Any hints to use Lazarus component in Delphi?
lazarus / 13-General

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v.denis · 2015-03-04 12:24

I had not time to research it myself yet. But maybe someone have any
thoughts on it.

I'd like to use Lazarus Synedit and Object Inspector in Delphi (doing
small code editor). Lazarus Synedit is very advanced and I see no
sense to use Delphi one if I could get Lazarus one.

Using source code is problematic I think, because LCL vs VCL, and code
differences.

Maybe some way using it via DLL? I want it on Windows only.

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marcov · 2015-03-04 12:50

Any practical reuse must be done on sourcelevel. 

Even if components can be in DLLs (which is already doubtful, and why
"packages" exist in Delphi) they must be generated by same compiler
and -version.

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v.denis · 2015-03-04 12:52

Yeah, I agree on packages.

I've thought of some COM/OLE-like export, though have not done serious
research yet.

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JuhaManninen · 2015-03-04 13:52

Quote from: v.denis on March 04, 2015, 01:24:03 pmI'd like to use
Lazarus Synedit and Object Inspector in Delphi (doing small code
editor).

Why do you want to use Delphi instead of Lazarus for this project?

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v.denis · 2015-03-04 14:06

I have existing Delphi project which uses Synedit. Rewriting it to
Lazarus is too much work just to use advanced Synedit.

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JuhaManninen · 2015-03-04 14:34

Quote from: v.denis on March 04, 2015, 03:06:05 pmI have existing
Delphi project which uses Synedit. Rewriting it to Lazarus is too much
work just to use advanced Synedit.

You don't need to rewrite it. LCL is more or less compatible with VCL,
you can port your project with small changes. If you don't want to
make it cross-platform, your chances for success are high.
Lazarus Tools menu has a Delphi converter. Did you try it? What
problems you faced?