Explain about the Delphi IDE?



Delphi has a very sophisticated drag and drop controls. With Delphi IDE you can create rich applications for windows. With its IDE you can compile, debug, and design your projects. It has a main window which has lots and lots of buttons which perform different functions on your project. Through this main window you give title to your project. There is also a component section through which you can select different component functions which can perform various task.



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What are packages in Delphi?



Packages can make the size of your program (.exe) much smaller. Borland package libraries are dll files which provide extension for programs so that they can be executed. When you specify a certain extension to a program, it makes your hard disk to locate those types of files very easily. Packages contain Delphi components which are visual and easy to operate.



Explain about the textual description of the form?



This form describes the properties, properties of the components and the components for itself. This is known as the binary file and this contains description of the different types present. This has been introduced in Delphi 5. On loading this file in the code editor of Delphi makes the program visual in text form. This is not a text file but gives you wrong impression about it being a text form.



Explain about DPR?



Apart from two important files (PAS and DFM) there is a third file known as (DPR) or Delphi project file. Delphi project file is automatically built by the compiler. There are two ways to edit the file one is through manually and the other is through Delphi project manager. The source file which you will be seeing is a Pascal source file. All the commands which are describing the file can be seen here.



Describe about help file in Delphi?



Help command in Delphi is very resourceful either to a professional or to a beginner. Different properties, functions and methods are listed in the help section for each component. Also the help properties, functions and methods are described in the form of Acrobat adobe reader. There are also tips and hints for programmers which help you in programming Delphi. You can search the help file for different support functions.



Describe about the project menu?



This project menu has commands which help you in managing a project. You can add a specific project and also you can remove the project file. Pascal source files can be added as well as removed from the project file. Enterprise edition has two more commands such as web deploy options and web deploy. Syntax check button can make you check the source program of the file.



How do I share data dictionaries?



The data dictionary is merely a table created in any database. To create, right click on the DB Explorer Dictionary tab, provide a unique dictionary name, select a database from the list to create the dictionary table in, provide a unique table name (you can leave BDESDD), and description is optional.Once the dictionary is created, you can see on the dictionary table exists on the Databases tab, under the database you specified. To share, the database and table specified in dictionary creation must exist in a shareable location, such as on an SQL server. At the second location, select from the.

Dictionary menu, Register. Provide any name for Dictionary name (using a company standard of some sort and everyone use the same name here is recommended), select the database table that contains the previously created dictionary table, table name, and description is once again optional. In cases where database tables are qualified with anowner name, the datadictionary table will also have this same feature/limitation. The same issue will be true for each table field being described -- i.e. if the field is myownerA.field1, table myownerb.field1 will not see the attributes described.