Contents
Issue 9, May 1996

• News
  Updates from the Delphi world

• File Handling 4: Streaming Objects
  Streams are a very powerful feature of object oriented programming and Brian Long shows how they can be easy too

• Performance Optimisation Part 3: 32 bits
  Bob Swart returns to the subject of making your applications go even faster with some handy hints on 32-bit specific issues for Delphi 2

• Custom Coder Utilities
  Make life easier for yourself by generating code automatically: Stephen Posey shows how with examples for class method skeletons and message boxes

• Delphi Internals: Disk Formatting Continued...
  Dave Jewell promises that next time heÆll have this finally all wrapped up!

• Under Construction: Components For Workgroups 1
  Bob Swart offers useful advice and utilities for component management in a Delphi team development environment

• Type-Safe Lists
  Jim Cooper gives us the low-down on the TList class and shows how to create type-safe derivatives of it, ending up with a handy expert to automate the task!

• Audio-Enabled Components
  Paul Warren develops a WaveAudio player that allows you to embed sound right in your own components or applications: no more pesky .WAV files to ship (and your users to lose!)

• Components Made Easier?
  Mike Orriss reviews two packages designed to make component development simpler: Component Developers Kit and Component Create

• Review: HyperTerp
  Dave Jewell evaluates this Pascal-like script language component

• Book Review: The Revolutionary Guide To Delphi 2
  One of the first Delphi 2 books gets the once-over from Chris Frizelle

• Charts From Tables
  Rashid Ali describes how to graph data from database tables using the ChartFX VBX included with Delphi 1

• 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
  More hints and helps from fellow readers

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