[DUG] Delphi for Mac

[Leigh Wanstead]

I am not sure what the app function is. If just information lookup, maybe
write a website to serve the information. This way the website can serve
all browser from all os i.e. windows, apple os, iphone, ipad, android etc

On 24 March 2015 at 14:46, Jolyon Smith <jsmith at deltics.co.nz> wrote:

> Lazarus won't just re-compile any old Delphi app from Windows to Mac
> without potentially significant re-working.  Not even Delphi tself can do
> this, if the app is currently a VCL app (you will need to port .the UI to
> FireMonkey first).
>
> Any option that involves changing the project code in order to compile to
> a Mac executable is unlikely to be worth the effort for a single user, and
> without a Mac yourself to test on, you could never had confidence that your
> app will work for your user until they have tested it for you..  Whatever
> you do, you will have to spend some time and quite possibly some money.
>
> The only way to avoid incurring that cost is to ask/require your user to
> spend that money to establish a Windows VM on their system.
>
> There are a number of solutions for this, including free options
> (VirtualBox) and comemrcial (VMware, Parallels etc).  On top of the VM
> itself of course, the user will need a Windows license as well.  Depending
> on the Mac hardware and on the VM solution they might choose, they could
> even set things up so that your application runs seamlessly on the Mac
> desktop.
>
> This isn't achieved through recompilation or binary compatible runtime
> libraries, but simply by hiding the Windows Desktop and rendering each
> application directly into the Mac desktop, still running as a plain and
> simple Windows app in a Windows VM.
>
> Parallels offers this capability, in what they call Coherence mode.  The
> Windows desktop is merged with the Mac desktop - your Start menu is an icon
> in the Mac menu bar and each Windows app runs directly on the Mac desktop.
> VMWare has a similar mode I believe.
>
> You (or your customer) pays your money (or not) and makes your choice.
>
> :)
>
> On 23 March 2015 at 10:56, Marshland Engineering <
> marshland at marshland.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> One of my users runs a Mac. I've done a bit of a web search but not been
>> successful other than finding out to make a Hackintosh.
>> I only have one application so I don't want to spend any money !!
>>
>> Lazarus could be an option but can I compile to make a Mac exe using a PC
>> ?
>>
>> Any other suggestions are welcome. One is to give him an old PC laptop.
>>
>> Cheers Wallace
>>
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