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Feature Matrix

Delphi

INTEGRATED COMPILERS Architect Enterprise Professional Starter

Enhanced in XE! High-performance 32-bit optimizing Delphi

native code compiler 22.0

including High performance x86 Assembler - 32-bit inline assembler supporting the Intel

x86

instruction set (including Intel Pentium

Pro, Pentium III, Pentium 4, Intel MMX

™

, SIMD,

Streaming SIMD Extensions, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, AMD SSE4A and AMD

3DNow!

X X X X

Command line compiler (dcc32.exe) X X X

Introduced in 2009! Create and deploy 32-bit optimized Delphi native executables

to 32 and 64-bit Windows operating systems. X X X X

INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS, DESIGNERS, SDKS AND INSTALLERS

Enhanced in XE! VCL (Visual Component Library) for rapidly building Microsoft Windows applications

for Windows 7 support, Windows Vista, XP, and 2000 with graceful fallback compatibility X X X X

Enhanced in XE! Microsoft Win32 SDK with support for Windows Vista APIs and Windows 7 X X X X

Introduced in 2010! Support for Windows 7 Direct2D API X X X X

VCL forms designer with live Snap-to hints and layout guidelines X X X X

Enhanced in XE! Unified Modeling Language

(UML

) designer X X X

InstallAware installer technology allows for on the fly updating. IDE can automatically check for updates X X X X

INTEGRATED BUILD TOOLS AND PROJECT SUPPORT

Enhanced in XE! Project Manager view menu for directory (nested), directory (flat) and list view of

files in a project and with an enhanced status bar for more file information. X X X X

Introduced in 2010! File manipulation and creation through the Project Manager facilities X X X X

Introduced in 2009! Compiler option to treat warnings as errors X X X X

Flexible build system leveraging MSBuild X X X X

Enhanced in XE! Delphi 1 through 2010 project import X X X X

Enhanced in XE! Build Configurations provide flexibility to organize multiple build settings

for all compiler, linker options, and platform support X X X X

Introduced in 2009! Named option sets to save and apply build configurations to any project X X X X

Introduced in 2009! Share option-sets between build configurations and between projects X X X X

Multi-select files in the Project Manager X X X X

File Browser – Windows shell integrated into the IDE X X X X

Build Events for pre-build and post-build on project and file levels X X X X

Project dependency checking X X X X

Enhanced in XE! IDE Studio personality indicator – shows which is active

when multiple languages are available X X X X

Project level build ordering X X X X

Build/Make from here - Make or build current project and all later projects X X X X

Additional command line tools include Microsoft Resource Compiler, TDump utility to

structurally analyze EXE, OJB, and LIB files, GREP tool, and MAKE tool X X X X

LANGUAGE AND RUNTIME LIBRARY FEATURES

Enhanced in XE! New Regular Expressions (Regex) library X X X X

Introduced in 2010! Object-oriented file and directory I/O classes X X X X

Introduced in 2010! RTTI support for exposure of Methods, Fields, and Properties to support

dynamic invocations and other meta-programming approaches (reflection) X X X X

Introduced in 2010! Custom attribute support for most code elements –

types, fields, properties, methods, and parameters X X X X

Introduced in 2010! TStringBuilder for easier and faster string concatenation X X X X

Enhanced in 2010! Generics with full RTL list and collection support X X X X

Introduced in 2010! Support for localized resources X X X X

Introduced in 2009! UnicodeString type as the default string type X X X X

Introduced in 2009! TObject now contains virtual methods ToString, GetHashCode, and Equals. X X X X

Introduced in 2009! Anonymous methods X X X X

Introduced in 2009! Exit procedure takes optional Result parameter X X X X

Expression evaluation in compiler directives X X X X

Create reusable native 32-bit dynamically linked libraries (.DLL), COM controls (.OCX),

and standalone executables X X X X

Custom variants with support of your own data types, complex numbers, safe arrays,

and passing variants through data sets X X X X

Summary of content (9 pages)

