Contents, The Delphi Magazine Issue 86, October 2002



		Contents, The Delphi Magazine Issue 86, October 2002 News Keep up with all that’s new in the world of Delphi and Kylix development. Update: Code Files And The Companion Disk Important news for all subscribers. Debugging Techniques: Part 2 Brian Long continues his occasional series on debugging techniques. This month he looks at the options available for logging and tracing your application’s progress, using the Windows API and other methods. Under Construction: Encrypted ClientDataSets Bob Swart shows how to encrypt ClientDataSet files for greater security and also how to use on-the-fly compression and decompression to speed them up as well. Delphi 7 Reviewed Delphi 7 is now shipping, so what is inside the shiny new boxes? What’s new, what’s improved, and is it worth shelling out for the upgrade? Dave Jewell oversees our review, with the able help of Brian Long and Bob Swart. Together they cover general features, what’s new in internet applications, and the Delphi for .NET Preview too. Extracting XML Data From SQL Server 2000 Jani Järvinen thinks XML and databases belong together, but isn’t it a pain to convert database output into XML yourself? This article describes how to use the XML features which are already built into Microsoft’s SQL Server 2000 database system from your Delphi applications, through ADO, HTTP and SOAP. Beating The System: Settlement APIs Dave Jewell investigates some of the API routines that never were: calls that Microsoft originally denied the existence of, but which have finally been brought into the cold light of day. One Last Compile... Into the unknown Custom Scripting In Delphi Steven Soroka shows how to include simple user scripting support into your applications with no need for any external tools or libraries. Algorithms Alfresco: Multisets And Partitions Julian Bucknall wraps up his brief examination of sets with an explanation of multisets and how to implement them in Delphi. An Alternative Singleton Implementation Mike MacDonagh didn’t like the usual implementation of the Singleton design pattern, so he set about designing his own improved version. A Synchronisation Toolkit Primoz Gabrijelcic begins an occasional series on inter-process synchronisation with four classes that you can start using right away. The Delphi Clinic Brian Long with more answers to your own queries on Kylix and Delphi.

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