DK Documentation

TatukGIS Developer Kernel Documentation

This documentation is actively maintained.
New content and updates are added regularly.

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• API Overview
  Basic concepts about the TatukGIS API. HelloDK sample. References to common topics.
• API Documentation
  Full API documentation. Generated from the source code comments & additional description files using the TatukGIS internal GenDoc tool. Documentation is provided in the syntax (which is automatically generated by GenDoc) of commonly used programming languages like Object Pascal, C++, C#, Visual Basic, and Java.
• Other Specifications
  DK features (beyond the methods and classes documentation) like file format descriptions, label formatting syntax, spatial operations, etc.
• Copyrights & Licenses
  List of copyrights, licenses, and acknowledgments for computer technologies used by the DK.

• What's new & coming NEW
  Detailed description of selected features or improvements released and under development.
• What's missing
  List of missing features: planned but on-hold.
• Known issues
  List of things that require clarification.
• Translation editor
  Contribute new translations, fix existing one. Available to all customers with a valid support plan. Use the same login as for downloads. See also help file.
• Changelog
  Log of released versions, bug fixes, improvements and new features.

• Installation & Activation NEW
  How to install the Developer Kernel and perform its activation.
• Installation & Activation (Version 99 and earlier)
  How to install the Developer Kernel and perform its activation for legacy versions.
• DK for Python
  How to start developing with DK for Python.
• Developer Kernel Source Code Manager for Delphi NEW
  How to download and compile code with the SCM (Source Code Manager) for Delphi.
• Running a remote debugger
  How to debug an application on a remote machine.
• Deploying an application
  How to deploy an application (3^rd party libraries, etc.)
• Platform Differences
  Delphi vs. .NET vs. Java vs. ActiveX.
• Changing Metadata NEW
  How to change the Developer Kernel's metadata.
• Migrating to DK11
  Common problems upon migrating code to DK11.
• Tutorials
  Other “how-to-do” documents.

• Samples
  Complete list of samples with detailed information of the used API functions, etc.