This XML guide explains how to apply the power and flexibility of Delphi to XML, and provides a solid introduction to the technologies that make up XML and its related specifications

Starting with a detailed description of Delphi and C++ languages, this book covers the essential topics such as conditions, loops, strings and arrays, procedures and functions, file I/O, and pointers and gives an introduction to OOP before venturing into

Delphi developer Julian Bucknall provides fellow developers a comprehensive overview of using algorithms and data structures from a practical perspective. Bucknall begins with a discussion of algorithm performance, and provides comprehensive coverage of such topics as arrays, linked lists, and binary trees. The book focuses on search algorithms—such as sequential and binary search—and sort algorithms—including bubble, insertion, Shell sort, quicksort, merge sort, and heapsort—along with techniques for optimization. Additionally, the author presents hashing and hash tables, priority queues, state machines and regular expressions, and data compression techniques such as Huffman and LZ77. The companion CD contains the author’s highly successful freeware library EZDSL, source code compatible with all versions of Delphi and with Kylix, and executables from TurboPower Software Company.

programmer’s viewpoint, and it is ideal for Delphi programmers moving to .NET. It presents the core concepts of the .NET world in terms you are familiar with. This book will help you with Delphi for .NET as well as C#.

Apress publishes migration books for both VB 6 and C++ programmers moving to .NET. Consider this the Delphi installment of Apress migration books! There is ample coverage of C# as well as Delphi for .NET inside this newest addition.

Still the Best Delphi Resource–Now Fully Updated and Expanded
Whether you’re new to Delphi or just making the move from an earlier version, Mastering Delphi 7 is the one resource you can’t do without.

Practical, tutorial-based coverage helps you master essential techniques in database, client-server, and Internet programming. And the insights of renowned authority Marco Cantù give you the necessary knowledge to take advantage of what’s new to Delphi 7–particularly its support for .NET. Coverage includes:
- Creating visual web applications with IntraWeb
- Writing sockets-based applications with Indy
- Creating data-aware controls and custom dataset components
- Creating database applications using ClientDataSet and dbExpress
- Building client-server applications using InterBase
- Interfacing with Microsoft’s ADO
- Programming for a multi-tiered application architecture
- Taking advantage of Delphi’s support for COM, OLE Automation, and COM+
- Taking advantage of Delphi’s XML and SOAP support
- Implementing Internet protocols in your Delphi app
- Creating UML class diagrams using ModelMaker
- Visually preparing reports using RAVE
- Using the Delphi language to create your first .NET programs

A comprehensive reference to all of the Win 32 API function calls used to display graphics and user interface elements, this book highlights such topics as drawing primitives, color palette management, regions, and paths.

This is a concise reference manual for using 32-bit Windows API functions in the Delphi 3 development environment. It describes the core Win32 API functions, and includes chapters on window creation, window information retrieval, input functions, file input and output, and registry manipulation. Each chapter is filled with working examples, with each API function used as an example to demonstrate its functionality. The CD includes all the projects and example codes found in the book, bonus programs, shareware, freeware, and a help file containing every function description from the book. Of particular importance is the inclusion of evluation versions of many retail software products, including Demoshield 5.2 Evaluation Edition, InstallShiled 5 Professional Evaluation Version, Skyline Tools Evaluation Suite, and a complete free retail version of PackageForTheWeb.

CLR via C#, Second Edition (Pro Developer)

Product Description In this new edition of Jeffrey Richter’s popular APPLIED Microsoft

.NET FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMING, you get focused, pragmatic guidance on how to exploit the common language runtime (CLR) functionality in .NET Framework 2.0 for applications of all types—from Web Forms, Windows

® Forms, and Web services to solutions for Microsoft SQL Server™, Microsoft code names “Avalon” and “Indigo”, consoles, NT Service, and more. Targeted to advanced developers and software designers, this book takes you under the covers of .NET for an in-depth understanding of its structure, functions, and operational components, demonstrating the most practical ways to apply this knowledge to your own development efforts. You’ll master fundamental design tenets for .NET, and get hands-on insights for creating high-performance applications more easily and efficiently. The book features extensive code examples in Microsoft Visual C#® 2005.

Embarcadero tech notes | no ISBN | Feb 2009 | 61 pages | PDF | 1.4Mb
This article gives a few good reasons to migrate, along with an overview of all the new features added to Delphi since version 7.

Essential Delphi

A friendly introductory guide to Borland Delphi: a form is a window, highlights of the Delphi environment, the object repository and the Delphi wizards, a tour of the basic components, creating and handling menus, multimedia fun, and more.