-C / C++ headers to Object Pascal headers
Deploy apps to the iOS Device (Debug/Ad Hoc/ App Store), now with several iOS device
provisioning improvements to simplify the deployment process – including Auto Bundle identifier
and support for executing an application from the IDE using the AdHoc target
Define iOS application splash screens and mobile app icons in the IDE
Platform Assistant Manager Mac macOS tray app that helps managing multiple versions of Platform
Assistant (PAServer)
Deployment Manager: Deploy to iOS, Android, Windows
Automatic inclusion of project files (like media files and resource files) to the Deployment Manager
Project Manager view menu for directory (nested), directory (flat) and list view of files in a project
and with an enhanced status bar for more file information.
File manipulation and creation through the Project Manager facilities
Flexible build system leveraging MSBuild with identical build process from the IDE or command line
ENHANCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Delphi 1 through 10.2 project import and C++Builder 3 through 10.2 project import
Build Configurations provide flexibility to organize multiple build settings for all compiler, linker
options, and platform support
Named option sets to save and apply build configurations to any project; Share option-sets
between build configurations and between projects
Multi-select files in the Project Manager
Build Events for pre-build and post-build on project and file levels
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 9
Project dependency checking, Project level build ordering, Build/Make from here – Make or build
current project and all later projects
IDE Studio personality indicator – shows which is active when multiple languages are available
Additional command line tools include Microsoft Resource Compiler, TDump utility to structurally
analyze EXE, OJB, and LIB files, GREP tool, and MAKE tool
RECENT C++ LANGUAGE AND CORE RTL FEATURES
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3 RIO! Win32 C++ Clang-enhanced compiler (with C++ 17 language support)
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.2 RIO! Win64 C++ Clang-enhanced compiler (with C++ 17 language support)
ENHANCED C++ runtime library (RTL) built with the updated Clang-enhanced compiler for Win32 and Win64,
IN 10.3.2 RIO!
including 2018 edition of Dinkumware STL
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3 RIO! Improved C++ and Delphi ABI and header compatibility
INTRODUCED Support for using our C++Builder compilers to build CMake projects on the command line for
IN 10.2.3 TOKYO!
Win32, Win64, iOS32, iOS64, and Android, including deployment support
ENHANCED Improved optimizations for C++ Clang-enhanced compilers code generation (-O1 and -O2 and now
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
also -O3 optimizations)
Simplified array initialization and construction for C++ Clang-enhanced compilers
The Clang-enhanced compilers are now large-address aware and can take advantage of additional
memory
Additional iterator wrappers over common Delphi RTL containers for all Clang-enhanced compilers
for use with C++11 range-for loops and non-member std::begin() and std::end()
C++ functions for TPoint, TPointF, TRect, TRectF core types
#pragma once support that allows for better compatibility with MSVC and also acts as a header
guard
[[deprecated]] attribute to flag constructs as deprecated
Static assertions
Extern templates
Decltype keyword
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Large-memory space support for C++ linker and improved resource handling to address heap errors
Delphi compiler and linker performance improvements to improve compilation speed for generic
methods and generic methods in standard classes
Improved initialization for dynamic arrays, support for mixing and matching constant and dynamic
arrays
New string-like operations on dynamic arrays including + operator concatenation, Insert and Delete
Predefined helpers for core types such as string, char, integer, other ordinal types, and floating point
types
RTTI for indexed properties and RTL support
Reflection support for exposure of Methods, Fields, and Properties to support dynamic invocations
and other meta-programming approaches (Enhanced RTTI)
Custom attribute support for most code elements – types, fields, properties, methods, and
parameters
Generics with full RTL list and collection support
UnicodeString type as the default string type and support for Unicode char manipulation
Delphi and C++ RTL for 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows
Delphi and C++ packages support for 32-bit applications and 64-bit Windows
INTRODUCED Support for Windows Store interaction via TWindowsStore component, with support for paid
IN 10.3 RIO!
applications, paid add-ons, and trial mode
Support for contracts, the system mechanism for sharing information with other Windows 10
applications (apps can behave like contract sources) using the new SharingContract component –
C++ supported in the GetIt Package Manager
Parallel Programming library for easy development of asynchronous code and faster multi-core
applications, without coding threads manually
System.Threading unit supporting parallel for loops, tasks scheduling and futures
ENHANCED Support for all classic string types (including UTF8String, ANSIString, and RawByteString) on iOS and
IN 10.4 SYDNEY!
