[DUG] Just for the odd job.

[Paul A Norman]

Dear Wallace,

The incompatability issues can be significant especially on components.

Many component writers do not even exist in the field anymore to update
thier code to new D versions.

For one project alone I have maintained a legacy machine runnig Delphi 4

The "time cost" of trying to transition this to D.new is just too great to
warrant it.

Haven't noticed different exes at different times of day yet - infact seems
surprisingly stable and reliable against other remarks here.
If it is not broken don't try and break it!

If you really need new language or compiler features then if you buy new,
then I suggest that you look at  installing your new D in a VirtualBox to
keep everything cleanly seperate.

This also means that if you change machines you can move you virtual box to
your new machine without the infernal reinstallation and migration of
code/component issues of D.

*Make sure the version of D you buy into is really stable, we bought into
D.2005P and got stranded.*

*After many months of at first promising emails CodeGear International would
not even offer us a fair upgrade price to get us out of the signnificant
really bad remanent bugs that they would not fix in D2005.*

paul
2009/7/15 Dennis Chuah <dennis_cs_chuah at hotmail.com>

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> I don't belief it ... there are actually people still using Delphi 4.  It
> has to be the next most buggy version of Delphi apart from 8.  You can even
> get different EXEs just by compiling at different times of the day!
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> My advise then would be for you to upgrade, even if it is just to get a
> more
> stable version of Delphi!
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> Saying that, you will not be able to use your D4 components unless you have
> the source.  Even so, part of the VCL have changed and they may need some
> work to get going.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marshland Engineering" <marshland at marshland.co.nz>
> To: <delphi at delphi.org.nz>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:30 PM
> Subject: [DUG] Just for the odd job.
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> I have been using Delphi 4 for the few projects I have.
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> Embarcadero Technologies are a offering 2 for 1 purchase.
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> Why is Delphi 2009 - Professional Upgrade and Delphi 2007 for Win32 R2
> Professional Upgrade both the same price.
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> Is it worth the upgrade.
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> >From what I understand  2007 and 2009 makes bigger exes and are they is
> >compatible with Ver 4 software.
> I have quite a few third party ver 4 components installed on my system.
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> Thanks Wallace
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