Porting Delphi 7 Project to Unix

#11 06-07-2008, 06:18 AM

On 2008-06-07, Raj <rajkumar.ad@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> www.winehq.com
>>
>> There are limitations of course, and also your customers would have to
>> install it.
>
> I am decided to go with Lazarus, i think that it is the better way
> than any other solutioun like Kylix an other. Can you help me how to
> use lazarus to port the sytem.

Install Lazarus on your Linux (I assume it is Linux, since Kylix was an
option). Then try to compile your apps, and solve problems.

> Lazarus or should i do any preliminary
> steps before. Your help is more important for me. Thanks.

A thorough investigation what Delphi functionality your app uses might be an
even better way to start (does it use windows technologies as ActiveX? Does
it print? Does it use BDE ? etc)

Ask your questions on Lazarus' maillist, but be prepared, and ask specific
and to the point questions. The results of above investigation will help
you in your communcation.

#12 06-08-2008, 05:55 AM

Op Fri, 6 Jun 2008 05:04:12 -0700 (PDT) schreef Raj
<rajkumar.ad@gmail.com>:

>In my Project i dont have much Windows specific stuff's. I have only
>few like that, do you thing for my project lazarus is best than Kylix.

I never used Kylix, so I cannot answer that question...

Bart
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#13 06-08-2008, 02:34 PM

On 2008-06-07, Marco van de Voort <marcov@stack.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am in a task to convert the Existing (Windows XP) Delphi 7 Project
>>>to Unix platform supported.
>>
>> You would do better, probably, by asking in a Delphi newsgroup. AFAIK,
>> all Delphi newsgroups have delphi in their names, although not all
>> newsgroups with delphi in their names are about Delphi.
>
> I think there is less knowledge about porting Delphi code to Linux in those
> groups then here.

Oops, sorry, c.l.p.misc then.

#14 06-09-2008, 12:37 AM

On Jun 7, 3:18*pm, Marco van de Voort <mar...@stack.nl> wrote:
> On 2008-06-07, Raj <rajkumar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> >>www.winehq.com
>
> >> There are limitations of course, and also your customers would have to
> >> install it.
>
> > I am decided to go with Lazarus, i think that it is the better way
> > than any other solutioun like Kylix an other. Can you help me how to
> > use lazarus to port the sytem.
>
> Install Lazarus on your Linux (I assume it is Linux, since Kylix was an
> option). Then try to compile your apps, and solve problems.
>
> > *Lazarus or should i do any preliminary
> > steps before. Your help is more important for me. Thanks.
>
> A thorough investigation what Delphi functionality your app uses might be an
> even better way to start (does it use windows technologies as ActiveX? Does
> it print? Does it use BDE ? etc)
>
> Ask your questions on Lazarus' maillist, but be prepared, and ask specific
> and to the point questions. The results of above investigation will help
> you in your communcation.

Can i install Lazarus on UNIX? and will it work there? Also Please
tell will the Lazarus work on Advantage database server?

My project does not uses ACtiveX and BDE Compponents, but it uses
reports to print.

Let me know your answers. Thanks in advance.

#15 06-10-2008, 04:42 AM

On 2008-06-09, Raj <rajkumar.ad@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Ask your questions on Lazarus' maillist, but be prepared, and ask specific
>> and to the point questions. The results of above investigation will help
>> you in your communcation.
>
> Can i install Lazarus on UNIX? and will it work there?

There is no "UNIX", UNIX is a trademark that signifies a family of OSes that
got some formal blessing.

> Also Please tell will the Lazarus work on Advantage database server?

I've no idea.

> My project does not uses ACtiveX and BDE Compponents, but it uses
> reports to print.

That might be a problem. There is some reporting functionality but it could
be different.

> Let me know your answers. Thanks in advance.

