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How to fix the “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1.0.dll is missing” error for Delphi 10 Seattle

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 | Delphi 10 Seattle, Delphi Programming | 113 Comments

If you experience this error during the start of Delphi 10 Seattle

This error is not related to Delphi 10 Seattle – it is caused by TortoiseSVN v1.9 which is “side loaded” during start up (if installed before). Delphi 10 Seattle just works out of the box!

"The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1.0.dll is

missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem"

you need to (re)install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, either via Windows Update or download and directly install the Visual C++ Redistributable: › Continue reading

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VerySimpleXML 2.0 – a lightweight, cross-platform, one-unit XML reader/writer for Delphi 2010 – 10.1 Berlin

Saturday, September 13th, 2014 | Delphi 10 Seattle, Delphi 10.1 Berlin, Delphi 2010, Delphi Programming, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Delphi XE5, Delphi XE6, Delphi XE7 | 33 Comments

There are lot of possibilities if you’re in need to parse or write XML files:

use TXMLDocument (the MS XML wrapper)
or use a xml component like OmniXML, NativeXml, ADOM, SAX, libxml2, DIXml, fcl-XML, Fast XMLParser, SimpleXML, OXml, or VerySimpleXML 1.0

Now here comes another one: the updated VerySimpleXML 2.0 – a lightweight, cross-platform, one-unit XML reader/writer for Delphi 2010 – 10.1 Berlin targeting at Win32, Win64, iOS, MacOSX and Android. Use it for well-formed XML files (like configuration files, interprocess communication protocols, etc.). › Continue reading

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