Delphi 7 comes in the box with Delphi 8 so you won't have to exchange it. That was Borland's way of saying sorry for not having Win32 support in Delphi 8.
You should be able to make a class that compiles in all three (D7, D8, FPC). Just stick to the basics and it should all be fine. Sly > I've been given a copy of Delphi (8, altough I may exchange it for 7) > and been asked to create a class that implements some non-visual > functionality (it will perform searches on textual data, like > Google.com). > > I'm dreading giving up Linux compatibility. Is it possible that I > could create the required class in such a way that it can be compiled > by both Delphi 7/8 and also by FPC? If it's possible, is it > *reasonable* that I do this as a Delphi novice? Got any tips on > things to avoid? I'm not even sure how I will do it without a > command line.... > > Any recommendations on a good book for my context? Using FPC and the > FPC docs, I tried making a class over the weekend and I did something > majorly wrong... I don't grok the difference between an object field > and a class property. > > Thanks! > > -Alan _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
