Delphi Programming (Second Edition) (Delphi 2005)

Author: Zhou Guohong
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Delphi 2005 is the ultimate and complete solution for Microsoft Windows development. It combines the powerful features of Delphi and C# languages, as well as the high performance of the Microsoft .NET Framework and the Win32 platform. Delphi 2005 provides a multilingual, multi-platform integrated development environment. Due to space constraints, this book only covers Delphi for .NET. The book consists of 14 chapters. Chapter 1 is an overview of Delphi for .NET; Chapter 2 introduces the Delphi 2005 integrated development environment; Chapter 3 introduces the basic syntax of Delphi's Object Pascal language; Chapters 4 to 11 introduce the basic methods, techniques, and examples for developing Windows Forms applications, database applications, Web Forms applications, Web database applications, Web services, and building VCL.NET Forms applications in Delphi 2005; Chapter 12 discusses the basic concepts and programming methods of exception handling; Chapters 13 and 14 respectively cover the concepts and methods of creating reports using third-party software Rave, and creating installation programs using InstallShield Express. Each chapter is followed by exercises. This book can be used as a textbook for higher education institutions and also serves as a self-study reference for readers interested in Delphi programming.