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"Winform control Import wizard" for 3rd party control in VCL.NET

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From: Jitender
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:23
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I am in the process of defining a best possible technical solution to replace legacy Delphi 3rd party controls in existing product.
 
I am targetting the intermediate stage build in VCL.NET. So if I import .NET 3rd party control (Say Xtragrid/Essential grid) in VCL.NET for one of the control replacement, I think I will be able to move it to .NET platform C# easily.

Issue's that I can see with 3rd party .NET controls to be able to work in VCL.NET platform: 

*All the control specific properties are not shown when you place import control on VCL.NET Form.
*All the design time features of these 3rd party .NET control to configure properties placed on VCL.NET form (in-place configuration) are missing. Say example: 
*3rd party .NET designer, control customization design-time feature
totally not avaialble.                                         
*As soon as I place a 3rd party .NETcontrol on VCL.NET form it is loosing its XP style appearance. I.e. it's becoming a basic control look(bland).
 
If possible, please try to answer this direct questions that will help me to come out with a feasible solution.

*Do 3rd party .NET controls that primarily developed or targeted for .NET plaform(C#) can still work in Delphi VCL.NET?
*Is Xtragrid control doesn't support the VCL.NET Delphi 2006 underlying architecture that its standard VCL.NET control supports.
 
1. Am I trying something which is not a technically feasible solution?  That is, trying to import a .NET 3rd party control which is 
targeted for Visual studio .NET development (C#.NET based). 
 
2. Is 3rd party .NET control targeted for Visual Studio .NET development (using C#) still work in VCL.NET platform?  
 
3. Is the Winform control Import wizard works for 3rd party .NET based control (I.e Visual Studio) import process? 
 
4. Is this Winform control Import wizard works only for standard Windows form controls (C#) import process? 
 
5. Is there any utility available from Borland that converts VCL win32 application to VCL.NET?
 
Help in this regards will be highly appreciated. Waiting for early response.
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