Hello All, I should just like to re-introduce myself to the list. I was a reasonably active member of the list way back in 2001 - 2003.... Since then I have changed jobs, but am still an active Delphi programmer, working on hobby apps for myself and a couple of friends.
When I was working as a part-time programmer, part-time manager I was using Delphi 3 almost every day, and wrote a fairly major process control application with it. I have / had lots and lots of 3rd party components installed..... Which was good, and very, very BAD. I have recently upgraded to Delphi 2005 Professional., and can't believe it's the same development environment.... I am looking forward to getting my teeth into it, but have a very steep learning curve ahead... And since it's basically for hobby programming, I'm starting to wonder whether I've done the right thing.... Anyway...... I live in the Yarra Valley, on the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. I was retired for a little while, but am back working 4 days per week :-( I have a few general questions now if I may. Firstly, anyone have any recommendations on good books that are available in Australia? I have ordered one called "Mastering Delphi 2005" by Marco Cantu via Ebay... Express shipping to Aus was almost as much as the book itself! Secondly, Is there a searchable archive? I have found the archives, but would like to be able to search them. Next, I'm looking for replacement components. I used the RxLib components quite a bit, particularly the TRxMemoryTable component and the FormStorage component.... Where can I get something similar? Next, Can anyone point me to some good starting points for newbies. Although I consider myself to be a very experienced Delphi 3 programmer, I don't have much experience or knowledge of all the latest capabilities.... Transparencies, Docking and some of those sorts of features I'll need to know about. Anyway, that's all for now... Cheers, Chris. _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
