[DUG] Windows 8 Metro thoughts

[Colin Johnsun]

Win32 APIs won't be disappearing from Windows 8 but the emphasis from
Microsoft is that all new Metro apps will rely on WinRT (the
replacement for Win32) and that "Desktop" apps that rely on Win32 or
.Net will not compile to ARM (read mobile) devices.

Regards,
Colin

On 19 September 2011 13:12, Ross Levis <ross at stationplaylist.com> wrote:
> I am I right to assume the current Win32 API will still be included in all
> desktop and server operating systems?  There must be several million apps
> written for Win32 that they couldn’t just pull the plug on, surely.  Nobody
> would upgrade to Windows 8 if it didn’t support all their existing software.
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> Ross.
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> From: delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz
> [mailto:delphi-bounces at listserver.123.net.nz] On Behalf Of Jolyon Smith
> Sent: Monday, 19 September 2011 1:25 p.m.
> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
> Subject: Re: [DUG] Windows 8 Metro thoughts
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> Here's probably the best article on this that I have come across so far:
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> http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/06/windows-8-for-software-developers-the-longhorn-dream-reborn.ars/2
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> Somehow it manages to make sense of all the contradictions in other
> reports/write-ups/opinion pieces.  Perhaps The Grand Unified Theory of
> //build/ if you will.  :)
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> On 19 September 2011 12:02, David Brennan <dugdavid at dbsolutions.co.nz>
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> I read this blog post on the Embarcadero blog feed:
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> http://blogs.remobjects.com/blogs/mh/2011/09/17/p3168
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> Interesting, not least because Marc has a go at traditional Win32
> development tools and then clarifies in the comments that he does indeed
> count Delphi. He takes the view that you should use native tools for each
> platform. This is interesting because I would have thought he’s pushing his
> luck saying this on the Embarcadero blog and it also runs counter to their
> new product to compile Oxygene to Java I would have thought.
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> Anyway, the real core of the blog post was about Windows 8 and the major
> changes Microsoft are making, changes which at this stage appear to cut out
> native Win32 style development. Sounds like Win32 apps will still be usable
> in Desktop mode on Intel CPUs but potentially nowhere else. I noticed on
> another Embarcadero blog someone saying that Embarcadero will be supporting
> Windows 8 with Delphi but they aren’t sure exactly how (eg VCL, Firemonkey,
> both?).
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> One comment Marc Hoffman made was that Microsoft are exposing the XAML UI to
> C++ so that is Microsofts path for doing non managed development. I wonder
> if Embarcadero will try to do the same with CBuilder and Delphi and I wonder
> how much Microsoft would cooperate? And if you did try to expose it is that
> a third Delphi UI option or does VCL or Firemonkey map to it?
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> Anyone else heard anything interesting about Windows 8 and how it affects
> native development?
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> Cheers,
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> David.
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