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2011/10/31 - Delphi Win32 / .NET Component Development
Delphi Win32 / .NET Component Development is not a brand new book, in fact, it's using Borland Developer Studio 2006, but it is now available in a new eBook format from Barnes & Noble.
2011/10/31 - Delphi 2006 ASP.NET ECO Weblog
Delphi 2006 ASP.NET ECO Weblog is not a brand new book, in fact, it's using Borland Developer Studio 2006, but it is now available in a new eBook format from Barnes & Noble.
2009/08/01 - Delphi 2006 De-Supported
Delphi 2006 is now officially de-supported, and is no longer eligible for Technical Support.
2008/04/30 - Generating Documentation
In this Dr.Bob Examines article, I'll share some special techniques to let Delphi generate documentation for your classes, including some live templates that help you produce the required documentation comments.
2007/09/29 - Debugging ASP.NET on Windows Vista and IIS7
In this Dr.Bob Examines article, I will discuss a problem introduced by Windows Vista and IIS7 related to the act of debugging ASP.NET applications using Delphi for .NET (i.e. Delphi 2006 or Turbo Delphi 2006 for .NET).
2007/09/05 - CodeGear announces CodeGear RAD Studio 2007
CodeGear announced CodeGear RAD Studio 2007, supporting Windows 2000, XP and Vista, including Delphi for Win32, Delphi for .NET 2.0/3.0 and C++Builder.
CodeGear RAD Studio is available in three editions:
2007/07/18-19: CodeGear Europe Developer Days
On July 18 and 19, 2007, CodeGear Europe will be holding a free 2-day web seminar event offering several technical sessions on Delphi, C++Builder, Delphi for PHP and even a Ruby IDE sneak peak.
I will be performing a session on Tracing/Debugging/Testing Win32 Web Services using Delphi 2007 myself on Thursday morning.
2007/05/07 - BDE Merge Module for BDS 2006
The BDE Merge Module for use with MSI installers is now available for registered users of Borland Developer Studio 2006.
2007/04/24 - Delphi 2006 Hotfix 12
Delphi 2006 Hotfix 12 is available for download for BDS 2006 customers.
This hotfix contains fixes for a memory leak in the compiler when building projects and a codegen bug when comparing signed and unsigned integers.
Use these in place of earlier versions of bcc32.exe and comp32x.dll.
2007/03/12-16 - CodeRage 2007 Virtual Conference
From Monday March 12 until Friday March 16, you should set some time aside to attend CodeRage 2007 - CodeGear's Virtual Conference.
With two streams and a total of more than 50 technical sessions, this is something not to miss.
The best part is: you can attend right from your own desk.
No place, no train, no hotel (unless you want to, of course), but just the comfort of your own environment.
And the even better part: it's free!
Plus if you register, you get a 25% discount on CodeGear products.
There's also a virtual exhibit hall, where I'll be showcasing my Delphi Courseware manuals (three of which will also be given away as conference prices to registered dudes).
As one of the virtual speakers at CodeRage, I'm now also an official CodeDude it seems.
And this CodeDude has already recorded his session on Using Delphi (2006) to Extend Win32 Web Applications with AJAX, giving an introduction to what this AJAX "magic" is all about and how easy it is to extend WebBroker applications with AJAX by hand.
I'm hoping to "see" you all online at CodeRage to participate!
2007 March - The Delphi Magazine #139
My last Under Construction column in the March issue of The Delphi Magazine is about Broken Link Detection and Web Spidering.
In this article, I build classes for both Win32 and .NET to check for broken links in your websites, as well as showing how the principles can be expanded for web spidering.
NOTE: The complete source files from my previous Under Construction columns are now available from my UCCode Web Service, complete with Win32 client source code.
And now also with ASP.NET web service, complete with .NET client source code!
2007/02/12 - (Turbo) Delphi Hotfix Roll-up
CodeGear has just now signed-off a new version of the HotFix Rollup of the previous BDS2006 hotfixes 1-9, except 2 and have now added hotfixes 10a-f!
This hotfix rollup will work for all BDS2006 Update 2 editions and all the Turbo releases, all languages.
