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Easily Develop iOS 26 Apps on Windows

November 25, 2025
B4i (iOS) v10.0 now supports Xcode 26 and iOS 26, enabling faster development with improved performance and future-ready compatibility.

B4i (iOS), by Anywhere Software, is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool for building native iOS apps on Windows machines. It bypasses the need for a local Mac computer, allowing developers to create iOS apps entirely within their Windows environment if they use Anywhere Software's Hosted Mac Builder service to execute the compilation process. B4i offers a powerful solution for Windows developers wanting to tap into the iOS app market.

The B4i (iOS) v10.0 update provides developers with full support for Xcode 26 and iOS 26, ensuring compatibility with Apple’s latest toolchain, APIs, and platform requirements. This update enables more efficient development, testing, and deployment by aligning projects with current OS standards and taking advantage of recent performance, stability, and Swift language improvements. It also helps maintain long-term app reliability by reducing issues related to deprecated technologies and ensuring readiness for future updates and App Store submissions, improving overall development productivity and confidence.

To see a full list of what's new in v10.0, see our release notes.

B4i (iOS) is licensed per developer and is available as a perpetual license in either the Standard Edition (which includes two months of upgrades) or the Enterprise Edition (which includes two years of upgrades). The Hosted Mac Builder service must be renewed annually to remain active. See our B4i (iOS) licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our B4i (iOS) product page.

Add Images to Lists for Faster Selection

November 25, 2025
Improve data input with visually identifiable list items via an image listbox, providing a more intuitive means of selecting options in a list structure.

An image listbox is a type of data editor and user interface component that, like the standard listbox, presents a list of selectable items but with the ability to display images alongside or instead of the textual items. By using an associated icon, thumbnail or other graphic for improved visual recognition, this format provides a visual reference for each item, allowing users to browse and select their input more efficiently when the items are more easily identified by appearance than by label. The combination of images with text in a structured, selectable list makes the image listbox valuable in applications that involve data selection, as visually enriched items are well suited in scenarios where users must choose from items that are better identified via imagery (such as product catalogs, avatars, icons, or file previews) rather than by text alone.

Several Angular data editor collections provide image listbox support, including:

  • DevExtreme Angular Data Editors (part of DevExtreme Complete by DevExpress) offers customizable listboxes with images for visually rich data selection interfaces.
  • Wijmo Angular Data Editors (part of Wijmo by MESCIUS) provides flexible item formatting options that support combining text and images within list entries for visual context.
  • jQWidgets allows Angular developers to create custom listboxes using the jqxListBox component and its renderer function, supporting intuitive item selection.
  • Syncfusion Angular Data Editors (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) Facilitates the use of image-enhanced listboxes in Angular applications.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of Angular data editor components.

Compare Angular Data Editor Components

Celebrating 2 Year Partnership with MDBootstrap

November 25, 2025
ComponentSource and MDBootstrap have worked together for two years to help developers build visual, fully responsive web applications.

For the past two years, ComponentSource has proudly partnered with MDBootstrap to bring high quality UI tools to developers worldwide. Through this partnership, customers gain easy access to MDB’s rich collection of responsive, modern components and templates that help teams build polished and efficient web applications.

Material Design for Bootstrap, widely known as MDB, is a leading front end framework created for developers, by developers. It offers more than five thousand UI components and templates that help teams create visually appealing and fully responsive applications that follow Material Design principles. Trusted by a global community of more than three million developers and designers, and chosen by organizations such as NASA, Amazon, Nike and IKEA, MDB continues to be a reliable and influential tool within the ComponentSource catalog.

The collaboration between ComponentSource and MDBootstrap delivers real benefits to the developer community by combining MDB’s high-quality design tools with ComponentSource’s global reach, licensing expertise, and dedicated customer service. Together, they simplify the adoption of MDB solutions, supporting teams as they build faster and deliver modern, consistent digital experiences. ComponentSource looks forward to the future and to many more years of helping developers create exceptional web applications.

Learn more about MDBootstrap.

Migrate an Oracle Database to PostgreSQL

November 24, 2025
KeepTool automates Oracle to PostgreSQL migration with Hora, converting schemas, views, data and PL SQL code for faster smoother projects.

KeepTool Professional is a comprehensive suite for Oracle database design, administration and PL SQL development. It combines tools such as Hora, Reverse DB, SQL Editor and DB Doc to support viewing tables, writing queries, comparing databases, generating documentation and debugging PL SQL code with ease. This helps database administrators and developers work more efficiently, maintain consistent database structures and support a wide range of Oracle based applications across different projects.

In this blog post, KeepTool demonstrates how to automatically migrate an Oracle database to PostgreSQL using Hora, handling schema conversion, view rewriting, data transfer, and PL/SQL to PL/pgSQL translation. It walks through each migration step in detail so developers can understand, verify, and fine-tune the process. These steps include:

  • Creating a Table Structure in PostgreSQL
  • Creating the Stuctures for Multiple Tables
  • Migrating Trigger Logic
  • Creating Views in PostgreSQL
  • Copying Data from Oracle to PostgreSQL
  • Implementing Oracle PL/SQL Logic using PL/pgSQL
  • Rewriting SQL Queries for PostgreSQL

Read the complete blog to learn how to improve your Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration and maintain code fidelity throughout the process.

KeepTool Professional is licensed on a perpetual basis and is available as a workstation or network license. A workstation license is bound to your computer and a network license is bound to a license server within your network. See our KeepTool Professional licensing page for full details.

KeepTool is available in the following editions:

Master Data Security, UI / UX Design and AI

November 24, 2025
Join the Embarcadero CodeRage 2025 Online Conference for 8 days of expert talks and live Q&A on the hottest topics in the industry today.

CodeRage 2025 is Embarcadero’s highly popular and widely anticipated online conference on software development. This year, CodeRage is scheduled for 1 to 10 December, and will involve dozens of online sessions by recognized experts, with live Q&A, on the hottest topics software developers are interested in today.

Hosted by widely-renown Delphi and C++Builder experts, you will benefit from in-depth online sessions that include clear demos on multicore tasks, Windows and mobile deployment, and modern UI patterns - with working code and tested methods - expanded Q&A, and much more!

Register now and join thousands of software developers for expert talks and live Q&A over 8 full days of CodeRage, tackling the hottest topics in the industry today.

Sessions are still being added and finalized, so check the updated schedule regularly to ensure that you find the right sessions for all the topics you are interested in.