I develop Windows software products for end users--some products on my own, and some on contract for third parties. I prefer Borland Delphi as a development environment unless I am forced to use C++ in contract development. When using C++, I prefer Borland C++ Builder which is a cousin of Delphi.

Many of the following tips and sample code are derived from my own development activities and from researching programming problems on the newsgroups. All the tips have a date so that you can find newer tips easily. I have many, many tips to add. But, my own software development takes bulk of my time. I wish I had more time to devote to this web site.

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Free software, WhizNote: I have released an old program WhizNote as freeware. It is immensely useful for developers. You can use it to author Winhelp (Windows Help) files. Warning: It doesn't support HTML help. But it has unique features to edit HTML pages for your web site. Moreover, it's a first class note organizer where you can keep tidbits of information--code snippets, development plans, todo lists, bug reports and so on.

Click here to download WhizNote then run it to install.

INTERESTING NOTE: This is a 16-bit application that I had developed in Turbo C++. But recently, with the help of Delphi 5, I was able to give it a new face (and new life). I developed a 32-bit DLL in Delphi, and made the application use thunking to connect to the DLL. It works like a charm to present win32 file dialogs and some other long file name features. Kudos to Delphi for transforming this useful application.

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