The pure magic of Delphi was in its component architecture and especially the ability to define define properties - with its own sophisticated property pages.

The pure magic of Delphi was in its component architecture and especially the ability to define define properties - with its own sophisticated property pages. Also, you could specify if a property has read and write capabilities or just read or write.. and even if what sort of accessor and setter methods are to be used. http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/Properties_(Delphi) http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Rio/en/Properties_(... I have yet to see this capability in ANY development environment with the sort of power that there is there in the Delphi component architecture.