diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/skip/README.txt b/lib/delphi/test/skip/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90d5ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/skip/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+These two projects belong together. Both programs 
+simulate server and client for different versions 
+of the same protocol.
+
+The intention of this test is to ensure fully
+working compatibilty features of the Delphi Thrift 
+implementation.
+
+The expected test result is, that no errors occur 
+with both programs, regardless in which order they 
+might be started.
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/skip/idl/skiptest_version_1.thrift b/lib/delphi/test/skip/idl/skiptest_version_1.thrift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20b91b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/skip/idl/skiptest_version_1.thrift
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+(*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *)
+
+
+ // version 1 of the interface
+
+namespace * Skiptest.One
+
+const i32 SKIPTESTSERVICE_VERSION = 1
+
+struct Pong {
+  1 : optional i32 version1
+}
+
+struct Ping {
+  1 : optional i32 version1
+}
+
+exception PongFailed {
+  222 : optional i32 pongErrorCode
+}
+
+
+service SkipTestService {
+  void PingPong( 1: Ping pong) throws (444: PongFailed pof);
+}
+
+
+// EOF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/skip/idl/skiptest_version_2.thrift b/lib/delphi/test/skip/idl/skiptest_version_2.thrift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df55aff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/skip/idl/skiptest_version_2.thrift
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+(*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *)
+
+
+ // version 2 of the interface
+
+namespace * Skiptest.Two
+
+const i32 SKIPTESTSERVICE_VERSION = 2
+
+struct Pong {
+  1 : optional i32 version1
+  2 : optional i16 version2
+}
+
+struct Ping {
+  1 : optional i32 version1
+  10 : optional bool boolVal
+  11 : optional byte byteVal
+  12 : optional double dbVal
+  13 : optional i16 i16Val
+  14 : optional i32 i32Val
+  15 : optional i64 i64Val
+  16 : optional string strVal
+  17 : optional Pong structVal
+  18 : optional map< list< Pong>, set< string>> mapVal
+}
+
+exception PingFailed {
+  1 : optional i32 pingErrorCode
+}
+
+exception PongFailed {
+  222 : optional i32 pongErrorCode
+  10 : optional bool boolVal
+  11 : optional byte byteVal
+  12 : optional double dbVal
+  13 : optional i16 i16Val
+  14 : optional i32 i32Val
+  15 : optional i64 i64Val
+  16 : optional string strVal
+  17 : optional Pong structVal
+  18 : optional map< list< Pong>, set< string>> mapVal
+}
+
+
+service SkipTestService {
+  Ping PingPong( 1: Ping ping, 3: Pong pong) throws (1: PingFailed pif, 444: PongFailed pof);
+}
+
+
+// EOF
+
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version1.dpr b/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version1.dpr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..367b5e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version1.dpr
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+(*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *)
+
+program skiptest_version1;
+
+{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
+
+uses
+  Classes, Windows, SysUtils,
+  Skiptest.One,
+  Thrift in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.pas',
+  Thrift.Transport in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Transport.pas',
+  Thrift.Protocol in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Protocol.pas',
+  Thrift.Protocol.JSON in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Protocol.JSON.pas',
+  Thrift.Collections in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Collections.pas',
+  Thrift.Server in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Server.pas',
+  Thrift.Console in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Console.pas',
+  Thrift.Utils in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Utils.pas',
+  Thrift.Stream in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Stream.pas';
+
+const
+  REQUEST_EXT  = '.request';
+  RESPONSE_EXT = '.response';
+
+
+function CreatePing : IPing;
+begin
+  result := TPingImpl.Create;
+  result.Version1  := Skiptest.One.TConstants.SKIPTESTSERVICE_VERSION;
+end;
+
+
+type
+  TDummyServer = class( TInterfacedObject, TSkipTestService.Iface)
+  protected
+    // TSkipTestService.Iface
+    procedure PingPong(const ping: IPing);
+  end;
+
+
+procedure TDummyServer.PingPong(const ping: IPing);
+// TSkipTestService.Iface
+begin
+  Writeln('- performing request from version '+IntToStr(ping.Version1)+' client');
+end;
+
+
+function CreateProtocol( protfact : IProtocolFactory; stm : TStream; aForInput : Boolean) : IProtocol;
+var adapt  : IThriftStream;
+    trans  : ITransport;
+begin
+  adapt  := TThriftStreamAdapterDelphi.Create( stm, FALSE);
+  if aForInput
+  then trans := TStreamTransportImpl.Create( adapt, nil)
+  else trans := TStreamTransportImpl.Create( nil, adapt);
+  result := protfact.GetProtocol( trans);
+end;
+
+
+procedure CreateRequest( protfact : IProtocolFactory; fname : string);
+var stm    : TFileStream;
+    ping   : IPing;
+    proto  : IProtocol;
+    client : TSkipTestService.TClient;   // we need access to send/recv_pingpong()
+    cliRef : IUnknown;                   // holds the refcount
+begin
+  Writeln('- creating new request');
+  stm := TFileStream.Create( fname+REQUEST_EXT+'.tmp', fmCreate);
+  try
+    ping := CreatePing;
+
+    // save request data
+    proto  := CreateProtocol( protfact, stm, FALSE);
+    client := TSkipTestService.TClient.Create( nil, proto);
+    cliRef := client as IUnknown;
+    client.send_PingPong( ping);
+
+  finally
+    client := nil;  // not Free!
