Thanks for your reply, JD, I am trying to find software to program Linux for my own personal projects. I prefer some form of public license such as gpl. Visual Basic won't run on Linux, so I am looking for something I can use. I am hoping for something that allows me to create desktop applications, but if it happens that I can use one for desktop and it creates web pages, that's fine too. Depending on the execution speed and programming time, I would not mind one that only runs in a web browser, but I prefer to have non-browser windows at my option. Thanks Buck -----Original Message----- From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of JD Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 7:54 PM To: psyche-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: What programming languages are available for Linux? kbb0927@cs.com wrote: >If you want Windows/Linux Cross Platform development Delphi 7 Pro(Contains >Kylix 3). It is a fairly simple RAD to learn. I have learned and I am not >a programmer at all. I will only do dbase/xbase/foxpro under the windows >version as it has a db engine called dbexpress that accesses postgreSQL and mysql. The Kylix Open Editions do not have database access, you will have to search for an install some of the freebies for it. But it will only have access then for interbase files. Obviously the Enterprise and Professional Versions (commercial) of Delphi/Kylix do have database access. They do not, AFAIK, access MsAccess. > >If you want lite, MsAccess like, go with ReKall by the Kompany. There is a cost and they have an embedded version for your Zaurus PDA. It will access postgresSQL, xbase, and mysql. It comes in both Linux and Windows versions out of the box. The current version is 1.10. I like it since I >am not a programmer, but I like to write my own programs, too, and I use >Delphi 6 Pro and Kylix 2 - both commercially purchased version w/database access. I run a home-based business and wrote a program using Delphi/Kylix >cross-platform to access data and track orders ( it is still under development for self-use). > Use freeclx, dbControls, zeos for database in Kylix OE. There are some few bugs, but it works okey once you can handle it. So, the database problem in Kylix OE is solved. You can even install indy for server programming. Delphi7 cannot compile clx for linux, so we still need to have Kylix to compile what Delphi writes. But I wonder, how big is the project actually? If it's only for our personal usage..., really!..., kylix2 OE can already do a lot of stuff for us. If one can use it well, it does do a lot of thing nicely like we do with VB6 in Windows. It's easy to program, fast, and there are plenty of example out there that we can learn from as well as just copy/paste to our personal software. BTW..., wine can already run vb6! Check out it from www.winehq.com. If you have some simple VB apps that doesn't do a complicated system call, try to compile it in Windows and wine it in Linux. Most probably that will work! JD >HTH, > >Keith B. >Rigoberto de la Cruz <rigodcx@yahoo.com> wrote: > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
