Contents, The Delphi Magazine Issue 79, March 2002

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

• Delphi And The Nokia PC Connectivity SDK
  Malcolm Groves demonstrates how to use the Nokia PC Connnectivity SDK to access Nokia mobile phones from a Delphi application and do all sorts of useful stuff!

• Beating The System: Exploring GDI+
  Dave Jewell explains how to use Microsoft’s new grahpics API from your Delphi applications.

• WebSnap Session Management For CGI
  WebSnap session management using TSessionsService is not available for CGI applications or Kylix web  apps, but Bob Swart explains what the problem is, what to do about it, and how he solved it to provide full session management for all web app targets.

• Interface Behaviour
  Martin Humby discusses methods for improving the performance of applications that make intensive use of interface references, and how standard class types can provide similar advantages but without the processing overhead.

• Algorithms Alfresco: Rules For Design By Contract
  Julian Bucknall explains what design by contract is all about, the advantages it offers for developers seeking the holy grail of software quality, and how it can be implemented in your own applications.

• Under Construction: ISAPI Filters, Part 1
  Bob Swart starts a two-parter on writing ISAPI filter DLLs: a really powerful way to do lots of clever stuff on your website, that takes us down to the metal, doing things the (actually not so) hard way without any Snap, Broker or Express tools to help!

• Review: IntraWeb 3.1
  Dave Jewell reviews this product from Chad Hower, the father of Indy, which claims to provide a really easy route to web application programming.

• One Last Compile...
  The long shadow of the Spectrum

• Review: ProActivate 1.05
  Dave Jewell reviews TurboPower’s new low-cost tool for software licensing and distribution: how does it compare with its more costly competitors?

• The Delphi Clinic
  Brian Long with more answers to your own queries on Kylix and Delphi, including: SQL Explorer problems, identifying data aware controls from a field name, a more efficient replacement for the Application.ProcessMessages call, hiding an application’s icon, and using the new alCustom align property.