Resources for converting from Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) to Borland's Delphi

In light of the recent developments surrounding the end of Mainstream support for Visual Basic I've decided to add this entry to my blog so I can list resources for developers looking to convert from VB to Delphi. I'll keep this entry "open" so that as I find things or as people point them out to me I'll add them here. To kick things off I'll name a few of the features in the IDE that were designed to make it easier for any Visual Basic/Visual Studio developer to start using Delphi.

• Probably the most important would be the VB keybinding which you can set from the Editor Options page of the Tools|Options dialog.
• Next, is the Visual Studio syntax highlighting colors (also available from the Tools|Options dialog)
• Delphi 7 and later also have Object Inspector (Properties window) color settings that match Visual Studio which you can select from the Tools|Options dialog.
• Delphi also has a set of "VB-like" functions available in the StrUtils.pas file including things like LeftStr, RightStr, MidStr and several others.

Here are a few more resources:

• Here are a set of some rather old Windows help files that contain a bunch of information developed to help the VB user to learn Delphi
• Here is a link to a Google search on "Convert VB to Delphi"
• Delphi for Visual Basic developers
• VB to Delphi converter (btw, this is not a product endorsement I've never used this product)
• A QC bug for people to vote for VB functions in Delphi.
• Why Delphi??

Ok, that gets us started. If you have more suggestions please leave a comment and I'll add things to this entry as necessary. Removed the link to Delphi wiki's VB page as it is now blank. Added "Why Delphi??" link.