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Delphi has been released in many versions, including older versions which have been released in magazines for non-profit application use

Borland Delphi (now a product of Borland's subsidiary, CodeGear) is a software development package created by Borland. The eleventh and latest version, Delphi 2007 supports the Delphi programming language (Object Pascal) and C++ for the 32 bit Microsoft Windows platform, as well as Delphi and C# for the Microsoft .NET platform. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Prose is writing distinguished from poetry by its greater variety of rhythm and its closer resemblance to the patterns of everyday speech. ... Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Delphi3-4-6. ... Image File history File links Delphi3-4-6. ... Object Pascal is an object oriented derivative of Pascal mostly known as the primary programming language of Borland Delphi. ... CodeGear is a wholly-owned division of Borland Software Corporation, which develops software development tools such as the Delphi IDE and programming language and the influential database server InterBase. ... Borland Software Corporation is a software company headquartered in Austin, Texas. ... Object Pascal is an object oriented derivative of Pascal mostly known as the primary programming language of Borland Delphi. ... C++ (pronounced see plus plus, IPA: ) is a general-purpose programming language with high-level and low-level capabilities. ... “Windows” redirects here. ... C# (pronounced see-sharp) is an object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft as part of their . ... Microsoft . ...

Delphi's most popular use is the development of desktop and enterprise database applications, but as a general-purpose development tool it is capable of, and is used for, most types of development projects. Look up desktop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In economics, a business is a legally-recognized organizational entity existing within an economically free country designed to sell goods and/or services to consumers, usually in an effort to generate profit. ... This article is about computing. ...

The Delphi product is distributed as various suites: Personal, Professional, Enterprise (formerly Client/Server) and Architect.

Distinguishing features

The main features that distinguish Delphi and Kylix from other IDEs are: Kylix is a Linux version of the Borland Corporations Delphi and C++ Builder development environments for Microsoft Windows. ...

• The Pascal-based programming language
• The VCL/CLX (Visual Component Library)
• A strong emphasis on database connectivity
• A large number of third party components.
• Delegation of interface implementation to a field or property of the class
• Implementation of message handlers by tagging a method of a class with the integer constant of the message to handle
• COM independent interfaces with reference counted class implementations
• Can be compiled into native x86 code or managed .NET code

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Advantages

Delphi exhibits the following advantages:

• Rapid Application Development (RAD)
• Based on a well-designed language - high-level and strongly typed, with low-level escapes for experts
• A large community on Usenet and the web (e.g. news://newsgroups.borland.com and Borland's web access to Delphi newsgroups)
• Can compile to a single executable, simplifying distribution and reducing DLL versioning issues
• Many VCL (Visual Component Library) and third-party components (usually available with full source code) and tools (documentation, debug tools, etc.)
• Quick optimizing compiler and ability to use assembler code
• Multiple platform native code from the same source code
• High level of source compatibility between versions
• CrossKylix - a third-party toolkit which allows you to compile native Kylix/Linux applications from inside the Windows Delphi IDE, hence easily enabling dual-platform development and deployment
• CrossFPC - a sister project to CrossKylix, which enables you to cross-compile your Windows Delphi applications to multi-platform targets - supported by the Free Pascal compiler - without ever leaving the Delphi IDE. Currently CrossFPC is in a closed beta test, only available to members of the development team.
• Class helpers to bridge functionality available natively in the Delphi RTL, but not available in a new platform supported by Delphi
• The language's object orientation features only class- and interface-based polymorphism
• Delphi 2005, Delphi 2006 and Delphi 2007 all support advanced refactoring features such Method Extraction, etc. [1]

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Disadvantages

• Limited cross-platform capability for Delphi itself. Compatibles provide more architecture/OS combinations.
• A reluctance to break any code has led to some convoluted language design choices, and orthogonality and predictability have suffered.
• The newer versions of Delphi have suffered from a number of stability issues, which however generally have been fixed in Delphi 2007.
• Unintelligent handling of different datatypes - Delphi will not treat a string as an integer when implied by calling a numeric string within a mathematical calculation. Rather the developer must always use the StrToInt or IntToStr commands when working with user input. While this approach does eliminate any possibility of misunderstandings, it can become exceedingly tedious for beginners and even some experts.

