Contents
Issue 6, February 1996

• News
  Updates from the Delphi world

• File Handling: Part 1
  Brian Long kicks off a series on working with files in Delphi with a run-down of some of the basics youÆll need

• Under Construction: Property Editors
  This month Bob Swart shows how to add custom property editors to your components, finishing up with a new image property editor you can plug straight into Delphi

• Enhanced VBX Support
  Stephen Posey describes how to get more out of Delphi 1.0xÆs support for VBX controls

• Surviving Client/Server: Stored Procedures Part 1
  Steve Troxell begins a two-part examination of using SQL stored procedures and triggers in your client/server applications

• Please Call Later...
  The concluding part of Brian LongÆs series showing how to use Windows and BDE callbacks

• Private Investigations
  Everything you ought to know about private, public, protected and published declarations but couldnÆt find in the manual, ably explained by Bob Swart

• Delphi Internals: How Not To Write An Operating System
  Dave Jewell starts assembling a set of useful system-level routines, beginning with floppy disk identification and volume labels

• Building TSmiley
  If youÆve been left behind in the component building revolution, get back to basics with Nick Hodges

• Delphi Books: A Comparative Overview
  Bob Swart and Steve Troxell have evaluated 15 Delphi books so you can decide which are the best for your needs û weÆve even included a database app on the disk with all the reviews in!

• Review: LightLib Images
  We take a look at this image handling component library from DFL Software

• The Delphi Clinic
  Answers to more of your æHow do I...?Æ queries and æWhy wonÆt it...Æ problems, with Brian Long in the hot seat

• Tips & Tricks
  Included this month are: PStrings, debugging listboxes and comboboxes, customising forms and using bitmaps for notebook page backgrounds

• On The Disk
  A run-down of all the goodies on the subscribersÆ free disk with this issue