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Line 1: '''Component Library for Cross Platform''' ('''CLX)''') (pronounced clicks), is a cross-platform visual component-based framework for developing [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Linux]] applications.<ref name="Blong-1"/><ref name="LBNL-1"/> It iswas developed by [[Borland]] for use in its [[Kylix programming tool\|Kylix]], [[Delphi (programming language)\|Delphi]], and [[C++ Builder]] software development environment.▼ ~~<!-- Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the discussion has been closed. -->~~ ~~{{Article for deletion/dated\|page=Component Library for Cross Platform\|timestamp=20181007095850\|year=2018\|month=October\|day=7\|substed=yes}}~~ ~~<!-- Once discussion is closed, please place on talk page: {{Old AfD multi\|page=Component Library for Cross Platform\|date=7 October 2018\|result='''keep'''}} -->~~ ~~<!-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point -->~~ ~~{{Unreferenced\|date=December 2009}}~~ ▲'''Component Library for Cross Platform (CLX)''' (pronounced clicks), is a cross-platform visual component-based framework for developing [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Linux]] applications.<ref name="Blong-1"/> It is developed by [[Borland]] for use in its [[Kylix programming tool\|Kylix]], [[Delphi programming language\|Delphi]], and [[C++ Builder]] software development environment. Its aim was to replace the popular [[Microsoft Foundation Classes]] with [[Visual Component Library]] (VCL). CLX was based on [[Qt (framework)\|Qt]] by [[Nokia]]{{Citation needed\|reason=MasterD6 source says Trolltech not Nokia, but Norwegian is concordant\|date=October 2018}}.<ref name="MasterD6"/>{{rp\|196}} The [[Application programming interface\|API]] of CLX almost completely followed VCL. It was envisioned that existing applications using VCL would be recompiled with CLX. However, due to ~~lacklustre~~lackluster performance on Windows, subtle differences from VCL, and bugs, it ~~didn't~~did not become the expected successor to VCL. ~~Commercial~~The commercial failure of Kylix stopped further development of CLX. In terms of [[Object-oriented programming\|object-oriented]] approach, CLX forms an object hierarchy where the TObject class serves as the ''[[Superclass (computer science)\|base class]]''. All other classes inherit or indirectly inherit the TObject class. Today, many concepts that were defined with CLX have been implemented with the [[Lazarus Component Library]] (LCL) for the [[Lazarus (IDE)\|Lazarus]] IDE. By docking to different [[widgetset]]s, the LCL is able to support an even larger spectrum of platforms including [[Mac OS X]] and [[Android (operating system)\|Android]]. ==References== {{Reflist\|2\|refs= <ref name="MasterD6">{{Cite book\|title=Mastering Delphi 6\|chapter=Chapter 6: Controls: VCL Versus VisualCLX\|first=Marco\|last=Cantù\|publisher=Wiley\|isbn=978-0-782-15278-4}}</ref> <ref name="Blong-1">{{cite web\|title=VCL versus CLX\|url=http://www.blong.com/Conferences/DCon2001/VCLvsCLX/VCLvsCLX.htm\|access-date=7 October 2018\|website=BLong\|first=Brian\|last=Long\|deal-url=no\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322035403/http://www.blong.com/Conferences/DCon2001/VCLvsCLX/VCLvsCLX.htm\|archive-date=22 March 2018\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>▼ <ref name="LBNL-1">{{cite web\|title=Cross Platform Development using Delphi and Kylix\|date=22 October 2002\|url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3502t2p \|first1=J.L.\|last1=McDonald\|first2=H.\|last2=Nishimura\|first3=C.\|last3=Timossi\|publisher=[[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]] \|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007144645/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3502t2p2\|archive-date=7 October 2018\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> <!-- Self Pub/blog --> <ref name="Blong-1">{{cite web\|title=VCL versus CLX\|url=http://www.blong.com/Conferences/DCon2001/VCLvsCLX/VCLvsCLX.htm\|access-date=7 October 2018 \|website=BLong\|first=Brian\|last=Long ▲~~<ref name="Blong-1">{{cite web\|title=VCL versus CLX~~\|url~~=http://www.blong.com/Conferences/DCon2001/VCLvsCLX/VCLvsCLX.htm\|access~~-~~date=7 October 2018\|website=BLong\|first=Brian\|last=Long\|deal-url~~status=nolive\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322035403/http://www.blong.com/Conferences/DCon2001/VCLvsCLX/VCLvsCLX.htm\|archive-date=22 March 2018\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> }} Line 26 ⟶ 31: [[Category:Borland]] [[Category:Component-based software engineering]] [[Category:Pascal (programming language) libraries]] [[Category:Computer libraries]]