Delphi for .NET developer's guide

Master Microsoft's .NET Framework using Delphi. This book provides expert knowledge of both Delphi and. NET with the same, practicable and real-world solutions approach used in previous Delphi Developer's Guides. Delphi for .NET Developer's Guide is a new edition of the #1 Delphi book by authors Xavier Pacheco and Steve Teixeira. This newest edition is completely updated for Delphi using the .NET Framework and includes in-depth coverage on Borland's new CLX architecture, DBExpress Applications, SOAP, CORBA, WebSnap and BizSnap features. It continues as a complete reference and authoritative guide to the newest version of Delphi. Additional topics covered include: The .NET Framework; Programs, Units, and Namespaces;.NET Security Custom WinForms Controls; Memory Management and Garbage Collection; COM and COM+ Interoperability; ADO.NET, ASP.NET and Web Services.

Part I. Introduction to the .NET framework -- 1. Introduction to .NET -- 2. Overview of the .NET framework -- Part II. Delphi for .NET programming language -- 3. Introduction to Delphi for .NET and the new IDE -- 4. Programs, units, and namespaces -- 5. The Delphi language -- Part III. The .NET framework class library development -- 6. Assemblies: Libraries and packages -- 7. GDI+ programming: Drawing in .NET -- 8. Mono: A cross platform .NET project -- 9. Memory management and garbage collection -- 10. Collections -- 11. Working with the string and stringbuilder classes -- 12. File and streaming operations -- 13. Developing custom WinForms controls -- 14. Threading in Delphi for .NET -- 15. Reflection API -- 16. Interoperability: COM Interop and the platform invoaction service -- Part IV. Database development with ADO.NET -- 17. Overview of ADO.NET -- 18. Using the connection object -- 19. Using command and DataReader objects -- 20. DataAdapters and DataSets -- 21. Working with WinForms: DataViews and data binding -- 22. Saving data to the data source -- 23. Working with transactions and strongly-typed datasets -- 24. The Borland data provider -- Part V. Internet development with…