<div dir="ltr">Does Embarcadero still offer old versions of Delphi when purchasing the new version? <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 4:54 AM, David Brennan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dugdavid@dbsolutions.co.nz" target="_blank">dugdavid@dbsolutions.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It really depends whether you want to enhance the app in the most time and<br>
cost effective manner (in which case definitely stick with the current IDE,<br>
Delphi 2007) or whether you are serious about trying to get into properly<br>
development. If the latter then there is much to be said for learning the<br>
new features in the newest versions of the software such as Delphi XE6. The<br>
latest versions include a *lot* of changes which are useful for applying<br>
modern development theory (including unit tests, mocking frameworks,<br>
closures, reflection, etc). You can still do some of this in Delphi 2007 but<br>
most the open source or third party frameworks/components rely on features<br>
which are newer than 2007.<br>
<br>
Of course it also depends on whether you can afford to do anything about<br>
replacing the BDE/dbase database. I have no idea whether Delphi XE6 would<br>
still work with your current BDE/dbase solution but I suspect the answer is<br>
no (I'm sure others could clarify?) so this could be the deciding factor.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
David.<br>
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</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">Subject: Re: [DUG] RAD 2007 to what<br>
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First reaction would be unless you need Unicode for your users you could<br>
stay on D2007 - I am running it on Windows 8.1. BDE even will still work,<br>
but you could look at moving to another database. Firebird or MySQL<br>
<br>
Migration ease depends largely on what external components you have<br>
installed - make sure you can get XE6 versions of those. If you are using<br>
just standard VCL stuff then migration is extremely easy as the defaults in<br>
existing projects will (usually) just work. (If you started catering for<br>
Unicode using Widechar or AnsiString you may have to revisit or undo that<br>
as XE6 will do Unicode native) Also note the XE5/XE6 versions of project<br>
files are not backward compatible, so keep a copy of the original D2007<br>
..dproj file in case you need to revisit D2007.<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Charlie<br>
Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 8:53 AM<br>
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<br>
Subject: [DUG] RAD 2007 to what<br>
<br>
Hi, real quick I've wanted to be a programmer for 20 years but "LIFE"<br>
dictated something else. However I did develop a couple of applications and<br>
am now being asked if I want to work on one of those app again. So I'm<br>
seeking y'alls advise as I have done over the years.<br>
The app will be used by 3 users, originally developed with Delphi 2007<br>
Professional with the BDE & dBase files. Since the computers that are now<br>
being used are all Windows 8 what should I do:<br>
1) upgrade or not. If so to what release & version eg XE5/Professional?<br>
2) what database to use<br>
3) any gotchas in upgrading?<br>
4) would anyone want to "mentor" me if I take on this project? And if so<br>
what are your fees"<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
Charlie<br>
Williamson, GA - USA<br>
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