Contents
Issue 11, July 1996
News
Updates and product information from the world of Delphi development
Beating The System: Thunking For Profit And Pleasure
Dave Jewell shows how to call 16-bit code in 32-bit apps and vice-versa
File Handling 6: Text File Device Drivers
In his final installment of this series, Brian Long reveals the secrets
behind TFDDs, and shows how to build a handy debugging add-in for your
applications
Surviving Client/Server: InterBase or SQL Server
Steve Troxell compares these two database servers, with insight from his
own hard-won project experience
Designing An Article Index Database System
At last itÆs here: an index to past issues of your favourite magazine!
In this article Bob Swart describes how he designed and built the application
Review: BoundsChecker 4.0
Now available with Delphi 2 support, Dave Jewell puts this new release
from NuMega to the test
Under Construction: Whats New?
Bob Swart re-visits the topic of sharing a component library in workgroup
development, with an update and some fresh utilities
Review: Cadet
Mike Orriss puts this new CASE tool for Delphi database development through
its paces
Printing In Delphi: Printing To Scale
Xavier Pacheco shows how to print in real units, like centimetres and inches,
instead of pixels!
Hooking HeapCheck
Hallvard Vassbotn reveals how, with a little hacking, a seemingly useless
callback can be turned into a handy debugging tool for Delphi 1 developers
Book Review: Delphi Programming Problem Solver
Bob Swart tells us about his new favourite book, by Neil Rubenking
The Delphi Clinic
Brian Long dispenses more wisdom on Delphi development topics and BorlandÆs
Danny Thorpe delves into the innards of the Delphi compiler to counter
the accusation that Delphi 2 is slow!
Tips & Tricks
More hints and helps from fellow readers, including several useful ones
for database applications
On The Disk
All the goodies on this monthÆs disk, including Mike OrrissÆ latest collection
of tested shareware and freeware