The following deal with dde ole automation com com and dcom access net libraries directly from delphi without com by crystalnet an introduction to com programming with delphi by zarko gajic articles tutorials and examples by binh ly automation in delphi com programming by eric harmon creating an active document server by evocorp com support in delphi 3 by ray konopka 1997 com . It will also cover the latest developments in delphi 5 currently due out in september 1999this book will teach com programming to delphi 4 and 5 programmers after providing an understanding of the com framework it offers a practical exploration of com to enable delphi developers to program component based applications. In this selection excerpted from delphi com programming author eric harmon discusses interfaces and automation variants and automation dispinterfaces dual interfaces and automating microsoft ado in the past three chapters ive spent a lot of time discussing interfaces and how to create com objects i also introduced you to type libraries . delphi programming for beginners 25 modules with exercises for absolute beginners textbook created as part of embarcaderos academic program the book was originally published in russian and translated into english and several other languages the author yuriy kalmykov is a well known expert in software development and author of many . Delphi known officially as embarcadero delphi is a proprietary programming language and software development kit sdk from embarcadero technologies it is primarily used to build windows applications but it can also be used to build desktop mobile web and console applications to run on os x ios and android operating systems