[Lazarus] fpGUI

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2011, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 01:43 +0000, Paulo Costa wrote:
>> Because:
>> - A lfm parser can be easier to code/maintain than a pascal code parser.
>> - It is easier to deal with properties appearing and disappearing.
>> - It just works (tm) (there are other brands using this slogan with
>> great success :)
>
> Same with fpGUI UI Designer's design. Also, if it was such a great idea
> to separate the UI code into another file, why is Borland the only
> company to do that. .NET, Qt GTK etc all use embedded source code
> describing the UI. :)

It is not correct that they are the only one. There are others:
* VB
* XUL
* Windows itself. (prior to .Net)

And maybe Borland is the only one to have done it right. 
They don't need to change, why would they ? 
The system as it is works just fine.

Michael.