You'll have to start researching, and ask smart questions on the lazarus
list. I can't help you there, except for the basic question if your platform
is supported. But then I need more info than just "UNIX", but real OS and
architectures (e.g. Solaris on Sparc, or Linux on x86)

#16 06-13-2008, 12:35 AM

On Jun 10, 1:42*pm, Marco van de Voort <mar...@stack.nl> wrote:
> On 2008-06-09, Raj <rajkumar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Ask your questions on Lazarus' maillist, but be prepared, and ask specific
> >> and to the point questions. The results of above investigation will help
> >> you in your communcation.
>
> > Can i install Lazarus on UNIX? and will it work there?
>
> There is no "UNIX", UNIX is a trademark that signifies a family of OSes that
> got some formal blessing.
>
> > Also Please tell will the Lazarus work on Advantage database server?
>
> I've no idea.
>
> > My project does not uses ACtiveX and BDE Compponents, but it uses
> > reports to print.
>
> That might be a problem. There is some reporting functionality but it could
> be different.
>
> > Let me know your answers. Thanks in advance.
>
> You'll have to start researching, and ask smart questions on the lazarus
> list. I can't help you there, except for the basic question if your platform
> is supported. But then I need more info than just "UNIX", but real OS and
> architectures (e.g. Solaris on Sparc, or Linux on x86)

Thanks MArco, Thanks for your support on this. I plan to go with
Lazarus, and i found it supports Advantage ADS server. So it is a best
option for me, Let do my research on this. And let you know if i have
succeeded or had problems witht that.

Thanks you all.

#17 07-14-2008, 10:42 AM

Raj schreef:
> Hi Friends,
>
> I am in a task to convert the Existing (Windows XP) Delphi 7 Project
> to Unix platform supported. i am very new to this Unix, i have not
> worked on that yet, i am trying for the good solution to do this, I
> have visited some sites they have mentioned that Kylix and Lazarus
> compilers (IDE) and some free Pascal compilers can do this job, but
> that too complex process.
> Can any one please help me on this.
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Rajkumar D.

Probably you can (should) be thinking of porting your exisiting
application to OpenGL? This makes it possible to use controls and window
structures independant from the system you are running, and is a platorm
what runs on both Windows and Linux, so compiling different versions of
your program wouldn't be a hassle...

Success!

Johan.

#18 07-17-2008, 02:27 PM

Bitty schreef:
> Raj schreef:
>> Hi Friends,
>>
>> I am in a task to convert the Existing (Windows XP) Delphi 7 Project
>> to Unix platform supported. i am very new to this Unix, i have not
>> worked on that yet, i am trying for the good solution to do this, I
>> have visited some sites they have mentioned that Kylix and Lazarus
>> compilers (IDE) and some free Pascal compilers can do this job, but
>> that too complex process.
>> Can any one please help me on this.
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Rajkumar D.
>
> Probably you can (should) be thinking of porting your exisiting
> application to OpenGL? This makes it possible to use controls and window
> structures independant from the system you are running, and is a platorm
> what runs on both Windows and Linux, so compiling different versions of
> your program wouldn't be a hassle...
>
> Success!
>
> Johan.

You could also consider using GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/). It is worth to
study it, and it will make your programmer's life much easier.

Cheers!

Johan.

#19 07-18-2008, 04:11 AM

On 2008-07-17, Bitty <bitty@nospam.chello.nl> wrote:
>
> You could also consider using GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/). It is worth to
> study it, and it will make your programmer's life much easier.

The earlier named lazarus already supports GTK+. But has the added advantage
that you can alternately use win32 or carbon (OS X) too.

#20 07-19-2008, 09:46 AM

On Jul 17, 11:27*pm, Bitty <bi...@nospam.chello.nl> wrote:
> Bitty schreef:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Raj schreef:
> >> Hi Friends,
>
> >> * I am in a task to convert the Existing (Windows XP) Delphi 7 Project
> >> to Unix platform supported. i am very new to this Unix, i have not
> >> worked on that yet, i am trying for the good solution to do this, I
> >> have visited some sites they have mentioned that Kylix and Lazarus
> >> compilers (IDE) and some free Pascal compilers can do this job, but
> >> that too complex process.
> >> Can any one please help me on this.
>
> >> Thanks in advance.
>
> >> Rajkumar D.
>
> > Probably you can (should) be thinking of porting your exisiting
> > application to OpenGL? This makes it possible to use controls and window
> > structures independant from the system you are running, and is a platorm
> > what runs on both Windows and Linux, so compiling different versions of
> > your program wouldn't be a hassle...
>
> > Success!
>
> > Johan.
>
> You could also consider using GTK+ (http://www.gtk.org/). It is worth to
> study it, and it will make your programmer's life much easier.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Johan.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks johan, Let me try that. And will update u the Status.

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