[DUG] Delphi XE2

[Jolyon Smith]

An interesting approach, but surely you had code that was common to projects
that you were maintaining in all/other versions ?  If you were just keeping
it around "just in case" why not just tag/branch/label your projects at the
appropriate point in time in your SVN/git or whatever other repository you
are using ?

As for keeping ANSI files separate from Unicode ones, the IDE and compiler
have both supported Unicode encoded source files since Delphi 2007 iirc.  We
mostly didn't notice/realise because without Unicode support in the
RTL/compiler this feature was neither very useful nor very important to most
of us.  :)


On 30 September 2011 23:05, John Bird <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz> wrote:

> When I have changed Delphi versions I have tended to create a new folder eg
> copy \Projects\D2006 to \Projects\D2007  under which all my source projects
> folders go, ie I copy the source tree.
>
> Note this means I also have to go editing files where some of the files
> like
> the .dproj file have hardwired paths - I use a string substitute program I
> wrote in Delphi to change all such references eg  \Projects\D2006   to
> \Projects\D2007.   Underneath this folder are all the folders for my
> projects, including one called Components where source for all installed
> components is kept for that version.
>
> The advantage of this approach is that each folder tree of source is for a
> single Delphi version, and it does not create problems of maintaining
> multiple versions for me as I have always found when I upgrade I never tend
> to work again in the older version (but the IDE and the projects source is
> there in case I need to).   This however might be especially handy for
> using
> source between D2007 and XE2 etc where some files that were ASCII are now
> Unicode.
>
> John
>
> Original Message-----
> From: Alister Christie
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:05 AM
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Delphi XE2
>
> On my laptop I develop in Delphi 2007, but also have 2009, 2010, XE and
> XE2.
>
> You might have problems if you try to compile the same packages in
> different IDEs, or open and save a project in a recent IDE and try
> reopening it on D2007, but otherwise you should be fine.  If you want to
> be particularly paranoid, install the new version on a VM.
>
> Alister Christie
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> On 30/09/2011 10:37 a.m., Robert Martin wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > We have recently bought Delphi XE2.  We are currently using Delphi 2007
> > due to component and Unicode issues.  However we would like to install
> > onto our dev machines and have a play.  We also need to install and
> > register within 2 weeks to get some of the freebies (FastCube).
> >
> > Is it safe to do a side by side install for D2007 and Delphi XE2, We
> > don't want XE2 to stuff up our Delphi 2007 install?
> >
> > It is an upgrade license, will that be an issue for the above?
> >
> > Would really love some sort of book to read that covers new features
> > between D2007 and XE2.  Is there such a thing, I know it is early days
> > for XE2.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Rob
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