On 2017-08-20 22:21, Lars via Lazarus wrote:
Does it require WINE or anything obscure, which makes installing apps
difficult for the end user?
It doesn't use WINE as far as I know. As I understand it, it is similar
to LCL in that the toolkit API implementation is very Windows API
centric (obviously because VCL is). So they have implemented a "bridge"
where Windows API calls are translated to native API's, no matter the
platform - similar to what WINE does, but not actually using WINE.
There FAQ page explains in much better and in more detail:
http://www.crossvcl.com/faq.html
My issue with CrossVCL is that it requires Delphi 10.2 and the OSX
add-on for Mac targets, or the Enterprise edition of Delphi to target
Linux. That means a considerable expense! FPC and Lazarus is FREE and
targets the same platforms or more. And personally I doubt I'll ever
move back to closed source development tools.
Regards,
Graeme
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