I am not sure what the app function is. If just information lookup, maybe write a website to serve the information. This way the website can serve all browser from all os i.e. windows, apple os, iphone, ipad, android etc
On 24 March 2015 at 14:46, Jolyon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Lazarus won't just re-compile any old Delphi app from Windows to Mac > without potentially significant re-working. Not even Delphi tself can do > this, if the app is currently a VCL app (you will need to port .the UI to > FireMonkey first). > > Any option that involves changing the project code in order to compile to > a Mac executable is unlikely to be worth the effort for a single user, and > without a Mac yourself to test on, you could never had confidence that your > app will work for your user until they have tested it for you.. Whatever > you do, you will have to spend some time and quite possibly some money. > > The only way to avoid incurring that cost is to ask/require your user to > spend that money to establish a Windows VM on their system. > > There are a number of solutions for this, including free options > (VirtualBox) and comemrcial (VMware, Parallels etc). On top of the VM > itself of course, the user will need a Windows license as well. Depending > on the Mac hardware and on the VM solution they might choose, they could > even set things up so that your application runs seamlessly on the Mac > desktop. > > This isn't achieved through recompilation or binary compatible runtime > libraries, but simply by hiding the Windows Desktop and rendering each > application directly into the Mac desktop, still running as a plain and > simple Windows app in a Windows VM. > > Parallels offers this capability, in what they call Coherence mode. The > Windows desktop is merged with the Mac desktop - your Start menu is an icon > in the Mac menu bar and each Windows app runs directly on the Mac desktop. > VMWare has a similar mode I believe. > > You (or your customer) pays your money (or not) and makes your choice. > > :) > > On 23 March 2015 at 10:56, Marshland Engineering < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> One of my users runs a Mac. I've done a bit of a web search but not been >> successful other than finding out to make a Hackintosh. >> I only have one application so I don't want to spend any money !! >> >> Lazarus could be an option but can I compile to make a Mac exe using a PC >> ? >> >> Any other suggestions are welcome. One is to give him an old PC laptop. >> >> Cheers Wallace >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >> Subject: unsubscribe >> > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe >
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