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<p>I've seen ECO demo'd several times and even read a case study about it. Leading me to be extremely impressed by it. </p>
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<p>I've tried playing with it a couple of times and found it didn't work as easily for me as in the demos (surprise surprise) - to the point of giving up. One problem I have is all the class names don't make much sense to me - they are all very long. So I've tried hunting for resources online to help but couldn't find much except for a multi-article post on the borland community site with step by step instructions - which didn't work anyway. A number of the blogs I've looked at are aimed at people that already know how to use it - this seems to be a common theme for anything ECO I find online.</p>
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<p>The question being, does anyone know of good FREE online resources for teaching me to use ECO?</p>
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<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>Nahum.</p>
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<p><span class=rvts7>There isn't just a Delphi 2006 trial, but I do have it on DVD in case anyone wants me to burn a copy for them.</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts7>If you are sticking with Delphi, you should look at ECO. It is far superior to what is available in .NET, even in .NET 2.0, far more productive and is a _key_ cornerstone of BDS's competitive advantage going forward. And it is in the Pro version - more bits in each version as you go up.</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts7>Richard</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts9>Richard Vowles, Solutions Architect, Borland New Zealand</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts9>email: </span><a class=rvts10 href="mailto:richard.vowles@borland.com">richard.vowles@borland.com</a></p>
<p><span class=rvts9>phone: +64-9-9184573</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts9>cell: +64-21-467747</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts9>other: MSN </span><a class=rvts10 href="mailto:richard.vowles@borland.com">richard.vowles@borland.com</a><span class=rvts9>, skype: rvowles</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts9>blog: </span><a class=rvts10 href="http://www.usergroup.org.nz/blogs/selectBlog.html?id=39769">http://www.usergroup.org.nz/blogs/selectBlog.html?id=39769</a></p>
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<p><span class=rvts11>From:</span><span class=rvts12> delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] </span><span class=rvts11>On Behalf Of </span><span class=rvts12>Jeremy Coulter</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts11>Sent:</span><span class=rvts12> Wednesday, 24 May 2006 7:24 a.m.</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts11>To:</span><span class=rvts12> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts11>Subject:</span><span class=rvts12> RE: [DUG] D2006</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts7>its not a case of need, but from what I have seen, 2.0 certainly looks a bit better/easier to use.</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts7>The one example I would use is working with databases. in 1.1 you have to go thru the whole bind and the other thing I forget now, to read data from a db. in 2.0 its just connect and access. Same process, just more intuative I thought...but thats only me of course.</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts7>I have just downloaded (overnight) the BDS2006 trial. I could not find a trial of just D2006 on its own. once again, this might have been me not seeing it. IF not, I wonder if the 500mb+ trial download puts people off. It sure made me think twice.</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts7>So if there IS just a D2006 trial download, can someone let me know where it is?</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts7>Thanks, Jeremy</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts11>From:</span><span class=rvts12> delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] </span><span class=rvts11>On Behalf Of </span><span class=rvts12>Richard Vowles</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts11>Sent:</span><span class=rvts12> 23 May 2006 23:10</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts11>To:</span><span class=rvts12> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts11>Subject:</span><span class=rvts12> RE: [DUG] D2006</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts9>Why do you need .NET 2.0?</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts9>Apart from generics, everything else is available elsewhere AFAIK.</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts11>From:</span><span class=rvts12> delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz on behalf of Jeremy Coulter</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts11>Sent:</span><span class=rvts12> Tue 23/05/2006 22:46</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts11>To:</span><span class=rvts12> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts11>Subject:</span><span class=rvts12> RE: [DUG] D2006</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts7>agh...thats what I thought....damn...IS there going to be a Delphi version soon that supports .NET 2.0 ?</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts7>If not, I am faces with VS2005 and learning C# which, I dont have time for right now either...sigh....well I could us VB.NET but I REFUSE to go backwards :-)</span></p>
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