+    cliRef := nil;
+    stm.Free;
+    if client = nil then {warning supressed};
+  end;
+
+  DeleteFile( fname+REQUEST_EXT);
+  RenameFile( fname+REQUEST_EXT+'.tmp', fname+REQUEST_EXT);
+end;
+
+
+procedure ReadResponse( protfact : IProtocolFactory; fname : string);
+var stm    : TFileStream;
+    ping   : IPing;
+    proto  : IProtocol;
+    client : TSkipTestService.TClient;   // we need access to send/recv_pingpong()
+    cliRef : IUnknown;                   // holds the refcount
+begin
+  Writeln('- reading response');
+  stm := TFileStream.Create( fname+RESPONSE_EXT, fmOpenRead);
+  try
+    // save request data
+    proto  := CreateProtocol( protfact, stm, TRUE);
+    client := TSkipTestService.TClient.Create( proto, nil);
+    cliRef := client as IUnknown;
+    client.recv_PingPong;
+
+  finally
+    client := nil;  // not Free!
+    cliRef := nil;
+    stm.Free;
+    if client = nil then {warning supressed};
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+procedure ProcessFile( protfact : IProtocolFactory; fname : string);
+var stmIn, stmOut   : TFileStream;
+    protIn, protOut : IProtocol;
+    server : IProcessor;
+begin
+  Writeln('- processing request');
+  stmOut := nil;
+  stmIn  := TFileStream.Create( fname+REQUEST_EXT, fmOpenRead);
+  try
+    stmOut := TFileStream.Create( fname+RESPONSE_EXT+'.tmp', fmCreate);
+
+    // process request and write response data
+    protIn  := CreateProtocol( protfact, stmIn,  TRUE);
+    protOut := CreateProtocol( protfact, stmOut, FALSE);
+
+    server := TSkipTestService.TProcessorImpl.Create( TDummyServer.Create);
+    server.Process( protIn, protOut);
+
+  finally
+    server := nil;  // not Free!
+    stmIn.Free;
+    stmOut.Free;
+    if server = nil then {warning supressed};
+  end;
+
+  DeleteFile( fname+RESPONSE_EXT);
+  RenameFile( fname+RESPONSE_EXT+'.tmp', fname+RESPONSE_EXT);
+end;
+
+
+procedure Test( protfact : IProtocolFactory; fname : string);
+begin
+  // try to read an existing request
+  if FileExists( fname + REQUEST_EXT) then begin
+    ProcessFile( protfact, fname);
+    ReadResponse( protfact, fname);
+  end;
+
+  // create a new request and try to process
+  CreateRequest( protfact, fname);
+  ProcessFile( protfact, fname);
+  ReadResponse( protfact, fname);
+end;
+
+
+const
+  FILE_BINARY = 'pingpong.bin';
+  FILE_JSON   = 'pingpong.json';
+begin
+  try
+    Writeln( 'Delphi SkipTest '+IntToStr(TConstants.SKIPTESTSERVICE_VERSION)+' using '+Thrift.Version);
+
+    Writeln;
+    Writeln('Binary protocol');
+    Test( TBinaryProtocolImpl.TFactory.Create, FILE_BINARY);
+
+    Writeln;
+    Writeln('JSON protocol');
+    Test( TJSONProtocolImpl.TFactory.Create,   FILE_JSON);
+
+    Writeln;
+    Writeln('Test completed without errors.');
+    Writeln;
+    Write('Press ENTER to close ...');  Readln;
+  except
+    on E: Exception do
+      Writeln(E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
+  end;
+end.
