Unigui for Lazarus

[Josué Elias]

Is there a plan to have a version of Unigui for Lazarus? I would really like to be able to use Unigui, but I currently use Lazarus and I noticed that there are a lot of requests here on the forum.

[Sherzod]

17 hours ago, Josué Elias said:

Is there a plan to have a version of Unigui for Lazarus?

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We have considered to create a port for Lazarus, but workload didn't allow us to make it happen. From what I see Lazarus adopts a completely different IDE integration API compared with Delphi. We need to add custom Forms and DataModules to the IDE.

Are they any resources which explains all the needed step to achieve this? The resource that I have reviewed a few years ago wasn't adequate...

 

[Josué Elias]

Lazarus is very up to date with the latest versions, for example version 3.2 (current).

Lazarus is compatible with codes made in Delphi, sometimes requiring some adjustments mainly because you can use the {$mode delphi} directive at the beginning of all units.

I believe that you would initially need to migrate only the front-end components. Of course I don't know the extent of the entire Unigui package.

I have already participated in software migration from Delphi to Lazarus and when we use the Delphi directive the work becomes much faster.

example of using the directive:

unit Test Unit;

{$mode delphi}

interface

uses

...

[Fred Montier]

From my "humble 40 years experience", all communities based in "free" tools, won't buy third parties tools in such volume that compensate an investment (in uniGUI case, won't be small) to a "club" of programmers where the first objective is exactly using "free" tools. Or is Lazarus is superior to Delphi ?

And there is the CE edition. TMS WebCore should be more suitable. But see tms support forum and you will have an idea how is going for them.

Lazarus users won't accept having the same price as regular RAD users. Remember Kylix ? I DO !

I have Lazarus/FreePascal in my Desktop with my vintage D7. Guess what I still using ?

 

[Fred Montier]

TMS Webcore to lazarus/freepascal is (or were) a breeze compared to uniGUI portability. 

[zemorango]

I really need a version for Lazarus, I need to compile to Linux and the Delphi Professional only compiles for Windows, I prefer to pay 5 years of unigui support instead of buying a enterprise or architect version of Delphi $$$$$$.  For the moment I  deploy to Windows servers that the only thing I can do with my Delphi license, but the cost of windows servers are mush mush higher then a Linux one. Also there is a nice new project D2bridge https://www.d2bridge.com.br/  that looks great and already support Lazarus, so why doesn't Unigui?

[picyka]

I have been following this project, it was created by a Brazilian, it is at the very beginning, it is progressing quickly. I believe that something is not mature enough for large projects, but it seems very promising.

[zemorango]

1 hour ago, picyka said:

I have been following this project, it was created by a Brazilian, it is at the very beginning, it is progressing quickly. I believe that something is not mature enough for large projects, but it seems very promising.

Yes is just a baby  9 month,  😁  and it's great if you have a VCL ou "LCL" (Lazarus)  app that you need to convert whitout having to rewrite the code, but for big project unigui is king, and I would love to have unigui working on Lazarus, Lazarus version 4.0 is just great.

[Josué Elias]

It would really be great to have unigui for Lazarus. The Lazarus community has been growing a lot and many people are migrating from Delphi to Lazarus because of the prices applied by Embarcadero.

[风吹小机机]

 

[zemorango]

6 hours ago, 风吹小机机 said:

 

Hi, what does this mean? that there is a version for Lazarus? if so how to get it?

[风吹小机机]

On 11/29/2024 at 9:05 PM, zemorango said:

Hi, what does this mean? that there is a version for Lazarus? if so how to get it?

This is a personal modified version, not official. need to first design the module using DELPHI and then compile it with Lazarus,

It is estimated that there is no IDE compatible with Lazarus

[zemorango]

11 hours ago, 风吹小机机 said:

This is a personal modified version, not official. need to first design the module using DELPHI and then compile it with Lazarus,

It is estimated that there is no IDE compatible with Lazarus

I see, thanks for the clarification.