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firedac not available in rad studio

i have downloaded the rad studio from the following link:
https://www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/start-for-free
now my problem is that i want to set up a mysql connection via firedac, tutorials say that i must use the TFDConnection component, but i cannot find that in my tool pallet. i think my studio version does not support firedac.
how do i get firedac available in my rad studio?
Just in case this could help some people, i had a similar problem : no fireDAC available, even after activating architect trial licence.
The problem was i had 2 coexisting RAD studio versions : i installed RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo starter and then RAD Studio 10.1 Berlin Architect Trial.
Though there were 2 distinct licences, it seems the 10.1 only accessed the tools supplied with the starter edition.
Uninstalling both and reinstalling only 10.1 Architect Trial solved the problem.
Firedac is only available in the Architect, Enterprise and Professional versions
https://www.embarcadero.com/docs/rad-studio-feature-matrix.pdf
See page 17

VS 2013 and Lync sdk 2013

Are VS 2013 and Lync sdk 2013 not compatible with each other ? i am getting error while installing sdk.
it says vs 2010 sp1 or above required. anyone else tried the same ?
What solved my problem was: with 7zip extracted the content from the installer, and then installed the correct version (x86 or x64).
After that opened Visual Studio, created a new WPF application and in the view went to the toolbox.
All the controls from Lync were there ready to use.
Visual studio templates (if they exist) were the only thing that I didn't manage to find/install.
Regards,
The install does say "or higher," but it lies. VS2013 is not supported.
True.
The Lync 2013 SDK docs on MSDN also specify VS 2010 SP1 or VS2012. See this url: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj933215.aspx
A note on one of the microsoft forums suggests an upgrade is in the work and will be published soon.
From the download page, I don't see the "or above" mentioned anywhere, they're very explicit on the version of Visual Studio to be installed.
The following requirements must be met before developing applications
with Lync SDK.
Visual Studio 2010 RTM for Microsoft Windows Forms or WPF development.
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 for Silverlight development.
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or later service pack.
Microsoft Silverlight 5.0 runtime.
Microsoft Silverlight 5 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 SP1.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36824
Error message when you install Lync 2013 SDK on a computer that is running Visual Studio 2013:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2918796
Although, I'm not sure how you install the SDK first, since it requires the SilverLight tools, which requre the SDK .. which... 0_o

No mobile and/or iOS options in RAD Studio XE4

I have Installed Rad Studio XE4 Update 1, but can't not find option of FireMoney Mobile Application, is there anything I need to setup before I can see those options?
(XE4 Version is 18.0.4905.60485)
You have to restart the setup and input the serial number for the mobile addon. Here you can read the details:
http://snaptip.com/j2tvjergt0/how-to-install-delphi-xe4-pro-mobile-addon

Delphi 2007 supports Windows 2008 R2?

A client runs our Delphi 2007 app on Windows 2008 R2 via Citrix XenApp.
He's been facing an issue where the file open dialog crashes sometimes. He's applied latest updates for windows and Citrix.
I've seen many articles on the net where similar issue occurs for various apps other than Delphi like MS Office apps, VS 2008, Adobe PDF etc.
The client doesn't face this on any other application and thus is blaming our application.
If the our app's "Compatibility Mode" is "Windows XP SP3" then all is fine. Hence, client has raised a question stating if our Delphi app is Windows 2008 R2 certified.
What changes are required if we have to make our Delphi 2007 app certified for Windows 7/2003/2008/2008 R2 ?
We have fixed lots of strange Delphi (2009) app crashes on Windows 2008 R2 64 Bit Terminal Server environment with these additional lines in the DPR:
// make it Terminal Server Aware (app without installer writing to ini files / registry)
{$SetPEOptFlags IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE}
Note: to compile, it requires the Windows unit
The crashes appeared in many unexpected places like open dialogs. With the excellent madExcept tool we found that apps crashed within operating system routines in some Windows DLLs, and disappeared when we added the "terminal server aware" flag.
I am not a Delphi developer but a Google Search for Delphi 2007 System requirement took me to this page http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/36573#requirements
The following Windows platforms are supported:
Microsoft® Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server (SP4 or higher and security updates are recommended)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2)
Microsoft Windows Vista™
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (SP1)
The latest service packs and security updates are recommended for all platforms
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later
I don't see Windows 2008 here.
Its not uncommon for the following:
It would be up to you to determine and test how your app functions under 2008. Knowing that a number of things as always change with each release of windows let alone server/workstation.
You tell them under what senarios YOU will support your application being run.
If you require your app to be run as compatbility mode with xp sp3, and tell them that, and tell them YOU dont support it outside that configuration. If you wont support it under a virtual environment.. then you tell them that.
Obviously the better answer would be to test it on 2008 R2, and check all your functionality and say you will support it running in a natural state.

Sharepoint 2007 extensions for Visual studio 2005

I am using Visual Studio 2005 to work with Sharepoint 2007. I need sharepoint extension (VSSExtension for VS 2005).Tried in google but dint get any download link.
Can anybody post the link here
Thanks in advance
I typed sharepoint extensions for visual studio 2005 into Google and the first result is:
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions, Version 1.1
Tools for developing custom SharePoint applications: Visual Studio project templates for Web Parts, site definitions, and list definitions; and a stand-alone utility program, the SharePoint Solution Generator.

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