+
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version1.dproj b/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version1.dproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c55463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version1.dproj
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+﻿	<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+		<PropertyGroup>
+			<ProjectGuid>{EEF476C6-43AE-4CC3-AE51-10C5B35071F1}</ProjectGuid>
+			<MainSource>skiptest_version1.dpr</MainSource>
+			<Basis>True</Basis>
+			<Config Condition="'$(Config)'==''">Debug</Config>
+			<Platform>Win32</Platform>
+			<AppType>Console</AppType>
+			<FrameworkType>None</FrameworkType>
+			<DCC_DCCCompiler>DCC32</DCC_DCCCompiler>
+			<ProjectVersion>12.3</ProjectVersion>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Config)'=='Basis' or '$(Base)'!=''">
+			<Base>true</Base>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Config)'=='Release' or '$(Cfg_1)'!=''">
+			<Cfg_1>true</Cfg_1>
+			<CfgParent>Base</CfgParent>
+			<Base>true</Base>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Config)'=='Debug' or '$(Cfg_2)'!=''">
+			<Cfg_2>true</Cfg_2>
+			<CfgParent>Base</CfgParent>
+			<Base>true</Base>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Base)'!=''">
+			<DCC_UnitSearchPath>C:\D\TPCPP\X_ThirdParty\Thrift\wc-XE-all\thrift-testing\gen-delphi;C:\D\TPCPP\X_ThirdParty\Thrift\wc-XE-all\trunk\lib\delphi\src;$(DCC_UnitSearchPath)</DCC_UnitSearchPath>
+			<DCC_E>false</DCC_E>
+			<DCC_ImageBase>00400000</DCC_ImageBase>
+			<DCC_UnitAlias>WinTypes=Windows;WinProcs=Windows;DbiTypes=BDE;DbiProcs=BDE;DbiErrs=BDE;WinTypes=Windows;WinProcs=Windows;$(DCC_UnitAlias)</DCC_UnitAlias>
+			<DCC_F>false</DCC_F>
+			<DCC_S>false</DCC_S>
+			<DCC_N>false</DCC_N>
+			<DCC_K>false</DCC_K>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Cfg_1)'!=''">
+			<DCC_LocalDebugSymbols>false</DCC_LocalDebugSymbols>
+			<DCC_Define>RELEASE;$(DCC_Define)</DCC_Define>
+			<DCC_SymbolReferenceInfo>0</DCC_SymbolReferenceInfo>
+			<DCC_DebugInformation>false</DCC_DebugInformation>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Cfg_2)'!=''">
+			<DCC_Define>DEBUG;$(DCC_Define)</DCC_Define>
+			<DCC_Optimize>false</DCC_Optimize>
+			<DCC_GenerateStackFrames>true</DCC_GenerateStackFrames>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<ItemGroup>
+			<DelphiCompile Include="skiptest_version1.dpr">
+				<MainSource>MainSource</MainSource>
+			</DelphiCompile>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Transport.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Protocol.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Protocol.JSON.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Collections.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Server.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Console.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Utils.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Stream.pas"/>
+			<BuildConfiguration Include="Debug">
+				<Key>Cfg_2</Key>
+				<CfgParent>Base</CfgParent>
+			</BuildConfiguration>
+			<BuildConfiguration Include="Basis">
+				<Key>Base</Key>
+			</BuildConfiguration>
+			<BuildConfiguration Include="Release">
+				<Key>Cfg_1</Key>
+				<CfgParent>Base</CfgParent>
+			</BuildConfiguration>
+		</ItemGroup>
+		<Import Condition="Exists('$(BDS)\Bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets')" Project="$(BDS)\Bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets"/>
+		<Import Condition="Exists('$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\$(PRODUCTVERSION)\UserTools.proj')" Project="$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\$(PRODUCTVERSION)\UserTools.proj"/>
+		<ProjectExtensions>
+			<Borland.Personality>Delphi.Personality.12</Borland.Personality>
+			<Borland.ProjectType>VCLApplication</Borland.ProjectType>
+			<BorlandProject>
+				<Delphi.Personality>
+					<Source>
+						<Source Name="MainSource">skiptest_version1.dpr</Source>
+					</Source>
+					<VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="IncludeVerInfo">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="AutoIncBuild">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="MajorVer">1</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="MinorVer">0</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Release">0</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Build">0</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Debug">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="PreRelease">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Special">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Private">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="DLL">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Locale">1031</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="CodePage">1252</VersionInfo>
