Use Delphi5 in Delphi XE environment

Question

Is it possible to compile a Delphi5 project in the new XE IDE without any migration?

If've been using Delphi5 IDE for quite a while now and, to be honest, it is old, unfriendly and unflexible. I tried out XE and was impressed, however I am not interested in migrating projects to newer versions of Delphi.

So, is it possible? And if not, are there other IDEs that support Delphi5 in that matter?

Answer 1

Unfortunately it's not - Delphi XE is unicode-only. And there are no other IDEs. As for Delphi 5 - that was a great version and we widely use it until now. Try looking for some add-ons and experts for Delphi 5 that make development more comfortable. CodeRush, ModelMaker Explorer are commercial ones, and there were some free addons. Personally I use ModelMaker Explorer for Delphi 5, which I purchased years ago.