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A First Look at (CodeGear) Delphi 2007 for Win32

By Zarko Gajic, About.com

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What's New in Delphi 2007 for Win32

Delphi 2007 for Win32 Studio

Delphi 2007 for Win32 Studio

Delphi 2007 extends Win32 features found in Delphi 2006 for Win32.

Revitalize Your Win32 Development with Delphi 2007

Delphi for Win32 supports creating native code applications on Windows 2000, XP or Vista.

Delphi for Win32 Vista support includes themed applications and VCL support for glassing, file dialogs, and Task Dialog components. Support for glassing includes making form borders glass, expanding the borders of glassing, and making an API call to the glass portions of a form.

VCL for the Web lets you quickly and visually build interactive and responsive web applications that support AJAX techniques. VCL for the Web embeds the low level technologies in visual objects so you don’t need to know HTML, JavaScript, CSS, or HTTP and can focus directly on code and user interface.

New DBX4 database architecture streamlines enterprise database connectivity and adds support for the most recent versions of SQL databases. DBX4 is a single compatible native and managed code database infrastructure that simplifi es the writing of data drivers and supports connection pooling.

Delphi 2007 for Win32 simplifies management of even the most complex projects with MSBuild’s project build/make support. MSBuild creates an XML-based project file format that is simple to understand and easy to extend. The project file format enables developers to fully describe what items need to be built as well as how they need to be built with different platforms and configurations.

The installer for Delphi 2007 for Win32 implements "on-the-fly" updates, hotfixes, and feature additions are all supported, so any incremental changes to the product are much easier to handle.

Delphi 2007 features completely revamped help system with class structure diagrams and thorough cross-linking.

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