News
Keep up with all that’s new in the world of Delphi and Kylix development.
Tightening The Strings
Hallvard Vassbotn found that highly nested string code, that performs lots of modifications and concatenations, producing a large string, causes memory and CPU usage to rise dramatically. So he set about solving the problem by tweaking the methods used to allocate string memory, ending up with greatly improved performance.
Beating The System: Exploring GDI+
Dave Jewell wraps up his discussion of Microsoft’s new graphics API with
a demonstration of some of the clever things you can do with images: flipping,
rotating, stretching, skewing, adjusting colours and more, as well as using
text and fonts.
Delphi Goes Global
Ever want to know where you are? Ever wanted to display your position on
a map? Ever wanted to add position capability to your application but didn’t
know where to start? Look no further: this article from Liran Shahar explains
how to add position information to your Delphi application using GPS devices.
ActionBands
Brian Long explains some new actions features added in Delphi 6, including
ActionBands: a set of components that simplify the job of using actions to
create customisable menus and toolbars in the style of Microsoft Office 2000 and Microsoft Windows 2000.
One Last Compile...
When I’m cleaning windows
Under Construction: Delphi 6.02 Web Services
Bob Swart tells us what’s new with SOAP and Web Services in the recent Delphi
6 Update 2 (which is quite a lot, as it turns out!).
Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started: Part 2
Rick Spence has another collection of tips and tricks from the frontline:
useful for both beginner and battle-hardened expert!
Algorithms Alfresco: Picking Up The Threads
Julian Bucknall explains some basic and not-so-basic algorithms with threads.
If multithreading has always baffled and confused you, this is the article
to read!
Microsoft Message Queue
Malcolm Groves has found there is one category of middleware that doesn’t
seem to get much attention in the Delphi community: Message Oriented Middleware
(MOM). He introduces the subject for us and explains how to use Microsoft’s
implementation, MSMQ, in your own applications.
Review: AppControls And DiskControls
Dave Jewell checks out these utility components from UtilMind.
The Delphi Clinic
Brian Long with more answers to your own queries on Kylix and Delphi.