Is there a Cross Platform ( Win32 / Win64 / Linux32 / Linux64 / MacOSX Snow Leopard ) Commercial Development Tool / IDE / Programming Language ?
( No Java / .Net , only NATIVE )
From the answers i'am understandig ( my understanding) there is not any single Comercial Tool/IDE/Programing language ( combined all toggether ) for native cross platform development ( platforms in the question ) !!!
And I 'am asking for a Comercial product , having in mind the "quality" of the microsoft visual studio or the RAD Studio ( delphi . c++ ).
I looked at Freepascal/Lazarus but it give not the impresion of a "full quality product" ( sorry guys , nice but way way far from Delphi or VS , any way keep the good work )
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Thank you all for the interest , I will keep searching , any new information will be helpfull.
And I like to apologise for my english ( not native !! to me , learned what i know by my self).
Sebastian.
Embarcadero (the current owner of Delphi) has promised a cross-platform version (win32. Mac, Linux) in the near future... Check the Delphi road map (by product manager Michale Rozlog) on their developer web site (dn.codegear.com) for more details.
It will be a native compiler for each platform, according to the current, limited, information available.
What exactly do you need? A Tool or a IDE or a Language? Why it has to be commercial?
You tagged this Question with "delphi", so I expect you looking for a cross patform IDE/Compiler.
For what I know, the only native cross platform compiler is FreePascal, you can use the Delphi 7-Like IDE Lazarus with that compiler. But both aren't commercial, but opensource.
In a few Months (nobody knows exactly when) there will be a new cross platform Delphi.
Embarcadero Delphi XE2 is now in beta test, native support for MacOS and 64 Bit is included, support for Linux is announced - see http://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/64-bit
and What should be tested in 64-bit Delphi
Another (commercial but inexpensive) toolkit is wxForms for Delphi, based on wxWidgets:
"wxForms for Delphi is an integrated
form designer plugin for CodeGear
Delphi that helps you to create cross
platform applications for Windows Mac
OSX and Linux using single source
base.
wxForms code from Delphi can be
compiled in Mac OSX and Linux without
much change using FreePascal/Lazarus."
http://www.twinforms.com/products/wxformsdelphi/index.php
Have a look at Qt library recently bought by Nokia. You can use it in C++ but there are bindings in many languages for example this is the python binding.
You can choose from three different type of licenses (commercial, LGPL or GPL)
There's also wxWidgets and the UI designer tool DialogBlocks.
There's also CodeBlocks for C++ only. And if you add multiples plugins you can consider vim and emacs. With the latter two you can use any development language.
While it's not free and I haven't used it in awhile, Metrowerks Codewarrior used to be cross platform, not sure if it is still around or not though.
Qt + Qt Creator + GCC (or perhaps some other compiler on Windows, such as the MS Visual Studio Express Edition compiler). Qt provides great support for building cross-platform GUI applications, Qt Creator provides a uniform IDE, and then you just need the appropriate compiler for your platform.
Qt Creator is open source, and Qt is available in both open source and commercially-licensed versions (although the open source version is suitable for commercial development these days due to its use of the LGPL).
CodeTyphon is a powerful one click installation package for cross platform native development. It already supports 4 CPU/OS hosts (Win32, Win64, Linux32, Linux64), and 16 CPU/OS targets (arm-Wince, arm-Linux, arm-Embedded, arm-gba, arm-nds, i386-Win32, i386-Linux, i386-FreeBSD, i386-Haiku, x86_64-Win64, x86_64-Linux, x86_64-FreeBSD, powerpc-Linux, powerpc64-Linux, sparc-Linux, sparc-Solaris). More are supported in Lazarus/FreePascal, but others are not yet integrated in CodeTyphon. Did I mention that it is free?
One code to rule them all ;-)
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I have an old software that uses DirectX 9. It's quite obsolete but there are still people using it.
Win10 does not come with DX9 preinstalled and I want to add it to my installer. So far I see that there's a large (100mb) DX package from Microsoft that contains all the versions and builds of DX9 and 10. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en)
Among the many version, I see, for example, "Jun2010_d3dx9_43_x86.cab" that contains the .dll, .cat and .inf. I'd say that this is sufficient for what I need so I'd add this to my program's installer (inno-setup).
I am a bit outdated on DX and DLLs knowledge. Can someone give some pointers on how to proceed and if it's right installing only one of that dll?
Thanks!
DirectX 9.0c does in fact come with Windows 10. Starting with Windows XP Service Pack 2, the "DirectX End-user Runtime" never installs DirectX on any version of Windows. The only way to update "DirectX" is to install a Service Pack, a Windows Update, or move to a new version of Windows.
See Not So Direct Setup for the full story here.
Your old application, however, likely does rely on some optional side-by-side components like D3DX9, D3DX10, D3DX11, XAudio2_7, XInput1_3, D3DCompile #43, Managed DirectX 1.1, or other thing that is only deployed by the legacy DirectX End-User Runtime. In that case, you should download the latest DXSETUP package (the April 2011 refresh of the end-of-life DirectX SDK June 2010 release on MSDN).