2007 February - The Delphi Magazine #138
My Under Construction column in the February issue of The Delphi Magazine is about ASP.NET Web Services And Attachments.
In this article, I show how to use the support Microsoft has added for DIME attachments to ASP.NET web services with WS-Attachments: adding attachments to SOAP responses and also retrieving them.
Also for this issue I've written an article about VCL Designer Enhancements
In that article, I describe the VCL enhancements made in Delphi 2006. These include the use of the undocumented AlignWithMargins and Padding properties in VCL container components, Margin and Padding properties in visual VCL controls, plus a word on alpha blending.
NOTE: The complete source files from my previous Under Construction columns are now available from my UCCode Web Service, complete with Win32 client source code.
And now also with ASP.NET web service, complete with .NET client source code!
2007/01/14 - JVCL Team releases JVCL 3.30
JVCL is a library of more than 600 visual and non-visual components for Delphi 5, 6, 7, 2005 and 2006; C++Builder 5, 6 and 2006 (Borland Developer Studio).
JVCL is distributed subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 (http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html) and is completely free for all developers (open source, shareware or commercial) and includes the full source to all components.
2007/01/13 - JCL Team releases JCL 1.98
The JCL Team is proud to announce that the stable release of JCL 1.98 is available for download at sourceforge.
This release contains several changes, additions and bugfixes.
2007 January - The Delphi Magazine #137
My Under Construction column in the January issue of The Delphi Magazine is about Win32/.NET Operator Overloading.
In this article, I discuss vector and matrix manipulations using operator overloading, using both Win32 and .NET.
2006/12/18 - RemObjects Software announces Hydra 3.0
RemObjects Software announced Hydra 3.0 for Delphi, bridging the gap between the worlds of unmanaged Delphi code and the Microsoft .NET platform.
Hydra 3.0 enables you to keep your existing Delphi Win32 code, while opening up your applications to managed plugins.
This allows new development to happen in .NET, using for example C# 2.0 or Chrome, but also .NET 1.1 development language such as Delphi for .NET.
At the same time, the existing code can be kept and maintained in Delphi for Win32.
2006/12/11 - Free InterBase 2007 Developer Edition
InterBase 2007 Developer Edition (for Windows, Linux and Solaris) and InterBase 2007 Server Edition (trial) as well as InterBase 7.5 Server trial are now available for download from the CodeGear website.
2006/12/04 - Chat with Ben Smith, CodeGear CEO
On Monday, December 4th at 19:00 GMT/UTC, join Ben Smith, CodeGear CEO, and David I in an open community chat on the BDNradio internet site.
A replay of the audio broadcast and the chat log will be posted on the Developer Network after the event.
2006/11/28 - BDS 2006 Reviewer's Guide
The PDF version of the BDS 2006 Reviewer's guide has been available on the product page for a while, but now the Word -> HTML doc adapter format is also available on BDN.
2006/11/11 - Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Redistributable Package, now available for download, installs the common language runtime and associated files required to run applications developed to target the .NET Framework 3.0.
If you already have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed, this .NET Framework 3.0 redistributable package installs only the new Windows Vista components.
This ensures that any .NET Framework 2.0-based applications still work when the .NET Framework 3.0 is installed, with no application migration or updates of any kind required.
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is the new managed code programming model for Windows.
It combines the power of the .NET Framework version 2.0 with new technologies: Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows CardSpace.
The .NET Framework 3.0 is included as part of the Windows Vista operating system, and the redistributable package is for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
2006/11/06 - Two Weeks of Delphi Webinars
The Borland DTG Developer Relations team will be presenting ten live one-hour Delphi and C++ 2006 Webinars on BDNtv starting Monday, November 6, 2006 and ending Friday, November 17.
Each live Webinar will cover a different product use and development theme.
2006/10/30 - Delphi Survey
Nick Hodges has just announced a Delphi Survey for 2006.
In 12 sections of in total about 60 questions (it feels like 100), we are asked all kinds of useful information on the version/edition of Delphi we use, as well as the technologies used (and wanted, like .NET 2.0, UNICODE for VCL, CF, Vista), application types we develop, and much more.
