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  • © 1998

Mastering Pascal and Delphi Programming

Authors:

  • Covers Pascal and Delphi in a single text Contains many reallife programming examples Good practical coverage of Pascal with many program examples Extensive coverage of how to develop Microsoft Windows programs and applications such as graphics and menu systemsExcellent reference guide for Turbo Pascal and Delphi6 Source code available from the author over the Internet

Part of the book series: Palgrave Master Series (Computing) (PMSC)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 1-9
  3. Input/Output

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 10-19
  4. If Statement

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 20-28
  5. Case Statement

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 29-35
  6. For Loop

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 36-41
  7. While/Repeat Loops

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 42-49
  8. Functions

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 50-64
  9. Procedures

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 65-75
  10. Arrays

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 76-91
  11. Strings

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 92-102
  12. File I/O

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 103-112
  13. Records

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 113-122
  14. Graphics

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 123-139
  15. Software Interrupts

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 140-157
  16. Interfacing

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 158-164
  17. RS-232

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 165-183
  18. Parallel Port

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 184-196
  19. Hardware Interrupts

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 197-212
  20. Date and Time

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 213-219

About this book

The book provides an introduction to programming with Pascal and extends this to show how Borland Delphi is used to development Microsoft Windows programs. It is packed full of real-life application and splits into three main sections:

* Pascal programming
* Pascal applications
* Delphi programming

Practical applications include: software interrupts, hardware interrupts, graphics, date and time, system commands, RS-232 and parallel ports.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

    William Buchanan

About the author

WILLIAM BUCHANAN is a Senior Lecturer at Napier University. He is an experienced author who has written a number of computing books. He acts as a consultant, and is a founding partner of Real-Time Technologies, a start-up company within Napier University.

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