Contents
Issue 10, June 1996
News
Updates and product information from the world of Delphi development
Under Construction: Version Control Systems
Bob Swart describes the development of his ViCiouS version control system,
showing how you too can develop your very own VCS!
Printing In Delphi: Introducing TPrinter
Xavier Pacheco starts a new series on adding printing capabilities to your
Delphi 2 applications with a run-down of the basics
Surviving Client/Server: SQL Performance Tuning
Steve Troxell makes a welcome return to show how to make your client/server
apps run at optimum speed
Book Review: BorlandÆs Official No-Nonsense Guide To Delphi 2
Author Michelle Manning promises us æNo NonsenseÆ, reviewer Bob Swart decides
if this is so...
File Handling 5: Streaming Components
Amongst other things, Brian Long shows how to enable your programs to have
an autosaving desktop
Delphi Internals: Disk Formatting Completed
Yes folks. itÆs the final installment in Dave JewellÆs marathon and thereÆs
an example program on the disk to prove it!
Component Lists: TCollection And TCollectionItem
Using a pie chart creator as an example, Xavier Pacheco shows to to build
component lists using these components
Implementation Of A Single Instance Class
John Chaytor shows how to ensure that no more than one instance of a class
can be created in your applications
Review: EMS Shareware Delphi Library
Bob Swart evaluates this CD-ROM
Chasing Objectivity With TDBNavigator
Sometimes object-oriented just isnÆt the way to go... Robert Palomo describes
how he implemented a custom navigator control with BDE error checking
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, including packing dBase tables,
changing form mode and checking for empty records in a table
On The Disk
All the goodies on this issueÆs free disk