The promissed birthday surprise :-). - the first 64 bit installs for Delphi

Hi folks,

Here is the birthday surprise, I promised :-).
The first 64 bit prerelease installs for all of the libraries, and a compatible version of the OpenWire Editor:

http://www.mitov.com/PlotLab_VCL_5_0_1_F.zip
http://www.mitov.com/IntelligenceLab_VCL_5_0_1_F.zip
http://www.mitov.com/InstrumentLab_VCL_5_0_1_F.zip
http://www.mitov.com/SignalLab_VCL_5_0_1_F.zip
http://www.mitov.com/AudioLab_VCL_5_0_1_F.zip
http://www.mitov.com/VideoLab_VCL_5_0_1_F.zip
http://www.mitov.com/VisionLab_VCL_5_0_1_F.zip

http://www.mitov.com/OpenWireEditor_VCL_5_0_1_F.zip

The libraries contain 64 bit support both for VCL and FireMonkey.

At the moment there are two known problems. The NeuralNetwork throws floating point exception during training in 64 bit mode. I have already fixed the problem, and it will be included in the next build.
The DirectShow video player does not seem to generate proper OnStop event in 64 bit mode, and as result the Loop mode is not working and the video transition demo has problems.
I will be working to fix this bug as well.

Please remember. This installs are for early adopters only. These are the very first 64 bit installs and other problems are very likely to be in them. We are testing them extensively, and expect to find more issues.
We do not recommend using the 64 bit versions without extensive testing first!

Have great Holidays!
Cheers,
Boian

My Birthday again :-)

Hi folks,

Well it is this time of the year again, and it is my Birthday :-) .
And again I am working to cook a small surprise for you, so stay tuned for it ;-) .
I have hoped to have it ready earlier, but there ware some issues. Hopefully it will be ready in 2-3 hours, and I will post again :-) .

Cheers,
Boian

Connecting to remote DirectShow Graph in 64 bit Windows 7

Hi folks,

Ever since I upgraded to 64 bit Windows 7, I have not been able to connect to remote 32 bit DirectShow graphs from GraphEdit :-( . Well... not any more :-) . Thanks to one of my customers, who unveiled the secret :-) . It turns out there is a DLL provided in the Microsoft SDK that is not registered during the install of the SDK.
To enable the functionality copy the 32 bit version of the proppage.dll from the SDK (in the 7.1 version of the SDK in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin ) to the Windows\SysWOW64 directory.
Then run the:
regsvr32.exe proppage.dll

after that you will be able to connect to the registered DirectShow graphs from GraphEdit.

Cheers,
Boian

TBMSpinEdit and TBMDSpinEdit updated for Delphi, and C++ Builder XE and XE2 (including 64 bit support)

Hi folks,

I have just updated the free open source TBMSpinEdit and TBMDSpinEdit to support Delphi and C++ Builder XE and XE2, including 64 bit.
You can download them here:
http://www.mitov.com/free_downloads

Enjoy!
Cheers,
Boian

The BMDThread component has been updated to support Delphi XE, and XE2

Hi folks,

I am back online in the new office, and I finally have found some time to update the BMDThread component to support Delphi XE and XE2.
You can download it from here:
http://www.mitov.com/free_downloads

I hope you will enjoy it!

Cheers,
Boian

On the move

Dear Customers,

We will be moving the office to a new location.
Unfortunately I will be offline probably until the weekend, and will not be able to answer e-mails during the move :-( .

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

First FireMonkey Beta is available

Dear Customers,

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first FireMonkey Beta version of our libraries - http://www.mitov.com/downloads/featured .
This is a Delphi XE2 Update 2 version only, and it included Windows only FireMonkey support.
We are already working to add MAC and iOS support in the near future.
Any customer who has purchased VCL version in less than a year from the FireMonkey release will get the FireMonkey version for free :-) .

I hope you will enjoy our first FireMonkey release!

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

Visiting the Computer History Museum

Hi folks,

Over the weekend we had a chance to visit the Computer History Museum:
http://www.computerhistory.org/

It is a must see! Especially while they have the Charles Babbage's Difference engine.
You can see me here marveling at it :-) :


You can also see Melody obviously enjoying the role of the "Mad Scientist" :-) :

Here she is only reaching to the knobs, obeying the "Do not touch" sign ;-) .

I greatly recommend you visiting the place. There is so much we have forgotten or simply never knew about the early days of computing!

Cheers,
Boian

Delphi XE2 Update 2 compatible installs

Dear Customers,

RAD Studio XE2 Update 2 introduced some major changes in the VCL and FireMonkey libraries. The changes made some of our products incompatible with it.
To address the problem we have just released updated special installers for RAD Studio XE2 Update 2.

You can download the new installers from here:
http://mitov.com/downloads/VCL

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

Delphi XE2 Update 2 and FireMonkey

Hi Folks,

Embarcadero is working hard on rapidly improving Delphi XE2 and the FireMonkey support.
Unfortunately that comes with a price :-( . They just have released Update 2 and reportedly it introduces some big changes in the VCL and FireMonkey libraries. This requires our packages to be recompiled for Update 2 in order to be compatible.

