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| 1 | + | The **Visual Component Library** (VCL) is a an objected-oriented [[Application|application]] framework (software library) developed by Borland International for use with their [[Delphi]] [[Compiler|compiler]] to create Microsoft Windows GUI applications. The C++ compiler/[[IDE]] that Borland developed - C++ Builder - can also use VCL to develop Windows GUI applications. A cross-platform equivalent to the VCL library was also created and called CLX. It was available for Delphi 7 and [[Kylix]] (a [[Linux]] version of Delphi). | |
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| 3 | + | The [[FPC|Free Pascal]] equivalent to VCL is the [[LCL|Lazarus Component Library]] (LCL). | |
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| 5 | + | In 2011 Embarcadero Technologies (who purchased Borland's software development products) began offering Delphi and C++ Builder developers an alternative GUI framework called [[FireMonkey]]. In addition to Microsoft Windows, FireMonkey can be used on Android, iOS, and OS X. | |
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| 8 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "VCL", as it stood on 2019-01-11 after a change by Djzepi, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* |