Please do yourself and other Delphi developers a favour and take the time to fill out this survey!
2006/10/02 - Borland Developer Studio Free Software Bundle
Registered users of Borland Developer Studio can download additional professional products for free, including:
2006/09/25 - Turbo Delphi 2006 Professional Compiler Pack
The command line compilers are now available for download for registered users of Turbo Delphi Professional and Turbo Professional Delphi for .NET.
2006/09/19 - (Turbo) Delphi Hotfix Roll-up
Borland Developer Tools Group / DevCo has just now signed-off a rollup of the previous BDS2006 hotfixes 1-6, except 2 and have now added three previously unreleased hotfixes 7-9!
This hotfix rollup will work for all BDS2006 Update 2 editions and all the Turbo releases, all languages.
2006/09/04 - Turbo Delphi FAQ
The Turbo Editions FAQ with Frequently asked questions (and answers) for Turbo Delphi, Turbo Delphi for .NET, Turbo C++, and Turbo C# is now available.
2006/08/17 - Hydra 3.0 for Delphi
Get a first peek at what's cooking in the RemObjects' labs for the upcoming version 3.0 of the Hydra plugin framework for Delphi showing how to use Hydra 3.0 to use .NET plugins in Win32 host applications, allowing you to migrate or extend existing Win32 application to .NET gradually, or keep a mixed-mode application for as long as you want.
2006/08/08 - Turbo Delphi
DevCo is bringing back the Turbo Editions: Turbo Delphi for Win32, Turbo Delphi for .NET, Turbo C++ (Win32) and Turbo C# for .NET will be released on September 5th, 2006, both in a Free (Explorer) and affordable (less than US$ 500) Pro version.
IMHO, this is a very good move, and will hopefully bring large numbers of new Delphi, C++ and C# developers to the DevCo community (and the TurboExplorer website).
Note that Turbo Delphi For Win32 and .NET include the VCL (for .NET) components, and Turbo Delphi for .NET even allows you to build ECO applications (as well as ASP.NET of course).
There appears to be one gotcha, however. According to Neil Rubenking, you can only install one Turbo edition on your machine at a time. If you want to use more than one "Turbo" version, then you probably will want to use Borland Developer Studio anyway (so for Delphi developers, you need to choose between Turbo Delphi for Win32 or Turbo Delphi for .NET I'm afraid).
2006/06/30 - BDS Technical Publications Survey
Borland Developer Studio technical publications team is asking for your feedback on the documentation for Borland Developer Studio 2006 in this survey.
Please let them know your preferences regarding the documentation, and contribute to the quality of the Borland Developer Studio documentation by filling out this survey.
2006/06/13 - BDS 2006 Hotfixes released
Borland has released hotfixes to address specific issues (in BDS 2006 Update #2), namely:
2006/05/26 - Delphi SpeedUp 1.8
DelphiSpeedUp Delphi/BCB/BDS IDE plugin Version 1.8 is a plugin for Delphi/C++Builder 5/6/7/2005 and BDS 2006.
It speeds up the time to load the IDE and it also improves the whole speed of the IDE.
This is achieved by replacing some often used RTL functions by FastCode function that are optimized for the used CPU.
It also adds some caches for function that work on filenames like ExpandFileName().
2006/04/18 - Delphi 2006 Update #2
Delphi 2006 Update #2 is now available for download.
For more information about the update, read the article on BDN, which also contains a nice section on deploying BDS 2006 applications.
2006 April - The Delphi Magazine #128
My Under Construction column in the April issue of The Delphi Magazine is about Enterprise Core Objects (ECO) III.
In this article (part One of Two), I start to demonstrate the ECO III features in Delphi 2006, which are now brought down into the Professional Edition.
We'll design a model for Bob's Error Report Tool (BERT) in an ECO Package, make the model persistent, and create a simple WinForms GUI for it.
Next month, the ASP.NET Web version layer on top of the BERT ECO Package will be implemented and deployed.
2006/03/28 - BDNradio: Luminaries on DevCo
Tuesday March 28th, 2006, at 10:00 PST (or 18:00 GMT, which means 19:00 for me at GMT+1) there will be a BDNRadio panel discussion on the future of development and database tools.
