Describes the Delphi Object Pascal object model. Covers VCL component architecture, multi-control components, and component DLLs. Explains component creation, field protection, access rights, and debugging. Demonstrates the ins and outs of data-aware controls. Teaches how to create ActiveX controls with Delphi. Tells about implementing properties, property editors, events, and event handlers.
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Writing software is no longer about building monolithic, do-it-all applications: high-output programmers know the benefits they can derive from using others' objects and, to an even greater extent, creating their own reusable components. Developing Custom Delphi 3 Components is a comprehensive how-to manual for Delphi 3 programmers who want to build robust components that they--or other programmers--can reuse time and again. Konopka builds up to this task by explaining Delphi's object model and giving an overview of the component building process; although the book assumes a fair amount of familiarity with Delphi, it never fails to provide a conceptual framework and explain why you would or wouldn't want to use various techniques. Whether you want to build your own Delphi components from scratch or simply extend existing components for your own purposes, Developing Custom Delphi 3 Components has the information you need to produce professional results.
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Ray Konopka (Naperville, IL) is the founder of Raize Software Solutions, Inc., and is the chief architect for "Raize Components for Delphi," a commercial package of native Delphi components. He is also a contributing editor for Visual Developer Magazine (formerly PC Techniques), and has written the "Delphi By Design" column (formerly the "Blazing Pascal" column) since early 1994. His first edition, Developing Delphi Custom Components, received excellent reviews in Delphi Informant Magazine, Windows Developers Journal, CBR Business, and in several online columns and newsletters.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
This is one of the best Delphi 3 books available.,
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This review is from: Visual Developer Developing Custom Delphi 3 Components: Master the Art of Creating Powerful Delphi 3 Software Components (Paperback)
Ray Konopka's _Developing Custom Delphi 3 Components_ stands as one of the best books ever written for Delphi. It is an exhaustive and rigorous description on component creation in Delphi 3 and might be daunting for the novice, but if you are serious about this subject and you want to learn more, then you should buy this book.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great code examples, poor explanation of what is being done,
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This review is from: Visual Developer Developing Custom Delphi 3 Components: Master the Art of Creating Powerful Delphi 3 Software Components (Paperback)
This is a solid publication that I have learned a lot from. The code examples are clean and work well. I would like though a little more explanation on what is going on in the code. The writer assumes to much about the readers ability in delphi. For instance, when he is painting a control he assumes that we all know how to use the paint method and all the associated commands of the canvas object. This is of course not a direct component design issue but those of us who have done a lot of business programming aren't familiar with this code and since you need to be in order to override the look of a component I don't think it is out of the realm of this publication to provide some explanation. I do realize that to write a publication that covers all sorts of different areas could consume volumes but one quote stands out in a recent review I read for another component guide, "About 90% of the books written about software development are useless to serious developers". Further explanation of the code examples would make this book that much more useful to this developer. Thanks, Todd Flora
5.0 out of 5 stars
Look no further,
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This review is from: Visual Developer Developing Custom Delphi 3 Components: Master the Art of Creating Powerful Delphi 3 Software Components (Paperback)
If you've been looking for a book that explains Delphi deep down technical, look no further. Ray has done a tremendous job in explaining every thing in detail. To me it was like novel when I started I could not stop reading it. VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE. If you are a serious Delphi developer you have to have this book in your library. Great job by Ra
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