+					</VersionInfo>
+					<VersionInfoKeys>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="CompanyName"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="FileDescription"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="FileVersion">1.0.0.0</VersionInfoKeys>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="InternalName"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="LegalCopyright"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="LegalTrademarks"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="OriginalFilename"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="ProductName"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="ProductVersion">1.0.0.0</VersionInfoKeys>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="Comments"/>
+					</VersionInfoKeys>
+				</Delphi.Personality>
+				<Platforms>
+					<Platform value="Win32">True</Platform>
+				</Platforms>
+			</BorlandProject>
+			<ProjectFileVersion>12</ProjectFileVersion>
+		</ProjectExtensions>
+	</Project>
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version2.dpr b/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version2.dpr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..797b35a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version2.dpr
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+(*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *)
+
+program skiptest_version2;
+
+{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
+
+uses
+  Classes, Windows, SysUtils,
+  Skiptest.Two,
+  Thrift in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.pas',
+  Thrift.Transport in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Transport.pas',
+  Thrift.Protocol in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Protocol.pas',
+  Thrift.Protocol.JSON in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Protocol.JSON.pas',
+  Thrift.Collections in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Collections.pas',
+  Thrift.Server in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Server.pas',
+  Thrift.Console in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Console.pas',
+  Thrift.Utils in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Utils.pas',
+  Thrift.Stream in '..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Stream.pas';
+
+const
+  REQUEST_EXT  = '.request';
+  RESPONSE_EXT = '.response';
+
+function CreatePing : IPing;
+var list : IThriftList<IPong>;
+    set_ : IHashSet<string>;
+begin
+  result := TPingImpl.Create;
+  result.Version1  := Skiptest.Two.TConstants.SKIPTESTSERVICE_VERSION;
+  result.BoolVal   := TRUE;
+  result.ByteVal   := 2;
+  result.DbVal     := 3;
+  result.I16Val    := 4;
+  result.I32Val    := 5;
+  result.I64Val    := 6;
+  result.StrVal    := 'seven';
+
+  result.StructVal := TPongImpl.Create;
+  result.StructVal.Version1 := -1;
+  result.StructVal.Version2 := -2;
+
+  list := TThriftListImpl<IPong>.Create;
+  list.Add( result.StructVal);
+  list.Add( result.StructVal);
+
+  set_ := THashSetImpl<string>.Create;
+  set_.Add( 'one');
+  set_.Add( 'uno');
+  set_.Add( 'eins');
+  set_.Add( 'een');
+
+  result.MapVal := TThriftDictionaryImpl< IThriftList<IPong>, IHashSet<string>>.Create;
+  result.MapVal.Add( list, set_);
+end;
+
+
+type
+  TDummyServer = class( TInterfacedObject, TSkipTestService.Iface)
+  protected
+    // TSkipTestService.Iface
+    function PingPong(const ping: IPing; const pong: IPong): IPing;
+  end;
+
+
+function TDummyServer.PingPong(const ping: IPing; const pong: IPong): IPing;
+// TSkipTestService.Iface
+begin
+  Writeln('- performing request from version '+IntToStr(ping.Version1)+' client');
+  result := CreatePing;
+end;
+
+
+function CreateProtocol( protfact : IProtocolFactory; stm : TStream; aForInput : Boolean) : IProtocol;
+var adapt  : IThriftStream;
+    trans  : ITransport;
+begin
+  adapt  := TThriftStreamAdapterDelphi.Create( stm, FALSE);
+  if aForInput
+  then trans := TStreamTransportImpl.Create( adapt, nil)
+  else trans := TStreamTransportImpl.Create( nil, adapt);
+  result := protfact.GetProtocol( trans);
+end;
+
+
+procedure CreateRequest( protfact : IProtocolFactory; fname : string);
+var stm    : TFileStream;
+    ping   : IPing;
+    proto  : IProtocol;
+    client : TSkipTestService.TClient;   // we need access to send/recv_pingpong()
+    cliRef : IUnknown;                   // holds the refcount
+begin
+  Writeln('- creating new request');
+  stm := TFileStream.Create( fname+REQUEST_EXT+'.tmp', fmCreate);
+  try
+    ping := CreatePing;
+
+    // save request data
+    proto  := CreateProtocol( protfact, stm, FALSE);
+    client := TSkipTestService.TClient.Create( nil, proto);
+    cliRef := client as IUnknown;
+    client.send_PingPong( ping, ping.StructVal);
+
+  finally
+    client := nil;  // not Free!
