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Keep up with all that’s new in the world of Delphi and Kylix development.

User Settings The Object Oriented Way
Hart Kerbel describes the development of a generic object oriented suite to manage settings for such things as user preferences, images and system parameters. It adds, changes, retrieves and deletes settings on behalf of the developer, saving you lots of time and hassle!

Perspectives: XQuery, The Power Of Unified Querying
Craig Murphy discusses XQuery: could this be the unification of query languages, and how can we use it today? Craig answers these questions and more.

Algorithms Alfresco: Database Algorithms, 3
Julian Bucknall concludes the building of his database engine based around B-tree indexing.

Using The Windows Registry
Brian Long explains how to use the Windows Registry: a source of much confusion and pain for many developers (and end-users too!).

Under Construction: Delphi 6 WebSnap, 3
Bob Swart concludes his discussion of Delphi 6’s WebSnap technology (well, for now, at least) with various helpful techniques, including details of how persistent sessions work and guidelines for putting them to use in your web applications.

Beating The System: Searching Issues, 1
Dave Jewell starts examining search and replace techniques, beginning with a simple technique and adding an enhanced user interface, overcoming some Windows XP hurdles along the way.

One Last Compile...
The other point of view.

Memory Lost And Found... And Released
Roy Nelson was astonished to find that lots of Delphi-written DLLs were regularly leaking memory: after tracking down the cause, he set to work finding a workable plug to what turned out to be a rather difficult leak.

Review: IP*Works! 5.0 For Delphi And Kylix
Dave Jewell checks out the latest version of /n software’s well-known component suite for internet development. Does it cut the mustard when compared with other commercial, shareware and freeware internet component suites which are available?

The Delphi Clinic
Brian Long with more answers to your own queries on Kylix and Delphi, including: memory leaks with TList, using TWebBrowser, customising code completion, creating IDL for Delphi application interfaces and grid focus problems