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I know you've already mostly decided on a direction, but I figured I'd throw in my two cents. LDView takes a different tack for cross-platform support: all the back-end code is cross-platform C++, but the UI code is platform-specific. So my Windows (...) (14 years ago, 1-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I switched to a new machine running Windows Seven 64 bits, and I had a bit of trouble installing Quad2Dat. Here is what I had to do: - Download and install Visual Basic 5 runtime (File msvbvm50.exe, get it from (URL) Place MSFLXGRD.OCX somewhere on (...) (14 years ago, 1-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) <snip> (...) Hi Roland, I use Qt (free) with static binding for LPub4. It works pretty well, and is well organized, but the learning curve is big (but not too steep). Kevin (14 years ago, 1-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There has been bugs in the app itself and the wrong version of rectifier has been packed in the installer. Therefore you will find at (URL) now the version 1.5.0.1 Thanks to Philo, who has directed me to that errors. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 1-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Roland Melkert wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for all the tips everybody, I've been playing around this weekend and decided to start writing something semi serious using C++ and ether wxWidgets or Qt. And for an IDE I decided on using (...) (14 years ago, 31-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not sure Lazarus is the way to go with FPC, there's too much of 'Delphi look-alike but never getting there' over Lazarus. But there are other ways of using FPC. (14 years ago, 28-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) As a Delphi programmer you might give Lazarus and freepascal a whirl. Since I also use Delphi, I tried it to make MPDWizard cross platform and it performed well. One sticking point in getting LDDP converted over is that JCL/JVCL isn't (...) (14 years ago, 28-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Remi Gagne wrote: <snip> (...) hmm, I thought LGPL mend you can only dynamically link to the library, I'll have to take another look it seems. Thanks. (...) <snip> (...) Yes, I've heard more people talking about Python like it's (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Anders Isaksson wrote: <snip (...) I didn't know of the multiplatform plans for Delphi, but considering the way it went with Kylix (and now 64 bit) I'm not going to wait for it. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Delphi and always have, (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Michael Heidemann wrote: snip (...) snip (...) I'm excluding .NET because it's proprietary and I don't like the way MS is pushing it. Also Mono is reversed engineered which means it will never be completely up to pair and or (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) SNIP (...) Some years ago I was looking for the same thing for the LDraw Tools I had in mind. As I only did it for personal use any commercial software was out of the race. Also the C based languages are not good for me as I did never code in (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Qt is licensed under the LGPL which allows commercial use, either statically or dynamically linked, without problems. The only caveat is that if you modify Qt itself, you must release your modifications to Qt as open source. (...) If native (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You're aware of the fact that Delphi is going multiplatform in coming releases? First the Mac, later linux. Still, it's an unseen card, we don't know how good it will be, and how long they (Embarcadero) will pursue the multiplatform track this (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks, I've been looking at Qt but as far I understand it's license doesn't permit commercially static linked closed applications, something I need for my business projects. I know you could link dynamically but that probably raises all kinds (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) wxWidgets isn't bad, but for serious, heavy-UI applications, Qt is far, far better. Its QtCreator IDE & debugger isn't bad either, and is easy to get started with. And QtDesigner, its drag-n-drop UI developer, is one of the few such tools I've (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Couple of reasons really: 1. Some of my customers are asking about the cost/timeframe of a non windows version of their software. 2. I think windows only software has had it best time, Linux is maturing quickly and Apple is gaining ground. 3. (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Why do you want to go multiplatform? Good thing that .NET is off the table! It's a pain for us users, too. /Tore (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I all, I've been a Delphi programmer both private and work related for over 15 years , but I think it's time to take a dive in the multiplatform world. So in order to get the hang of things I decided to start a new LDraw application in means of a (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Your posts are on-topic. Actually, I've had this problem before from some of the robotics groups, where I get responses with the single word "unsubscribe" in them, so it might be more likely than you think. (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi all, I have updated LETGUI to support the latest tools created by Philo ((URL) and (URL) can find the latest version of LETGUI at (URL) is a complete install for windows systems with all tools in one installer. For Linux user I have now also (...) (14 years ago, 25-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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