Dec 13th, 2007, 1:41 AM
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Re: Convert win32 to .NET applications
Newer versions of Delphi can compile directly to .net. Check out these Google search results, e.g. http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/NetArt...e=NETForDelphi
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The Delphi VCL
Borland wisely respected the existing non-.Net Delphi user and application base, and provided a gentle migration path into .Net. At the same time, however, they introduced a bit of confusion. How can it be that the original Visual Component Library (VCL) is available for .Net applications? Surely you must use the .Net Framework visual components and classes?
Not true - the VCL was developed as a wrapper to .Net Framework - extending the framework classes to suit the existing users with their familiarity of VCL.
This allows existing applications to be migrated to .Net with relatively little change, and allows users to write new applications in .Net without a huge learning curve. It also allows new applications to be written once, but compiled into Win32 and .Net applications.
However, the VCL implementation creates Windows platform specific code, and for this reason, is not recommended for new .Net applications.
It is not clear how long VCL will be supported by Borland, but it is likely to be a number of years.
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