Re: Point me to a Delphi 3 tutorial

From: shadow (sh_at_dow)
Date: 07/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 00:24:21 -0300

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 23:55:43 +0200, "Bernhard Mayer"
<mayerbernd@gmx.net> wrote:

>there are many components for delphi at www.torry.net
>to find a tutorial for delphi... you say you code in asm and c/c++ then it
>should be no problem to take a look at the help files and read something
>about the syntax of delphi. it is simelar to c and has only other symbols or
>keywords that can easily found in help. and the demos for delphi, that
>delphi 3 has, can give you a good advice how it should look.
>and start a google search, than will find many tuts on the web.
        Very few Delphi 3 tuts on google search. Most are dead links.
The Torry site had just two tutorials, neither for beginners, but I
found a lot of demo-code I can look at. I really wanted a very basic
tutor that showed me how to use a "visual" compiler. Say ... an
address book tutor for example.
        Thank you for the link, it might be useful later on.

>> >>"shadow" <sh@dow> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> >>news:to16g0pcmkgfn00ka37n9jh31talkcftot@4ax.com...
>> >>> Please ... the version 4 and 5 I have that come with the
>> >>> demos/hand-outs do not work at all.
>> >>> Something I can step through would be nice.
>> >
>> >I think he is trying to load Delphi4 and 5 Demos in Delphi3
>> I only have access to a full delphi 3 standard and a delphi 4
>> professional. Both came on magazines with CDs..
>> I installed the delphi 4 professional, and there was a pdf
>> supplied by borland , on how to build your first application. I
>> followed the instructions step by step , until I got to:
>>
>> ----QUOTE-----
>> 4 Set DBGrid properties to anchor the grid to the form:
>> . Click on the plus next to Constraints to expand and show its
>> subproperties.
>> . Set AnchorHorz to akStretch.
>> . Set AnchorVert to akStretch.
>> ----END QUOTE-----
>>
>> Of course, these options do not exist in the delphi 4
>> professional the tutor was shipped with. So I looked around the
>> internet and was advised to :
>> "Install delphi 3 , as delphi 1 is 16 bit, and delphi 2 and 4
>> are too bug ridden to be usable" a little more searching and an
>> article saying that even the tutors shipped with delphi 4 did not work
>> , so I am not at fault.
>> As I ONLY have access delphi 3, I need a tutor for delphi 3. I
>> can't afford to DL anything big, as I have a crappy dial-up, at long
>> distance phone rates maybe 3x american ones and salaries maybe 1/10 as
>> much.
>> ...
>> PS ... I program in assembler and C. DOS though. Was advised to go to
>> delphi for windows programs. Surely delphi 3 is powerful enough to
>> give me an idea if it is what I need ?
>

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