Android
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.2 RIO! Delphi RTL for macOS 64-bit
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 11
Delphi and C++ RTL for iOS, iOS 64-bit API headers and RTL integration
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.3 RIO! Delphi RTL for 64-bit Android
ENHANCED
IN 10.3 RIO! Delphi and C++ RTL for Android, with support for Android API level 26
Native zip file support. TZipFile class now has a callback to use during the extraction process to
know the current progress, support added to extract ZIP files with passwords
ENHANCED
IN 10.3 RIO! Regular Expressions (Regex) library, now supporting PCRE UTF-16 on Windows
Buffered file read and write support, based on the TBufferedFileStream class, a high performance
TFileStream descendant based on an internal configurable buffer
TMemIniFile and TIniFile have new Modified and AutoSave properties
Box2D physics engine, for manipulating on-screen objects according to the physics rules
ENHANCED JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) processing using a JSON.NET implementation for JSON streaming
IN 10.3 RIO!
with new readers and writers (including base TJsonReader and TJsonWriter classes)
Specialized JSON readers and writers, including the TJsonTextReader and TJsonTextWriter classes,
ENHANCED
IN 10.3 RIO! the new TAsciiStreamWriter class, support for Extended JSON, better exception handling when
reading not-well-defined JSON
Binary JSON (BSON) readers and writers support, as part of the same JSON.NET architecture
(including the new TBsonReader and TBsonWriter classes)
JSON and BSON fluent method builders, including the TJSONArrayBuilder and TJSONObjectBuilder
classes
JSON and BSON fast forward-only iterator (TJSONIterator)
System.NetEncoding RTL unit for Web encoding and decoding (Base64, HTML, URL)
ENHANCED System.Hash RTL unit, with hash functions to support the HTTP framework, now including also
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
method for files hashing
HTTP client framework, mapped to platforms libraries on all supported platforms, including also
ENHANCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! platform HTTPS support (with no need to deploy the OpenSLL library), with improved asynchronous
support
NetHTTPClient and NetHTTPRequest components, offering easy access to the HTTP client
framework
Support for native HTTP(S) client libraries on Windows, macOS (Delphi only), iOS and Android
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Support for native HTTP(S) client libraries on Linux
HTTP client library improvements including support for asynchronous HTTP requests, time-outs,
and automatic decompression of gzip content
Support for localized resources
Custom variants with support of your own data types, complex numbers, safe arrays, and passing
variants through data sets; Variant support for Int64, unsigned types and Unicode strings
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPER PRODUCTIVITY
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 12
New Delphi Code Insight implementation (based on the Language Server Protocol architecture) for
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! including Code Completion, Parameter Completion, Error Insight, Find Declaration, and Tooltip/Help
Insight. The classic engine remains optionally available.
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.3 RIO!
New C++ Code Insight implementation (based on the Language Server Protocol architecture)
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! Welcome page extensions with check for Patches and removal of Events feed
NEW IN 10.4 SYDNEY! New implementation of the IDe Title bar (using the new matching VCL control)
New IDE productivity tool: Bookmarks*, which extends the IDE’s previous marking of locations in
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.1 RIO! the code editor.
* Available for download in the GetIt Package Manager
New IDE productivity tool: Navigator*, which allows you to quickly jump to any location in your unit
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.1 RIO! through intelligent search (for Delphi), and adds a minimap to the code editor.