I've been invited to join the panel, and we will discuss current and future opportunities of the development tools and database products as part of a spun off entity (DevCo).
Please see details on this event in EventCentral.
2006/03/27 - RemObjects SDK 4.0 for Delphi
RemObjects Software has just announced the new RemObjects SDK 4.0 for Delphi (build 4.0.5.455).
The RemObjects SDK is the essential remoting framework for Delphi and Kylix. allowing you to remotely access objects residing on a server from clients inside the LAN or across the Internet.
Read more about the RemObjects SDK and download a free trial.
2006/03/03 - Delphi 2006 Development Essentials
I've been working on my Delphi 2006 courseware manuals, with as main purpose to use them in my training classes in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the UK.
I've incorporated the feedback from the first training events, and have now published the first Delphi 2006 courseware manual, entitled: Delphi 2006 Development Essentials.
At the end of this week I will make the Delphi 2006 ADO.NET Database Development manual available for purchase as well.
The other titles will follow later, after their training events have taken place.
New Delphi 2006 titles include ECO III Development as well as .NET Compact Framework Development.
2006/02/19 - Delphi 2006 Trial Edition
The 30-day trial edition of Borland Developer Studio 2006 (including Delphi 2006, C++Builder 2006 and C#Builder 2006) is now available for download.
2006/02/08 - Borland seeks buyer for IDE division
Borland announced plans to seek a buyer for the portion of its business associated with the Integrated Development Environment (IDE), including the award-winning Borland Developer Studio (Delphi, C++Builder and C#Builder) and JBuilder product lines.
On Borland Developer Network, there's is a community letter by David I, as well as a letter from the CEO Tod Nielsen.
2006/02/02 - The Register on Delphi 2006
The Register has published a review of Delphi 2006, which includes quotes like "At last, another good version of the best RAD tool for Windows" and "Here's why Delphi 2006 is worth a look. In the Win32 world, it is still a Visual Basic killer".
2006/01/30 - Marco Cantu's Delphi 2006 chapters
Marco Cantu's Mastering 2005 additional chapter on D2006 (early draft) are now available on his website.
The previous PDF is removed, and everything is moved to HTML.
There are now 4 chapters, with more to come.
2006/01/30 - RemObjects SDK 4.0 for Delphi - Beta 1
RemObjects Software announces the RemObjects SDK 4.0 for Delphi - Beta 1, as promised in the recent ROadmap, available for download to all subscription customers and beta testers.
2006/01/29 - Enterprise Core Objects II and ASP.NET
It's almost a year since I wrote it, but it's finally published on the IBM Developer Works website: IBM DB2 and Enterprise Core Objects II - or "to use Enterprise Core Objects to create model-driven database applications with IBM DB2 UDB".
2006/01/20 - Raize Components 4.0
Raize Components version 4.0 is now available, offering more than 125 VCL controls for Delphi and C++Builder, supporting Borland Developer Studio 2006 as well (Delphi 2006 and C++Builder 2006), so also the new VCL designer guidelines.
2006/01/19 - IBM DB2 and Enterprise Core Objects II
It's almost a year since I wrote it, but it's finally published on the IBM Developer Works website: IBM DB2 and Enterprise Core Objects II - or "to use Enterprise Core Objects to create model-driven database applications with IBM DB2 UDB".
2006/01/09 - The Delphi 2006 Memory Manager
The memory manager was updated in Delphi 2006 with a faster and more feature rich version.
This article by Pierre le Rich explains the differences between the previous and current memory manager and how to leverage the new functionality.
2006/01/02 - What's new in Delphi 2006
Read this article for an overview of new features in Delphi 2006, part of Borland Developer Studio
2006/01/02 - Together features in Delphi 2006 and C#Builder 2006
Read this article for an overview of some of the Together features for Delphi and C# in Borland Developer Studio 2006.
2005/12/24 - RemObjects support for Delphi 2006
RemObjects Software is pleased to announce that the updated versions of the RemObjects SDK, Data Abstract and Hydra now support Delphi in the new Borland Developer Studio 2006.