+    cliRef := nil;
+    stm.Free;
+    if client = nil then {warning supressed};
+  end;
+
+  DeleteFile( fname+REQUEST_EXT);
+  RenameFile( fname+REQUEST_EXT+'.tmp', fname+REQUEST_EXT);
+end;
+
+
+procedure ReadResponse( protfact : IProtocolFactory; fname : string);
+var stm    : TFileStream;
+    ping   : IPing;
+    proto  : IProtocol;
+    client : TSkipTestService.TClient;   // we need access to send/recv_pingpong()
+    cliRef : IUnknown;                   // holds the refcount
+begin
+  Writeln('- reading response');
+  stm := TFileStream.Create( fname+RESPONSE_EXT, fmOpenRead);
+  try
+    // save request data
+    proto  := CreateProtocol( protfact, stm, TRUE);
+    client := TSkipTestService.TClient.Create( proto, nil);
+    cliRef := client as IUnknown;
+    ping   := client.recv_PingPong;
+
+  finally
+    client := nil;  // not Free!
+    cliRef := nil;
+    stm.Free;
+    if client = nil then {warning supressed};
+  end;
+end;
+
+
+procedure ProcessFile( protfact : IProtocolFactory; fname : string);
+var stmIn, stmOut   : TFileStream;
+    protIn, protOut : IProtocol;
+    server : IProcessor;
+begin
+  Writeln('- processing request');
+  stmOut := nil;
+  stmIn  := TFileStream.Create( fname+REQUEST_EXT, fmOpenRead);
+  try
+    stmOut := TFileStream.Create( fname+RESPONSE_EXT+'.tmp', fmCreate);
+
+    // process request and write response data
+    protIn  := CreateProtocol( protfact, stmIn,  TRUE);
+    protOut := CreateProtocol( protfact, stmOut, FALSE);
+
+    server := TSkipTestService.TProcessorImpl.Create( TDummyServer.Create);
+    server.Process( protIn, protOut);
+
+  finally
+    server := nil;  // not Free!
+    stmIn.Free;
+    stmOut.Free;
+    if server = nil then {warning supressed};
+  end;
+
+  DeleteFile( fname+RESPONSE_EXT);
+  RenameFile( fname+RESPONSE_EXT+'.tmp', fname+RESPONSE_EXT);
+end;
+
+
+procedure Test( protfact : IProtocolFactory; fname : string);
+begin
+  // try to read an existing request
+  if FileExists( fname + REQUEST_EXT) then begin
+    ProcessFile( protfact, fname);
+    ReadResponse( protfact, fname);
+  end;
+
+  // create a new request and try to process
+  CreateRequest( protfact, fname);
+  ProcessFile( protfact, fname);
+  ReadResponse( protfact, fname);
+end;
+
+
+const
+  FILE_BINARY = 'pingpong.bin';
+  FILE_JSON   = 'pingpong.json';
+begin
+  try
+    Writeln( 'Delphi SkipTest '+IntToStr(TConstants.SKIPTESTSERVICE_VERSION)+' using '+Thrift.Version);
+
+    Writeln;
+    Writeln('Binary protocol');
+    Test( TBinaryProtocolImpl.TFactory.Create, FILE_BINARY);
+
+    Writeln;
+    Writeln('JSON protocol');
+    Test( TJSONProtocolImpl.TFactory.Create,   FILE_JSON);
+
+    Writeln;
+    Writeln('Test completed without errors.');
+    Writeln;
+    Write('Press ENTER to close ...');  Readln;
+  except
+    on E: Exception do
+      Writeln(E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
+  end;
+end.