* Available for download in the GetIt Package Manager
INTRODUCED IDE main window UX extensively improved, with a clean and modern look and feel designed for
IN 10.3 RIO!
long-term use and productivity
INTRODUCED Commonly used dialogs (Project Options, IDE Options, New Items dialog, GetIt Package Manager
IN 10.3 RIO!
dialog, Compiler progress dialog) have been redesigned and improved, for productivity and clarity
INTRODUCED Search added to the Project Options and IDE Options dialogs, allowing you to search for a setting
IN 10.3 RIO!
inside each dialog
ENHANCED Styled IDE UI, including ability to toggle and disable IDE styling and support for a dark style. In 10.3
IN 10.3 RIO!
the IDE has a new Light theme based around the blue color and an updated Dark theme
INTRODUCED IDE UX improvements including a new Welcome page with sample projects, upcoming webinars,
IN 10.2.2 TOKYO!
YouTube videos feed; updated component icons; and more
ENHANCED Additional IDE Startup Layout for the Welcome Page, with the ability for users to change and set the
IN 10.3 RIO!
layout they want to use for each layout, including Startup
The VCL and FireMonkey Designers can be separated from the code editor window, making it
possible to have the designer on one monitor, while coding on another monitor, and to work on
multiple forms at the same time
Delphi project option “Show general messages” to show info messages when building a project
The C++ Structure Parser has been rewritten and includes support for modern C++
IDE built with large memory address model, to provide significantly more memory to the embedded
compilers, integrated debuggers, and various tools executed in the IDE process
Redesigned compiler unit caching mechanism, to free older units in case the available memory is
being filled up, when compiling project groups with multiple projects
Improved multi-monitor support in the IDE, with the ability to place most forms and panes on
different secondary monitors
Form designer option to hide/show non-visual controls icon (reducing form design potential clutter)
Unsaved file auto-recovery – unsaved work is periodically saved to a temporary location. If the IDE
closes ungracefully (because of a system crash) the IDE will attempt to recover the user’s unsaved
work
ENHANCED Enhanced IDE Project Options to easily enable High-DPI Awareness in your applications, now
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
supporting also several execution levels affecting the project manifest file on Windows
ENHANCED Full customization of the Object Inspector layout, with the ability of hiding the description panel, the
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
quick actions, and the new filter panel
Object Inspector contents can be filtered to display specific elements
GetIt Library Manager for easy discovery, download and update of source code libraries,
components, and other features from Embarcadero GetIt servers*. Extended with Categories, UI
improvements, and new actions
* Use of GetIt requires Internet connectivity. The feature is not available to off-line developers.
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 13
ENHANCED Project statistics information for activity tracking and to better understand team productivity (now
IN 10.3.2 RIO!
optional and disabled by default)
Multi-paste support to let you perform the same paste operation on multiple source code lines at
once
Structural highlighting ; Flow control highlighting, to visually see the flow jumps in your code directly
in the editor; Code navigation toolbar with classes and methods combo boxes at the top of the
editor, with an additional option to hide it
Project Manager enhancements, with the support for adding database files and simplifying their
deployment
New install experience based on the GetIt architecture; with the ability to select the platforms to
ENHANCED install and add more platforms later form the IDE (which has a Platforms Manager option in the
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
Tools menu). Additional installation features are now available in the regular GetIt form. Now
supporting parallel downloads to reduce installation time.
A set of examples and demos to help new and existing developers get the most out of the
environment
Designer snapshots – copy form images to the clipboard
ENHANCED IDE Insight, the fastest way to find and execute commands in the IDE with 1-button click also with
IN 10.3 RIO!
object inspector property support
Code Formatter and beautification for source code including block formatting
Code Formatter profiles allow users to create / save / load custom formatter options sets
Search for Usages command now available from the code editor and Delphi Class Explorer context
menus
Compilation can be done in a background thread
Checkbox for Boolean types in the Object Inspector greatly enhancing readability
Class Explorer gives configurable hierarchical view of class libraries throughout project. Also
enables fast navigation to declarations and implementations, as well as easy addition of fields and
methods.