RemObjects SDK 3.0 for Delphi is the award-winning remoting framework that allows you to build scalable and distributed applications.
Data Abstract 3.0 for Delphi is a powerful RAD multi-tier database solution, binary-compatible with the just-released version for .NET and Mono.
Hydra is a plugin framework for building extensible and customizable applications and servers.
2005/12/15 - Orpheus 4.07 for Delphi 2006
A "pre-release" of Orpheus version 4.07 is now available for download from the TurboPower Orpheus project page.
This release does not contain any other enhancements or bug fixes that may have been made since the release of version 4.06. To compile these new version 4.07 packages, you will still need all of the source files from version 4.06.
2005/12/16 - Delphi 2006 Update #1
Borland Developer Studio 2006 Update 1 English is now available on the Borland website.
This update completes the functionality of the Preview Technology for C++ and C in Borland Developer Studio 2006.
2005/12/01 - Borland Developer Studio 2006 Reviewed
In the December issue of The Delphi Magazine, Brian Long and Bob Swart check out the latest version of Delphi, now reincarnated as a personality in a product called Borland Developer Studio.
Brian gives us an overview, concentrating on new features which will be found in all editions of the new version.
Bob, meanwhile, concentrates on stuff which is aimed at a higher level and which is sometimes limited to the more expensive editions, specifically Enterprise Core Objects III, the Together UML Designer, design patterns, code metrics, database goodies and more.
2005/11/29 - Launch of Delphi 2006 in The Netherlands
Anyone in The Netherlands is welcome to join us at the Delphi 2006 launch. Jason Vokes, David Intersimone, Bob Swart and Jeroen Pluimers will be hosting the event on Tuesday, 29th of November in Hoofddorp.
2005/11/28 - BDNtv: Borland Developer Studio 2006 Presentation
Watch Michael Swindell, Director of Product Management, Allen Bauer, Chief Scientist, and David Intersimone present and demonstrate Borland Developer Studio 2006 at the 2005 Borland Developer Conference.
2005/11/06-10: Borland Developer Conference 2005
I'm one of the featured speakers at the Borland Developers Conferece 2005 (DevCon 2005 for short), doing sessions on ASP.NET Web Forms Development and Multi-Platform SOAP and Web Services.
A Conference Report is also in the works, and will be a mixture of blog postings and pictures that I hope to be able to upload.
2005/10/31 - BDNtv: Overview of ECO III in Borland Developer Studio 2006
In this BDNtv episode, Henrik Jondell talks about the new and improved features in ECO III. ECO is included with Borland Developer Studio 2006. C# and Delphi for .NET application development is supported with ECO III. Henrik covers a lot of material in a little over 21 minutes. Fortunately, you can watch it multiple times to pick up all the great new productivity gains waiting for you as you model your applications with ECO III.
2005/10/24 - The 24 Hours of DeXter
On October 24th, 2005, Borland Developer Relations organised the second 24 hours marathon, this time with the focus on DeXter.
During the 24 Hours of DeXter event, I spoke about upcoming Magazine articles, User Groups, DeXter courseware, and Conference Sessions.
You can now listen to the replays or download the recordings from the BDN website, including my 25 minutes.
2005/10/21 - BDNtv: Overview of Together in Delphi 2006
In this BDNtv episode, Jason Vokes demonstrates the long-awaited and often requested support for Delphi with Borland's Together technology, available for the first time in Delphi 2006. Watch Jason demonstrate full two-way live source class diagrams, other UML diagrams and design pattern support, integrated audits and metrics, and instant documentation generation, all for Delphi source code. See for yourself why Together support has been one of our most requested features for Delphi!
2005/10/10 - Borland Developer Studio 2006
Borland has just announced new versions of Delphi, C++Builder and C#Builder, previously codenamed DeXter.
Delphi 2006, C++Builder 2006, and C#Builder 2006 are offered together as part of Borland Developer Studio; Borland's multi-language developer environment for Microsoft Windows and .NET applications.
It is the only IDE that includes support for Delphi (both Win32 and .NET), C, C++ and C# applications within a single environment.
