Intraweb (Delphi's VCL for the Web) and dx Silverlight components

Francesco Faleschini

created 15 years ago

Since my team has a strong Delphi knowledge I am considering writing a new web application using Silverlight interface and Intraweb (VCL for the web), using the same team and taking the advantage of exisiting knowledge + Intraweb nice features (it is a tool dedicated for web applications, not a "loose" tool like asp.net that is good for websites and web applications).
The main limitation of intraweb is the lack of third party components, the market is too small to have many of them.
Since *it looks that* with Intraweb it is possible to use Silverlight I am asking if you considered the potential delphi customers for your silverlight products. I am one of those.
The problem is that at present many things are work in progress in the intraweb world, Intraweb XI is still in beta and it *should* support Silverlight. With some tricks it was possible to connect a silverlight component also with Intraweb 10 and previous, but of course the connection must be smooth, if not it would be a suicidal decision to start a new project using Intraweb instead than ASP.NET.
Moreover I would like to go for DX products, since I already have a succesful Win32 VCL application with DX components and I would like to simplify the learning curve for my users by using "similar" components for the web application. By looking at your silverlight roadmap it seems that soon a complete suite will be there (comparable almost to the VCL subscription content). Of course there are competitors that already have a full suite, anyway considering I am a satisifed dx customer and that I don't need the full suite today I would prefer to go the dx way.
So basically my questions are:
did you explore Intraweb+Silverlight?
if yes:
1a) Can you help me in having some light on the problem?
1b) What would you suggest between asp.net + Silverlight vs Intraweb + Silverlight?
1c) Can you provide a very simple demo?
if no:
2a) do you consider exploring?
I know that one of the limitations is that with Intraweb I could not create Silverlight components, anyway this is not a problem for me since I just need to use user interface components.
Thanks.

Comments (2)

Serge (DevExpress Support) 15 years ago

Hi Romeo,
First of all, let me thank you for your interest in our newest products. We greatly appreciate that.
We haven't ever tested our Silverlight with Intraweb, and I assume we won't do this in the near future. At present, we're concentrating on expanding the line of our Silverlight controls and designing new controls. Basically, you can include a Silverlight application in your web page using the following markup:

XML
<div id="silverlightControlHost">  
        <object data="data:application/x-silverlight-2," type="application/x-silverlight-2" width="100%" height="100%">  
          <param name="source" value="ClientBin/TabHeaderTemplate.xap"/>  
          <param name="onError" value="onSilverlightError" />  
          <param name="background" value="white" />  
          <param name="minRuntimeVersion" value="3.0.40624.0" />  
          <param name="autoUpgrade" value="true" />  
          <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=149156&v=3.0.40624.0" style="text-decoration:none">  
               <img src="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108181" alt="Get Microsoft Silverlight" style="border-style:none"/>  
          </a>  
        </object>  
        <iframe id="_sl_historyFrame" style="visibility:hidden;height:0px;width:0px;border:0px"></iframe>  
</div>

However, this will still require you to design this Silverlight application in VS or Blend.
We'll possible return to this question in the future: if we receive other user inquiries for compatibility with Intraweb. However, for now we cannot give any promise on this item. Take a look at the following forum thread where Chris suggested a possible way out: AgRichEdit which platform?
Thanks,
Serge

Francesco Faleschini 15 years ago

Ok thanks a lot for the answer.

Intraweb (Delphi's VCL for the Web) and dx Silverlight components

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