[Lazarus] Experiences in converting Delphi apps

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:19:07 -0400
Lee Jenkins <lee at datatrakpos.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm thinking of porting a subset of my Delphi apps to Lazarus/LCL.  These are 
> apps that use minimal or no 3rd party components and have been written with some 
> assumptions such as using PathDelim and friends with an eye towards possible 
> conversion at some point.
> 
> I tried the Delphi project converter in Lazarus for a simple utility app that I 
> had previously written in delphi and it seemed to work pretty good.  Personally, 
> I'd like to convert as much as possible to work in {$mode objfpc} which means 
> more manual conversion here and there I'm thinking.
> 
> 
> Anyone ported any significant projects from delphi to Lazarus/LCL that would 
> like to share your experience and any not so obvious gotchas I should look out for?

See here:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Code_Conversion_Guide

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Multiplatform_Programming_Guide

Mattias