Re: Going from Delphi 5 to what??? - help

As I mentioned in another post, we have a major application in Delphi 5 
still, so don't feel bad.

I would recommend that you move to Delphi 2007 Pro at least.  Enterprise 
if you can afford it.  And get the Software Assurance to get the next 
version of Delphi (2008 - Tiburon) for free.

You can see what you have been missing (more reliable memory management, 
etc.) that is in Delphi 2007 by visiting the codegear site and reading 
http://dn.codegear.com/article/34323 and 
http://dn.codegear.com/article/37416, among others.

But be prepared for a learning curve.  The IDE is way different, you 
still need to install .NET stuff as the IDE uses it, and the component 
palette takes some getting used to.  However, you will be able to build 
applications that use some of the Vista features.

The problem on third party components is that some of the better ones no 
longer support Delphi 5.  That alone makes the move necessary and OK.

Good luck!

- Eduardo
Stop Continental Drift!
     -- Anon

Eminent Domain Software
"Custom Software Development For Your Domain"

Makers of EDSSpell, EDSPrint, EDSZipCodes and
XSpell, the IDE Expert.


Kerin wrote:
> All of my programming revolves around native mode compilation, so I don't 
> use COM or .NET.

Hi,
For many years I've been using Delphi 5 without really any problems.
A couple of years ago I attempted to migrate to Delphi 2005, and it was a 
complete disaster.
The Help didn't seem work properly - I was continually referring to the 
Delphi 5 help. The new screen layout I found awkward to use.
It seemed to be incredibly slow compared to D5, and took forever to load up.
There wasn't enough space for the forms designer, and many of my third party 
tools were not supported.

All of my programming revolves around native mode compilation, so I don't 
use COM or .NET.

I realise that I have to find a way round the third party bit, but does 
anyone have any advice as to what I should migrate to?
Are there any people who have had good experiences of migrating upwards. I 
can't keep using D5 forever (unfortunately).

Many thanks
Kerin

Hi Eduardo, Thanks for the info. There is no way I can afford the enterprise 
edition, but I am looking into the D2007 Pro route.

Regards - Kerin

"Eduardo A. Salgado" <eas@onedomain.com> wrote in message 
news:47b9a1de$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> As I mentioned in another post, we have a major application in Delphi 5 
> still, so don't feel bad.
>
> I would recommend that you move to Delphi 2007 Pro at least.  Enterprise 
> if you can afford it.  And get the Software Assurance to get the next 
> version of Delphi (2008 - Tiburon) for free.
>
> You can see what you have been missing (more reliable memory management, 
> etc.) that is in Delphi 2007 by visiting the codegear site and reading 
> http://dn.codegear.com/article/34323 and 
> http://dn.codegear.com/article/37416, among others.
>
> But be prepared for a learning curve.  The IDE is way different, you still

> need to install .NET stuff as the IDE uses it, and the component palette 
> takes some getting used to.  However, you will be able to build 
> applications that use some of the Vista features.
>
> The problem on third party components is that some of the better ones no 
> longer support Delphi 5.  That alone makes the move necessary and OK.
>
> Good luck!
>
> - Eduardo
> Stop Continental Drift!
>     -- Anon
>
> Eminent Domain Software
> "Custom Software Development For Your Domain"
>
> Makers of EDSSpell, EDSPrint, EDSZipCodes and
> XSpell, the IDE Expert.
>
>
> Kerin wrote:
>> All of my programming revolves around native mode compilation, so I
don't 
>> use COM or .NET.
>>