This tables lists some of the key new features of Delphi 6, along with the chapter of the book in which the topic is actually discussed. Some of these new features have a single page or a short example, others have a full chapter. See the Commented Table of Contents for more details.
| Topic | Chapter |
|---|---|
| $IF Conditional Directive | 2 |
| ActionManager | 8 |
| Apache Modules support | 22 |
| BizSnap | 23 |
| ClientDataSet/MyBase updates | 14 |
| CLX | 6 and others |
| COM+ | 20 |
| Conversions Library | 4 |
| DataSnap | 17 |
| dbExpress | 14 |
| dbGo for ADO | 16 |
| Diagram view | 1 |
| Expanded Code Completion | 1 |
| Extended Object Inspector | 1 |
| Extended RTL (DateUtils, StringUtils, and more) | 4 |
| Indy Components | 21 |
| InterBase Administration Components | 15 |
| New Compiler Directives | 2 |
| New Container Classes | 5 |
| New Environment Options | 1 |
| New standard actions | 8 |
| New TField types | 13 |
| New visual controls | 6 |
| Object TreeView | 1 |
| SOAP and WSDL, Web Services | 23 |
| The Window menu | 1 |
| Web Application Debugger | 22 |
| WebSnap | 22 |
| XML support | 23 |