>Hey all,
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>Saw a Kylix demo last night, and here are my notes. Feel free to ask any questions!
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>JoeK
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>Kylix Demo - October 19, 2000 - 5:30-7:00
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>- cross-platform data access layer
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>- Delphi will come out first, and eventually there will be an Enterprise (Delphi and C++) Studio.
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>- uses native Linux compiler

Would this be the gcc from FSF?

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>- CLX (class library cross-platform) instead of VCL on the Linux side. CLX will be a part of Delphi 6.0, so that is when true cross-platform code can be written.
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>- data access through MIDAS (Borland's middleware layer).
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>- database layer will have access for MySQL, Interbase, and "other major SQL DBs"

Any mention of PostgreSQL?

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>- XML support
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>- support for Apache and CGI programming.
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>- BDE will NOT be ported to Linux.
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>- CLX is based on Qt. Will help allow Kylix apps to be Open Source. Qt license can go other way -- pay for it if you charge for apps, or don't pay if you release as Open Source.

Great!!! Qt is awesome!

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>- Kylix apps will work fine under both Gnome and KDE environments (including support for themes).
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>- Kylix won't have anything to do with kernel development.
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>- DEMO: Pentium 300 with 128 MB of RAM. RedHat 6.2 on KDE
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>- Look and Feel of Delphi 5.0
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>- Code browser just like Windows...two-way tool.
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>- Code-completion just like Windows version.
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>- Distribution: makes single executable, but some libraries are required. (so files). Wasn't sure about all distribution options.
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>- Can drill down into the class libraries just like the VCL on Windows.
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>- Demoed a financial calculator ported from Windows (600-700 lines of code, 2 forms, no database access, no third-party components).
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>- Had to change project files to make sure all filenames had matching cases since Linux is case-sensitive.
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>- Some unit names changed, for example, Forms becomes QForms.
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>- Locale information was buggy in the pre-release version.
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>- Had to remove Win32 calls. Use the Canvas object since that is cross-platform.
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>- Entire calculation unit ported with no changes.
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>- That was it! It was not a database app, however.
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>- Win 3.1 components are gone, no ActiveX, no COM, no BDE.
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>- Most third-party vendors are porting to CLX, so third-party support should be good.
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>- Create libraries that can be called as a Windows DLL would.
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>- Showed a Java class that calls a Delphi class from a Delphi library (DPR file)
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>- "dcc" command-line compiler which can generate lib.so files.
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>- Database app: database components on the DBExpress tab
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>- Connection and RecordSet component. DBExpress has its own connection dialog
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>- Just like using TDatabase, TQuery and TDataSource, and a lot like ADO objects.
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>- Hooked to local Interbase server. Not sure about file-based databases.
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>- For more complex database apps (like bi-directional datasets), have to use MIDAS components (requires two extra controls)
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>- More complex, but offers things like offline datasets, etc. Very ADO-like.
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>- If you are already doing MIDAS, you are already there on the Linux side.
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>- Made a CGI web-server application. Apache objects will also be an option.
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>- Code the Response.Content right in Kylix, and then create CGI module. Run browser, point to localhost, and there is the content. Very easy!
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>- Then accessed an employee database table and used a "DatasetTableProducer" control to generate a table of output (just like Delphi on Windows).
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>- Overall, other than the obvious "Windows-only" pieces, Kylix _is_ Delphi for Linux.
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