IT news: Borland Delphi 2006 and C++Builder* 2006 speed Microsoft Windows and NET application delivery.

- Borland Software have announced new versions of its Borland Delphi and Borland C++Builderg rapid application development (RAD) environments, previously codenamed "DeXter." With powerful new productivity and performance-boosting capabilities, Borland Delphi 2006 and C++Builder 2006 - in addition to a new C#Builder 2006 - are designed to enable software teams to eliminate tedious development tasks so they can quickly and effectively deliver enterprise-class Windows applications. Delphi 2006, C++Builder 2006, and C#Builder 2006 are now offered together as part of Borland Developer Studio -Borland's mufti language developer environment for Microsoft Windows and .NET applications. It is the only integrated development environment (IDE) that includes support for Delphi (both Windows and NET), C, C++ and C# applications within a single environment. Customers purchasing any of these individual products get full support for all four languages at no additional cost, with the flexibility to customize language-specific capabilities. More information on significant Delphi 2006 feature enhancements follows:

* New EDE productivity features--The "Live Templates" system enables users to tab through fields and insert points of any templates with an added "Smart Block" completion feature that anticipates and adds block closures as you type, and a new editor "Change Bar' that indicates modified lines and saved session modified lines.

* Enhanced visual component library (VCL)--The upgraded VCL of Delphi 2006 provides easy graphical user interface (GUT) development with a large selection of GUI components. New "Live Designer' guidelines enable users to drag lines, margins, padding, with text-based alignment, and a new Flow Panel and Grid Panel offering HTW- and Table-style form layouts.

* Extended IDE / ALM Integration--Delphi 2006 customers can take control of the development lifecycle process by leveraging integration with leading Borland ALM products including StarTeam software change and configuration management, Together modeling, and CaliberRM requirements management solutions.

C++Builder 2006: Support for Mission-Critical C++ and ALM features for mission-critical C/C++ development This major new upgrade gives C++ developers many of the same features that Delphi. Java and non-Windows C++ teams have enjoyed in recent years. C++Builder 2006 provides new C/C++ build configuration and project management capabilities that provide the flexibility and power to easily organize multiple build settings, as well as new "what-you-see-is-what-you-gef' (WYSIWYG) Web design and application development capabilities.

In addition, C++Builder 2006 includes leading-edge IDE productivity- features that give customers virtually the same H)E productivity gains offered in Delphi 2006, such as a new code templates system, history manager, C++ structure pane and improved database providers to simplify application data access. Other key benefits of C++Builder 2006 include the following:

Updated visual component library (VCL)--Enables C++ customers to leverage the same vast collection of re-usable third-party VCL components enjoyed by Delphi developers.

Enhanced EDE / ALM integration--Delivers complete IDE integration with Borland's leading ALM tools including support for version control, requirements management, bug tracking and team collaboration.

Complete Windows solution--Provides complete RAD support for C#, Delphi Win32 and Delphi NET, in addition to C++, as part of Borland Developer Studio.

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