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Shockwaver
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 Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject: Borland C++ for linux |
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Hi guys..
I need a program for linux that works like Borland C++ builder... In other words it has to have the form editor allowing me to work with TClasses (like TForm, TCheckBox, etc...)... If it would also have .dfm and .bpr file compability would be great but it is not strictly required.. |
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Kulfaangaren!
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Location: Borås, Sweden
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daj
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| Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Borland C++ for linux |
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| Shockwaver wrote: | Hi guys..
I need a program for linux that works like Borland C++ builder... In other words it has to have the form editor allowing me to work with TClasses (like TForm, TCheckBox, etc...)... If it would also have .dfm and .bpr file compability would be great but it is not strictly required.. |
If you're hoping to port a Windows Borland C++ project into linux without change then you're out of luck -- even Borland's own linux offering (the now-defunct Kylix product) used a different class library from BCB on Windows and couldn't import or convert Windows projects.
If you're just hoping to develop software on linus using a familiar interface then there's Lazarus which is across-platform Delphi look-alike. The IDE is fairly like that of Borland's C++ Builder, but the code is Pascal rather than C++.
There is a fairly current version in portage, but it's masked. I don't know how cleanly it builds on Gentoo.
If you'd be happy with something less Borland-like but based on C++ you might like to look at tools targeting Qt or wxWidgets. I have found DialogBlocks for wxWidgets quite usable (though only a limited demo version is free as in beer), and I hear good things about Code::Blocks and its wxSmith plug-in.
Both dialogblocks and Code::Blocks are in portage, though Code::Blocks is masked. |
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tuber
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| IIRC, one of my favorite things about Turbo C++ was the ability to essentially get a man page for C++ classes and methods (not the same thing as a class browser). Do any of the current IDE's have this feature? |
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MaximeG
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Hi,
You may try "Kdevelop" or "Eclipse+CDT" ?
You may also want to try "QtDesigner" which is good for graphical interfaces design.
Regards,
Maxime
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