I know you all are having problems with Delphi 2005, but this charge into
.NET only seems to be taking hold in the US.
I find it is a strange dance in the states. Developers want to use the
latest greatest to keep their resumes up, tech managers want to perpetually
rewrite to justify their budgets and business managers are sold on the idea
that the software development platform they use gives them a huge strategic
advantage. In some cases, it is true that using the latest tech is a good
thing. However, I often find in US companies that the technological
solution has already been decided before figuring out what the best tech
solution to the problem is. Sometimes low tech is the right tech, but few
companies I have consulted with or worked for actually map out the problem
before selecting the tech (generally this is .net and SQL Server). Course
most new software projects fail and I think a big contributor is people
jumping the bandwagon of new tech too fast. Blazing the trail on a new app
and a new tech often starts a dev team at a rather large disadvantage. If
business managers here had a better grasp of the business of tech, I doubt
so many would jump on the "lets use the latest" methodology.
Architect/Enterprise version?
Enterprise, but I could use the developer version. Course I would have to
buy an entirely new license which is about the same price as the enterprise
upgrade. Either way
Is that the util from code central or your own?
I bought the product years ago from a (I believe) German company that went
out of business. I don't know if it works with D2005 or D8, but it does
work with D5-D7. I find it useful since I usually just need to see the
source to figure out what I need to do rather than reading the help. I
guess I am just of those guys that hopes the instructions has pictures.
Well I'm floored by that. Have you checked out MSDN lately?
Yes and it is a HUGE improvement, but there are still things that need to be
fixed. If you don't know the command you are looking for, it can often be
very hard to dig through MSDN help trying to find the answer. I don't even
try anymore, I just pop into google news. Also the endless clicking and
closing of windows is annoying. I like the grid at the bottom, but the
navigation from it needs work. Apparently Whidbey addresses these issues as
well as adding some cool new features like searching alternate websites for
help.
never used vb
Feel blessed. The old MSDN help system (and even the current one) used to
be an all-in-one help so if you searched for help on a VB command often you
would get a C++ command, a network command and a variety of other entries
from other platforms and the filters were useless.
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