Mastering Delphi 6

A Fully Revised Version of the Book That Won the Delphi Informant Readers Choice Award

If you're looking to capitalize on the powerful capabilities of the latest release of Delphi, Mastering Delphi 6 is the one resource you can't do without. Practical, tutorial-based coverage helps you develop key skills, solve tough problems, and build and implement sophisticated functionality in your database, client/server, and Internet applications. The special insights of Delphi expert Marco Cantù give you an extra advantage as you complete successful projects and progress towards Delphi mastery.

• Getting to know the new run-time library (RTL)
• Learning to use the VCL and CLX visual libraries
• Developing custom components
• Creating data-aware controls and custom datasets
• Mastering database programming with BDE and dbExpress
• Mastering client/server programming with InterBase
• Interfacing with Microsoft's ADO using the dbGo component set
• Taking advantage of Delphi's support for COM, OLE Automation, and COM+
• Programming for a multitiered application architecture
• Taking advantage of Delphi's support for XML and SOAP technologies
• Building practical, powerful Web applications

Contents

• The Delphi 6 IDE
• The Object Pascal Language: Classes and Objects
• The Object Pascal Language: Inheritance and Polymorphism
• The Run-Time Library
• Core Library Classes

• Controls: VCL Versus VisualCLX
• Advanced VCL Controls
• Building the User Interface
• Working with Forms
• The Architecture of Delphi Applications
• Creating Components
• Libraries and Packages

• Delphi's Database Architecture
• Client/Server Programming
• InterBase and IBX
• ActiveX Data Objects
• Multitier Database Applications with DataSnap
• Writing Database Components

• COM Programming
• From Automation to COM+
• Internet Programming: Sockets and Indy Components
• Web Programming with WebBroker and WebSnap
• XML and SOAP