Borland C++ Builder 5.0 Professional

by Borland

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004NHN0
• Item model number: CPB1350WWFS180
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,781 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

C++Builder 5 Professional combines the C++ Windows development environment for building desktop and database applications with native Internet components for building high-throughput Web applications. C++Builder increases productivity and manages the entire development cycle with over 150 reusable components, the XML Based Project Manager, and a true ANSI/ISO C++ 32-bit optimizing compiler to deliver reliable applications to market faster. C++Builder includes a professional IDE, WebBroker, Native Internet Components, InterBase Express, and robust debugging tools. Use the CodeGuard run-time error detection tool to easily locate and diagnose memory and resource leaks on the spot. Understand and navigate your code and data modules with the Project Browser, Code Explorer, and Data Module Designer views. Visually build components for your business with Frames. Build and reuse COM objects and servers, including a complete suite of MS Office automation controllers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply..outstanding, April 5, 2000

By 

Alexis Rios - See all my reviews

This review is from: Borland C++ Builder 5.0 Professional (CD-ROM)

This is "THE COMPILER". Easy, ANSI C++, really visual, reliable and stable and incredibly fast. It does COM better than Microsoft, can you believe that? Kudos to Borland for this excellent state of the art development tool.

And for those Microsoft freaks..this is better..Muchhhhhh better than Microsoft. Thumbs up Borland.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best C++ program on this planet, November 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Borland C++ Builder 5.0 Professional (CD-ROM)

Having used both Visual C++ and C++ Builder to create a program with databases, interface + calculations routines, I have to conclude that C++ Builder is the only chose for a serious programmer. It is very easy to create a interface and the adding of databases to handle user input + databases with +10000 constants is a not any problem. The calculations routines have been put into homemade VCL components for easy re-use. Next door is my colleague working with Visual C++, and I fell sorry for him.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Professional Edition Well Worth The Money, July 12, 2001

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Billy Shaw (Boulder CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Borland C++ Builder 5.0 Professional (CD-ROM)

OK, maybe it wasn't *my* money but I won't hesitate to continue recommending to employers and clients that they procure this product for Windows software development. A number of salient points have been made about this product in other reviews here, so I'll limit comments to issues that haven't been fully addressed. The on-line help for this version of the product is separated distinctly into two different references... one for Borland interface routines, and another for Windows SDK/API. The product allows you to freely utilize from either or both as your requirements dictate; I am finding the mixing/matching approach to my current development both painless and convenient. In the past, I have not been enthusiastic about utilizing Borland Classes of C++ facilitation, but I've come to the point with this product that it's just too compelling and simple not to increasingly utilize what's offered. A case in point would be the introduction of graphics into a chosen area of the screen. In previous versions of the product, I stuck to the typical Windows methods in what amounted to fifteen or so lines of code. Using the supplied Borland TClass constructs, it now takes about four lines. I found the migration from previous versions of Borland to this one relatively painless considering that I'm making the jump from primarily C-based code to primarily C++ facilitated code purely to take advantage of the assistance Borland provides for previously tedious Windows programming. Another reviewer pointed out that if you're not already a competent Windows programmer, this product won't be the way to become one. I would continue to agree with this (in addition to the fact that this has been the case from the first day Win3.0 hit the streets... so don't take it too personally that it's not like opening up FrontPage and cranking out a web page). I enjoy that the old Resource Workshop, while still invokable as a separate program, has to some degree been incorporated into the primary IDE, so you have instant access to all of your program's forms (ie., dialog boxes etc.) in a more integrated association with your code than in the old days. I especially enjoy the inclusion of InstallShield's development process in this distribution. There are a number (ie., four CD's worth) of additional freebees (or demos) that I haven't really explored yet, but from what I've seen thus far, you're best off browsing these disks when you're connected to the web; the packages appear to attempt connections with their own home pages in a number of cases. In all, I am very highly satisfied with what I got in return for the money and I won't hesitate to continue recommending it. I'm giving it 5 stars simply because I don't really see what they could have done further short of coming here and writing my code for me.