Xojo Developer Magazine

My own articles in XDevMag.

Alternating Row Colors for Dark Mode With Dark Mode, choosing the correct colors is trickier		Issue 17.2 Website
Optimizing Xojo Apps Some unexpected performance and memory implications		Issue 15.4 Website
Inside Xojo Exploring Delegates, WebFile, and WebPicture		Issue 15.2 Website
Xojo Compiler Optimization Tweaking Xojo’s compiler for faster code		Issue 14.6 Website
The MBS SQL Plugin An alternative way to connect to databases		Issue 14.1 Website
Your guide to austin, Texas Places to visit during your time at this year's Xojo conference		Issue 13.2 Website
Inside HandleSpecialURL How to use Web Edition for your own REST API		Issue 12.5 Website
Inside ServerSocket Getting Started with the ServerSocket		Issue 12.4 Website
Moving to AVFoundation Leaving QuickTime behind		Issue 12.2 Website
Inside Email The EmailMessage class and SMTPSocket		Issue 12.2 Website
Plugin to Real Studio Plugin SDK changes for 2012/2013		Issue 11.2 Website
eC2 to the Rescue Using Amazon EC2 for Real Studio Web Applications		Issue 11.2 Website
tips for Real World getting the most out of the Real World Conference in Orlando		Issue 11.2 Website
Printing PDFs Easy PDF printing on Mac and Windows		Issue 8.5 Website
Updater Kit Automatic updates for your application		Issue 8.4 Website
Your Hourly Rate What should you charge for your time?		Issue 8.4 Website
easy Charts and Graphs Part 2 using the ChartDirector Plugin		Issue 7.5 Website
Easy Charts and Graphs (Part 1) using the ChartDirector Plugin		Issue 7.4 Website
Compiler Optimization What the REALbasic compiler can do on optimization		Issue 7.1 Website
Runtime vs. Internal Plugins vs. Code How the framework is implemented		Issue 6.6 Website
Inside reAlbasic A new column to show REALbasic from the inside		Issue 6.5 Website
Menus Handling menus in a cross-platform app		Issue 6.4 Website
Creating PDF Files How to create PDFs using the MBS Plugins		Issue 6.4 Website
Calling conventions Explaining various OS function calls		Issue 6.3 Website
Windows User Interface Differences between Mac and Windows		Issue 6.2 Website
The Windows Registry Reading and writing values to the Windows Registry		Issue 6.1 Website
DiscRecording Burning discs with REALbasic on mac OS X		Issue 6.1 Website
Windows version obtaining the Windows version		Issue 5.6 Website
Third Party Plugins: Statusitems Getting an icon in the top right of the Mac OS X menubar		Issue 5.6 Website
MDI What is the Windows multiple Document Interface?		Issue 5.5 Website
End of the line Handling cross-platform line endings correctly		Issue 5.4 Website
#if Target... conditional compiling		Issue 5.3 Website
mutex, Take 2 allow only one application instance to run at a time		Issue 5.2 Website
Detecting Rosetta Are we running under emulation?		Issue 5.1 Website
Menu Glyphs Icons for menu entries		Issue 4.6 Website
Trial Versions Make your time-limited trial difficult to break		Issue 4.6 Website
Process Priority change the priority of your process		Issue 4.5 Website
Port input/output Accessing the hardware ports		Issue 4.4 Website
Beginner q&A Answers for Beginner’s Questions		Issue 4.4 Website
File formats What REALbasic applications can read		Issue 4.3 Website
mac on intel About Apple’s planned move to Intel CPus		Issue 4.2 Website
Printing Rotated Text, Part 2 using declares to draw rotated text on Windows		Issue 4.1 Website
Printing Rotated Text Using declares to draw a rotated string on Windows		Issue 3.6 Website
Memory Statistics on free and total memory on Windows		Issue 3.5 Website
OLEContainer A web control for the Windows version of REALbasic		Issue 3.4 Website
From Mac to Windows Questions of a Windows developer making his first Mac application		Issue 3.3 Website
Notes, Questions, and Answers Christian tackles a variety of issues		Issue 3.2 Website
Register Document File Types Fill and Query the Registry		Issue 3.1 Website
Custom Window Shape Round windows in Windows		Issue 2.6 Website
A Statusbar for your Windows application How to add a statusbar to a window		Issue 2.5 Website
Cross platform streams We write our own binary stream to save our data		Issue 2.4 Website
Types of Disk Drives Testing whether a disk drive is a CD-ROM or not.		Issue 2.3 Website
Allow Only One Application Instance to Run Using the Windows API to create a mutex object.		Issue 2.2 Website
Details about disks Getting the name, the size, and more information about a disk		Issue 2.1 Website
Special folders Getting folderitems to folders on Windows which depend on configuration		Issue 1.6 Website
Windows Version Asking for the correct Windows version from REALbasic		Issue 1.5 Website
Resources inside your application Avoiding a Thousand Files?		Issue 1.4 Website
Windows Specialties Some special things to notice for Windows		Issue 1.3 Website
Interface for Windows A better Windows interface for your application		Issue 1.2 Website
REALbasic Windows Support What works and what doesn’t		Issue 1.1 Website