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FireMonkey FM2The next generation business application platformFireMonkey

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The growing mix of operating systems and form factors in today’s enterprise and consumer markets presents an unprecedented opportunity for developers who are able to deliver their application to multiple platforms. The problem facing developers is the time and resources needed to deliver rich modern applications with native UX fidelity and performance across different operating systems and versions. Enter FireMonkey FM2 – the business application platform for building visually stunning Enterprise class and ISV packaged applications for Windows 8 and Mac OS X Mountain Lion using a single codebase.

Create applications on multiple platforms that standout from the crowdIncreasingly enterprises and consumers alike make application purchasing decisions based on support for both Windows and Mac. Additionally, end users are drawn to visually engaging user experiences. With FireMonkey FM2 you can create native or custom user experiences that provide a distinct competitive advantage in the market. Support for both Windows and Mac gives you a wider addressable market and a competitive edge. You’ll get pixel perfect user interfaces with beautifully designed styles, built-in access to common gestures with multi-touch support and GPU-powered vector based HD UI and graphics with fully programmable animations and effects and more, so your applications can stand out from the crowd.

Fastest Path to Windows 8 and OS X Mountain LionWith FireMonkey FM2 you can now quickly give your applications the Windows 8 UI style and user experience yet still deploy to older Windows versions and Retina Ready Mac OS X with native UI fidelity. Your applications will run great on Windows 8 PCs and x86 based tablets including Microsoft’s Surface Pro and you can take advantage of Windows 8 capabilities such as gestures, live tile support, full screen behavior, sensor components and deploying natively to Mac OS X with a native user experience.

ISV to Enterprise on Multiple PlatformsFireMonkey FM2‘s flexible built-in database, cloud and middleware connectivity make it easy to build scalable enterprise-class applications or packaged desktop software for Windows and Mac clients. Integrated support for all popular RDBMS servers and n-tier middleware is available in Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio Enterprise editions. Industrial strength embedded database support for Windows and Mac enable you to easily build packaged “turn-key” applications that ship with lightweight to enterprise-class embedded databases. Integrated cloud connectivity makes it easy to leverage Amazon and Azure cloud services in your applications.

Mac OS XMountain Lion

Metropolis

Windows 8

C++ FM2

“FireMonkey is something close to revolutionary. It crosses borders in ways that will impact the way that we do things, or rather, the way we get things done. It brings new meaning to native development, offering powerful solutions.”

– B. J. Rao, Intricad

Force multiplier application platform for Windows and Mac OS XSoftware developers are facing more challenges than ever as uses wants apps that run on more operating systems and more devices than ever before. FireMonkey FM2 enables you to target more platforms in less time and with less effort.

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FireMonkey FM2 system requirements

FireMonkey FM2 development requires Delphi XE3, C++Builder XE3 or RAD Studio XE3 running on Windows Vista or Later

FireMonkey applications run on multiple platforms with these requirements

Windows OSX Supported virtualization products for running in a Virtual Machine (host requires GPU)

• Basic GPU – Any vendor DirectX 9.0 class or better (Pixel Shader Level 2)• 32 bit or 64 bit Windows

• Microsoft® Windows 8 (No WinRT support)• Microsoft® Windows 7, SP1• Microsoft® Windows XP, SP3 (Runtime only)• Microsoft® Windows 2008 Server, SP2• Microsoft® Windows Vista®, SP2®• Microsoft ® Windows 2012 Server® (Runtime only)

• Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)• Lion 10.7• Snow Leopard 10.6• 2 GB RAM or more• All Intel Macs have a qualified GPU

• VMWare Fusion 4.0

Windows 8 Metropolis

• Project templates for creating Windows 8 style apps with full screen display, touch and Live Tile representation

• Easy one-click conversion for existing apps

• Windows 8 sample applications

Pixel Perfect UIs

• Pixel perfect raster based OS native control styling

• Anchors and layout management• Retina ready for high resolution Mac

displays• 3rd party pro-designer styles

OS X Mountain Lion

• Deploy to OS X Lion and Mountain Lion

• Retina ready• Native UIs or custom styles

Windows & Mac - one codebase

• Create Windows and Mac OS X applications using a single C++ or Delphi codebase

• Native power and performance

Animation and effects

• Over 50 built-in GPU powered effects• Apply multiple simultaneous effects• Timeline based animation to create

motion, transitions and effects

Popular nativeprogramming languages

• Use RAD visual programming tools• C++Builder XE3, Delphi XE3 and RAD

Studio XE3