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gWhiz · 10-25-2004, 07:08 PM

Delphi is kind of a troublesome language, very unique in its structure. I wouldn't recommend it but if you want to take a stab at it it's not bad.

It's very gui based, you don't really have to know how to program to throw something together quickly. The last version I used was 4.

The "good" thing about it is it uses just about any data format. I used it in the past to migrate old DBase 3 database apps to becom Y2K compliant.

The junk thing about it was setting up the BDE Borland Database Engine. You had to put all your data files in a directory, give it a name to refer by, much like ODBC. Delphi basically had its own ODBC engine.

I can pull up some of my old code and help you if you need.

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gWhiz Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 1	Delphi Delphi is kind of a troublesome language, very unique in its structure. I wouldn't recommend it but if you want to take a stab at it it's not bad. It's very gui based, you don't really have to know how to program to throw something together quickly. The last version I used was 4. The "good" thing about it is it uses just about any data format. I used it in the past to migrate old DBase 3 database apps to becom Y2K compliant. The junk thing about it was setting up the BDE Borland Database Engine. You had to put all your data files in a directory, give it a name to refer by, much like ODBC. Delphi basically had its own ODBC engine. I can pull up some of my old code and help you if you need.