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Article #563Re: Delphi 2005 and Linux
From: matthew
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:39
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:39
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I hope Borland doesn't someday move delphi completely to .net. That would just kill my enthusiasm for Delphi. Bryce K. Nielsen wrote: >>- In D2005, Windows Forms have some components that doesn't exist in >>Visual >>Studio. Will that components runs under Mono ? > > > If the component extends the standard .NET classes and is completely > managed, then yes. > > >>- Can I migrate a VCL .NET APP to Mono ? >> > > > No. VCL.NET is considered "unmanaged" code. This means that many calls in > the VCL.NET go directly to the WindowsAPI, and *not* through the .NET > Framework. This was the only way Borland could retain (limited) backwards > compatibility with the VCL. This also means that the VCL.NET is very tied to > the Windows platform. It is richer than WinForms, and even performs visually > better since it is hardware accelerated, but it's only good on Windows. > > -BKN > >
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