[DUG] Lazarus

[Todd Martin]

 >Does anyone know how compatible Lazarus is with Delphi.

In terms of compatibility the first thing to look at is which third 
party components you're using, if any. If you use TMS or DevExpress 
components then you're stuck with Delphi. However for grids and trees 
/Virtual TreeView/ is a powerful opensource alternative that has been 
ported to Lazarus.

Additionally Lazarus does not support FMX. Cross-platform development is 
handled using the standard LCL (equivalent of VCL) components.

Todd.

On 5/07/2022 12:34 pm, Marshland Engineering wrote:
> Hi Paul
>
> Great reply.
>
> I started with bBase III many many moons ago. I gave up commercial programming
> in 1997. The headache with windows was just too much for me.  Why must my
> customers pay for things not working when its just not their fault ?
> Recently, I had USB Dymo label printer that stopped working. I paid for MS
> support and 6 hours later, I got the option to reinstall my OS. HA - I did get
> a refund !!! A USB printer couldn't be fixed.
>
> On that line I tried to install the community edition to try and compile for
> Android. I could not even get the software to run and, as it is a community
> version, there is no support.
>
> I think if you have been in Delphi for years, you would probably upgrade as
> time when on, but starting from scratch, it is just too cumbersome and
> overwhelming to get going. I cant see anyone new joining and paying for
> Delphi. On the other hand, Lazarus just seems to work, and is neat and tidy.
> Dare to say, they 'stole' a lot from old Delphi IDE which make it easier to
> adapt.
>
> Delphi 6 still does everything I want. If they had to launch a 6 version
> today, they may get more new users.
>
> I am and engineer and not a software junkie so I do come from a different mind
> set. My stuff is all in house and not web based.
>    
> Cheers Wallace
>
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