News
Keep up with all that’s new in the world of Delphi and Kylix development.

dbExpress Tips And Tricks
Guy Smith-Ferrier follows on from Bob Swart’s introduction to dbExpress with a selection of more advanced tips and tricks to help you get the most from it.

Under Construction: WebBroker For Linux
Bob Swart shows how we can use Kylix to create web server applications for the Apache web server running on Linux, with the built-in Web Broker technology found in the Kylix Server Developer Edition.

How CLX Uses Qt
Brian Long looks under the hood of the CLX library, used in Kylix and now in Delphi 6, to see how it uses Trolltech’s cross-platform Qt C++ class library. He starts by looking at what Qt is and why it was chosen as the basis for the CLX library, and then moves on to see how Qt has been integrated with the Object Pascal language.

Beating The System: API-Level Programming With Kylix
Dave Jewell  says that the primary aim of this month’s column is to widen our vision in terms of what Kylix can do for us. He demonstrates that Kylix will do a lot more than simply create CLX-based applications: it’s equally well suited to writing efficient, easily deployable command-line utilities, barefoot X applications, or whatever. There’s a whole new universe of APIs to explore here, so get stuck in!

Perspectives: Getting To Grips With Palm
Jim Cooper is a Palm enthusiast and reveals that our Delphi skills are surprisingly handy when developing for these tiny machines. He starts by looking at PDAs in general, then at the major operating systems, before going on to examine what is involved in programming the little devils, and finally outlines what our Delphi experience can bring to the party, in the shape of PocketStudio from Pocket Technologies.

Algorithms Alfresco: Gilding Pale Streams
Julian Bucknall extends the TStream class in a variety of interesting and useful ways, adding a variety of filters for debugging, regex handling, encryption and more.

One Last Compile...
The Joy Of TClientDataSet.

Review: CodeSite 2.0 Professional
Dave Jewell checks out the new version of Raize Software’s debugging aid.

Review: SQL Tester
Richard Stevens examines Red Brook Software’s SQL testing utility.

The Delphi Clinic
Brian Long with more answers to your own queries on Kylix and Delphi.