Mastering Delphi 6

Introduction. Part I: Foundations. Chapter 1: The Delphi 6 IDE. Chapter 2: The Object Pascal Language: Classes and Objects. Chapter 3: The Object Pascal Language: Inheritance and Polymorphism. Chapter 4: The Run-Time Library. Chapter 5: Core Library Classes. Part II: Visual Programming. Chapter 6: Controls: VCL Versus VisualCLX. Chapter 7: Advanced VCL Controls. Chapter 8: Building the User Interface. Chapter 9: Working with Forms. Chapter 10: The Architecture of Delphi Applications. Chapter 11: Creating Components. Chapter 12: Libraries and Packages. Part III: Database Programming. Chapter 13: Delphi’s Database Architecture. Chapter 14: Client/Server Programming. Chapter 15: InterBase and IBX. Chapter 16: ActiveX Data Objects. Chapter 17: Multitier Database Applications with DataSnap. Chapter 18: Writing Database Components. Part IV: Beyond Delphi: Connecting with the World. Chapter 19: COM Programming. Chapter 20: From Automation to COM+. Chapter 21: Internet Programming: Sockets and Indy Components. Chapter 22: Web Programming with WebBroker and WebSnap. Chapter 23: XML and SOAP. Index.