: Many move to Delphi XE or the latest Community Edition for modern features like FireDAC and multi-platform support.
But every time I fire up that old VM, hear the click of the form designer placing a component, and press F9 to see the blue splash screen vanish into my own running application, I am reminded: we didn't have better tools back then. We had cleaner ones. Smaller. More honest. Delphi 7 Personal 7.0
Does not natively support Unicode, which is a major factor why modern developers eventually migrate to newer versions. Legacy and Modern Use : Many move to Delphi XE or the
This review looks back at Delphi 7 Personal, examining why it was adored, where it fell short compared to its bigger brothers, and whether it still holds any relevance today. Smaller