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'''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 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]]. 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.