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Delphi Productivity Tools

Delphi includes a number of specialty applications designed to help you work more efficiently. The following links provide easy access to the Help systems for these tools.

Note: The Delphi 5 Enterprise edition includes all of the tools described below. Delphi 5 Professional does not offer SQL Builder, SQL Monitor, and TeamSource. Delphi 5 Standard includes only the Image Editor.

The Image Editor lets you create, open, and save icons, cursors, and bitmaps for use in your applications.

WinSight provides debugging information about window classes, windows, and messages. You can use this tool to examine how any application creates classes and windows, and monitor how windows send and receive messages. (Available in Delphi 5 Enterprise and Professional editions only.)

Borland Database Engine (BDE) is the 32-bit Windows-based core database engine and connectivity software behind Borland products, as well as Paradox® for Windows and Visual dBASE® for Windows. This Help file offers a reference to the BDE's features and language elements. (Available in Delphi 5 Enterprise and Professional editions only.)

The BDE Administrator lets you configure the Borland Database Engine (BDE), configure numerous database drivers, create and delete OBDC drivers, and create and maintain database aliases. (Available in Delphi 5 Enterprise and Professional editions only.)

Borland SQL Links for Windows (32-bit version) is a set of BDE-hosted driver connections to database servers. By creating queries, SQL Links emulates full navigation capabilities, enabling users to access and manipulate data in SQL databases by using convenient features in Borland applications. (Available in Delphi 5 Enterprise and Professional editions only.)

Local SQL (online reference). Local SQL is the subset of the SQL-92 specification used to access dBASE, Paradox, and FoxPro tables. On receving local SQL statements from front-end applications, the Borland Database Engine (BDE) translates the statements into BDE API functions. (Available in Delphi 5 Enterprise and Professional editions only.)

Data Pump lets you move data (both database schema and content) between databases. (Available in Delphi 5 Enterprise and Professional editions only.)

Database Explorer is a hierarchical database browser with editing capabilities, letting you browse and edit database server-specific schema objects, including tables, fields, stored procedure definitions, triggers, and indexes. (Available in Delphi 5 Enterprise and Professional editions only.)

SQL Builder lets you visually and interactively create and execute SQL queries, and serves as a tool for SQL. (Available in Delphi 5 Enterprise edition only.)

SQL Monitor lets you view statement calls made through SQL Links to a remote server or through the ODBC socket to an ODBC data source. (Available in Delphi 5 Enterprise edition only.)

The TeamSource workflow management tool uses a parallel model of source control to help with the management and coordination of work in a shared development environment. Note: The TeamSource tool, available only in the Delphi 5 Enterprise edition, is a separate product and requires a separate installation.


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