Resource Manager greatly simplifies the addition of resources to projects
Live Code Templates – dynamic scriptable templates streamlines coding complex and common
structures and operations. Create or customize code templates and control the behavior, code
generation, and user experience of your templates. Surround Templates that can wrap around
selected code or text.
Editor “Change Bar” indicates modified lines and saved modified lines
“Smart” Block completion – anticipates and gracefully adds block closures as you type
Project Manager now has the ability to run selected applications with either Run or Run without
Debug from the context menu.
Hot-key Tool Palette w/ Incremental search – find any component quickly
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 14
Gallery in Tool Palette – find gallery wizards when you need them
History Manager with automatic multi-level file backups, file differencing and restore
Structure Pane that displays hierarchical view of source code and provides a VCL Object Treeview
for quick navigation and manipulation of objects in the VCL designer
Syntax Highlighting Open Tools API extension with built in support for JavaScript, PHP, and INI files
Full-featured Open Tools API allows for customization of the IDE through wizards and experts,
ENHANCED
IN 10.3 RIO! operate on projects and their various modules, access to the editor and designers, with improved
style and theme support
Symbol Insight – click to navigate to declarations and implementations
ENHANCED Updated support for Code Completion for the C++ language, with asynchronous invocation support,
IN 10.3.2 RIO!
based on the Language Server Protocol architecture
Custom IDE desktop layout profiles with enhanced support for docked windows
Git version control integration into the IDE, now including authentication, Push and Pull changes to
and from remote repositories
Mercurial version control integration into the IDE (supports cloning your remote repository, commit
changes locally, show log data)
Version Insight also available as an open source project
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
UnicodeString type ; Unicode-enabled development environment; Unicode-enabled VCL and FMX
frameworks
English, German, French, and Japanese translations available for IDE menus and dialogs, compiled
units, resources, and source code
Easy switching between the available languages for the IDE menus, dialogs, and more
REFACTORINGS
Prototype synchronization – as you change the prototype for a function, you can use this feature to
synchronize the interface and implementation sections to match (Object Pascal language only)
Extract method and change parameters refactoring, including support for generic types
Other refactorings include: Introduce Variable, Introduce Field, Inline Variable, Safe Delete, Push
Members Up / Down, Pull Members Up, Extract Superclass, Extract Interface, Move Members,
Declare variable, Declare field, Find unit/import namespace, Extract to resource string
Refactor driven “Find in Files”
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 15
UML MODELING
UML Code Visualization – at any time, get a UML model view of your source code
Ability to load an image into the diagram for annotations and advanced documentation
Sequence diagrams
Collaboration diagrams
State charts
Deployment diagrams
Activity diagrams
Component diagrams
Documentation generation
80+ Static Code Metrics that allow for deep understanding and analysis of the health of the object
domain
Kiviat graph enhancements for interactive reporting
10+ introductory level static code Metrics for understanding the health of the object diagram
200+ Static Code Audits for deep code analysis to better understand the coding style and approach
Pointer Analysis for Audits. Run static Audits from the command-line
Transformation from language neutral UML 1.5 and UML 2.0 projects to source code projects
Diagram printing
Full two-way class diagrams with synchronization between code and diagrams
INTEGRATED DEBUGGING
Full-featured debugger with color syntax highlighting
Remote iOS device debugging and remote iOS 64-bit device debugging
Support for Delphi Unicode string evaluation, for evaluating properties and variants and function call
support when debugging iOS64 applications
CPU View support for iOS and Android application debugging along with support for Delphi
Dynamic Arrays
ENHANCED Debugging visualizers to enable extended views of debugging data, enhanced with support for
IN 10.2.1 TOKIO!
