From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2004-11-21, Ian A White  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:58:48 +0100, Markus Humm   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>Hello,   
   >>   
   >>if you're using WIndows XP, you shouldn't use BPW as compiler as long as   
   >>there are no Windows 3.x users left. BPW is 16 bit and gets somehow   
   >>emulated under XP while Delphi 2.0 or higher or Freepascal are true 32   
   >>Bit compilers which will make that the program runs smoother/integrates   
   >>better into Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. Some versions of some Delphi   
   >>compilers were available for free download or where packed on the CDs of   
   >>some magazines.   
   >   
   > The application works OK compiled with BP7 or BPW7 as a Real Mode   
   > application. I was trying to get it to work as a Windows Application and   
   > that's where the fun started.   
   >   
   > I do have Delphi 7 that came with a magazine CD, and I do want to get it   
   > going there but there is a major amount of work required as I have a   
   > huge number of libraries that need converting over and if trying to get   
   > ReadKey was "fun", there is a whole lot more "fun" in Delphi7. Apart   
   > from that it does require a completely different way of looking at   
   > things. I have the book Mastering Delphi 7, but it does not give   
   > examples of how to get things going. There is a lot of descriptive text   
   > on the underlying system, but just to get a button on a form to launch a   
   > new form or provide access to an output window/frame or whatever it is   
   > called is something I have not been able to track down.   
      
   FPC has these libraries. (the BP ones, not the BPW ones), and has a language   
   mode that is even more compatible than delphi.   
      
   Note that Delphi is suitable for TP upgrades (the language is compat enough,   
   and piecewise you can find quite some units too), but it is just not ready   
   to go. The first step is to not make a normal application, but a "console   
   application".   
      
   The good part about FPC is that it is closer to TP languagewise and   
   librarywise, the bad part that the Delphi and BP IDEs are still better in   
   quality. So it depends a bit on how addicted you are to perfect IDEs.   
      
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