Book description
Master Microsoft's .NET Framework using Delphi.
This book provides expert knowledge of both Delphi and. NET with the same, practicable and real-world solutions approach used in previous Delphi Developer's Guides. Delphi for .NET Developer's Guide is a new edition of the #1 Delphi book by authors Xavier Pacheco and Steve Teixeira. This newest edition is completely updated for Delphi using the .NET Framework and includes in-depth coverage on Borland's new CLX architecture, DBExpress Applications, SOAP, CORBA, WebSnap and BizSnap features. It continues as a complete reference and authoritative guide to the newest version of Delphi. Additional topics covered include: The .NET Framework; Programs, Units, and Namespaces;.NET Security Custom WinForms Controls; Memory Management and Garbage Collection; COM and COM+ Interoperability; ADO.NET, ASP.NET and Web Services.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Introduction
- Introduction to the .NET Framework
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Delphi for .NET Programming Language
- Introduction to Delphi for .NET and the New IDE
- Programs, Units, and Namespaces
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The Delphi Language
- It’s All about .NET
- Comments
- Procedures and Functions
- Variables
- Constants
- Operators
- Delphi Language Types
- User-Defined Types
- Typecasting and Type Conversion
- String Resources
- Testing Conditions
- Loops
- Procedures and Functions
- Scope
- Units and Namespaces
- Packages and Assemblies
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Using Delphi Objects
- Structured Exception Handling
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The .NET Framework Class Library Development
- Assemblies—Libraries and Packages
- GDI+ Programming—Drawing in .NET
- Mono—A Cross Platform .NET Project
- Memory Management and Garbage Collection
- Collections
- Working with the String and StringBuilder Classes
- File and Streaming Operations
- Developing Custom WinForms Controls
- Threading in Delphi for .NET
- Reflection API
- Interoperability—COM Interop and the Platform Invocation Service
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Database Development with ADO.NET
- Overview of ADO.NET
- Using the Connection Object
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Using Command and DataReader Objects
- Executing Commands
- Non-Query Commands
- Retrieving Single Values
- Executing Data Definition Language (DDL) Commands
- Specifying Parameters Using IDbParameter
- Executing Stored Procedures
- Deriving Parameters
- Querying for Resultsets Using DataReaders
- Querying a Resultset
- Querying Multiple Resultsets Using DataReaders
- Using DataReader to Retrieve BLOB Data
- Using DataReader to Retrieve Schema Information
- DataAdapters and DataSets
- Working with WinForms—DataViews and Data Binding
- Saving Data to the Data Source
- Working with Transactions and Strongly-Typed DataSets
- The Borland Data Provider
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Internet Development with ASP.NET
- ASP.NET Fundamentals
- Building ASP.NET Web Pages
- Building Database Driven ASP.NET Applications
- Building Web Services
- .NET Remoting and Delphi
- .NET Remoting in Action
- Securing ASP.NET Applications
- ASP.NET Deployment and Configuration
- Caching and Managing State in ASP.NET Applications
- Developing Custom ASP.NET Server Controls
Product information
- Title: Delphi for .NET Developer’s Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2004
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: 9780768683707
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