We are working to make Update 2 compatible release in the next 2 days.

We are also working hard to make a FireMonkey version for Windows available probably sometime next week. We have all the packages ready, and are in process of creating the demos and the installs.

MAC, and iOS FireMonkey versions are also under way, and should become available soon!

All existing customers that have purchased or will purchase VCL version in less than 1 year before the FireMonkey version becomes available will get it for free! :-) .

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

The new OpenWire Editor has been released!

Dear Customers,

We are proud to announce the release of the first Beta of the brand new OpenWire Editor!

You can download it here:
http://www.mitov.com/products/openwireeditor


It is available for Delphi and C++ Builder version 2010, XE, and XE2 .


I hope you will enjoy it! :-)

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

CodeRage 6 - "Making Dual-compile Controls for VCL and FireMonkey" session's source code.

Hi folks,

I hope you enjoyed my sessions on CodeRage 6 :-) .
Here is the source code used in the "Making Dual-compile Controls for VCL and FireMonkey" session:

www.mitov.com/CodeRage6_DualSmily.zip

Enjoy and try to convert as many controls as you can to FireMonkey!
It is fun, and easy :-) .

Cheers,
Boian

Version 5.0.1 of all the products under all platforms has been released

Dear Customers,

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 5.0.1 of all of our products, under all platforms - VCL(Delphi and C++ Builder), .NET and Visual C++.

This is our biggest release to date, with major upgrades in the .NET support, as well as full support for Delphi and C++ Builder XE and XE2, many new demos, and components, especially in IntelligenceLab and VisionLab.

Please visit www.mitov.com for more information and downloads!

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

My sessions on CodeRage 6

Hi folks,

Here are my sessions at CodeRage 6:

Making Dual-compile Controls for VCL and FireMonkey
Thursday, October 20 - 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT

VENDOR SHOWCASE: Video, Audio, AI, and Computer Vision with FireMonkey using Mitov Software
Thursday, October 20 - 4:00pm - 4:45pm PDT

Register for CodeRage 6 here to watch them for free :-) .

Cheers,
Boain

CodeRage 6 is coming!

Hi all,


The CodeRage 6 is coming next week.
Sign up now by clicking here!

Stay tune for more information on my sessions in CodeRage 6.

Cheers,
Boian

The links to the CodeRage 5 and ITDevCon demos are available on the new server

Hi Folks,

We are sorry, during the migration to the new server we forgot to move the CodeRage 5 and ITDevCon demos.
I have uploaded them to the new server and they should be available again.

Here are the downloads from the Multithreading session on CodeRage 5 :

Delphi version:
http://www.mitov.com/MultithreadingInDelphi.zip

C++ Builder version:
http://www.mitov.com/MultithreadingInCBuilder.zip

Here is the source code from the Artificial Intelligence session on CodeRage 5 :
http://www.mitov.com/CodeRage5_ArtificialInteligence.zip

Here are the ITDevCon demos:

Developing multithreaded applications with Delphi:
www.mitov.com/MultithreadingITDevCon.zip

Artificial Intelligence with Delphi:
www.mitov.com/ArtificialIntelligenceITDevCon.zip

Video and Audio processing with Delphi:
www.mitov.com/VideoAudioProcessingITDevCon.zip

Delphi friendly GDI+ with the free open source IGDI+ library:
www.mitov.com/IGDIPlusITDevCon.zip

Computer Vision with Delphi:
www.mitov.com/ComputerVisionITDevCon.zip

We are sorry for the inconvenience!

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

As a tribute to Steve Jobs - one of my Apple ][ hardware designs

This is an old 3.5" floppy and Real Time Clock Apple ][ controller I have designed and manufactured with another fellow in the early 90s :


I am posting this image as a tribute for Steve Jobs and the inspiration his creation broth us all!

Boian Mitov

Steve Jobs has left us

Dear friends,

It is a sad, sad day today, as the father of the personal computing, the co-designer of the original Apple ][ computer (a system that launched me personal career) , and probably the greatest technology visionary ever born - Steve Jobs, has left us!
It is impossible to describe the feeling of empties that he has left in our harts.
Steve Jobs, we will miss you!
You have been with us for all the time since the beginning of the revolution you started. We only hope to continue to bare the torch you left us.

My sincere condolences to his family, and friends,
Boian Mitov

Delphi/C++ Builder XE and XE2 Special edition!

Dear customers,

We have just released a special 5.0 edition of our libraries for Delphi/C++ Builder XE and XE2.
We are also working to make a full 5.0 release soon!
There are huge number of improvements and new features in the libraries.
We will be posting more information in the following days, so stay tuned ;-) .

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

Sneak peak of the new OpenWire editor

Hi folks,

Here is a sneak peak of the new OpenWire editor ;-) .


Have fun!

Cheers,
Boian Nitov

Looking for testimonials

Dear Customers,

We are in the final stages of the design of our new site.
We plan to launch it shortly before releasing the next version of the libraries, and (I am happy to announce it ) the brand new redesigned from the ground-up OpenWire editor :-) .

