It wouldn't surprise me. Delphi is definitely lower level than VB or .VFP. I was creating native ISAPI web applications with Delphi last year.
>Claude,
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>>The question is: does the Delphi environment create native .NET applications? I don't think it does(but maybe I'm wrong). If it doesn't, then it's probably not much different than using interop with .VFP. mtdlls. The TLBIMP command(free in the .NET Framework) will take a .VFP. mtdll and emit MSIL Intermediate code that is understood by the .NET framework..
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>I could be wrong, but I believe Delphi.NET DOES create native .NET applications with its own IDE and .NET compiler. Borland also provides their own Data Providers to use instead of the built-in ones that come with .NET.
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>Whether they're there yet or not, I don't know, but the chart here shows that they are at least in beta with native .NET apps:
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>http://www.borland.com/delphi/pdf/del7_techview.pdf
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>Borland is promoting this as "The #1 Independent Path to .NET".