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History

Delphi was one of the first of what came to be known as RAD tools, for Rapid Application Development, when released in 1995 for the 16-bit Windows 3.1. Delphi 2, released a year later, supported 32-bit Windows environments, and a C++ variant, C++ Builder, followed a few years after. Rapid application development (RAD), is a software development process developed initially by James Martin in the 1980s. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... A typical Windows 3. ... C++ (pronounced see plus plus, IPA: ) is a general-purpose programming language with high-level and low-level capabilities. ... C++ Builder, often abbreviated BCB, is a popular rapid application development (RAD) environment produced by Borland for writing programs in the C++ programming language. ...

Delphi 2006

The chief architect behind Delphi was Anders Hejlsberg, who also developed its predecessor Turbo Pascal. Hejlsberg would later move to Microsoft in 1996, where he worked on Visual J++, and was a key participant in the creation of the Microsoft .NET Framework, becoming the chief designer of C#. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 129 KB) This screenshot shows the Borland Delphi 2006 version of the Borland Delphi product line, editing a Win32 application. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 129 KB) This screenshot shows the Borland Delphi 2006 version of the Borland Delphi product line, editing a Win32 application. ... Anders Hejlsberg (born December 1960[1]) is a prominent Danish software engineer who co-designed several popular and commercially successful programming languages and development tools. ... Turbo Pascal 3. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Visual J++ (pronounced Jay Plus Plus) is Microsofts now discontinued implementation of the Java programming language. ... C# (pronounced see-sharp) is an object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft as part of their . ...

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Delphi 8, released December 2003, was a .NET-only release that allowed developers to compile Delphi Object Pascal code into .NET CIL. It was also significant in that it changed its IDE for the first time, from the multiple-floating-window-on-desktop style IDE to a look and feel similar to Microsoft's Visual Studio.NET. December 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Events December 31, 2003 In Taiwan, President Chen Shui-bian signs a law that allows referendums to be held. ... Microsoft . ... Common Intermediate Language (CIL, pronounced either sill or kill) (formerly called Microsoft Intermediate Language or MSIL) is the lowest-level human-readable programming language in the Common Language Infrastructure and in the . ... Look and feel refers to design aspects of a graphical user interface - in terms of both colours, shapes, layout, typefaces, etc (the look); and, the behaviour of dynamic elements such as buttons, boxes, and menus (the feel). It is used in reference to both software and websites. ...

Although Borland fulfilled one of the biggest requests from developers (.NET support), it was criticized both for making it available too late, when a lot of former Delphi developers had already moved to C#, and for focusing so much on backward compatibility that it was not very easy to write new code in Delphi. Delphi 8 also lacked significant high-level features of the C# language, as well as many of the more appealing features of Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE. (There were also concerns about the future of Delphi Win32 development. Because Delphi 8 did not support Win32, Delphi 7.1 was included in the Delphi 8 package.) The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Microsoft Visual Studio is a series of IDEs by Microsoft. ...

The next version, Delphi 2005 (Delphi 9), included the Win32 and .NET development in a single IDE, reiterating Borland's commitment to Win32 developers. Delphi 2005 includes design-time manipulation of live data from a database. It also includes an improved IDE and added a for ... in statement (like C#'s foreach) to the language. However, it was criticized by some for its bugs; both Delphi 8 and Delphi 2005 had stability problems when shipped, which were only partially resolved in service packs. For each (or foreach) is a computer language idiom for traversing items in a collection. ...

In late 2005, Delphi 2006 was released and federated development of C# and Delphi.NET, Delphi Win32 and C++ into a single IDE. It was much more stable than Delphi 8 or Delphi 2005 when shipped, and improved even more after the service packs and several hotfixes. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On February 8, 2006, Borland announced that it was looking for a buyer for its IDE and database line of products, which include Delphi, to concentrate on its ALM line. The news met with voluble optimism from the remaining Delphi users. is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Application lifecycle management (ALM) regards the process of delivering software as a continuously repeating cycle of inter-related steps: definition, design, development, testing, deployment and management. ...

