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Delphi 2009 Professional Edition
By: CodeGear

Delphi is the premier development environment for software developers and database application developers who need to rapidly deliver high performance and easy to maintain software applications. Use the powerful Delphi IDE with its visual design surface, extensive component universe and powerful heterogeneous database framework to visually design and deliver applications in a fraction of the time. The powerful Delphi language and compiler deliver high performance and access to all the power and speed of native Windows development. Delphi also provides a comprehensive set of editing, refactoring, and debugging tools in a complete solution focused on making development faster and easier.

Delphi 2009 Professional is the high performance Windows visual IDE and framework designed for building packaged, desktop, and workstation applications quickly and easily. It combines the productivity of visual development, an extensive component universe, powerful object oriented programming, an ultra-fast optimizing native code compiler, complete Windows API support, and flexible local database connectivity. Use the visual design surface and hundreds of included components to quickly create rich user interfaces. Use the powerful editor, debugger, unit testing and refactoring to get deep into your code. New features include Unicode support, generics, anonymous methods and new and enhanced VCL components.

Build powerful, efficient and secure database applications by separating data and business logic with new DataSnap
Managing data is the heart of any business application. Delphi 2009 provides DataSnap, a complete set of tools for building scalable, robust multi-tier applications that manage data safely, securely, and effectively. In Delphi 2009, DataSnap has been overhauled to provide a powerful, flexible, and COM-free solution that enables you to write Server Methods (i.e. Stored Procedures on the middle-tier server) in Delphi. DataSnap now can create ultra-thin clients that access connections and datasets directly from your applications servers as well as call Server Methods just like they were part of the client code – all the while supporting existing IAppServer-based remote datamodules.

Take advantage of new Delphi language enhancements including generics and anonymous methods
Developers demand ever more powerful programming languages, and Delphi 2009 raises the bar by including support for generics and anonymous methods. Utilize generics to create code that will work for any data type. Anonymous methods allow you to inject code blocks where ever they are needed, either inline or as parameters to other code blocks. These two features and other enhancements keep Delphi 2009 at the forefront of native language technology.

Create great looking user interfaces with new VCL components, Ribbon controls, PNG Support, enhancements to existing components, and continued support for the Vista interface
Delphi has always made building vibrant user interfaces as easy as a few mouse clicks, and Delphi 2009 continues this trend. By adding support for the Microsoft Office UI features, or Ribbon controls, Delphi 2009 enables developers to build modern, powerful user interfaces for desktop applications. The VCL continues to advance as well, with the addition of new components and enhancements to existing components that ensure that VCL developers can take advantage of the latest features of the Windows platform.

Expand your business to global markets - Internationalize your applications with new Unicode support throughout the Delphi environment and localization tools that make it easier to translate to multiple languages
In Delphi 2009, the entire development environment -- including the IDE, the Code Editor, the RTL, and the VCL framework -- is fully Unicode-enabled, allowing your applications to run on any Windows locale and to accept virtually any form of Unicode data. Business is being done today with Unicode data. Applications, no matter where they are run, need to be able to accept, process, and display Unicode information. Delphi 2009 makes that possible. Further, if you need to localize your applications to other spoken languages, Delphi 2009 provides a powerful set of translation tools to allow you to target emerging markets with your products.

Work more efficiently with IDE enhancements like the all new Class Browser, robust build configurations, and improved resource management.
Developer productivity has been an obsession for the Delphi team, and Delphi 2009 continues this fine tradition. New productivity features include a customizable Class Browser that provides insight into class structures and hierarchies, a new Resource Manager that manages the addition of Windows resources to an application, an enhanced Build Configuration management system that allows for easy selection of build configurations, and many usability improvements to the Project Manager. The Delphi 2009 IDE sets a new standard for development speed and productivity.

Greater visibility into your COM and ActiveX source code gives you greater flexibility and complete control.
Delphi 2009 has completely reworked the support for the key Windows technologies of COM and ActiveX. Now, Delphi developers have a transparent, fully source code control friendly solution. Developers can create COM and ActiveX objects, automation objects, and ActiveForms, as well as wrap existing VCL components as ActiveX controls. Delphi 2009 is the complete COM and ActiveX development solution.

Build AJAX enabled web apps with VCL for the Web. Create great looking Web 2.0 applications in the same way you build Delphi applications
Web development can be a difficult process of melding together numerous technologies and skill sets. Delphi 2009 provides VCL for the Web, a framework that allows Delphi developers to leverage their existing skills to build robust, full-featured, AJAX-enabled web applications – including support for Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 -- without having to master the variety of web-based technologies. VCL for the Web includes a large collection of familiar components that work exactly like their Windows counterparts. Drag and drop components, hook events, and write Delphi code to produce browser-based applications. Getting an application to the web has never been simpler.

What is Support and Maintenance for Delphi?
Support and Maintenance can be purchased at the time you purchase your Delphi product or upgrade. The support and maintenance agreement gives you a year of upgrades (including major and minor upgrades) and a specified number of support incidents.


Who qualifies for the upgrade pricing on Delphi 2009?
Professional Upgrade

  • owners of any previous Professional edition of CodeGear RAD Studio, Borland Developer Studio, Delphi, Kylix, C++Builder, Turbo Delphi or Turbo C++.

Enterprise Upgrade

  • owners of any previous Enterprise or Professional edition of CodeGear RAD Studio, Borland Developer Studio, Delphi, C++Builder, Kylix, Turbo Delphi or Turbo C++.

Architect Upgrade

  • owners of any previous Architect or Enterprise edition of CodeGear RAD Studio, Borland Developer Studio, Delphi, C++Builder, or Kylix

I’m still on a much older version of Delphi. Do I still qualify for upgrade pricing?
Yes. The upgrade pricing is available to owners of any earlier version.


What are the limitations of the Academic products?
The Academic edition can be used only for learning in an academic or classroom environment. Educational institutions cannot use the academic version to produce software for use within their institution.

  • 1GB RAM (2GB+ recommended)
  • 3 GB free hard disk space for Delphi
  • 750 MB free hard disk space for prerequisites
  • DVD-ROM drive
  • 1024x768 or higher-resolution monitor
  • Mouse or other pointing device
  • 1GB RAM (2GB+ recommended)

Processor

  • Intel Pentium or compatible, 1.4 GHz minimum (2GHz+ recommended)

Windows

  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP1(Requires Administrator rights)
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional (SP3)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (SP1) or 2008
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or Server(SP4)

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