I am interested to evaluate Delphi 2010. The main issue seems to be the ASCII to Unicode conversion. Any tips or resources about this that you have found useful?

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At this point, my recommendation for those that want to upgrade would be to check:

http://www.embarcadero.com/images/dm/technical-papers/delphi-in-a-unicode-world-updated.pdf
Is WideString identical to String in Delphi 2009
What is the compiler version for Delphi 2010?
http://chee-yang.blogspot.com/2008/10/delphi-2009-unicode.html

GIF issues:

Note that Gif (by Melander) and Png (by Martijn Saly?) images are now incorporated in Delphi 2010. You will have to use a conditional in order to use the right GIF unit:

USES Windows, SysUtils, Graphics, blabla
{$IFDEF VER150}
  , GIFImage,     {Delphi 7}
{$ELSE}  
  GIFImg          {Delphi 2010}
{$ENDIF};

Also, you need to "fix" the PNG provided by Embarcadero: http://talkdelphi.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

Other things that you need to know is that you really have to back up your project before opening it in Delphi 2010. Delphi 2010 will change your DFM file even if you don't press the Save button. The form canlose data, and it will not compile in D7.

Upgrade to Delphi XE

I have finally purchased Delphi XE. Delphi XE proposes some ne

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