[[lazarus] Delphi/TSE, Lazarus/X]

[Michal Bukovjan]

Hi,

everything written for X should have remote functionality, as the "remoteness"
is handled directly by the X libraries and the app itself does not need to
know about on what computer is running.

That means, for example, GTK is written for X, therefore it is remote (for
display purposes}. It is very transaprent for the application programmer.

As for DB connectivity for Linux, I am not sure it is even in design stage
yet, although I am considering taking part on this (as a part of my PhD grade
studies, when noone else/better is available :-)

I think if you stick to TDataset interface and will not be using much of the
Interbase/BDE specific stuff, there should be little problems in porting once
the DB stuff is finished. And who knows, there may be a day when
Borland/Inprise releases BDE+Interbase link under GPL !

And moreover, should you use FreeIB components or something like this, hey, I
think these are open source, so I do not see much problems in porting these
...

Mike 

"Chris G. Royle" <cgr at dialabed.co.za> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> As a very interested lurker, I would like to congratulate the Lazarus Team
-
> well done, can't wait for version 1.
> 
> I am currently designing an application under Delphi, which will probably
> use NT Terminal Server to run remote sites over a WAN. The Delphi app
> accesses an Interbase Server on Linux.
> 
> I am hoping to use Lazarus to port my app to Linux, and use X windows for
> the remote sessions. I would also use PostGreSQL as the SQL server. Being
> new to Linux, I am not sure if this is possible. Does the GTK / Lazarus
have
> the remote x functionality, and do remote X sessions perform close to their
> Terminal Server counterparts ?
> 
> I realise that this is a difficult question to answer, and possibly
> pre-mature - but I would prefer not to pass on too much more money to Bill
> Gates.
> 
> Any comments in this regard would be welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Chris
> 
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