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    From Martin Foster@2:280/464.27 to All on Sat Jan 29 08:24:24 2022
    Hello All!

    Has anyone tried running WinPoint in Wine on Linux ?

    Regards,
    Martin

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  • From Dale Barnes@1:106/201 to Martin Foster on Sat Jan 29 09:41:47 2022
    Has anyone tried running WinPoint in Wine on Linux ?

    Have not, would be interesting if it would work but I have not tried Wine (Linux version only) but WinPoint uses a lot of WIndows APIs.

    I know Delphi supports Linux (I have InterMail key core routines testing going on now with it) but you have to use the FMX formats, not VCL. It is possible to move WinPoint to multi-platform, it would take a bit of work. If you can get the app to compile under FPC, then you may be able to make changes but again, still would require a bit of work.

    Let me know if anyone gets WP working or tested under Wine.
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  • From Martin Foster@2:310/31.7 to Dale Barnes on Wed Feb 2 13:12:32 2022
    Hello Dale!

    *** Saturday 29.01.22 at 9:41:47, Dale Barnes wrote to Martin Foster:

    [snip]
    Let me know if anyone gets WP working or tested under Wine.

    Will do but don't hold yer breath :-)

    Regards,
    Martin

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  • From Fernando Toledo@4:902/26 to Dale Barnes on Thu Feb 3 11:23:55 2022
    El 29/1/22 a las 06:41, Dale Barnes escribió:
    > Has anyone tried running WinPoint in Wine on Linux ?

    Have not, would be interesting if it would work but I have not tried Wine (Linux version only) but WinPoint uses a lot of WIndows APIs.

    I know Delphi supports Linux (I have InterMail key core routines testing going on now with it) but you have to use the FMX formats, not VCL. It is possible to move WinPoint to multi-platform, it would take a bit of work. If you can get the app to compile under FPC, then you may be able to make changes but again, still would require a bit of work.

    Let me know if anyone gets WP working or tested under Wine.
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    really cool that will compile with fpc!

    linux port will great!
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  • From Martin Foster@2:280/464.27 to Fernando Toledo on Fri Feb 4 10:27:05 2022
    Hello Fernando!

    *** Thursday 03.02.22 at 14:23:55, Fernando Toledo wrote to Dale Barnes:

    [snip]
    linux port will great!

    +1

    Regards,
    Martin

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  • From Tim Schattkowsky@2:240/1120.29 to Martin Foster on Fri Feb 4 12:08:52 2022
    //Hello Martin,//

    on *04.02.2022* at *10:27:05* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*
    to *Fernando Toledo* about *"WinPoint in Wine"*.

    Hello Fernando!

    *** Thursday 03.02.22 at 14:23:55, Fernando Toledo wrote to Dale Barnes:

    [snip]
    linux port will great!

    +1

    Would be, but in reality it is technically far far away. While latest Delphi compiles to multiple platforms even from the same code base, that code base has to be designed for it. WinPoint however is very much built around Win32, so porting that stuff to something that is compilable for multiple platforms essentially involves reworking everything. Probably not going to happen.

    Also, such a big effort makes not much sense if WP runs on Wine (which I expect). If it does not directly run on Wine, that may also be easy to fix.

    Regards,
    Tim
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