Delphi generics and C++ templates
Build debugger visualizers for your own custom data types
Disassembly pane has “Show Opcodes” and “Show Addresses” local menu items
Debugger Options: “Scroll new events into view” and “Ignore non-user breakpoints”
Call Stack View shows a glyph indicating if the frame has debug info
Integration between debugger views and panes making it easier to find and understand information
Call Stack view now automatically syncs the Locals view when you double click an item
Evaluator tooltip hints go transparent when the CTRL key is pressed, allowing you to see through
them to the editor
Expandable tooltip expression evaluation
Thread view displays status on all processes and threads under debugger control
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 17
Watch view supporting in place editing, checkbox enable/disabling, and the watch names
separated from the values with columns
Multi-tab watch view for logically grouping variables
Advanced breakpoints with Tooltips, actions, and groups for complete debugging control
Unit test wizards for quick and easy unit test and unit test project creation
INTEGRATED HELP
Support for CHM help engine and updated IDE help structure
Continually updated help system with diagrams showing class hierarchy and declared members
pages
DATABASE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTIVITY
Powerful cross-platform and multi-database DB access architecture, based on TDataSet class, field
definitions, fields and parameters managements
Support for multiple TDataSet descendant classes shipping with the product or available form
third-party vendors
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Support for display options for BlobFields
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Direct GUID access for TField classes
Control of the automatic and persistent fields of a data set using the FieldOptions and FieldLifeCycle
features.
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FIREDAC MULTI-DEVICE DATA ACCESS LIBRARY
Desktop platforms enterprise database support, including MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server,
ENHANCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Oracle Database, InterBase, PostgreSQL, Informix, Sybase SQL Anywhere, Microsoft Access, IBM
DB2 Server, Firebird, Advantage Database, generic ODBC driver
Support for local databases, including Microsoft Access database, SQLite and MariaDB database,
ENHANCED IBToGo / IBLite, InterBase on localhost, MySQL Embedded, MySQL Server on localhost, Advantage
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
Database local engine, PostgreSQL on localhost, Firebird Embedded, Firebird on localhost
Some features in this table marked as 1 are limited to local connections in Professional editions
Linux enterprise database support, including MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle
INTRODUCED Database, InterBase, PostgreSQL, Sybase SQL Anywhere, IBM DB2 Server, Firebird, Advantage
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
Database, MongoDB, generic ODBC driver. Includes also support for local databases like SQLite
database and IBToGo / IBLite.
2
Some features are limited to local connections in Professional and Community editions
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 18
iOS and Android mobile database support, including SQLite, IBToGo and IBLite
ENHANCED
IN 10.3 RIO! Updated FireDAC Microsoft SQL Server driver, supporting MS SQL 2017
ENHANCED Updated FireDAC MySQL driver, supporting MySQL v 8.0 and MariaDB v 10.3, MySQL Prepared
IN 10.3 RIO!
Statements API, internal BLOB streaming
ENHANCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Updated FireDAC ODBC driver 13, with support for data type mapping by data type name
ENHANCED
IN 10.4 SYDNEY! Updated FireDAC SQLite driver with support for both static and dynamic linkage of SQLite engine
Updated FireDAC InterBase with new support for TRUNCATE command, transaction wait time and
ENHANCED
IN 10.3 RIO! little/big endian configuration in connection parameters, which adds to the support for querying the
database service manager, real BLOB streaming and array data type
Updated FireDAC Oracle driver to support v 11g and 12c APIs, including among many other new
features support for VARCHAR2, NVARCHAR2, and RAW data types up to 32K, native BOOLEAN in
PL/SQL, 64-bit integers and unsigned INTs, identity / auto-increment columns, query change
notifications, implicit ROWID fetching, implicit results, additional connection modes, network
timeouts, and transaction state detection and synchronization.
TFDOracleAdmin service component
Updated FireDAC Advantage driver with support for version 12 features like GUID data type, backup
archive, default values phrase; improved support for encrypted tables, improved TFDADSUtility
component
Updated FireDAC DB2 driver, with support for DB2 on AS/400, IDENTITY columns, and a
connection definition parameter
Updated FireDAC Firebird driver with support for version 3.0.4 and Firebird embedded, including
ENHANCED
IN 10.3.1 RIO! local connection protocol, FB$OUT package, support for long statements, little/big endian
configuration in connection parameters, and more.
