If you are not planning to use Delphi 6, Delphi 7, C++Builder 6 or Kylix you do not need to upgrade from TOPAZ 7.5 to TOPAZ 8.0.

TOPAZ 8.0 supports Delphi 3,4,5,6,7, Kylix, and C++Builder 3,4,5 and 6 (added support for Delphi 6,7, C++Builder 6 and Kylix)

TOPAZ 8.0 has been reduced to database access components (TTzDbf, TTzVFile, and data aware controls). These core database access components work both under Delphi and Kylix.

PLEASE NOTE: all non-database related components have been moved out of TOPAZ version 8.0. So this somewhat limits TOPAZ 8.0 if you compare it to the earlier version. Therefore unless you are planning to use Delphi 6, Delphi 7, C++Builder 6 or Kylix you do not need to upgrade from TOPAZ 7.5 to TOPAZ 8.0.

These "non-database" components mentioned above became a part of the new component suite for Delphi called "SSI Solution Pack." There is a reason for doing this. Some of the components in older versions of TOPAZ heavily relied on Windows for graphics display and printing. Therefore these components cannot be part of a cross platform development library without significant code changes.

SSI Solution Pack and TOPAZ are separate products and totally independent from each other: SSI Solution Pack does not need TOPAZ and does not rely on TOPAZ.

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