RAD Studio XE2 – Setting it up for a Mac (step-by-step illustrated guide)
September 3, 2011 by Simon Stuart | 34 Comments
With Delphi XE2 now available for everyone to enjoy, I figured it’s time I start providing some useful information to help you make the most of it!
One of the primary new features of XE2 is the ability to produce MacOSX applications, and to do that, there are additional steps you must take in order to prepare both your Windows development system, and your MacOSX deployment/testing system for this task.
This document makes the following assumptions:
So you’ve just installed Delphi (or RAD Studio) XE2… congratulations and welcome to the new and exciting world of cross-platform Delphi development!
Still, you’re not quite ready to start deploying your applications to your MacOSX machine just yet! Fear not, however, as the remaining steps should take you just a few additional minutes and you’ll be good to go!
On your Windows 64bit deployment/testing machine
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\RAD Studio\9.0\PAServer on your Development system.Copy setup_paserver.zip over to your MacOSX device. You can do this any way you like: Share a folder on your PC and copy it from the Mac, place the file on a Mac-compatible USB flash drive and copy it that way…. whatever works best for you!
NOTE: The remaining steps in this section are only necessary if you’re running Delphi (or RAD Studio) XE2 on a 32bit system, and wish to deploy/debug 64bit Windows applications. If you’re developing on 64bit Windows, skip to the MacOSX section!
Copy setup_paserver.exe to your 64bit Windows deployment/testing machine (again, via network or whatever method works best for you) Run setup_paserver.exe on your 64bit Windows deployment/testing machine (IMPORTANT NOTE: Should either the setup_paserver.zip or setup_paserver.exe files be missing, you should contact Embarcadero support as something has gone wrong with your XE2 installation!)PAServer Windows Setup (Step 1)
PAServer Windows Setup (Step 2)
PAServer Windows Setup (Step 3)
PAServer Windows Setup (Step 4)
PAServer Windows Setup (Step 5)
PAServer Windows Setup (Step 6)
PAServer Windows Setup (Step 7)
On your MacOSX deployment/debugging machine
In Finder, locate the Folder into which you placed setup_paserver.zip, and Double-Click on the zip file.PAServer MacOSX Setup (Step 1)
PAServer Mac Setup (Step 2)
PAServer Mac Setup (Step 3)
PAServer Mac Setup (Step 4)
PAServer Mac Setup (Step 5)
PAServer Mac Setup (Step 6)
PAServer Mac Setup (Step 7)
PAServer Mac Setup (Step 8)
PAServer Mac Setup (Step 9)
You can also create a Desktop/Dock shortcut to the paserver application to make it easier to run on demand…. or, if you’re clever…..
Make PAServer start automatically on your Mac when you switch it on (or log in)
Since you already have Finder open in the “ /Users/%username%/Applications/Embarcadero/PAServer” folder… Go to Open With and click TextEditPAServer Autorun At Startup/Login (Step 1-3)
“/Users/%username%/Applications/Embarcadero/PAServer/paserver” -password=S0m3Gr8tP455w0rd
Including quotes, and remembering to substitute %username% with your MacOSX user account name! Essentially you’re just adding -password=… to the end of the line!
PAServer Autorun At Startup/Login (Step 4)
PAServer Autorun At Startup/Login (Step 5)
PAServer will now automatically start (and hide itself) whenever you log in to your Mac, eliminating the annoyance of forgetting to start it before attempting to deploy/debug a Delphi application to the OSX platform.
Deploying your first FireMonkey application to your MacOSX machine
Open or create your FireMonkey project On the Project Manager, you will need to Right-Click on Target Platforms, click Add Platform, and select OS X from the list, followed by clicking OK Right-click on the OS X entry under Target Platforms on the Project Manager and click Assign Remote Profile Enter Profile nameXE2 MacOSX FireMonkey Application Deployment (Step 1)
XE2 MacOSX FireMonkey Application Deployment (Step 2)
That’s it! Your profile will be used for all MacOSX deployments by default (unless you specify a different profile for specific projects). Pressing F9 will deploy your application to your MacOSX machine (presuming you have selected the OS X entry in Target Platforms on the Project Manager), and you’ll be able to debug your application from Delphi whilst it is running on your Mac!
Just because pictures speak louder than words…
FireMonkey 3D GUI Demo on OSX Lion
You can find the official PAServer documentation on Embarcadero’s Documentation Wiki.