I bought Kylix.

Personally, I like the Delphi IDE fine... You can customize it quite a lot, I hope you noticed? No, the versions released so far don't have a single "frame" (or "MDI") application-wide main window; but at least on Linux you could kind'a simulate that effect by giving it its own virtual desktop, couldn't you?

I haven't a clue about "RS232", except that 'serial' sounds like what is also known (from DOS) as "COM ports"... which, it seems, all belongs under the "[link|http://www.torry.net/modems.htm|Modems]" category at [link|http://www.torry.net/|Torry's]. (Which is to say, it sure seems possible; what Borland doesn't deliver in the package, others do.)

[Added on edit]: Silly me, quoting you the VCL (Win32) components... What you want is on the "[link|http://www.torry.net/comp_klx_comms.htm|Kylix Communications Components]" page, of course!

There's a lot less stuff there than on the Win32 page, but Lukas Gebauer's "SynaSer Serial Port Library" looks like it could be exactly what you need...? Anyway, it's "FWS" (Torry-speak for "FreeWare with Source"), so you can check it out at pretty much no risk or cost at all.

Post #46,120 by mmoffitt 7/19/02 4:50:32 PM Reply	I bought Kylix. Haven't played with it much. You might have a point, but that is among the messiest IDE's I've ever looked at. And no, I don't like VB's either, but it seems a lot less cluttered than Delphi/Kylix. And just to show that I haven't completely lost my mind, not knowing anything about Delphi, I am certain that it is a better tool for serial application development (RS-232). VB has always sucked at that, and it still does.
Post #46,142 by CRConrad 7/19/02 6:50:42 PM 7/19/02 6:57:50 PM Reply	"De gustibus non est disputandum" Personally, I like the Delphi IDE fine... You can customize it quite a lot, I hope you noticed? No, the versions released so far don't have a single "frame" (or "MDI") application-wide main window; but at least on Linux you could kind'a simulate that effect by giving it its own virtual desktop, couldn't you? I haven't a clue about "RS232", except that 'serial' sounds like what is also known (from DOS) as "COM ports"... which, it seems, all belongs under the "[link\|http://www.torry.net/modems.htm\|Modems]" category at [link\|http://www.torry.net/\|Torry's]. (Which is to say, it sure seems possible; what Borland doesn't deliver in the package, others do.) [Added on edit]: Silly me, quoting you the VCL (Win32) components... What you want is on the "[link\|http://www.torry.net/comp_klx_comms.htm\|Kylix Communications Components]" page, of course! There's a lot less stuff there than on the Win32 page, but Lukas Gebauer's "SynaSer Serial Port Library" looks like it could be exactly what you need...? Anyway, it's "FWS" (Torry-speak for "FreeWare with Source"), so you can check it out at pretty much no risk or cost at all. Christian R. Conrad Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971\|Andrew Grygus] Edited by CRConrad July 19, 2002, 06:57:50 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #46,445 by mmoffitt 7/22/02 8:39:12 PM Reply	Thanks for the links. It'll be this week-end before I can really check into it, but check into I will. Thanks again, Mikem

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