The Tomes Of Delphi

Featuring a wealth of code examples appropriate for practicing developers, this advanced-level guide provides comprehensive coverage of such topics as arrays, binary trees, data compression. The CD includes the author's highly successful freeware library, EZDSL, along with the code from the book.

This new titles is an updated edition of "Tomes of Delphi: Win32 Graphical API", which received rave reviews from the industry. The new edition retains its reference organization and distinctive help file on the CD, as well as including Windows 2000 changes.

Offers software developers a comprehensive guide to the Microsoft Windows application programming interface, including the most common graphical Windows API functions from displaying graphics and user interface elements to bitmap and metafile creation and manipulation. Color palette functions, menu creation, text output, and regions and paths are also detailed. An included CD-ROM contains source code from the book, a Help file for use within Delphi, shareware, freeware, and other tools. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The "Tomes of Delphi: Win32 Multimedia API" provides a comprehensive reference for using Windows multimedia API functions to incorporate audio in Delphi applications. Author Alan C. Moore begins with two chapters on the role of audio in the Windows environment and building a multimedia database application. He then covers in depth the various Win32 multimedia/audio APIs and their functions, including: the Wave APIthe MIDI APIthe Mixer APIthe MCI APIEach function entry contains the syntax, a description of what the function does, a list and description of parameters, acceptable constant values, return values, and an example of its use in Delphi's Object Pascal. Additional examples demonstrate several functions and their relationships. The companion CD includes all of the code from the book, audio freeware components showing more examples of using the multimedia APIs, and a 60-day trial version of Delphi 5 Enterprise edition. Alan C. Moore, Ph.D., is a professor of music at Kentucky State University where he teaches music theory and composition. He has also been programming with Borland languages since the 1980s, and is a contributing editor of Delphi Informant, for which he writes the File]New column. He specializes in writing educational software and multimedia tools and components in Delphi.

This guide takes the Kylix developer through the core facets of Linux development from advanced file processing to Linux threading issues, including advanced Linux communication methods relative to the application programming interface.

"Delphi Graphics and Game Programming Exposed! with DirectX" is a comprehensive reference describing high-performance graphics and game programming techniques in the Delphi development environment. Author John Ayres begins with a discussion of basic game programming and graphics concepts, and moves quickly into an introduction of DirectX, which gives Delphi developers a high-performance interface to system-level hardware while maintaining the benefits of the Windows operating system. Palettes, sprite animation, collision detection, and sound and music are also discussed. In addition the book includes a complete example game illustrating the different techniques discussed throughout, an appendix explaining how to use DirectSetup for installing DirectX, and a glossary of common words and phrases used in the game programming industry. The CD includes: - Source code from the book's projects - full retail version of Delphi 4 - 60-day trial version of Delphi 5 Enterprise - DirectX header files from Project JEDI - freeware sound effects, MIDI musical compositions, and the SpriteLib sprite library John Ayres has over 10 years of programming experience, including over 5 years with Delphi. He is a lead developer and product architect for Beckett Interactive in Dallas and is the lead author of "The Tomes of Delphi 3: Win32 Core API" (1-55622-556-3) and "The Tomes of Delphi 3: Win32 Graphical API" (1-55622-610-1).

Book and CD-ROM. This is an alphabetical reference to almost 1,000 design-time, compile-time, and run-time error messages that can be encountered while working with Borland's Delphi Object Pascal language. This updated edition covers Delphi versions 1-6, so the book is comprehensive. This is the only book on the market that provides troubleshooting coverage of Delphi. For each error message cited, the possible causes of the error are given, along with clear and concise information on how to resolve the problem. Additional clarifying information is also provided to help explain the context of the error message and its resolution.

Marcel Proust is regarded by many as the greatest writer of the twentieth century; now you can own the majority of his landmark novel REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST on your eReader. This is the most complete works possible of the great French writer Marcel Proust, with the usual high quality Delphi features. (Current version: 1) * six volumes of the groundbreaking novel REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, with individual contents tables * features C. K. Scott Moncrieff’s celebrated translations * illustrated with images relating to Proust, his life and his works * special images of first editions, giving your eReader a flavour of the original texts * annotated with concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL of the original French texts are also included, allowing you to explore the beauty of Proust’s original text * scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order PLEASE NOTE: the seventh and final volume ‘TIME REGAINED’ will not enter European public domains until January 2015, when it will be added to this collection as a free update. To compensate for the missing text, the original French text has been provided. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: Remembrance of Things Past SWANN’S WAY WITHIN A BUDDING GROVE THE GUERMANTES CITIES OF THE PLAIN THE CAPTIVE THE SWEET CHEAT GONE TIME REGAINED (only in French) The Novels in French Other Works in French LES PLAISIRS ET LES JOURS PASTICHES ET MELANGES ARTICLES DE ‘La Nouvelle Revue Française’ CHRONIQUES LA BIBLE D’AMIENS SESAME ET LES LYS UNAVAILABLE WORKS Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles