Yes, Lazarus is a very nice FREE environment for Object Pascal and you'll be able to support most major PC platforms. [size=9px](and a few others that none of the other compilers will support, GameBoy Advance, Nintendo DS, MacOSX, etc)[/size]

But if you are set on Delphi there is Turbo Delphi versions that are still available from CodeGear.

And perhaps to help get you started Nick Hodges has a bunch of Flash Tutorials on his blog site: http://blogs.codegear.com/nickhodges...les/26687.aspx