Re: Delphi & Compact Framework

From: Chris Burrows (cfbsoftware_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/10/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 08:55:57 +0930

"Michael Baytalsky" <mike@retaildecision.com> wrote in message
news:40770f76@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> > > Is there any chance at all, that VCL.Net will be ported to CF?
> > I'd be REALLY suprised if it were, given the differences between CE
> > and windows (and the compact framework and regular .net.)
> Me too, but, though it is difficult, doesn't mean it is entirely
impossible.
> I just wonder if Borland got such plans or not.
>

Even it it were possible the question is why would you want to do it? A PDA
is not just a miniature Desktop. Designing an app to run on a PDA is a whole
new world compared to designing an app to run on a Desktop. The VCL as it
exists today would only have limited applicability in a PDA environment. If
the design of an app is not portable then there is less need for the
implementation to be portable.

Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com

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