Oregon Delphi User Group

Publishing reports to remote client applications and web browsers using a standard reporting solution can be a complex, time consuming task requiring the mastery of a diverse set of technologies including multi-threaded programming, Windows Services, Windows Sockets, Windows System Tray applications, COM, I/O Completion Ports/Worker Thread Pools, XML, SOAP Services, ISAPI Thread Pools, XHTML, and JavaScript. ReportBuilder is a product of Digital Metaphors. PRESENTER Ed Dressel, ReportBuilder expert and long time member of TeamDM, will show how ReportBuilder Server Edition brings RAD to the world of N-Tier reporting enabling Delphi developers to quickly and easily deploy state of the art information publishing solutions to support remote clients and web browsers.

Borland Delphi 7 Studio Architect delivers new, fully integrated technologies for increased developer productivity. Get your applications ready for the path to Microsoft .NET with the Delphi 7 Studio migration kit. Learn what is new and improved in the latest Delphi release. Delphi7 Migration Path to .NET Cover COM .NET Interop. Language additions to support .NET Overview of ASP.NET Overview of Windows Forms Overview of .NET Web Services RAD Web Development using IntraWeb and Web-Snap Web Services Support in Delphi7 Overview of DataSnap and dbExpress dbExpress connectivity components Data management with ClientDataSets and SimpleDataSets Overview of ModelMaker (UML Modeling Tool) Cover various diagrams/patterns Refactoring Delphi code Cross Platform Development using CLX Visual Reporting with Rave Visual report designer (End User functionality) Model Driven Architecture (MDA) development with Bold for Delphi A copy of Delphi 7 Architect will be given away along with some other prizes!

It’s an understatement to say that there is a lot of excitement mounting for Borland’s Delphi and C++Builder products on Linux. Linux itself is nothing short of a phenomenon rising out of obscurity just a few years ago, to be the hottest topic in every computer-related periodical available. However, the biggest deficit of this free and stable operating system is the lack of applications. Borland aims to change all that!

Digital Metaphors, the publishers of ReportBuilder, are sponsoring the pizza for this event in exchange for us showing off their product. And they have a very good product! Practically the standard for reporting under Delphi, ReportBuilder is a powerful design tool for creating complex reports. There will be several trial copies of ReportBuilder to hand out, and one lucky person will get a full, licensed copy of ReportBuilder Pro, a $500 Value!

David Cornelius and Homer Jones (ODUG coordinator and assistant) would like to present some ideas about growing the Oregon Delphi User Group into a larger, perhaps more formal organization. Several ideas have been tossed around and we would like some discussion and feedback from you, the members of the group. Please join us at 6:00 PM for this important meeting. Pizza will be served and the regular meeting will follow.

Delphi provides several useful facilities for streamlining application development. In this presentation, we’ll explore several techniques used in the development of a multi-tier medical research application. Topics covered include: Using non-visual and visual inheritance Custom Form properties and events (available in the object inspector) Using the open Tools API to create form experts Using Patterns. If time allows, we will demonstrate the effect of these techniques in an actual application designed for a busy medical research facility.

What does an NT Service, a Socket, ADO, and XML have to do with each other? All four technologies are well supported by Delphi and all being utilized as part of one IVR application at Interactive Northwest. David just completed his first Windows NT Service application–and learned a LOT! He would like to share his experience with the group to help make others aware of issues lurking in the shadows of this type of beast.

Have you ever wanted to embed an InterBase installation along with user, database and table creation within the installation of your Delphi application? Obstacles, caveats and possible solutions will be explored. Although Wise Installation Systems will be utilized for part of the solution, the concepts should be able to be carried over to any installation tool. PRESENTER Jeff Sohler has considerable experience with Oracle and has worked with Delphi off and on since it’s inception.

Ed ran into quite a problem while trying to attach Word documents to an Interbase database—nothing seemed to work. He’ll show us the method that finally did the trick. He’ll also show the general outline of his system and the objects used. This is very extensive with about 50 forms and 50 tables. All of these are tied together with the users always having the same look and feel no matter where they are in the system.

Two medical applications will be discussed. The first application, named Bambi, is basically complete except for annual maintenance and can be seen at www.Bio-Optics.com. Bambi is used for evaluating the health of the cornea and diagnosing eye disease. Bambi captures video images of a monolayer of cells of the cornea of the eye from special corneal microscopes, enhances the image if desired, and allows morphometric parameters (number of cells/mm2, variation of cell sizes, etc.