Tim Anderson uses TAction components to clean up this code and present a richer user interface.

Cleve Gibbon looks at how Java 5 makes light work of writing multi-threaded applications.

Tim Anderson customises code templates to send emails under program control.

Create scripts for compilation in Nullsoft NSIS 2.11, a versatile installer creation tool.

We examine the basics of website development using Visual Web Developer beta 2.

Bug fixing and long-standing quality problems get Tim Anderson’s attention.

String class gets the focus as we highlight the worrying functional gaps in Java.

This month we introduce Microsoft’s easy-to-use and absolutely free ASP.NET development tool.

Adding helpful XML documentation for Visual Basic and another look at VB versus the more established world of C.

Check out the first previews of the Compact Framework and see how you can run Delphi code on Windows mobile phone devices.