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F E AT U R E S Delphi XE ® Feature Matrix INTEGRATED COMPILERS Architect Enterprise Professional Enhanced in XE! High-performance 32-bit optimizing Delphi® native code compiler 22.0 including High performance x86 Assembler - 32-bit inline assembler supporting the Intel® x86 instruction set (including Intel Pentium® Pro, Pentium III, Pentium 4, Intel MMX™, SIMD, Streaming SIMD Extensions, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, AMD SSE4A and AMD® 3DNow!® X X X Command line compiler (dcc32.
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/9 Expanded variant support for Int64, unsigned types and Unicode strings PERSONAL DEVELOPER PRODUCTIVITY New in XE! A complete set of new examples and demos to help new and existing developers get the most out of the environment New in XE! Object Gallery Descriptions pane that gives better understanding to the wizard or feature New in XE! Designer snapshots – copy form images to the clipboard Enhanced in XE! IDE Insight, the fastest way to find and execute commands in the IDE with 1-button click now wi
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/9 ARCHITECT ENTERPRISE New in XE! Open Tools API ability to create and control Internal tabbing capability X X SOURCE CODE MANAGEMENT New in XE! Version Insight – Integrated framework for supporting source code management tooling inside the IDE X X New in XE! Subversion integration into the IDE X X New in XE! Subversion/History integration X X New in XE! A full default Diff viewer X X New in XE! Install Subversion server from the installer X X New in XE! Install Subversion client from the installer X
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/9 Diagram hyper-linking and annotations INTEGRATED DEBUGGING Full-featured debugger with color syntax highlighting Introduced in 2010! Debugging visualizers to enable extended views of debugging data Introduced in 2010! Build debugger visualizers for your own custom data types Introduced in 2010! Debug visualizer for TString types Introduced in 2010! Debug visualizers for TDateTime, TDate, and TTime New in XE! Detach from “Debug session in progress.
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/9 ARCHITECT ENTERPRISE PROFESSIONAL STARTER with class structure diagrams and thorough cross-linking X X X Enhanced in XE! Filtering and optimized searches. Integrated help system with MS Help 2 X X X DATABASE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTIVITY DBEXPRESS Enhanced in 2010! dbExpress™ 4 database connectivity framework with connection pooling, tracing, and delegate drivers X X X Enhanced in 2010! Build delegate drivers to place your code between the application and the actual driver.
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/9 ARCHITECT ENTERPRISE PROFESSIONAL STARTER New in XE! Analysis of memory and resource allocation and leaks X X X New in XE! Code coverage X X X New in XE! Exception tracing X X X New in XE! Selective profiling using profiling areas X X X AQtime 7 Pro with support for Microsoft Visual Studio .
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/9 ARCHITECT ENTERPRISE PROFESSIONAL STARTER Enhanced in XE! TeeChart integration X X X TeeChart Pro complete package can be purchased from Steema http://www.steema.com/ REPORTING SOLUTIONS Enhanced in XE! Nevrona Rave Reports® 9 Bundled Edition X X X The full Rave 9.0 product can be purchased from Nevrona Designs at http://www.nevrona.
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/9 to build gesture creation and management into VCL based applications Introduced in 2010! Interactive multi-touch gestures for panning, zooming, and rotating (requires multi-touch enabled OS) Introduced in 2010! TTouchKeyboard a virtual keyboard for enhanced non-keyboard interface interactions that support multiple locales and languages Introduced in 2010! Ability to easily change languages and all TWinControls respond to the change Introduced in 2009! Ribbon Controls components for creating Microsoft
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/9 ARCHITECT Standard 3.2, WAP, Data, Client Side, Data 3.2, Data WAP X ENTERPRISE X PROFESSIONAL STARTER X Enhanced for XE! TeeChart Standard components including chart, DBchart, dataset, buttons, draw, combo and image X X X Enhanced for XE! InterBase Express (IBX) components X X X DATABASE MODELING AND DESIGN Updated in XE! Embarcadero® ER/Studio® 8.