Athena

Delphi 2

This was a UK BUG MasterClass held on 29th March, 1996 in Hammersmith, England.

Click here for the files that accompany this seminar.


Delphi Version History

Environment

Help files
New menu structures
Non-visual component labels
Cross-unit references
Object Repository
Visual Form Inheritance
Optional Demo Explorer Expert

Database

BDE 3.0
SQL Explorer
Scaleable data dictionary
Data Modules
Programmatic Filters
Field improvements
Field editor changes
DBGrid improvements
Multi-record objects
Cached updates
SQL Monitor
ReportSmith 3.0
QuickReports

Compiler/RTL

Version 9
New comment style
Compiler directives
Console mode apps
Optimisations
Finalization section
TApplication.Initialize/InitProc
DLL extras
Hints and warnings
Data type changes
Long strings
Internationalisation support
Windows 95/NT API
Multi-threading
Delphi 16 and Delphi 32 compatibility

VCL

New components
Multi-threading
Registry
TStrings.CommaText
TBits class
OLE 2

Miscellaneous

Deployment
Team Development