[fpc-pascal] Delphi To Free Pascal

[Skybuck@home.nl]

Hi,

This my test to see if free pascal can be used to compile Delphi Projects.

I have thousands of delphi projects/project files etc... but for this test I
simply create a new application and save it to c:\freepascal testen\hello
world\version 0.01

I notice how free pascal does not support delphi projects ?

I still open and after running it, free pascal ide says:

project1.dpr(4,8) Fatal: Can't find unit FORMS

This is the source:

program Project1;

uses
  Forms,
  Unit1 in 'Unit1.pas' {Form1};

{$R *.res}

begin
  Application.Initialize;
  Application.CreateForm(TForm1, Form1);
  Application.Run;
end.

So much for that.

Now I try to compile a delphi console project.

I again create a new project in delphi and save it as hello console ;)

This time it went as follows:

Euhm maybe this is because I used my free pascal cross compiler which
compiles from
windows to linux.... I made that once lol... but still I started the win32
fp ?

Oh well

Here is how it went (still not good ;)):

■ Free Pascal IDE  Version 0.9.2
Using "C:\pp2\bin\win32\cygwin1.dll" version 1003.22.0.0
program started
press enter to continue

program finished
CallSignal called
Exception_Continue_Execution  set

Here is the source:

program Project1;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  SysUtils;

begin
  { TODO -oUser -cConsole Main : Insert code here }
  writeln('program started');

  writeln('press enter to continue');
  readln;

  writeln('program finished');
end.

Free Pascal does not seem like an alternative to delphi at first sight.

Free Pascal claims compatiblity with delphi... but I am not seeing it from
these very simple quick tests.

I have very little time to spent on free pascal etc... so if I do give free
pascal a chance I would like it to have a couple of euhm things:

1. Delphi Project File support.

2. Open Delphi Project File, Press Compile, Press Run and voila ;)

Free Pascal should simply make it happen just like that ;)

I have all delphi source code... like classess.pas and the vcl source... so
maybe an installer
can be made for free pascal so that it can find the delphi source code.

Bye,
  Skybuck.