CodeGear Announces General Availability of Delphi 2007 for Windows Vista and AJAX

March 20, 2007; 04:14 AM
CodeGear, a leader in developer tools, announced that Delphi 2007 for Win32 is now shipping to customers around the globe. This newest edition of Delphi, CodeGear's award-winning rapid application development (RAD) environment, with new support for Microsoft Windows Vista and AJAX, giving developers the ability to build and deploy applications on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Vista, as well as build dynamic data-driven corporate Web applications with rich AJAX user interfaces.

Delphi for Win32 gives developers a "jump-start" in leveraging Microsoft’s new next-generation operating system, while continuing to support their existing Windows users. Built for ISVs, system integrators, VARs and small to medium enterprises, Delphi for Win32 enables developers to build and deploy ultra high-performance native Microsoft Windows applications on Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Vista.

Developers Speak Out

Developers, who had a chance to use a pre-release version of the new product, had this to say:

“Here are three of the reasons Delphi for Win32 is great. First, help is much improved. Second, the little things that make Delphi applications work in Windows Vista, such as application thumbnails and things that an application needs to do to be a first-class citizen in Vista, aren't done in applications written in older versions of Delphi. In Delphi for Win32, these things are an inherent part of the VCL and they just work. Lastly, MSBuild - in particular, the command line compiler uses the same project options as the IDE. I have hundreds of lines of batch files setting up search paths and other appropriate variables to ensure my applications compile the same way from the command line as the IDE. Now, it just works.” -- Jacob Thurman (http://www.jacobthurman.com), creator of the Castalia Delphi productivity tool

“If you're developing on or for Windows Vista, you'll want to get Delphi for Win32. If you're already on Developer Studio 2006 and plan to upgrade to Developer Studio 2007, you should seriously consider buying Delphi 2007 with Software Maintenance. The transition from Win32 development on Developer 2006 should be very smooth - just keep using the same components without recompiling them. No need to wait for new versions from third parties. If you are a Delphi 5-7 developer that is stilling sitting on the fence, this is the time to jump and take this offer. The IDE is much more capable and productive and the performance and flicker-free operation is on par with or better than Delphi 7 now. I highly recommend Delphi for Win32 for all native Delphi developers!" -- Hallvard Vassbotn (http://hallvards.blogspot.com), head of Client Development at Infront AS

“CodeGear's stellar commitment to the developer community forms a sharp contrast with other technologies that are literally ‘invented for obsolescence’. Delphi for Win32 is the only Win32 IDE with support for building native Win32 Vista applications with advanced features like Vista Glass, and in the good Delphi tradition, without any changes to existing source code." -- Sinan Karaca, InstallAware (http://www.installaware.com)

U.S. Pricing

Delphi for Win32 can be ordered today, and is available in English, German, Japanese and French. Delphi for Win32 Professional new user pricing is $899, special upgrade pricing is $399. Delphi for Win32 Enterprise new user pricing is $1,999, special upgrade pricing is $1,299. For more information, visit www.codegear.com/products/delphiwin32.

The new product is part of a family of products from CodeGear that includes Delphi for PHP, Delphi for .NET, Turbo™ Delphi, C#Builder®, C++ Builder® JBuilder® and InterBase®.

About CodeGear

CodeGear from Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ:BORL) delivers innovative, high-productivity development tools for a wide spectrum of software developers ranging from individuals to enterprise teams. CodeGear products enable developers to freely develop on their platform of choice while focusing on simplifying complex technologies and tasks so they can concentrate on application design, not infrastructure, to enable on-time project delivery. To learn more about CodeGear and its products, visit www.codegear.com. CodeGear. Where Developers Matter.

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