CrossTalk FAQ

Does CrossTalk support Visual Controls?

There are no plans to support visual controls. Developers wishing to host visual .NET controls should investigate Hydra. CrossTalk aims to allow native Delphi code to talk to non visual .NET libraries and back ends.

What versions of .NET does CrossTalk support?

Currently .NET supports .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1. .NET 3.5 is built on .NET 2.0 and contains additional libraries. In a future release .NET 2.0 will also be supported.

What Delphi versions does CrossTalk support?

CrossTalk supports Delphi 2007 and higher native code compilers. Delphi for .NET is not supported because it is deprecated, but also because CrossTalk is not needed by Delphi for .NET to use .NET libraries.

Does CrossTalk work with C++?

CrossTalk only generates .pas files. However the .pas files can be compiled and used by the C++ personalities. No support is explicitly given for C++ Builder, however the generated .pas files are likely usable by C++ Builder users.

Does CrossTalk support Unicode?

In Unicode capable compilers Unicode is supported and always used. In compilers without Unicode support, AnsiString is used. WideStrings are not supported.

Can CrossTalk be used in an ISAPI application?

Currently no, although we hope that in the future this issue can be resolved. IIS enforces many restrictions on DLL initialization that currently causes issues with CrossTalk.