Sorry. Didn't mean to insult. Of course Belgium. Is there even a future for Delphi? Everything seems to be .NET oriented with the resulting code bloat. Even interfacing to .NET created .DLL is becoming harder.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: TWSocket [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > François Piette > Sent: March-28-16 12:42 AM > To: 'ICS support mailing' > Subject: Re: [twsocket] Android version of ICS? > > > > Years ago, (could be decades now) I sent my postcard to France and tried > to use ICS. > > Actually you sent your postcard to Belgium :-) > > > none of my clients care or expressly do not want their application running > on a tablet or phone. > > I started to port TWSocket to Android, thinking that some of my client would > want some stuff ported to a tablet or a smartphone. None asked that. ICS > has > always been a "side effect" of my own business. I never had and won't > probably never have no money to develop ICS as a product. This means I will > delay ICS for Android until I get a business large enough to fund ICS for > Android without impairing the business budget too much... > > Today I hope that IoT will open the business in which ICS would find a > better place. IoT is full of communication so ICS should have his place. > > > -- > [email protected] > The author of the freeware multi-tier middleware MidWare > The author of the freeware Internet Component Suite (ICS) > http://www.overbyte.be > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : TWSocket [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de John > Dammeyer > Envoyé : lundi 28 mars 2016 07:05 > À : 'ICS support mailing' > Objet : Re: [twsocket] Android version of ICS? > > I must admit I'm a little confused and not just about ICS. Years ago, > (could be decades now) I sent my postcard to France and tried to use ICS. > Yet over the years my Delphi projects tend to be menu's and buttons that > interface through USB Serial or CAN bus with 8 bit characters or bytes. > Even now when I need to update an old project I have to go through the > headache of changing chars and strings. > > I've stopped at XE7. A valiant effort in hopes to be able to perhaps write > a program that was transferable to ipads or iphones or androids. Alas, I'm > still just writing windows programs and none of my clients care or expressly > do not want their application running on a tablet or phone. > > I do have an application that sends out DMX512A light show UDP packets > using > IdUDPClient. I don't even remember why I used that library. Why would I > use ICS instead? > > Yet, the IoT is interesting. A simple application that interacts with my > new Raspberry Pi or Beagle Bone Black with Wifi dongle is appealing. One > that is portable so my iPhone or Windows Laptop can send a message to the > Beagle to control a couple of outputs to turn on lights or send CAN message > to my network of surplus Olympic Rings lights. > > So where would I start? Why would I use the twsocket family now? > > Thanks > John Dammeyer > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: TWSocket [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > Angus Robertson - Magenta Systems Ltd > > Sent: March-27-16 10:51 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [twsocket] Android version of ICS? > > > > > > > I know you guys are probably very busy, but I need to ask. > > > Is there any progress in an android version of ICS? > > > I'm fully into Firemonkey making an Android App but the Indy > > > component is very difficult to work with (for me anyway) Would it be > > > possible to give an update on the status (if any?) > > > > Sorry, there is no Android progress. > > > > No-one has volunteered the hundreds of hours it would take, no-one has > > offered to pay for the development needed. We did ask Embarcadero but > > they seem content with Indy (which I assume they make a financial > > contribution towards). > > > > The only positive news is the latest Delphi roadmap mentions the next > > release 10.1 Big Ben will include 8-bit UTF8 strings in mobile, where > > currently ICS would need it's own 8-bit implementation (which was > > started). This will simplify sharing code between platforms. > > > > Angus > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list > > please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket > > Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be > > -- > To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto > http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket > Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be > > -- > To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list > please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket > Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
