Re: What do you tell about Delphi 2005 and .NET

Paul A. wrote:

>I just upgraded to 2005 Pro.
>
>1)  Can someone tell me where to find a good beginner's explanation of the 
>difference between Win32 and .NET?  I have Delphi code going back many 
>years for Win32, so I'm trying to understand whether I should be moving my 
>old code to .NET.  I.e., I don't want to put a lot more effort into writing 
>Win32 if it's going to be obsolete in the near future.
>  
>
http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/

>Is .NET an entirely new API?
>  
>
Yes, it is. It is completely object oriented.

>2)  Assuming I continue to write for Win32 and don't use .NET at this 
>point, is there a way to install 2005 without .NET?  The installer refused 
>to install 2005 without forcing me to install an enormous amount of .NET 
>and other modern stuff as well.
>
There is a way one of the users found, but it is not supported by Borland. 
But I suggest you ask this in the Borland newsgroups, especially:

news://newsgroups.borland.com/borland.public.delphi.non-technical.



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Rudy Velthuis        http://rvelthuis.bei.t-online.de



 
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