XP Embedded & CPPBuilder

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Mohammad Rezaeian

Hello

I have a large desktop application developed with CPPBuilder 6.0
Professional. This works on windows- NT, 2000 and Windows XP.
Now I want to port to windows Xp-embedded. My Question is, does windows
xp-embedded support VCL?
Granted I might have to make some GUI modifications to adapt to the new form
factor, but I would likely be able to use my existing code base.
Comments? Has anyone tried running a Borland app on XP embedded?

thanks

MR
 
Hi MR,

It's been a while since I have done any BC++.

From memory you should just be able to include the runtime of the VCL

There is no VCL component for XPe that I am aware of

Cheers

Darren
 
I have written major applications in Delphi, which also uses Borland's
VCL. I have not ported them to XPe but I see no reason why they should
not work. Also I have written a fairly simple test application in
Delphi that is running on XPe. This simple application uses serial
communications and third party VCL components.

Keep in mind that XPe uses the Windows XP Pro binaries. Any application
that runs on XP Pro should work on XPe, provided, of course, that XPe is
configued with the necessary drivers.

IMOH, Delphi is a vastly superior environment for Windows development.
Object Pascal is an object oriented language that is far more
bulletproof than C++ - fewer opportunities to shoot yourself in the
foot. Microsoft tends to overcomplicate things. The .NET framework,
which I like to refer to as a "flatulent Delphi," requires the
installation of 185 megabytes of bloatware on the end user machine, even
to support simple applcations. MFC is far from straightforward to use.

- Michael Bate
 
Mohammad said:
Comments? Has anyone tried running a Borland app on XP embedded?
Click to expand...

I use Delphi apps on XPe without problems. Just make sure you have
the components in your image to support any functions you use.

-Mike
 
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