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News: June 2005

What's New on IDP?

Pascal Newsletter #55 Published! 30-Jun-05: Issue #55 of the Pascal Newsletter has been published. This issue has four articles including using the Windows API to extract version information from an executable, converting BMP to other formats in Delphi.NET, a class that helps when using temporary files and embedding files in Delphi units without using resource technology. We'd like to thank all the authors who contributed articles or prizes for this issue.
Updated Delphi Classes: TconScreenSaveSettings v1.2 10-Jun-05: TconScreenSaveSettings can now provide a list of screen saver filenames (from the Windows System folder) and read the name of a screen saver (as dislayed in the Display Properties applet).
Updated Delphi Classes: TconDesktop v1.1 08-Jun-05: TconDesktop now provides more paths to special (shell) folders, handles dual displays better, provides more current information about the desktop and has improved error messages. A memory leak has also been fixed.
Updated Delphi Classes: TconWhoAmI v1.2 08-Jun-05: Error handling in TconWhoAmI has been improved, it now provides Windows error codes and messages.

Delphi and Borland News

BDNradio: Java One Kick-Off with Borland CTO Pat Kerpan 30-Jun-05: Listen to the replay of the live chat with Pat Kerpan and hear about a wide variety of technologies he's tracking.
BDNradio: JBuilder Public Roadmap 30-Jun-05: Listen to Rob Cheng and JBuilder R&D members discuss the future of JBuilder.
Redefining Software Development 30-Jun-05: Borland's CTO, Patrick Kerpan, discusses the world, the rapid pace and the redefinition of software development in a commentary on ZDNet.
BDNradio: Delphi 2005 Updates 29-Jun-05: Read the log of the chat room during the live audio chat from 2nd June 2005 on Delphi 2005 with Danny Thorpe, Allen Bauer, and Mark Edington. They discuss the updates to Delphi 2005.
BDNradio Interviews Live from JavaOne 22-Jun-05: Tune in to your favorite BDNradio channel for some live chats from JavaOne.
Developer Spotlight:Danny Thorpe 22-Jun-05: Danny Thorpe is the chief scientist at Borland, and was part of the original team that developed Delphi. Builder magazine caught up with Danny to talk about the move to .NET, Kylix, and the future of Delphi.
Borland to Ring In New Era of Java Innovation at JavaOne 21-Jun-05: Borland Invites Community to Celebrate Java's Tenth Anniversary and Software Delivery Optimization at JavaOne's Premier Party.
BDNtv: The New Delphi 2005 CaliberRM Plug-In 12-Jun-05: Daniel Polistchuck, the original developer of the new CaliberRM plug-in for Delphi, provides a quick overview of its functionality. FLASH
BDNtv: C++Builder Hello World Application in DeXter 12-Jun-05: See the future of C++Builder in this BDNtv preview of the next generation Delphi IDE. FLASH
BDNtv: Using StarTeam with the Delphi 2005 History View 06-Jun-05: See how productive reviewing code changes can become with StarTeam integration into the Delphi history view. FLASH
A New Look For BDN 04-Jun-05: Information to help you make the best use of the new BDN web site.
Borland 2006 Roadmap Eyes JBuilder for Eclipse 01-Jun-05: Over the next 12 months, Borland plans to introduce two new JBuilder products that address what it called the "evolving needs of enterprise Java developers."
Borland Shoots Peloton Down Roadmap 01-Jun-05: Borland will roll out its first Java development tools based on Eclipse within the next year, answering growing competition from open source products. A version of Borland's core JBuilder suite, codenamed Peloton, is planned for the first half of 2006, Borland said Tuesday. Peloton is part of roadmap that will see an updated version of JBuilder, with greater code sharing capabilities, delivered later this year.