You can then configure a minimal package that will deploy just the DLLs you actually use. For example, if you used the D3DX9 June 2010 DirectX SDK for a 32-bit application, but that's all you needed, you can get away with an install package of just:
dxsetup.exe
dsetup32.dll
dsetup.dll
dxupdate.cab
Jun2010_d3dx9_43_x86.cab
Of course, if your application is old enough to be using a previous version of D3DX9, then you need to figure that out and use the right .cab.
See Where is the DirectX SDK? as well.
Does Delphi support ARMv5 and ARMv6 CPU's and is there a way to make my app work on them?
The answer is no because Delphi compiles native code targeted at a specific CPU, in this case ARMv7 with NEON support.
David I posted this on the subject:
Brian Long gives additional Android requirements in his blog post at
http://blog.blong.com/2013/09/delphi-for-android-aka-delphi-xe5-aka.html?showComment=1378942045563&m=1
Here is what he lists from our Documentation:
Android requirements
Because the Delphi compiler generates native machine instructions, its
output is processor-specific. In other words it doesn’t target the
Dalvik Virtual Machine, where regular Android applications reside,
which are basically Java p-code applications that are executed by a
variant of the Java VM. Instead it generates raw machine code, as all
the current wave of Delphi compilers do (the long gone Delphi for .NET
was the exception to this general rule). So because it’ a compiler
compiling native machine instructions Delphi’s Android support has the
following requirements:
there must be a GPU
the CPU must be ARMv7 with NEON instruction support
the OS on the target device must be one of: GingerBread: Android
2.3.3+ (MR1 or later), which is API level 10 Ice Cream Sandwich: Android 4.0.3+ (MR1 or later), which is API level 15 Jelly Bean:
Android 4.1+ (release, MR1, MR2 or later), which are API levels 16, 17
and 18
Embarcadero clearly states in their manual what is supported.
As far as I know (and what embarcadero tells on the RAD studio road shows), for Android at least ARM v7 with NEON support is required.
Edit: The (German) data sheet states "Android-Smartphones und –Tablet-Computer: ARMv7-Geräte mit NEON-Unterstützung," on the bottom of the last page.
I downloaded Lazarus, but have worked with Embarcadero Delphi IDE too. I have a question about building cross-platform Delphi applications.
How can I build them under win32 environment? I read the wiki from Lazarus site, that explains how to do it, but I still do not understand it. Is is possible to build and compile application under win32 environment for Linux and MacOS? If it is possible, can someone explain ste-by-step how to do it exactly.
EDIT:
Now is the time for talking about the new XE2 version of the Delphi IDE I think :)
Thanks
What you're asking for already exists in the lazarus wiki site, you need to read these articles.
Multiplatform Programming Guide
Cross compiling
Cross compiling for Win32 under Linux
How to Write Portable Code (nice doc from Marco van de Voort)
Buildfaq
While crosscompiling to a non windows target is possible (and not that hard), getting used to fpc/lazarus and crosscompiling in one first step is a bridge too far. This because Linux is not a very homogenous target and dealing with this variation requires some understanding how libraries and linking works on Linux. This defeats one-button downloadable cross-compile setups to "general" linux. I know, such one-button thingies that work out of the box for everyone would be great, but it is just not going to happen (or only forvery limited distribution-version combinations)
Crosscompiling with FPC is not extremely difficult or rocket science, but the amount of jargon and details can flabbergast uninitiated people, and without background knowledge it is hard to diagnose problems as a result of minor misconfigurations
I recommend to first familiarize yourself with Lazarus/FPC, and only then make the crosscompilation leap. (and the already mentioned buildfaq names some reasons).
Bottomline: install lazarus on Windows and start porting your app. If that succeeds, start using a linux install (or VM) to familiarize yourself with Linux, and Lazarus under it. You'll need a linux install anyway to test.
Only then start thinking about crosscompiling to speed up the process.
CodeTyphon is a powerful Lazarus/FPC one click easy installation package for cross platform native development. It already supports 4 CPU/OS hosts (Win32, Win64, Linux32, Linux64), and 16 CPU/OS targets (arm-Wince, arm-Linux, arm-Embedded, arm-gba, arm-nds, i386-Win32, i386-Linux, i386-FreeBSD, i386-Haiku, x86_64-Win64, x86_64-Linux, x86_64-FreeBSD, powerpc-Linux, powerpc64-Linux, sparc-Linux, sparc-Solaris). More are supported in Lazarus/FreePascal, but others are not yet integrated in CodeTyphon. Did I mention that it is free? One code to rule them all ;-)
The point is that you don't have to waste days for setting up your cross platform environment, since someone has already done the hard work for you.
I'm using flex (lexical analyzer, not Adobe Flex) on a project. However, I want to be able to compile on Windows platforms as well, but the Windows version's newest version is only 2.5.4a, so it won't compile my file for version 2.5.35. And no, I can't downgrade to the highest supported Windows version.
Anyone know about plans to upgrade the windows version, or have a suggestion to compile on windows anyway?
