[Lazarus] Project conversion Delphi -> FreePascal: success!

[Alexsander Rosa]

That reminds me I need to update http://port2laz.blogspot.com soon.
There's a lot of new things happening right now with the new version.

2011/1/3 Darius Blaszyk <dhkblaszyk at zeelandnet.nl>

> Hi Birger,
>
> The list is definitely of interest to me and others! If possible please
> create patches and add them to the bug tracker. This will help not only
> future conversions but "ordinary" projects as well.
>
> Regards, Darius
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Birger Jansen wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Last month I converted a 500.000 lines Delphi project to FreePascal, and
> I wanted to thank those who replied to my questions over the mailing list
> and the whole FPC / Lazarus team for delivering a great product. Also all
> contributors to wiki pages, newsgroups and forums: thanks! Even the smallest
> pages or postings contained useful information and are a valuable source of
> information.
> >
> > The converted application is an output viewer for calculations based on
> the finite element method. It is intended for 2-Dimensional and
> 3-Dimensional geotechnical analysis of deformation and stability of soil
> structures, as well as groundwater and heat flow, in geo-engineering
> applications such as excavation, foundations, embankments and tunnels. (so
> this is a result viewer, the actual calculations are performed with another
> application).
> >
> > The conversion was a pilot with the main reason for trying FPC the need
> for 64 bit. During conversion I encountered lots of small issues (Unicode,
> OpenGL, images with scanline manipulation, generics, anonymous methods,
> class constants and functions, MDI forms, treeview with custom drawing,
> Steema TChart, custom controls and more). For most of the encountered issues
> I created a list with their solution, I'll try to clean it up and see if I
> can post it somewhere because it might also be helpful for others.
> >
> > Attached you will find some screenshots of the result, these give you an
> idea of what the program does.
> >
> > With kind regards,
> >  Birger Jansen
> > <screenshot 1.JPG><screenshot 2.JPG><screenshot 4.JPG><screenshot
> 6.JPG>--
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