ENHANCED FireDAC PostgreSQL driver enhancements for version 10 including identity columns, macaddr8,
IN 10.3 RIO!
password encryption and little/big endian configuration in connection parameters
ENHANCED
IN 10.3 RIO! FireDAC SQL Anywhere driver, now with support for ToolHome property and FDEventAlerter
Updated FireDAC Informix driver with support for retaining update locks and pessimistic locking,
plus ISAM error codes
ENHANCED Complete FireDAC support for the NoSQL MongoDB database, including a FireDAC MongoDB driver,
IN 10.3 RIO!
now with TimeZone connection parameter
MongoDB API wrapping classes, including TMongoConnection, TMongoDatabase,
TMongoCollection and more
MongoDB query, pipeline, update commands, with fluent methods builders
FireDAC support for change notifications, now with additional support for Oracle and MongoDB
databases
Improved FireDAC updates management
FireDAC streaming support for blob fields and support for MSSQL file streams
FireDAC connection parameters are now displayed in the Object Inspector as a record
Comprehensive support for SQLite v3.+ database, including "smart" data type recognition,
supporting both dynamic and static linking
FireDAC ETL support (Batch move) with optimization and extension of the TFDBatchMoveSQLWriter
ENHANCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! component, with support for MERGE / INSERT OR REPLACE commands and for dmAppend,
dmUpdate, dmAppendUpdate modes. Features new JSON Writer support added in 10.2.2.
Easy to use TDataSet descendant classes
Live Data Window mode enabling fast bi-directional navigation through large datasets
Array Data Manipulation Language (DML) command execution and Command Batches for batch
applications and for minimizing network traffic
Direct support for asynchronous command execution, command execution timeout, and command
execution canceling
Cached updates mode with ability to track correlated changes for several datasets with cascading
updates
Full support for auto-incrementing fields, including those based on generators and table triggers
SQL dialect abstraction through FireDAC escape sequences, conditional statements and macros
Data type unification with flexible and adjustable data type mapping
UPDATED Easy to use TFDMemTable - in-memory dataset, highly compatible with TClientDataSet, now
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
including optimized JSON serialization and the ability to edit the dataset data at design time
DataSnap client support for HTTP, HTTPS and TCP/IP protocols and authentication
Local SQL with heterogeneous SQL commands to TDataSets, full SQLite SQL dialect support,
add-hoc TDataSet lookup
Included dbExpress drivers available for 64-bit Windows – InterBase local, MySQL local, and SQLite
local
Included dbExpress drivers available for 64-bit Windows – InterBase, Firebird, Oracle, MySQL, SQL
Anywhere, and Informix
TSQLMonitor support
dbExpress Server connectivity to InterBase® XE7 and XE3, Firebird 2.5, 2.1 and1.5, Oracle® 11g and
10g, Microsoft SQL Server® 2008, 2005, and 2000, Informix® 9x (not Unicode-enabled), IBM DB2®
9.x (not Unicode-enabled), SQL Anywhere™ 12 and 11 (Unicode-enabled); and SQL Anywhere 9 (not
Unicode-enabled), Sybase® 12.5 (not Unicode-enabled), MySQL 5.1 and 5.0 (Unicode enabled) and
4.1
dbExpress ODBC Driver
TClientDataset for managing and manipulating datasets in-memory (with support for all platforms)
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! ClientDataSet support for 64-bit Linux
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.2 RIO! ClientDataSet support for 64-bit macOS
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 20
LiveBindings connect any type of data to any UI or graphical element in VCL and FMX
InterBase Express (IBX) Components, including support for iOS and Android
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RAD SERVER
RAD Server (formerly known as EMS) turnkey REST based middleware stack that includes
ENHANCED
IN 10.3.2 RIO! API hosting, data access, and SQL Database access, with significantly optimized
performance2
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2 TOKYO! Build, test and deploy RAD Server packages on Linux
Create custom REST APIs for your business functionality and map them to custom URIs,
using loadable packages for RAD server
Integrated with FireDAC high-performance enterprise data access for Oracle, DB2, Microsoft
