[fpc-pascal] absolute beginner

[dmitry boyarintsev]

> No, chances are very low. It's a component which will most-probably
> depend on several vcl-internals with which the FCL is incompatible.
> Because the FCL has to deal with several widgetsets and OS'es. While
> Delphi's vcl is windows-only.
Chances depend on how component is actually implemented.
I guess it's very bad practise to make any component to be hardly
bound to vcl-internal. It's risky, because vcl-intercals can change
(and did change) from one version delphi to another.

I've had to port a couple of components myself, it was not too hard.

If component is windows dependant, then LCL provides replacment for
most common WinAPI functions.

Thanks,
Dmitry