I have purchased Delphi 2010 back in Jan 2010. I was aware that it included my ability do also get older versions for Delphi.

I'm not sure for Delphi 2010. Embarcadero Website say Delphi XE is delivered with older Delphi as well.

what is the newest version I could move to that would still compile as is

Delphi 2007 is the last non unicode version.
If you need it, my company provides help for porting old applications to Delphi XE.

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----- Original Message ----- From: "SoftTech" <mi...@softtechks.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Does somebody know how to invoke a Web Service / use WDSLfromDelphi5?


Thanks to all who replied. I have purchased Delphi 2010 back in Jan 2010. I was aware that it included my ability do also get older versions for Delphi. What I was not aware of was how much newer I could go without having to move to unicode. In other words, what is the newest version I could move to that would still compile as is. I will download and install Delphi 2007 first so that I can at least move my app that much closer to be able to use the web service. That said, where do I go to download an older version of Delphi?

Thanks again,
Mike


----- Original Message ----- From: "Francois PIETTE" <francois.pie...@skynet.be>
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Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: Does somebody know how to invoke a Web Service / use WDSL fromDelphi5?


I know Delphi 6 and above handle this, but I have an app in Delphi 5.1 that has not been converted to D2010 yet and my user wants to be able to communicate with a Cisco Web Dialer now.

Any ideas appreciated on how I might accomplish this using D5 would be greatly appreciated.

You have to implement it yourself. A webservice is nothing more than a HTTP request with a properly crafted XML document and a special header line. You can build the XML file easily since it is pure text and you can send the HTTP request, and grab the reply using ICS HTTP client component (ICS is freeware with fill source code. For Delphi 5, use ICS-V5. See http://www.overbyte.be).

As a consultant I could propose my services to do it, but it would cost you more than buying Delphi XE upgrade. Since Delphi XE include earlier versions such as Delphi 7 and Delphi 2007, it is probably a good idea to port your Delphi 5 application to Delphi 2007 which has the Web service stuff built in. Migrating from D5 to D2007 is mimal effort. Later you'll migrate to Delphi XE which is a little bit more work because of Unicode.

btw: until end of march, Embarcadero is doing a special action: all Delphi versions, including your elphi 5, gives the right to buy Delphi XE upgrade. After march you'll have to pay the full price !

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