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

• XML Documents Within Documents
  Jason Sweby shows how to use XML data bindings based on multiple schemas.

• Algorithms Alfresco: Test-Driven Development
  Julian Bucknall has been trying out this fairly new software development practice, which has grown out of eXtreme Programming. He claims it is truly invigorating and he will never go back to his bad old ways!

• Creating Simple User Object Property Dialogs
  Brian Frost has a neat way of creating simple user object property dialogs that avoids spending ages wiring up controls to object properties.

• NTFS Reparse Points And Junctions
  Marcel van Brakel explains junctions (sometimes called symbolic links after their Linux/Unix equivalent) which redirect access from one directory to another, like a directory shortcut, and shows how to implement them programmatically in your applications.

• Under Construction: DCon Planning With IntraWeb 5.1
  Bob Swart calculates that with over 40 technical sessions in two days, there are over 100,000 possible ways you can pick and follow the DCon 2003 sessions. Making sure you don’t miss that crucial session may not be easy, so in this column he builds a semi-intelligent planning application with IntraWeb 5.1.

• A Different Way Of Managing Object Relationships
  Pedro Agulló Soliveres is puzzled that classes and relationships are handled so differently in source code, with  relationships being second-class citizens, so he has worked out a possible solution to this problem.

• Delfhead Puzzles It Out
  Will Watts wonders about SideWinder.

• Review: Turbo Demo 4.0 Pro
  Dave Jewell checks out this comprehensive software demo creation tool from Bernard D&G.

• Review: wPDF Version 2.02a
  Dave Jewell evaluates WPCubed’s library for generating Adobe Acrobat PDF files: how does it compare to the competition?

• The Delphi Clinic
  Brian Long with more answers to your own queries on Kylix and Delphi, including: component design-time and runtime issues, customising TStringGrid, finding unregistered classes, some .NET problems, multiple interfaces, and how to hide properties in descended components.

So where is Beating The System?
Unfortunately our Esteemed Technical Editor, Dave Jewell, went down with a nasty bug (of the medical variety) when writing this month’s Beating The System column and was unable to complete it. Rest assured he is recovering well and will be back in harness for the May issue!