I feel kind the same when it comes to Delphi XE3. When I created the What's New in Delphi XE3 page, I of course couldn't list every feature so the what's new info is grouped info a few key themes like Windows 8 development, FireMonkey FM2, and Visual LiveBindings with descriptions and maybe a few bullets of feature names in each. Given the layout and style, that page can really only show part of the picture.
Here's a more comprehensive list of what's new in Delphi XE3 by edition. As you can see, it's a longgggg list.
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Feature
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Architect
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Ultimate
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Enterprise
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Pro
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Starter
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INTEGRATED COMPILERS
AND TOOLCHAINS
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Enhanced in XE3! Delphi OS X compiler
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Delphi command line toolchains for Mac OS X (dccosx)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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APPLICATION PLATFORMS,
INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS, DESIGNERS AND SDKS
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Enhanced in XE3! FireMonkey platform for creating 32-bit Windows
applications for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP; Server 2003 and
2008.
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! FireMonkey platform for creating 64-bit Windows
applications for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP; Server 2003 and
2008.
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! FireMonkey platform for creating OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8
applications
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! VCL
(Visual Component Library) for rapidly building 64-bit applications for
Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP; Server 2003 and 2008.
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! VCL (Visual Component Library) for rapidly
building 32-bit applications for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and XP; Server
2003 and 2008.
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! FireMonkey support for DirectX 10
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! VCL Metropolis project templates (blank, grid,
split layout)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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FIREMONKEY (FM2)
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New in XE3! Actions and ActionLists
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Anchors
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Layout Managers (Flow Layout, Grid Layout)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Multimedia support for playing popular video formats
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Multimedia support for playing popular audio formats
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Location Services component for GPS or triangulation
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Motion Sensor component for accelerometer and gyroscope
access
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Camera Sensor component
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! 3D File Import Support
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Metropolis UI Style for XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Mac OS X 10.8 native style
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Mac OS X 10.8 high resolution native Retina Style
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Non-Client Area Application Styling for Windows and Mac
(Windows-only in Starter)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Metropolis UI grid page side scrolling
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Edit control with stylable glyph with built-in style
support for search bar, password control and more
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! FireMonkey performance optimizations
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Animated progress glyphs including Windows 8 ring
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! StyleLookUp support with preview of available designs for
the selected component
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Live Tile support for Enterprise deployment - interaction
with desktop application launching and dynamic content management on Windows
8
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! FireMonkey project templates for Metropolis UI (blank,
grid and split layout);
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Definable touch target support for each control
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Metropolis UI samples illustrating Microsoft® style guide
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Easy one-click Metropolis UI form converter for existing
forms
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! 4 new Metropolis UI styles
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Support for Windows 8 gestures
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Multiple button/control states
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Application toolbar for Metropolis UI
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Shared external redistributable bitmap style designer for
VCL and FireMonkey
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! FireMonkey bitmap based styles
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Native UI control styles
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Additional native and custom UI styles
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Text and Memo control performance
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! FireMonkey Form Inheritance
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Use one shader language for all rendering libraries
(OpenGL or Direct3D)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! On-screen keyboard support for Windows touch devices
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! MetropolisUIListBox support for easily creating listboxes
and custom grid layouts
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Create Mac OS X App Store Ready apps
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X
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X
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X
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X
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VISUAL LIVEBINDINGS
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New in XE3! Visually connect component properties and data
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Easily replace prototype data with real ClientDataSet
data with one click
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Context sensitive LiveBindings Wizard
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Support for QuickBinding components
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Ability to visually add and bind to additional component
properties
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Color coded component properties easily identify bindable
members
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Zoom control for Visual LiveBindings Designer
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Ability to save image of current LiveBindings Designer
layout
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Hide visual elements on right-click
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! 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
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Easily launch the LiveBindings Designer with the
right-click 'Bind Visually' command on the form designer
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! 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
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X
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X
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X
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X
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INTEGRATED BUILD TOOLS
AND PROJECT SUPPORT
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Enhanced in XE3! IDE support for building and managing projects for OS X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! IDE support for targeting OS X builds for Mac OS X App
Store
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! FireMonkey application wizards
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Platform Assistant for deploying and debugging across
platforms
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Delphi 1 through XE2 project import
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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LANGUAGE AND RUNTIME LIBRARY
FEATURES
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Enhanced in XE3! Delphi RTL for 64-bit Windows
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Delphi RTL for OS X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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INTEGRATED DEBUGGING
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Full-featured debugger with color
syntax highlighting
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Debug remote and local 64-bit Windows applications
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Debug remote OS X applications
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X
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X
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X
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X
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DOCUMENTATION
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Enhanced in XE3! Continually updated help system with diagrams
showing class hierarchy, and new declared members pages |
X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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DATABASE APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTIVITY
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DBEXPRESS
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Enhanced in XE3! Included dbExpress drivers available for 64-bit Windows –
InterBase local, MySQL local, and SQLite local only
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Included dbExpress drivers available for 64-bit Windows –
InterBase, Firebird, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Anywhere, Informix, and SQLite
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Included dbExpress drivers available for OS X – InterBase
local, MySQL local, and SQLite local only
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Included dbExpress drivers available for OS X –
InterBase, Firebird, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Anywhere, Informix, and SQLite
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! SQLite dbExpress client support for Windows and Mac OS X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! TSQLMonitor support for SQLite
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Integrated support for sample InterBase database for
quick app prototyping
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! DataSnap Mobile Connector support for latest versions of
iOS, Android and BlackBerry
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! dbExpress server connectivity to Embarcadero
InterBase® XE3, XE, 2009, and 2007 |
X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! InterBase ToGo dbExpress driver
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! InterBase ToGo 64-bit ODBC driver
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! dbExpress server connectivity to SQLite 3.x
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! dbExpress local connectivity to SQLite
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! LiveBindings connect any type of data to any UI or
graphical element in VCL and FireMonkey
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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DATASNAP MULTI-TIER
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New in XE3! MyBase XML in memory dataset support
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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DATASNAP MOBILE CLIENT
CONNECTORS
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Enhanced in XE3! Apple iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) 5.1 and 6.0
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Android Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, and JellyBean
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X
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X
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X
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INCLUDED DATABASES
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New in XE3! InterBase XE3 Developer Edition – up to 20 users and 80
logical connections
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! InterBase ToGo Test Deployment License
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X
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X
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X
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X
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WEB APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT
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INTRAWEB
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Enhanced in XE3! IntraWeb XIV – RAD Web Application framework, Personal
Edition
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! IntraWeb XIV – RAD Web Application framework, Standard
Edition
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X
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X
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X
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VISUAL COMPONENT
LIBRARY (VCL)
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New in XE3! VCL Metropolis Project Templates (blank, grid, split
layout)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! 4 VCL Metropolis styles for XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows
8
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! VCL style support for Ribbon controls
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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New in XE3! Easy one-click Metropolis VCL form converter
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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DATABASE APPLICATION
DEVELOPMENT
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Enhanced in XE3! Fast SQL database development, change management,
profiling, and tuning with DB PowerStudio® XE3, Developer Edition |
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X
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DATABASE MODELING AND
DESIGN
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Updated in XE3! Embarcadero® ER/Studio® 9.1 Developer Edition,
a database modeling and design tool for better understanding database structures |
X
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LICENSING AND TOOL
MANAGEABILITY
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Enhanced in XE3! Earlier version licenses included in AppWave network
licenses (Delphi 2007- XE2). Delphi 7 available separately
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Enhanced in XE3! Access to licenses and downloads for earlier versions
with purchase of standalone product licenses (Delphi 2007 - XE2, Delphi 7)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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