February 2000 Meeting

DATE: January 31, 2000 TIME: 6:00pm - 8:00pm TOPIC: TurboPower Software, Professional Tools for Professional Developers

The Vancouver Delphi Developers Association is pleased to present from Colorado Springs, Colorado, TurboPower Software. President, Robert DelRossi and Director of Systems and Services, Kent Reisdorph will be in Vancouver Monday, January 31, 2000. This year TurboPower celebrates its 15th year in the software industry, but it’s not a time for looking back as much as it’s for looking ahead! TurboPower’s president explains why 2000 is perhaps the most exciting year in his company’s history – as well as for Delphi and C++Builder programmers everywhere.

Improving code quality and performance with Sleuth QA Suite
Design, code, and quality assurance: the keys to successful software engineering. Until now, though, professional quality assurance tools for Delphi and C++Builder programmers have been lacking. That’s why there’s Sleuth QA Suite, the newest programming tool from TurboPower Software Company. Sleuth QA Suite is the first quality assurance toolset made specifically for Delphi and C++Builder programmers.

Sleuth QA Suite’s advanced bug detection tools build on TurboPower’s award-winning Memory Sleuth utility. In addition to finding bugs, the Suite also includes an advanced, non-invasive profiler that finds speed bottlenecks in your programs. Powerful analysis tools help you pinpoint and resolve problems so that your code runs error-free and fast!

Kent Reisdorph is the Director of Systems and Services for TurboPower Software Company and the author of several C++Builder and Delphi books, including the popular "Teach Yourself" series. In his copious free time he publishes the "C++Builder Developer's Journal." Mr. Reisdorph will demonstrate SysTools 3.

SPECIAL PREVIEW! TurboPower’s newest product, SysTools 3
An early, pre-release look at the new features in SysTools 3, TurboPower’s award-winning productivity library for Delphi and C++Builder. Key features scheduled for a demonstration include new support for embedding Windows™ Explorer functionality in your own programs, building custom versions of the common dialog boxes, new Regular Expression support, better string handling, new bar coding features, new Network Management controls, and more!

A peek ahead to Linux
The buzz for Linux developers is getting even louder! Learn what’s ahead for TurboPower as the company charts its future towards Linux development under Kylix, the new version of Delphi for Linux coming from Inprise.

Thanks to everyone who turned out January 10th for the Borland/Inprise presentation with speaker John Kaster who talked about how the Borland community web site, CodeCentral, the login system, threaded conversations are built with Delphi's WebBroker, InternetExpress & MIDAS technology. We look forward to your attendance at the VDDA on January 31st.