Developers not upgrading... I suppose that is one of the core Codegear problems.....I have been working at a firm with production software in Delphi 5 Enterprise - there has been no real need to upgrade, as it does most of what they need. The main reluctance about upgrading are simply the unknowns of later versions of a few essential components - Report Builder, BDE, F-Piette. If there was an easy way to even just test compiling and running the existing code on a later version, I bet it would be much easier for clients like this to upgrade...
Maybe there is scope for some labs for developers to test some real code before buying a new version...or might be one of the advantages of virtualisation.... It has been an interesting experience moving back and forth between Delphi 2007 and Delphi 5: In Delphi 5 I miss: -Delphi 5 is very grey - there is little or no colour anywhere in the IDE. -I miss the code completion, component alignment guides, refactoring, code insight (tips), lists of open units drop down In Delphi 5 I Don't miss (ie what Delphi 5 got right) -The help is blindlingly fast and convenient -Components hardly ever jump on the form when clicked -The IDE starts in about 5-10 seconds instead of 1-2 minutes The help problem is fortunately solvable - I added the Delphi 5 help to the D2007 Tools menu :) Overall D2007 is more solid than Delphi 5. No performance problems in the IDE (well apart from the slow start, slow help - but blame MS for that one with their Document Explorer). In fact the only bug I have noticed is an occasional display glitch in the Object inspector, where a line in the grid gets duplicated or the cursor gets confused where it is and jumps somwhere at random. John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Vowles Hi Leigh, any number I put out there would simply be a guess - we come across people regularly who use earlier versions of Delphi who simply won't upgrade. Richard Vowles, Technical Advisor Developers Inc Ltd _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe
