Delphi in a nutshell
Ray Lischner · International Linear Collider · 2000
Preface Chapter 1. Delphi Pascal Units Programs Libraries Packages Data Types Variables and Constants Exception Handling File I/O Functions and Procedures Chapter 2. The Delphi Object Model Classes and Objects Interfaces Reference Counting Messages Memory Management Old-Style Object Types Chapter 3. Runtime Type Information Virtual Method Table Published Declarations The TypInfo Unit Virtual and Dynamic Methods Initialization and Finalization Automated Methods Interfaces Exploring RTTI Chapter 4. Concurrent Programming Threads and Processes The TThread Class The BeginThread and EndThread Functions Thread Local Storage Processes Futures Chapter 5. Language Reference Chapter 6. System Constants Variant Type Codes Open Array Types Virtual Method Table Offsets Runtime Error Codes Chapter 7. Operators Unary Operators Multiplicative Operators Additive Operators Comparison Operators Chapter 8. Compiler Directives Appendix A. Command-Line Tools Appendix B. The SysUtils Unit Index