Oregon Delphi User Group

Debugging your applications is an old topic. But there are always new tricks to be learned. One product that can go a long way in trouble-shooting is CodeSite by Raize Software. One member, David Cornelius, has been a long-time user and proponent of CodeSite and will share his expertise with the group. Even though this product has been out for a while, he still get requests once in a while on how to use CodeSite effectively.

This month, the Oregon Delphi User Group will be looking at integrating help into Delphi applications. Just Great Software produces a complete help authoring tool called, HelpScribble that simplifies the task of producing help files and manuals in multiple formats. These files can be used to provide context-sensitive help in your Delphi programs, stand-alone software manuscripts, or even online documentation–all from the same help project file. PRESENTERS The discussion leaders are long-time members of this group, Homer Jones and Dan Lowe.

We have decided we want to meet again! I don’t know how regular this will be, but this month, we’re getting together, once again on the 3rd Monday of the month to talk about programming with the great Delphi programming tool. The emphasis this month will be using Firebird with examples and member experiences shared. Download: PowerPoint Slides PRESENTER Our main presenter is Alfonso Presa. Alfonso was born in Cuba and received a Bachelors degree in Computer Science at ISPJAE (Tech University of Havana).

Delphi® is one of the most respected and widely used Rapid Application Development (RAD) environments today. Over 1.7 million developers worldwide choose Delphi over other tools because Delphi radically speeds desktop, workstation, touch, kiosk, and Web application development without sacrificing an ounce of programming power or control. Applications built with Delphi are lightning fast, compact, provide rich UIs, and can connect with virtually any database or data source “out-of-the-box”. RAD Studio 2010 helps you go further and get there faster with more than 120 new and enhanced features that help you finish projects faster and reach more users.

CodeGear Delphi 2010 Launch tour!

We will have one final “regular” meeting of the Oregon Delphi User Group. It’s been a good run, lasting 15 years, but as things change and people move on, other venues of networking and professional development will, and have already begun, to take its place. There is no prepared topic as there will likely be reflections over the past years and discussions of future trends. However, continuing the theme of our March meeting, another project, a very different one (involving GUIDs, Unicode, and reporting), has had its own “Conversion Story” and several lessons learned from that experience could be shared as interest dictates.

The following is a preview of the March 15, 2010 ODUG meeting… It is a story of corruption in high places, and the daunting task of doing away with the evildoers – at least those responsible for the unrest. To the casual observer, everything seemed normal, but down deep, where access to the critical information took place, events unfolded with far reaching implications. Some said that corruption was just a fact of life.

Delphi® is one of the most respected and widely used Rapid Application Development (RAD) environments today. Over 1.7 million developers worldwide choose Delphi over other tools because Delphi radically speeds desktop, workstation, touch, kiosk, and Web application development without sacrificing an ounce of programming power or control. Applications built with Delphi are lightning fast, compact, provide rich UIs, and can connect with virtually any database or data source “out-of-the-box”. RAD Studio 2010 helps you go further and get there faster with more than 120 new and enhanced features that help you finish projects faster and reach more users.

This month’s meeting will be a demonstration of three commercial applications written in Delphi: File Extractor Pro, Cell Phone Analyzer, and SIM Analyzer Pro. File Extractor Pro is a data carving tool. It allows the user to carve deleted files from a logical partition in either NTFS or FAT12/16 and FAT32. A standalone image file in both raw bit stream format (think DD file) and compressed sgzip with 64k size clusters.

Using DLLs when you distribute your application allows you to replace individual components of your application suite without having to kick all users out of the program. For instances, the Accounts Payable module can be replaced without shutting down the shipping department. DLLs can be very useful in many situations and once you learn a few tricks, are really quite simple. We will talk about how to structure your application to use DLLs to make updating installed applications much simpler to manage and keeps customers working happily.