We are looking for customer testimonials for the new site. If you like our products and/or have created cool applications with them, e-mail me at mitov@mitov.com !

We will post the testimonials, and will see to showcase your applications!

With best regards,

Boian Mitov

Upcomming support for Delphi XE2 and FireMonkey

Hi all,

I am finally allowed to announce the upcoming support for Delphi XE2 and FireMonkey :-).
I will post more information as soon as I am allowed to.
All I can say is that I have been really impressed by what I have seen from Delphi XE2 and the awesome power of the FireMonkey . We finally can build 64 bit applications, crossplatform applications and even Mobile applications in native code, with 2D and 3D skinnable user interface, as easy as it was building VCL applications in the past.

This is simply awesome!

Delphi XE2 is with no doubt the most important Delphi release in its entire history, probably even bigger than Delphi 1 was when it was introduced (If you remember those days :-D ).

Cheers,
Boian

New builds for Delphi and .NET

Dear customers,

We are getting close to the next release of the libraries.
Anybody who has purchased any of the libraries within less than 1 year from the new release will get the upgrade for free!
Anybody who wants to upgrade versions purchased more than 1 year ago can do that for 50% of the currently listed price of the products, and will again receive 1 year of free upgrades.

Here are the new Delphi versions. Please note that they have been tested only in Delphi 2010 and XE, although they should support the rest of the versions as well:

http://www.mitov.com/PlotLab_VCL_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/SignalLab_VCL_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/AudioLab_VCL_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/VisionLab_VCL_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/InstrumentLab_VCL_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/IntelligenceLab_VCL_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/VideoLab_VCL_4_8P66.zip

Here are the .NET versions:

http://www.mitov.com/PlotLab_NET_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/VideoLab_NET_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/AudioLab_NET_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/VisionLab_NET_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/InstrumentLab_NET_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/SignalLab_NET_4_8P66.zip
http://www.mitov.com/IntelligenceLab_NET_4_8P66.zip

Please note that there are a lot of changes in the .NET libraries.

First the names of the assemblies have changed.

The managed assemblies now have a prefix of Mitov. so as example:

AudioLabBasic.DLL now is called Mitov.AudioLabBasic.DLL

and the non managed assemblies have prefix of Mitov.Native. instead of suffix of VCL, as example:

AudioLabBasicVCL.DLL now is called Mitov.Native.AudioLabBasic.DLL

There are also design time assemblies added to support “.NET 3.5 Client Profile” and “.NET 4.0 Client Profile”.

Also the assemblies are now in the Bin\4.0 subdirectory instead of the Bin subdirectory, since we provide both 2.0 and 4.0 compiled assemblies side by side.

The documentation is not yet updated to reflect those changes. We are working on this.

With best regards,
Boian Mitov

Latest .NET builds

Dear .NET customers,

We are getting close to the next release of the libraries. In this release one of the main focuses was significantly improving the .NET support. As part of the process we have redesigned the .NET assemblies from the ground up. We have rewritten the top level assemblies from C++/CLI to C# to improve Visual Studio 2010 compatibility, and we have separated the design time functionality into separated assemblies to add "3.5/4.0 Client Profile" support. A lot of design time enhancements ware also added, and we expect the upcoming version to be the most .NET friendly version yet :-) .

I also would like to remind you that anybody who has purchased any of the libraries within less than 1 year from the new release will get the upgrade for free! :-) . This is always our policy!
Anybody who wants to upgrade versions purchased more than 1 year ago can do that for 50% of the currently listed price of the products, and will again receive 1 year of free upgrades.

Since there are a lot of improvements in this version, and large number of bugs are fixed, I have decided to post the current prerelease installs for all of you that may decide to use them:

http://www.mitov.com/PlotLab_NET_4_8P64.zip
http://www.mitov.com/AudioLab_NET_4_8P64.zip
http://www.mitov.com/VideoLab_NET_4_8P64.zip
http://www.mitov.com/VisionLab_NET_4_8P64.zip
http://www.mitov.com/InstrumentLab_NET_4_8P64.zip
http://www.mitov.com/SignalLab_NET_4_8P64.zip
http://www.mitov.com/IntelligenceLab_NET_4_8P64.zip

Please note that there are a lot of changes in this library.

First the names of the assemblies have changed.

The managed assemblies now have a prefix of Mitov. so as example:

AudioLabBasic.DLL now is called Mitov.AudioLabBasic.DLL

and the non managed assemblies have prefix of Mitov.Native. instead of suffix of VCL, as example:

AudioLabBasicVCL.DLL now is called Mitov.Native.AudioLabBasic.DLL

There are also design time assemblies added to support “.NET 3.5 Client Profile” and “.NET 4.0 Client Profile”.

Also the assemblies are now in the Bin\4.0 subdirectory instead of the Bin subdirectory, since we provide both 2.0 and 4.0 compiled assemblies side by side.

The documentation is not yet updated to reflect those changes. We are working on this.

We also have prerelease versions of the Delphi, C++ Builder, and Visual C++ libraries. We can send download links per request, as we need to test the installs for the specific compiler version before we can provide it.

With best regards,
Boian Mitov