+
diff --git a/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version2.dproj b/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version2.dproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..faee7f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/delphi/test/skip/skiptest_version2.dproj
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+﻿	<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+		<PropertyGroup>
+			<ProjectGuid>{EEF476C6-43AE-4CC3-AE51-10C5B35071F1}</ProjectGuid>
+			<MainSource>skiptest_version2.dpr</MainSource>
+			<Basis>True</Basis>
+			<Config Condition="'$(Config)'==''">Debug</Config>
+			<Platform>Win32</Platform>
+			<AppType>Console</AppType>
+			<FrameworkType>None</FrameworkType>
+			<DCC_DCCCompiler>DCC32</DCC_DCCCompiler>
+			<ProjectVersion>12.3</ProjectVersion>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Config)'=='Basis' or '$(Base)'!=''">
+			<Base>true</Base>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Config)'=='Release' or '$(Cfg_1)'!=''">
+			<Cfg_1>true</Cfg_1>
+			<CfgParent>Base</CfgParent>
+			<Base>true</Base>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Config)'=='Debug' or '$(Cfg_2)'!=''">
+			<Cfg_2>true</Cfg_2>
+			<CfgParent>Base</CfgParent>
+			<Base>true</Base>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Base)'!=''">
+			<DCC_UnitSearchPath>C:\D\TPCPP\X_ThirdParty\Thrift\wc-XE-all\thrift-testing\gen-delphi;C:\D\TPCPP\X_ThirdParty\Thrift\wc-XE-all\trunk\lib\delphi\src;$(DCC_UnitSearchPath)</DCC_UnitSearchPath>
+			<DCC_E>false</DCC_E>
+			<DCC_ImageBase>00400000</DCC_ImageBase>
+			<DCC_UnitAlias>WinTypes=Windows;WinProcs=Windows;DbiTypes=BDE;DbiProcs=BDE;DbiErrs=BDE;WinTypes=Windows;WinProcs=Windows;$(DCC_UnitAlias)</DCC_UnitAlias>
+			<DCC_F>false</DCC_F>
+			<DCC_S>false</DCC_S>
+			<DCC_N>false</DCC_N>
+			<DCC_K>false</DCC_K>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Cfg_1)'!=''">
+			<DCC_LocalDebugSymbols>false</DCC_LocalDebugSymbols>
+			<DCC_Define>RELEASE;$(DCC_Define)</DCC_Define>
+			<DCC_SymbolReferenceInfo>0</DCC_SymbolReferenceInfo>
+			<DCC_DebugInformation>false</DCC_DebugInformation>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Cfg_2)'!=''">
+			<DCC_Define>DEBUG;$(DCC_Define)</DCC_Define>
+			<DCC_Optimize>false</DCC_Optimize>
+			<DCC_GenerateStackFrames>true</DCC_GenerateStackFrames>
+		</PropertyGroup>
+		<ItemGroup>
+			<DelphiCompile Include="skiptest_version2.dpr">
+				<MainSource>MainSource</MainSource>
+			</DelphiCompile>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Transport.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Protocol.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Protocol.JSON.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Collections.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Server.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Console.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Utils.pas"/>
+			<DCCReference Include="..\..\..\lib\delphi\src\Thrift.Stream.pas"/>
+			<BuildConfiguration Include="Debug">
+				<Key>Cfg_2</Key>
+				<CfgParent>Base</CfgParent>
+			</BuildConfiguration>
+			<BuildConfiguration Include="Basis">
+				<Key>Base</Key>
+			</BuildConfiguration>
+			<BuildConfiguration Include="Release">
+				<Key>Cfg_1</Key>
+				<CfgParent>Base</CfgParent>
+			</BuildConfiguration>
+		</ItemGroup>
+		<Import Condition="Exists('$(BDS)\Bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets')" Project="$(BDS)\Bin\CodeGear.Delphi.Targets"/>
+		<Import Condition="Exists('$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\$(PRODUCTVERSION)\UserTools.proj')" Project="$(APPDATA)\Embarcadero\$(BDSAPPDATABASEDIR)\$(PRODUCTVERSION)\UserTools.proj"/>
+		<ProjectExtensions>
+			<Borland.Personality>Delphi.Personality.12</Borland.Personality>
+			<Borland.ProjectType>VCLApplication</Borland.ProjectType>
+			<BorlandProject>
+				<Delphi.Personality>
+					<Source>
+						<Source Name="MainSource">skiptest_version2.dpr</Source>
+					</Source>
+					<VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="IncludeVerInfo">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="AutoIncBuild">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="MajorVer">1</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="MinorVer">0</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Release">0</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Build">0</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Debug">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="PreRelease">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Special">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Private">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="DLL">False</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="Locale">1031</VersionInfo>
+						<VersionInfo Name="CodePage">1252</VersionInfo>
+					</VersionInfo>
+					<VersionInfoKeys>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="CompanyName"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="FileDescription"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="FileVersion">1.0.0.0</VersionInfoKeys>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="InternalName"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="LegalCopyright"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="LegalTrademarks"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="OriginalFilename"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="ProductName"/>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="ProductVersion">1.0.0.0</VersionInfoKeys>
+						<VersionInfoKeys Name="Comments"/>
+					</VersionInfoKeys>
+				</Delphi.Personality>
+				<Platforms>
+					<Platform value="Win32">True</Platform>
+				</Platforms>
+			</BorlandProject>
+			<ProjectFileVersion>12</ProjectFileVersion>
+		</ProjectExtensions>
+	</Project>