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[b]Borland to Offer Delphi 6 Personal Edition for Free[/b], , [i]Scotts Valley, CA (August 3, 2001)[/i] - Borland Software Corp. is offering Borland Delphi 6 Personal Edition for free. Delphi 6 Personal enables new users to learn how to develop high-performance, non-commercial applications for the Windows platform with the latest technology standards and protocols., , Complete with a 32-bit, optimizing, native code compiler, online help, and examples, Delphi 6 Personal shortens development cycles and can increase developer productivity. The Personal Edition also features a VCL of more than 85 pre-built and reusable, customizable components, including menus, dialogs, TreeViews, and text boxes., , Borland Delphi 6 is the first RAD environment for Windows that fully supports new and emerging Web Services. With Delphi 6, corporate, or individual developers can create next-generation e-business applications quickly and easily. Major features include BizSnap, WebSnap, and DataSnap to enable ...

Hello! As a self-taught casual programmer, i'm having a bit of trouble with Delphi 3. I'm trying to play about with the TCP demo application. It works fine on my machine but when I try it other pc's I get the following error:, , Exception EOleSysError in module DCHAT.EXE at 00032EF9. Class not registered., , I think its got something to do with setting up ActiveX and STDVCL32.dll but other than this I'm totally stuck! Any help would be greatly apreciated., , Cheers,, Tarquin

we need to find an easy way to convert the source code of an application written in Paradox for Windows into Delphi 5. , Any ideas?????

>We are also toying with Rave report instead of RTF as Rave apparently can output a PDF quite easily. [wp] I think you're on the right track - turning to a reporting tool.  Rave might do the trick, but I've found it kind of hard to work with. I haven't tried to do exactly what you're describing, but I'd be very surprised if my favorite reporting tool couldn't handle it: Fast Report.  Fast Report also does a fine job of producing PDF output. 

Today the Government Technology Conference ended (May 16 - 18, 2001). It was held at the Sacramento Convention Center and we were at booth #318. This conference taylors to the government (Fed, State, and local)., , It was a good show, they say that they get 47,000 attendees on average (I don't know how many showed yet.) All the big companies were there including Microsoft, HP, Compaq, Dell, Corel, etc. Borland was a notable no show., , Prestwood was there too featuring the benefits of using a "true" consulting firm. Our message was stay away from agencies (body shops) and cowboy programmers (one man shops). We talked about our core development tools Delphi, Paradox, VB, and Access as well as our web site development efforts. Of particular interest was Prestwood Software Development Methodology (PSDM); our recipe for building software., , We were the only vendor there that I saw displaying and talking about Delphi. Since Delphi was not represented well, we've decided that at the next...

Hello,, , I have a big problem, but I can't seem to find any answers on the net. I am trying to build a service that can send email via mapi. , , However, I want to set the service as a local system account login. There is no interface. I am connected on a Novel network. , , When I run the service no email is sent...if I try to open Outlook Express...it cannot be started because the computer is low on system ressources / memory., , My guess, it cannot connect itself on the Novel network...I would probably make it run by login with my account...but does not suite the purpose., , If anyone can help me I would really appreciate it. Thank you very much., , Katerina

Does anyone know how to remove the SQL mouse cursor when accessing the BDE?

We are in desparate need of a Delphi programmer to work here at Prestwood. This person would work with our existing Delphi team. If you're interested, private message me.

For those who haven't been keeping up, some time back Borland "spun off" a separate company named "CodeGear" for its developer tools, also announcing at the time that CodeGear was up for sale. Well, now there's a buyer! CodeGear is being acquired by Embarcadero Technologies, a database tools company. Key people from both companies are excited about this development. While there are no overlapping products, there is a lot of potential for sharing technology between products, and for "bundling" p...

[b]Version Info[/b]: Works with Delphi 2 and higher, , [b]Category[/b]: Multimedia, , [b]Description[/b]: , Use SetWindowRgn API call to make a round form., , The SetWindowRgn function sets the window region of a window. The window region determines the area within the window where the operating system permits drawing. The operating system does not display any portion of a window that lies outside of the window region., , Simply use this function in the FormCreate event:, , , [b]procedure[/b] TForm.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);, [b]var[/b], R1: HRGN;, R2: HRGN;, , [b]begin[/b], R1 := CreateEllipticRgn(1, -1, Width - 1, Height);, R2 := CreateEllipticRgn(50, 50, Width - 50, Height - 50);, CombineRgn(R2, R1, R2, RGN_XOR);, SetWindowRgn(Handle, R2, True);, [b]end[/b];, , , , ------------------, Larry J. Rutledge, , Programmer / Analyst, Prestwood Software & Consulting, 7525 Auburn Blvd., #8, Citrus Heights, CA 95610, , [URL=http://www.prestwood.com]www.pr...

Recently I've noticed several posts whose answers deal with the Windows 32-bit API (Win32 API). Because Delphi applications are designed to run under Windows, programs interact with Windows using the Win32 API., , Although Borland has done an excellent job of encapsulating a great deal within the VCL, there are many tasks that can only be done with direct calls to the Win32 API. A good example is finding out who the currently logged in user is., , Anyone who develops in Windows, regardless of whether you are using Delphi, C++Builder, Visual Basic, Visual C++, or any other Windows development tool should become familiar with the Win32 API. The more you know about how things are done in windows (and the VCL Source is an excellent resource to use as an example), the easier it will be for you to develop applications where the VCL is simply not enough., , Microsoft provides an excellent resource for the Win32 API known as the Microsoft Developer's Network Library Platform SDK. It is ...

