Secrets of Delphi 2 by Ray Lischner Summary While the title only mentions Delphi 2, most of the information applies to Delphi 1 and 3. (And in fact, you can download an updated set of examples specifically for Delphi 3 from Ray Lischner's web site). I purchased this book simply because of the excellent and useful advice Ray gives out on the Delphi usenet groups. He is always giving out useful tidbits that can't be found anywhere else. Ray is definitely an asset to the Delphi community. This book is targeted at the intermediate-advanced developer, who wants to go beyond the capabilities built into Delphi. There are sections that explore some often misunderstood features of Delphi's Object Pascal language, such as Streams and the TList class. Other sections document some advanced capabilities that are interest to those who create their own components, such as undocumented property editors and how to create online help for your components. Still other sections explore some advanced Windows programming topics, like the Registry, Internal Windows messages, and Windows Heap memory. Contents Chapter 1: The Readiness is All Chapter 2: Components and Properties Chapter 3: Streams and File I/O Chapter 4: Form Files Chapter 5: Dynamic Arrays: The TList Class Chapter 6: The Elegant, Versatile TStrings Class Chapter 7: Run Time Type Information Chapter 8: Registry Secrets Chapter 9: Property Editors Chapter 10: Secrets of Property Editors Chapter 11: Designers and Forms Chapter 12: Component Editors Chapter 13: Metacomponents Chapter 14: Secrets of Delphi's Windows Interface Chapter 15: Secrets of Data-aware Components Chapter 16: Application Secrets Chapter 17: Internal Component Messages Chapter 18: Undocumented Property Editors Chapter 19: Heaps of Secrets Chapter 20: On-line Help for your Component Chapter 21: Advanced Design Tools Chapter 22: Virtual Method Table Chapter 23: Experts and the Open Tools API Chapter 24: Summary