Delphi 2006, C++Builder 2006 and C#Builder 2006, all part of Borland Developer Studio, will be available for pre-order between Oct. 17 and Dec. 1, with customer shipments scheduled for early December.
2005/09/19 - BDP to support MySQL 4.0.24 /25
In the borland.public.delphi.database.bdp newsgroup, Ramesh T. mentioned that MySQL 4.0.24 /25 will be supported in the coming release [of BDP / Delphi].
2005/08/23 - BDP SQL Tracing and Connection Pooling
I just noticed that in the borland.public.delphi.database.bdp newsgroup, Ramesh T. mentioned that "BDP SQL Tracing is in the next release BDP 2.5".
And over in the borland.public.delphi.non-technical newsgroup, John Kaster wrote that Ramesh has already implemented Connection Pooling (at the driver level) for DeXter.
2005/07/14 - The 24 Hours of Delphi as mp3
It was great fun to be part of the 24 Hours of Delphi event!
If you missed it (or want to hear it again) you can already download and listen to the interviews in mp3 format.
One of the things that was mentioned was Highlander, the codename for the Delphi release that will support .NET 2.0.
2005/07/13 - The 24 Hours of Delphi
On July 13th, I participated in The 24 hours of Delphi BDN radio event from 07:00am (GMT) to July 14, 2005 at 06:59am (GMT).
There were 24 contiguous hours of live BDN radio interviews with Delphi R&D engineers, Borland partners, book authors, and community members such as myself and Brian Long.
2005/06/13 - C++Builder Hello World Application in DeXter
DeXter is the codename for the upcoming version of Delphi.
At BDNtv you can see Borland's work in progress on their next generation C++ Win32 IDE, which brings C++Builder to the latest version of the Delphi IDE, using the UI, docking, and component palette.
The C++Builder personality also uses exactly the same version of the VCL as that being used by Delphi.
You can see a preview of the Project Manager and include paths with search, the structure pane, the new object inspector, new editor features such as code folding, synch edit, history view and the change tracking bar.
And finally, notice the new debugging features that are available.
2005/05/17 - New Delphi Survey
Borland is offering us the chance to vote for what we think is important in the next version(s) of Delphi in a new Delphi Survey.
This is your chance to have your say, so go for it!
2005/03/23 - Delphi and the .NET Compact Framework?
Several Borland Blog entries have been made by Danny, Allen and Danny again about Delphi and support for the .NET Compact Framework.
What do we need? Only compiler support for the Compact Framework, or also a Visual Designer?
And in case of a Visual Designer, do we want one based on WinForms or VCL for .NET?
For me, the choice is clear: VCL is the way to go for GUI applications: VCL for Win, VCL for .NET and I'd be very pleased with a VCL for .NET/CF.
With a little work you can produce almost single-source applications (with some IFDEFs) for Win32, Linux, .NET and in the future hopefully also Compact Framework...
2005/03/06 - C++ in Delphi IDE
The latest BDNtv episode shows work in progress on C++ database development support in the next Delphi IDE.
Watch this BDNtv episode to see the latest developments on the C++ personality for the Delphi IDE
2005/02/26 - Where's My Delphi for .NET Compact Framework?
Danny Thorpe covers the reasons why there isn't a Delphi for .NET Compact Framework, yet.
2005/02/21 - C++Builder Survey
As you probably know, the next version of C++Builder will be integrated within the next major release of Delphi.
Please use the new C++Builder Survey to provide Borland with feedback on what bugs you would like fixed and what new features you would like added.
2004/12/18 - BDNtv: C++Builder in Delphi
Borland has published a short but sweet BDNtv episode on C++Builder in Delphi, showing the designer, component palette, code editor and code insight, debugging, etc..
2004/12/14 - New Borland C++ Open Letter
Borland will continue to develop VCL-based C++.
The next version of C++Builder will be part of the Delphi IDE family, enabling you to take advantage of the latest Delphi VCL and IDE framework and many of the new C++ features that you have requested. It is our intention to include this personality in or before the next major release of Delphi.
Way to go, Borland! Thank you!!
