I am supporting one client who has not yet wanted to pay to upgrade from Delphi 5.
The initial Winter 2010 Olympic Rings software I did in Delphi 5. Then Ian Mackay modified that code to produce the graphical control software and he used Delphi 6. Alas when he died during the summer of 2009 I had to take on what he was doing. I did the initial port of his software to Delphi 2007 (so it compiled) and handed it off to Doug Filteau who then got rid of the hundreds of warning messages and did what was needed to make the program stable. We then collaborated to make the rings software work for a dual set of rings and Doug added email support and other features. Truth be told though, I still like the older classic Delphi interface. I still find 2007 harder to use but I don't think Delphi 5 runs as well under Vista so new projects are now all done with Delphi 2007. John Dammeyer Automation Artisans Inc. http://www.autoartisans.com/ELS/ Ph. 1 250 544 4950 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David J Taylor > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 1:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Return to Delphi ? > > > > I have not programmed in Delphi for several years and I > miss it. My > > last > > upgrade was Delphi, started with Turbo Pascal and have > 1,2,3,4 and 5. > > The > > Delphi will be for hobby programming only. > > > > The questions are: > > > > Should I just load Delphi 5 and go with it ? > > > > Get the new Delphi XE, cost 899.00 plus 270 for maint. This seems > > really > > high to me, I get MSDN Professional and Delphi is higher ? > > > > Are programmers still using Delphi 5. > > > > Thanks > > George > > George, > > I still have a few Delphi 5 programs out with users, and > these still work > OK even with Windows-7. (they are there because some > components I use > were removed from later Delphi versions.) For purely hobby > use, I would > certainly use Delphi 5 as you already have it. You may find > problems with > some 3rd-party components, which are no longer updated for a > Delphi as old > as Delphi 5, and you won't be using the Unicode capabilities > which are > built into all versions from Delphi 2009 onwards. > > From Delphi 5, I moved to Delphi 2007, and then to Delphi 2009. Each > upgrade involved work on my part to get existing programs to > compile. I > also find the upgrade price for Delphi 2011 (XE?) excessive, > for the gains > which it might bring me. I accept that others may have a > different view > based on their different needs. I'm waiting for the 64-bit > version, and > anticipate quite a lot of work to bring my software to a > working state > when pointers are no longer 32-bit unsigned integers! > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers, > David > -- > SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements > Web: http://www.satsignal.eu > Email: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
