Re: Porting applications DELPHI! HELP!
Re: Porting applications DELPHI! HELP!
- Subject: Re: Porting applications DELPHI! HELP!
- From: Jonas Maebe <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 17:01:26 +0200
On 3 apr 2006, at 16:39, Jack Crombie wrote:
Just to declare some more specifications of the app:
It's written with delphi and uses Paradox 7 DB. We must retain the
database functionality. is this possible with mac?
Since there are databases on the Mac: yes.
will we have to change the database engine?
Yes, there is no Paradox on the Mac.
How much different is Delphi to Pascal?
Delphi /is/ an Object Pascal dialect.
Does MacPascal convert delphi to mac?
There is no product called "MacPascal". "Mac Pascal" generally refers
to the Pascal dialects supported by the old Think and CodeWarrior
Pascal compilers. As I said, the Free Pascal Compiler, which runs on
Mac OS X, supports the Pascal dialect that Delphi uses. However, it
cannot convert Windows API calls to Mac API calls, magically fix
little endian specific code etc. And it does not yet have an
implementation of the visual components of the Delphi VCL, although
there is a work in progress to implement this (the LCL, see http://
www.lazarus.freepascal.org).
But again, given your above replies and the earlier information you
gave, I cannot imagine you being able to port that Delphi application
to the Mac.
Jonas
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