Turbo Delphi comes in two editions: Turbo Delphi for Win-32 development and Turbo Delphi for Microsoft .NET.
Turbo Delphi is a part of a much bigger picture: the Borland Developer Studio 2006. BDS 2006 is an integrated development environment (IDE) for building Delphi, Delphi for .NET, C#, and C++ applications.
Beside Turbo Delphi (for Win32 or for .Net), turbo line of Borland products also includes Turbo C# and Turbo C++.
Since only one Turbo Explorer edition can be installed per machine, you have to be sure to download and install the "correct" version.
This series of tutorials is aimed at the Turbo Delphi Explorer for Win32 development version of Turbo Delphi.
Downloading Turbo Delphi Explorer for Win32
The TurboExplorer Downloads web site provides download facility for all the files you will need to correctly install and run Turbo Delphi.Here's what you'll need to install:
- Prerequisites - run-time files required by Turbo Explorer. This includes the Microsoft.NET 1.1 runtime and SDK, the J# run-time, InternetExplorer 6.01, and MSXML. Download size: ~ 230 MB
- Turbo Delphi Explorer. Download size: ~ 325 MB
- "HotFix roll-up" A patch for all Turbo versions and BDS 2006.
- Installation Key. Comes in an email
Start by going to the official Turbo Explorer download site
Note: the process (download, install, activate, patch) migh take an hour or so ... make sure you have a glass of your favorite drink beside you.
Move to the next step: Turbo Delphi Download and Activation File
