RE: TZF - On the subject of components

Hi Marie,

It's probably necessary to look at this in a pragmatic way...

Just because Delphi8 (or whatever) is released does not mean that
Delphi7 will cease to function or that it be vital to immediately
upgrade to the latest and greatest version (although I confess I almost
always do).

Even with good support it takes the component writers time to implement
any changes and unless you are willing to roll up your sleeves and start
modifying the source yourself, which, without wishing to be patronising,
you do not sound to be capable-of/willing to do.

As such if you get a working and familiar environment of Delphi and a
'family' of components that you are familiar with then you will probably
end up sticking with it for some time (even well past the next Borland
release!).

I agree too that many of the more complex components, like data-aware
grids and folding data-components (such as the Infopower controls) can
be tricky to use... That is the price you pay for adaptability and
completeness. But usually the common features are fairly straight
forward... Especially if a number of demonstration programmes are
provided (something which Infopower do quite well I think).

The payback is that a good collection of components can give your
applications new capabilities and often a polish that is
hard/time-consuming to achieve yourself even if you are the most
accomplished of programmers.

A.

-----Original Message-----
From: Marie Vihonsky [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 10 November 2003 16:39
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: TZF - On the subject of components


Hi All,

I also agree with Benno that it looks like Topaz is sorta 'dead' with no

recent updates and that is a shame since I totally use it for my 
database stuff in all my apps.  Also, it looks like the latest release 
for D7 does not include the database stuff.  Can anyone confirm this and

possibly explain why?  What's so different with the database stuff in 
D7? Having the source code for the Topaz stuff will probably not help me

when I try to upgrade to the next version of Delphi since NET is the big

thing and I don't have a clue about it.  I've also been hesitant to move

to D7.

I did purchase the Developer Express Grid components awhile back but 
have never been able to actually use it!  At this point in time, its 
still too complicated for me.  But I have used some of their other 
components that came with the package, expecially a very nice checkbox 
and background component for my splash screens :) I have thought about 
the Woll2Woll stuff but I've been hesitant because of the cost and the 
fact that I'm not able to use the Express Grid.

It seems to me that the more complicated a component is, the more it is 
necessary to have current support.  My biggest fear is not being able to

upgrade my apps when I upgrade Delphi, not to mention the need to 
upgrade stuff because of M$ changing the operating system.

Marie

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