SQL Server, Informix, SQL Server, and many more database servers
New EndpointProduce attribute to map MIME types (from Accept HTTP request header) to
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3 RIO! GET endpoints; new EndpointConsume attribute to map MIME types (from Content-Type
HTTP request header) to PUT, POST, PATCH endpoints
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3 RIO! HTTP Verb to Custom Method Name Mapping
ENHANCED User, groups, sessions, and API calls analytics and reporting using a web based interface
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
using the EMS Console (eventually filtered by tenant)
Redesigned and expanded RAD Server Console (RSConsole.exe) client application to
ENHANCED
IN 10.3.2 RIO! manage user accounts, edit the local configuration and run REST debugger-based requests
against a RAD Server instance
ThingPoint provides developers with an enterprise access point between remote gadgets
and devices; a ThingPoint can locally store, filter, and compute vast amounts of IoT data
collected at the edge, while ensuring only critical data is synched with the central repository,
an Enterprise Mobility Services server
Support for declaring and retrieving EMS metadata, based on the Swagger open API initiative
ENHANCED (http://swagger.io). This allows the use of the metadata language as YAML or JSON for the
IN 10.3.2 RIO!
representation of the EMS REST API. Initial documentation generation is now an option of the
RAD Server module wizard.
Installers to deploy the RAD Server engine and all of the required files to Windows and Linux
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.2 RIO! servers*
* Available for download in the GetIt Package Manager
Support to deploy Delphi Linux applications in general and RAD Server applications in
INTRODUCED
IN 10.3.3 RIO! particular to Docker.
* Available for download in the GetIt Package Manager
WEBBROKER AND DATASNAP MULTI-TIER
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In version 10.3 Rio, Enterprise editions include also a single site RAD Server deployment license (additional RAD Server deployment
licenses are sold separately), while Architect editions include a multi-site deployment license
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 21
WebBroker library for HTTP servers development and integration, supporting CGI, ISAPI
libraries for Microsoft IIS, and native HTTP servers based on Indy library
WebBroker support for Apache HTTP server modules
Deploy DataSnap servers on Microsoft IIS server (HTTP or HTTPS) using the WebBroker
architecture
ENHANCED Deploy DataSnap servers on Apache HTTP server (using HTTP or HTTPS) using the
IN 10.2 TOKYO!
WebBroker architecture. For Delphi available also on Linux.
DataSnap clients uses System.NET for HTTP and HTTPS, with no need to deploy the
OpenSLL client library (now both for REST connections and HTTP connections)
DataSnap server methods support TDBXJSONStream parameter for passing JSON streams
between client and server
HTTPS support in stand-alone DataSnap Applications
DataSnap server ability to terminate socket connection. Communication Timeout for HTTP
protocol
Specific DataSnap support for exposing FireDAC datasets and reconciling changes using
deltas (with the unit FireDACJSONReflect), now with data compression for better throughput
optimization
Heavyweight callbacks support broadcasting to specific callbacks
ENHANCED DataSnap REST client connection (TDSRestConnection), for all platforms, with new
IN 10.2 RIO!
SecureProtocols property
Allow query parameters in REST calls and store them
ServerMethods give complete control over functionality of middle tier. Use TJSONValue pairs
making it easier to pass data
Improved Session events for increased simplicity of a multi-tier implementation
DataSnap wizards from the Object Gallery to make server and client creation even easier
DataSnap wizard source code enabling developers to build their own DataSnap server
wizards
Added support for REST(ful) interface and exposure from the Server and REST client proxy
generation
DataSnap Server Proxy generation for Object Pascal and C++ clients
Support for HTTP and HTTPS communication protocol beyond the local DataSnap (TCP/IP)
approach; Added HTTP tunneling support for client code outside the firewall
Added Filter support for encryption and compression over-the-wire
Included encryption PC1 and compression filters now included for quick enablement.
