Because of the way MapInfo have written MapXtreme 2004. It is not 100% .NET compatible and includes a number of unsafe DLLs. It is not compatible with Delphi, but is compatible with C# Builder.
MapInfo state that they have only tested it with MS Visual Studio .NET. Cheers Ian -----Original Message----- From: Peter Horsb�ll M�ller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 15 September 2004 9:01 a.m. To: Ian Tidy Cc: MapInfo-L Subject: RE: MI-L MapBasic vs VisualStudio .NET Good question, Ian. I read somewhere, I guess it was with the alpha/beta version og MapXtreme 2004, that the Borland development suite not was supported, but whether this is the case with the final version I don't know. Hopefully they support Borland/Delphi as well Peter Horsb�ll M�ller GIS Developer Geographical Information & IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis -----Original Message----- From: Ian Tidy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 10:48 PM To: Peter Horsb�ll M�ller Cc: MapInfo-L Subject: RE: MI-L MapBasic vs VisualStudio .NET I understand the point you make with having to port code between technologies when ever Microsoft decide to change or upgrade something. I was looking at it from a different angle, I use Delphi for .NET and I thought that one of the objectives for the .NET framework was code portability (i.e. If you write in VB, C#, Java, Delphi, etc all code is compiled against a common language runtime "CLR"). My question (not knowing how ESRI have done it) is this, how is the development environment going to be made available to the user. Am I going to have to invest in MS VS.NET or will I be able to write code in Delphi? Cheers Ian -----Original Message----- From: Peter Horsb�ll M�ller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 15 September 2004 8:25 a.m. To: Ian Tidy Cc: MapInfo-L Subject: RE: MI-L MapBasic vs VisualStudio .NET I'm not sure whether they will build some kind of VBA into MapInfo, but maybe my point was stupid or just not clear. Consider this: What if you didn't have MapBasic now but were using VB to develope applications for MapInfo. How big a job would it be to port all your VB sourcecode to VB.NET ? I don't think that .NET will be the last new technology update from Microsoft so once in the future we will have to port our sourcecode from VB.NEt/C# to .NEWNET or whatever this new technology will be called. Peter Horsb�ll M�ller GIS Developer Geographical Information & IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis -----Original Message----- From: Ian Tidy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 10:17 PM To: Peter Horsb�ll M�ller Cc: MapInfo-L Subject: RE: MI-L MapBasic vs VisualStudio .NET This may seem a dumb question, but why will you be limited to MS VS .NET, I thought as long as you can compile against the CLR you could use any .NET language. Am I wrong in my thinking, but this has raised a thought. How are you going to get the programming interface? At the moment if you want to write MapBasic apps you buy MapBasic, in the future with .NET languages will MI Pro just find made available to as a component to what ever language you have installed, or will it have some sort of .NET VBA embedded? Cheers Ian -----Original Message----- From: Peter Horsb�ll M�ller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 15 September 2004 8:08 a.m. To: Garrett, Robert G [NTK]; Mapinfo-L Subject: RE: MI-L MapBasic vs VisualStudio .NET Yes, I now I have nowhere to run... and I don't intend to. I'll stay with MapInfo until I die, or... he ... well at least for a while ;-) But how do you see this ? Do you think it's a problem ? Peter Horsb�ll M�ller GIS Developer Geographical Information & IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis ###################################################################### Attention: This e-mail message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. Any information provided is given in good faith. 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