Delphi 2009 - Essentials

Course Overview
Delphi 2009 Essentials is a 3-day course that introduces Delphi programmers to the fundamental skills of using Delphi 2009. During these two days, you'll learn all about the enhancements and new features in Delphi 2009, in particular, Delphi 2009 IDE, RTL, Unicode, VCL, COM and Databases/DataSnap Development.

Course Style
This course is hands-on with practical exercises throughout. We provide you with individual PC’s so that you are able to work alone. Class sizes are kept small so that you will receive personal attention. You will take away extensive printed course material, which will be of on going use to you in your work.

 

Course Contents
• Delphi 2009 IDE:
o Options Dialog
o Project Options
o Project Manager
o Code Editor
o Delphi Class Explorer
o New & Import Component Wizard
o Remote Debugger

• Language Enhancements:
o Compiler & Language Enhancements
o Unicode Strings
o Generics
o Anonymous Methods
o Delphi 2007 Language Enhancements

• RTL and VCL Enhancements:
o New RTL Classes
o RTL Enhancements
o New VCL Components
o VCL Enhancements
o Ribbon Controls

• COM Enhancements:
o COM/ActiveX Architecture

• DBX4 and DataSnap:
o DBX4?
o Blackfish SQL
o Data Migration (BDE to DBX4)
o DataSnap 2009
o DataSnap Client
o Adding Server Data
o Reusing Existing Remote Data Modules

• Unicode:
o Unicode
o Delphi 2009 and Unicode
o Unicode Migration



• Globalisation and Localisation
o Globalisation and Localisation
o Win32 Localising and the Translation Editor
o Translation Editor
o External Translation Manager
o Switching Languages

 

Prerequisites
Delegates must have approximately 6 months of Delphi development experience.

 

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Duration
3 days

Cost £1,100 plus VAT

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