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'''Component Library for Cross Platform (CLX)''', is a cross-platform visual component-based framework for developing [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Linux]] applications. 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 existing andthe popular [[Microsoft Windows]]-only framework [[Visual Component Library]], (VCL). CLX was based on [[Qt toolkit|Qt]] by [[Trolltech]]. The [[Application programming interface|API]] of CLX followed almost completely the VCL. It was envisioned that existing application using VCL will be simply recompiled with CLX.

However, due to lacklustre performance on Windows, subtle differences from VCL and bugs it didn't became the expected successor of VCL. Commercial failure of Kylix stopped further development of CLX.