You can ask on the mailing list, or get involved in the Flex project yourself. I think the code-base for Flex has remained static for a while, but I don't know who maintains the Windows port. In the interim...
I would recommend including the produced source in your project.
Generate the lexer on a Linux system to produce your lex.c/lex.h files (or whatever)
Include those files in your Win32 C source before you build
If you don't have direct access to a Linux system, a virtual machine might be a good idea. The Flex source should be complaint to some C standard that builds on Windows, but most of the POSIX differences can be altered to use Win32 API fairly easily.
Maybe distribute as:
/src/source_files.c
/src/lex.l
/src/win32_lex/lex.c
This way systems with a modern flex can generate the source from the lex file, and Windows systems compiling the source can use the complementary pre-processed C files.
Short of using some user-space POSIX (Cygwin or whatever).
A little bit of tweaking required, but isn't that portability for you!
Windows builds of flex 2.5.35 do exist, but unfortunately they are not self contained. You can download the MINGW build here, and the Cygwin build here; see also another stackoverflow question. Each build requires that its respective (MINGW or Cygwin) kernel be installed.
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I am responsible for a Delphi/Win32 project management application. I have just completed a move to Delphi 2009.
More and more US based users want to use the application on their Mac computers, while the majority are Windows users.
Are there solutions out there to easily build a Delphi app that will natively run on MacOS?
With the release of RAD Studio XE2 in late 2011, Delphi developers should be able to build once and distribute on Win 32/64 and MacOS 32, with iOS support promised.
You might want to try Lazarus:
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/OS_X_Programming_Tips
Mac OS X doesn't run Windows programs. It doesn't provide any of the API you'd need, such as the functions in kernel32, user32, etc.
You could try running your program via Crossover. Other options include virtual machines, such as VMware Fusion and Parallels.
Another thing you might try is to use .Net. Convert your program to use the .Net version of Delphi and then run it on Mono on the Mac. I wouldn't put a lot of confidence in this method, though.
Your options to run native Delphi code on OSX are pretty limited. You can use Lazarus/Freepascal but that is a long way behind Delphi. It will produce native code.
Alternately you can use Prism and Mono. That apparently works well. Have a look at http://devcenter.remobjects.com/osx or http://wiki.remobjects.com/. Also, check out the remobjects blogs, and the embarcadero.public.delphiprism.mono.osx newsgroup.
That needs the mono redistributable. However mono also supports linking and ahead of time compilation so you might be able to get something close to native code on it.
In either case, you will need to rewrite your ui as the osx look and feel and conventions are different.
This is a very old thread but for people browsing here and looking for an answer in Q3 of 2011 or later the answer is yes.
With the release of Rad Studio XE2 this year, Delphi Developers will be able to create native applications for Mac OS as well as Win32, Win64 and iOS more platforms coming soon.
There may be some hope for the future for Delphi and the Mac.
The Podcast at Delphi.Org reviewed the closing keynote at CodeRage III (Dec 2008) when Embarcadero’s Wayne Williams talked about the Future. It said this:
I think the most exciting part of Wayne’s talk was the slide marked “The Future” which listed some of the company wide research initiatives underway. It specifically listed Mac, Linux, Cloud, Application Virtualization, FireBird, Touch, 64bit, SMP and Multi-core. When I asked about a Delphi for Mac and Linux they said that today, with Delphi Prism and Mono you could reach Mac and Linux, but in their labs they were working on native support, and that they had a significant head start.
While the Lazarus route is not a no brainer recompile, I've good experiences with it. I tried the (Delphi).NET+mono way before (to WinCE, Linux and OS X), and failed miserably.
Codegear talks a lot, but the next Delphi version will only have a PREVIEW of 64-bit (cmdline compiler). If you assume the version after that is the full 64-bit product, you can be sure that OS X is at the earliest 2 years away.
Lazarus or recoding.
I listened in on one of the recent Delphi 2009 show-off conference calls and they said that it was possible to run on a Mac using Delphi Prism and there is an automatic conversion utility called Oxidizer. I'm not sure if you'd call that native since you'd need Mono, but I think it's better than Wine.
Another alternative would be to develop a web based application. This avoids the "gui is different" problem and allows you to focus on your product. If you look at some of the latest AJAX controls, you can get pretty close to a full desktop application experience without having to sacrifice much. If your application needs to run locally, then developing a local web service in Delphi and translating it to Lazarus specifically targeting OSX seems to me to be a much easier and manageable task.
There's not really a good solution for this. Someone mentioned Lazurus, but it's not "there" yet. Delphi is just not a cross-platform tool. If you really want a Mac version then you probably ought to look at alternatives.
If your app is consumer-based, your users will expect lots of Cocoa goodness. Using anything else to make a Mac app will make them cranky.
However if it's more of a business app, then that's usually less important. I use REALbasic to build lots of Mac/Windows business applications. It's very similar to Delphi so it should be easy to pick up.
We have released a new product for creating cross platform apps (Mac OSX) using Delphi/Free Pascal. have a look at http://twinforms.com/
Welcome to the future/relive the past!
MacOS: https://www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/mac-osx-development
iOS: https://www.embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/ios-development