On September 6, 2006, The Developer Tools Group (the working name of the not yet spun off company) of Borland Software Corporation released single language versions of Borland Developer Studio, bringing back the popular Turbo moniker. The Turbo product set includes Turbo Delphi for Win32, Turbo Delphi for .NET, Turbo C++, and Turbo C#. Each version is available in two editions: Explorer—a free downloadable version—and Professional—a relatively cheap (US$399) version which opens access to thousands of third-party components. Unlike earlier Personal editions of Delphi, new Explorer editions can be used for commercial development. is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Photo of Delphi 2007 box as released by CodeGear in spring 2007.

Delphi 2007 was released on March 16, 2007. It was the first Delphi release by CodeGear. Furthermore, it was the first version of Delphi since version 7 that only allowed compilation of native 32-Bit Windows Applications. New features included support for MS Build and enhancements to the Visual Component Library for Windows Vista. Furthermore, CodeGear introduced DBX4 as the next version of dbExpress. For the first time, one could download Delphi online from the internet and activate it using a license key. International customers were immediately served by releasing the product not only in English on this day, but also in French, German and Japanese. RAD Studio 2007, which inclues .NET development, was released on September 5, 2007. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 566 pixelsFull resolution (2223 × 1572 pixel, file size: 428 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) CodeGear Delphi 2007 Enterprise box, inside, photographed by Holger Flick I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 566 pixelsFull resolution (2223 × 1572 pixel, file size: 428 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) CodeGear Delphi 2007 Enterprise box, inside, photographed by Holger Flick I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

See also: Delphi 2007 on the Delphi Wiki

The name

Delphi was originally a confidential research project at Borland which evolved into a product that was to be called AppBuilder. Borland Software Corporation is a software company headquartered in Austin, Texas. ...

Developer Danny Thorpe chose the Delphi codename in reference to the Oracle at Delphi. One of the original goals of Delphi was to provide database connectivity to programmers as a key feature and a popular database package at the time was Oracle database; hence, "If you want to talk to [the] Oracle, go to Delphi". As development continued, the name grew on them and there was growing support within Borland for the name Delphi. Danny Thorpe is a developer working with Microsofts Windows Live Platform team. ... Michelangelos rendering of the Delphic Sibyl The Delphic Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Delphi, a Greek colony, located in a plateau on the side of Mount Parnassus. ... The term Oracle database may refer either to the database management system (DBMS) software released by Oracle Corporation as Oracle RDBMS, or to any of the individual databases managed by such software. ...

Shortly before the first release of Borland's AppBuilder, Novell AppBuilder was released, leaving Borland in need of a new name. After much struggle, the name Delphi prevailed.^[2]

Microsoft hirings

Anders Hejlsberg, the main architect of Delphi and Turbo Pascal, was hired by Microsoft in 1996, where he has since led the design of both the Java dialect J++ and C#, the most popular language for Windows' .NET platform ^{[citation needed]}. Chuck Jazdzewski, who was chief scientist and architect of Borland's Delphi technology, left Borland and joined Microsoft in 2004[2]. Danny Thorpe, Chief Scientist at that time, likewise left Borland and joined Google in 2005 only to later join Microsoft in 2006. [3]. Anders Hejlsberg (born December 1960[1]) is a prominent Danish software engineer who co-designed several popular and commercially successful programming languages and development tools. ... For other uses, see Delphi (disambiguation). ... Turbo Pascal 3. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... “Java language” redirects here. ... Visual J++ (pronounced Jay Plus Plus) is Microsofts now discontinued implementation of the Java programming language. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... “Windows” redirects here. ... The Microsoft . ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Danny Thorpe is a developer working with Microsofts Windows Live Platform team. ... This article is about the corporation. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Related software

Delphi for PHP

Delphi for PHP is an IDE for PHP. It provides true RAD functionality. It features Delphi or VB like form designer, integrated debugger (based on Apache web server). It also includes VCL library ported to PHP. Support for Web 2.0 features like AJAX, makes it a unique IDE. An integrated development environment (IDE), also known as integrated design environment and integrated debugging environment, is a programming environment that has been packaged as an application program,that assists computer programmers in developing software. ... For other uses, see PHP (disambiguation). ... The abbreviation VB can be used for: vBulletin, a PHP-based forum software package Victoria Bitter, a beer from Carlton and United Breweries (CUB), Australia Virtual Boy, a portable virtual reality helmet-shaped video game console by Nintendo Visual Basic, a computer programming language from Microsoft Vlaams Blok, a Belgian... The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to simply as Apache, is a web server notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. ... The name VCL can refer to more than one thing: Visual Component Library is a computer programming library for Microsoft Windows development. ...