Lightweight Callbacks
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 22
Windows 32-bit and 64-bit native (DBX) clients and REST clients
DATABASE TOOLS
Data Explorer support for FireDAC, optimized to add and manage database connections and
browse database schema, including primary keys, foreign keys and sequences or generators
Data Explorer optimized to add and manage database connections and browse DB schema
Drag and Drop from FireDAC nodes and dbExpress nodes in the Data Explorer into forms
and data modules to speed development
Direct SQL manipulation for any FireDAC connection
SQL console views for running queries and viewing results on any dbExpress 4 supported
database
INCLUDED DATABASES
ENHANCED
IN 10.3.3 RIO! InterBase 2020 Developer Edition – up to 20 users and 80 logical connections
ENHANCED
IN 10.3.3 RIO! IBLite 2020 for iOS and Android with unlimited deployment license
ENHANCED
IN 10.3.3 RIO! IBLite 2020 for Windows with unlimited deployment license
ENHANCED
IN 10.3.3 RIO! IBLite 2020 for macOS with unlimited deployment license
INTRODUCED
IN 10.2.3 RIO! Free InterBase ToGo Deployment License for mobile platforms
CLOUD SUPPORT
Windows Azure components including AzureConnectionString, AzureBlobManagement,
AzureQueueManagment, and AzureTableManagment
Cloud libraries now use the System.Net native HTTP and HTTPS support
REST Debugger tool for testing REST calls and their parameters
INTRODUCED Enhanced REST Request parameters, with support for list parameters, parameters streaming,
IN 10.3 RIO!
query parameters for all request methods, content body access
JSON reader and writers used in the REST client library
Backend as a Service (BAAS) architecture, with unified interfaces for the most common
operations like user management, file storage, objects storage, and notifications support
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 23
TXMLDocument component support for MSXML on Windows; native OmniXML library and
native ADOM library on other platforms
Easier selection of the default XML engine for XML data processing
Build client-side SOAP Web Services, including support for SOAP 1.2 clients and mobile
platforms
ENHANCED SOAP clients use the HTTP client library, with full support for the native SSL layer on each
IN 10.3.1 RIO!
platform (with improved support for client certificates)
WSDL External Schema support
XML Transformation Tools and Components to exchange data between XML and datasets
Native Object Pascal and C++ XML bindings to simplify XML programming – access XML
documents using interfaces
SOAP runtime support for optional and unbounded elements
Filter display to only show differences, optionally with a few lines of context
Built-in support for Object Pascal, C++, HTML, DFMs, and more
Adds a “Compare” menu to the IDE’s “Edit” menu and Project Manager, with commands to
compare against previous revisions, other editor tabs, and original files
Automatically configured for both differences and merges from the History view
Send logging messages to a CodeSite Log File for later review or to the CodeSite Live Viewer
for real-time analysis, or to both simultaneously
Utilize the extensive analysis tools in the CodeSite Viewers to analyze message logs and
locate problem areas faster
Filter message logs by application name, process id, thread name, computer name, category,
and message text
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 24
Quickly organize the message log into multiple views by using the advanced CodeSite
Message Organizer
Control the amount of logging information generated by using additional CodeSite loggers
with their own Category instead of relying on arbitrary logging levels
Record method calls to add call stack structure to the message log
Exports to popular formats (PDF, RTF, HTML, BMP, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, TXT, CSV)
Visual Analytics
ARCHITECT ONLY
RAD STUDIO 10.4 FEATURE MATRIX 25
Schema/Data/File Compare
Import/Export Data and DDL ARCHITECT ONLY
ER Modeler
ARCHITECT ONLY
Database Administration
ARCHITECT ONLY
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