[DUG] Porting Delphi code to Linux

[Edward Huang]

myOffice Email MessageHi Gary,

It was an interesting article.

All sounds very promising.  Maybe if we wait a bit more time, everything
will be OK to port over to Linux without problem.

Cheers,

Edward


 -----Original Message-----
From: Gary T. Benner [mailto:gary at benner.co.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:31
To: edwardh at slingshot.co.nz
Cc: delphi at delphi.org.nz
Subject: RE: [DUG] Porting Delphi code to Linux


  [Reply]
  HI Edward,

  Check out what Codeweavers did for Google Chrome - in 7 days.

  http://www.codeweavers.com/about/people/blogs/jwhite/2008/9/15/fire-drills
-and-proving-a-point

  cheers

  Gary

  At 19:16 on 15/09/2008 you wrote

  >To : delphi at delphi.org.nz

  >CC :

  >From: Edward Huang, edwardh at slingshot.co.nz

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  >Hi,

  >

  >I have been asked the posibility to convert our Delphi code to run on
Linux.

  >I don't really have any experience on Linux, but I'm sure someone would
be

  >able to help here.

  >

  >We have a bunch of Delphi applications, Win32, all Client/server
structure,

  >Windows GUI, no data-aware controls, access DB via ADO, primarily
standard

  >VCL controls, with one 3rd party Grid components used extensively, plus a

  >(very) few of other 3rd party components.

  >

  >As it's only a posibility discussion, there's no timeframe or such, and

  >don't have to rely on the current versions of any products, i.e. if any

  >future product versions on the roadmap that can help, it can be option
too.

  >

  >I know there was Kylix, but I understood that the GUI components are
quite

  >different, and was many years ago.

  >

  >So is there any practical options that I can choose? Or I have to start

  >from scratch again?

  >

  >TIA.

  >

  >Edward Huang

  >

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