This Product was announced in March 20, 2007 and is based on Qadram Qstudio. Qstudio is no more in production at Qadram since codegear is now whole and sole owner for the Qstudio codebase.

Products developed with Delphi

There are many products developed with Delphi. The most well-known ones are (grouped by areas):

• Borland products: Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder, Borland JBuilder versions 1 & 2
• Call Accounting Software: PhoneControl
• Computer games: Astral Masters, Astral Tournament, Smugglers series.
• Customer relationship management: Sage SalesLogix
• Database management: MySQL Tools (Administrator, Query Browser, Migration Toolkit)
• Database development: Quest Toad
• Engineering Software: Altium Designer/Protel (Electronics Design)
• Image viewers: FastStone Image Viewer, FuturixImager
• Internet messaging: Skype (VoIP and IM), The Bat! (e-mail client), PopTray (e-mail check tool), FeedDemon (RSS/Atom feed viewer), XanaNews (newsgroup reader), Xnews (newsgroup reader)
• Medical Imaging: Sonomed VuMax II Ultrasound Biomicroscope.
• Music production: FL Studio (formerly FruityLoops)
• Shells: SharpE
• Software development: Dev-C++ (IDE), DUnit, Help & Manual (help system authoring), Inno Setup (installer engine)
• Web authoring: Macromedia HomeSite (HTML editor), TopStyle Pro (CSS editor), Macromedia Captivate (screencast)
• Web browsers (MSIE shells): Avant Browser, Netcaptor
• Utilities: Spybot - Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware (anti-spyware), Total Commander (file manager), Copernic Desktop Search, PowerArchiver, ASuite

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Clones and alternatives

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Some of these can get Delphi code running in ways not possible with Delphi (such as supporting different operating systems, free distribution and educational use, and allowing examination of the compiler source) and allow for some vendor independence. These are generally used educationally and to get the server parts of Delphi apps running on non-mainstream operating systems; most had Linux support years before Kylix. Kylix is a Linux version of the Borland Corporations Delphi and C++ Builder development environments for Microsoft Windows. ...

• Bloodshed Dev-Pascal - A very polished graphical 32-bit Windows editor (though not RAD) as a frontend for both GNU Pascal and Free Pascal.
• Lazarus [4] is an RAD IDE which uses the Free Pascal Compiler. The internal classes hierarchy can base itself on several graphical toolkits, such as GTK, Win32, Windows CE API, Qt and others.
• CrossFPC - a free toolkit to integrate the Free Pascal compiler, targeting various OS and hardware platforms, into the Windows Delphi IDE. See more about it from this mailing list discussion.
• OpenSibyl is another effort to build a RAD on top of Free Pascal. However it is geared towards OS/2, and still in initial stages.
• Virtual Pascal is a x86 32-bit Turbo Pascal and Delphi compatible compiler mainly aimed at OS/2 and Windows, though it developed a DOS+Extender and an experimental Linux cross-compiler too. The compiler is on the level of Delphi 2, the site hasn't changed significantly in two years and the development of Virtual Pascal has stopped.

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References

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Documentation

Delphi developer documentation from Borland:

• Delphi Developer's Guide
• Object Pascal Language Guide
  • Delphi 5 "Object Pascal Language Guide"  (PDF, Windows Help)
  • Object Pascal Style Guide

More from Delphi Developer Support section (FTP archives).

External links

Wikibooks' Programming has more about this subject:

Delphi

• Delphi 2006 Official Webpage
• Delphi 2007 for Win32 Official Webpage
• Delphi Wiki
• Torry's Delphi Pages
• Free online tutorials, often with sourcecode, from Sheepdog Software
• A good reference for the Delphi RTL
• Delphi Components and Source code
• History of all Delphi versions