Frequently Asked Question:

Delphi 4 and Delphi 5

Question

How much longer will Delphi 4 and Delphi 5 be supported?

Answer

It becomes more difficult to keep supporting Delphi 4 and Delphi 5.

For example version 7.18 includes a third party library to handle JPEG2000 images. This library expects records aligned on 8-byte boundaries (using the $ALIGN compiler directive) which is not supported in Delphi 4 and 5. So at the moment the Delphi 4 and Delphi 5 Editions don't include the JPEG2000 support.

However it's possible to use the ActiveX and DLL Editions of the library with any version of Delphi. The DLL Edition even includes a Delphi import class.

So if you are still using Delphi 4 or Delphi 5 it might be a good idea to start using the DLL or ActiveX Editions rather than the native Delphi editions to ensure you have access to all the features in future versions of Quick PDF Library.