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Using InterBase From Delphi
Nigel Cohen explains how to get started with InterBase if you’ve never dipped a toe in the client/server database waters before. Whether you’re looking to leave the BDE behind or wanting to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by Kylix, this is for you.

Algorithms Alfresco: The Holly And The Ivy
Julian Bucknall has a stocking full of festive algorithms developed in co-operation with Father Christmas.

Getting Clever With WebBroker... Without The Web
Paul Warren uses HTML a lot to provide output from his applications and has discovered that WebBroker provides an ideal way to generate that output using user-modifiable template files. And it all works just fine without the web!

Beating The System: IDE Secrets, Part 1
Dave Jewell has been taking apart the Delphi IDE again, to discover a neat way to create Experts which will augment the capabilities of our favourite development environment. Including painless dockable IDE windows and toolbar forms.

The Hidden Power Of Jet
Guy Smith-Ferrier explains that Microsoft’s Jet engine is not just for interfacing with MS Access databases. Did you know it can talk to Paradox files, Excel, structured text files, and even HTML tables?

Under Construction: Wireless Application Protocol
Bob Swart has been pushing the envelope of new technology: he explains what WAP is all about and how to create applications for generating the WML XML-like code that WAP phones use.

One Last Compile
The Joy Of SQL

Solution To Delphi Junction: The Sequel
David Baer gives us the solution to last month’s crossword. If you got it right, award yourself a dozen extra mince pies!

Successful Web Application Design
Jason Southwell explains some of the principles behind designing web applications that are going to work, including five steps to avoid common pitfalls, based on his own extensive experience.