Graphics engine C++, Game in Delphi ?
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Hi there!
I wonder if my friends, who are pure OO-Pascal programmers, and use
Delphi only, could use my Graphics Engine,
which is written in C++ (uses OpenGL), to make their game in
Delphi.
I think it''s Delphi 5.
I currently use watcom c++ 11, it has a pretty good compiler,
but M$'' and Borland''s IDEs are quite tempting, maybe I''ll save
some money and purchase one of them.
(Before this happens:
this is absolutely the wrong thread for trying to convince me
that the one product is better than the other. __I__ will decide.
(and I am the wrong person to try this with anyway)
I give this information because it could be useful for someone
to give me a useful answer, about what I _could_ do if I used
this one, or the other one...)
thanks in advance.
the unshaven bastard
(without reading body)
Why not?
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Package your graphics engine with a dll, then Delphi should be able to interface with it. I''m not totally sure about the syntax /actual code /project settings involved, but a quick search on google.com should find what you need to know,
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BCB DX Library - RAD C++ Game development for BCB
Why not?
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Package your graphics engine with a dll, then Delphi should be able to interface with it. I''m not totally sure about the syntax /actual code /project settings involved, but a quick search on google.com should find what you need to know,
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BCB DX Library - RAD C++ Game development for BCB
Surely Delphi can import compiled bytecode (dlls).... assuming that C++ name mangling doesn''t become an issue and you have a Delphi compatible import library.... I''m probably completely wrong, but since DLLs are already binary data, surely it can be used....
Indeed 
Back in the days I programmed VB (seems centuries ago) I made C++ DLLs all the time... although I didn''t use APIs like OpenGL or DirectX in ''em. (Did not know how to back then)
Back in the days I programmed VB (seems centuries ago
) I made C++ DLLs all the time... although I didn''t use APIs like OpenGL or DirectX in ''em. (Did not know how to back then)
Well, you could just package your engine into a library like a DLL on Windows. That should work because the library would just be a binany file.
Either with dlls, but we are also having sucess connecting delphi and C++ builder code directly with obj files.
regards
Jindrich Kolman
regards
Jindrich Kolman
The easiest way is to make a DLL with standard C functions as the interface. Classes are not compatible between C++ and Delphi.
Cirion, Delphi does not use import libraries like C. You just need the unit that declares the functions.
Steve ''Sly'' Williams Monkey Wrangler Krome Studios
turbo game development with Borland compilers
Cirion, Delphi does not use import libraries like C. You just need the unit that declares the functions.
Steve ''Sly'' Williams Monkey Wrangler Krome Studios
turbo game development with Borland compilers
COM is the M$ technology to share binary object code between system like this. It actually works fairly well for C++->Delphi.
(So long as they have the service packa for Delphi install).
If you''re stuff isn''t OO, just use a normal dll. (The COM way is still a dll, but with some standard exports in it).
(So long as they have the service packa for Delphi install).
If you''re stuff isn''t OO, just use a normal dll. (The COM way is still a dll, but with some standard exports in it).
Author
Ah, thanks for the replies, guys :-)
has anyone a link to a tutorial for building dlls ?
(for the case that I don''t find what I''m looking for,
however, searching now...)
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