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In case anyone hasn't heard, Borland's Developer Tools Group has recently released a new "Turbo" line of products, single language products with nearly all the features of Borland Developer Studio Pro. "Turbo Explorer" is a free download, and allows commercial deployment, with the major restriction being that third party components can't be installed and used at design time (though they can be initialized in code and used at runtime). Upgrading to "Turbo Pro" removes this restriction., , http://www.turboexplorer.com/

I have made a little program that takes a screenshot and saves it as a .jpg file., , Only problem is that if i have a mplayer window open with a movie playing the movie "area" is green..., , how can i make the screenshot include the current frame of the movie?

The Delphi 2006 US Launch Tour has been announced:, http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,33374,00.html , , We'll be hosting a launch event in Cincinnati on November 21:, http://ec.borland.com/eventDisplay.faces?e=585 , , There will be lots of free stuff, plus 25% discount coupons for everyone who attends., Come one, come all!

i have written a little bit of code that's suppsoed to generate random numbers, turn em into a string and put the value into a string variable., , Works fine in practice.....but it doesn't generate the numbers randomly, every time i run my programme it generates the exact same numbers :-/, , , here is a copy of my code, any help is greatly appreciated, , procedure intro;, begin, repeat, rnumber:= 1+random(4); //sets rnumber equal to the values 1 to 4, moves := IntToStr(rnumber); //turns the number into a string and palces the string into moves, for count := 1 to length(moves) do, begin, delay(700); //sets the delay to 700 milliseconds, flashtile; //calls procedure "flashtile", delay(700); //sets the delay to 700 milliseconds, resettile; //calls function "resettile", end;//for count :=1 to length(moves) do, until loopcount=0;, end;

For those looking to explore the interface of Delphi 2005 without a major cash outlay, there is a Delphi 2005 Personal. It's not available for download or purchase, but Borland will make it available for special promotions., , The first notice of such a promotion is that the UK magazine PC Pro will be including Delphi 2005 Personal in their issue 128, cover dated June 2005. It will be included in the "DVD edition" of the magazine, and may not be in the "CD edition.", , Here in the US, PC Pro does sometimes show up on the shelves in larger bookstores, like Borders and Barnes & Noble, and in MicroCenter stores., , http://pcpro.co.uk

For ten years or so, Huw Collingbourne wrote a Delphi column, as well as other features, for PC Plus magazine in the UK. After Huw having some disagreeements with the editorial staff, he's now started his own online magazine, Bitwise Magazine. The first "issue" features a video interview with Borland's David Intersimone, another Delphi column, and other interesting stuff., , http://www.bitwisemag.com/index.html

Previously, I used Delphi 2 with 98 and Me. I've had to use the setprinter command to connect to a ticket printer connected to another workstation printer. Now with XP (especially professional) when you set up a printer on another workstation the name on the printer setting is on . It messes up everything with the setprinter command. The workaround was to set up the printer as a local port and then change the port setup so that "on" portion wouldn't be included. But now that doesn't work anymore. Does anyone has a working solution to this (especially to use the "on" portion of the printer name)? I'm using Delphi 2 with quickreport (version 1 I think). I'm desperate for an answer.

The list of dates and cities is at http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,32771,00.html , , We'll be hosting the Delphi 2005 Launch Event in Cincinnati on November 29. Details can be found at http://ec.borland.com/ec/eventDisplay.faces?e=403&v=day&t=1101715200000 or contact me at carterrk@despammed.com, , Lots of free stuff will be handed out, including a copy of Delphi 2005 Architect ($3000 value) and at least one copy of Delphi 2005 Professional ($999 value)!

Is there a more efficient way to look up a value in an array then this:, , for i := 0 to length(myArr) - 1 do, begin, if myArr[i] := myValue then, found := true ;, end ;, , something like, if myValue in myArr then, found := true ;, , probably a stupid question, but I'm only using Delphi occasionally (though I love it)., , TIA,, Matt

I am interested in learing Delphi 6. I have no prior experience with programming. DOes any one have any ideas of where to start

hi, does anyone know, how to fix the following, problem?, , I have a Matrox Millennium G550 graphics card and use Borland Delphi 4.0. I have the newest driver and the newest Delphi version. The problem is, that for example the "Start (in engl. i think it should be RUN) - Parameter" - window is so small, that i cant type in some parameters. But the window isnt resizeable. I just can see the register "local" and a button "load". Thats in some other Delphi-Menues too ... , , If i start windows in "Protected Mode (i hope thats the name it uses in engl.) - you know F8 and then "Protected Mode" (for minimal driver-use) - you see the Parameter-Window in full size. (windows then uses the "standard-vga"-graphics-driver). Thats why i think, that the problem is with the Matrox Millennium G550., , Does anyone know how to fix this problem?, , I hope my english is well enough, too be understandable ..., , greets, necron

I was asked by someone if I could put together a little program which at the press of a button would shut down Windows (and not just go to a DOS window) and then run a true DOS program and then close the system down - although I doubt this last bit., , Naturally I waved the white flag at this, but hoped that someone here may have an inkling of what to do. , , I understand that the DOS program is something to obliterate the windows swop file, so it did'nt take a great deal of brain power to guess that the said computer may have been visiting the likes of naughty Nora's enormous knocker sites , , Well, each to his own I suppose, but out of interest could this be done in Delphi? , rt

Hoo-hah! Read all about it!, , http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,29951,00.html , , http://bdn.borland.com/article/0,1410,29952,00.html