[DUG] Delphi .Net Compatibility

[Stacey Verner]

Come on. I can't believe that you guys have nothing to say about Delphi
.Net and Delphi Win32 compatibility?
Maby this would have been better as a friday question?

Stacey

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How compatible is Delphi .Net with Delphi Win32 code (Delphi 6 to be
specific)?

The application I work on is a large ongoing project that has been in
development since Delphi 2 (possible even Delphin 1).

I don't really know much about it, but I assume that the compatibility
is such that we could upgrade our internal code without a huge problem,
but third party components could be an issue!

We use quite a few Developer Express components and there is an Express
Quantun Grid for Delphi .Net, but other things such as the Express
Layout Control, the Express Printing System, etc. We also use many
others such at Toolbar 2000 and GLScene.

The next thing is .Net compatibility. Lets assume we use Delphi .Net and
develop some nice stuff. For whatever reason Borland or Delphi dies (Not
saying it will happen. Just Hypothetical. I don't want to get into this
now.). So we have some Delphi .Net code which compiles to .Net 1, 2 or
whatever. How likely is it that we could continue to use those
assemblies with C# in say .Net 4.

Thanks

Stacey