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hi guys,
i need to develop an application which can run on mac OS 9 and 10 as well as on windows.i've heard of few tools which help cross-platform development such as QT , but they do not support OS 9 as of now.
and i really dont want to double my effort for different OSs...so, is there any solution available..??
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Nashua NH, USA
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Well if you build it using an old enough version of Java it would run on OS 9.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Do you really have users on OS9 who are unwilling to upgrade?
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Originally Posted by BLAZE_MkIV 
Well if you build it using an old enough version of Java it would run on OS 9.
well,yes i thought about it too...but OS9 supports Java 1.1 , while i'll have to use system tray facility provided in java6.so im counting out java.
and dear mduell.its very sad, but yes....there are people who wont let go of there junks with OS9 installed on it. 
but i hope there is some solution using C++ or any other language.
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Java is the only platform that I know of that runs on both OS 9 and Windows. You could do a Web based app but I don't know how good modern web browser support is for OS 9.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
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REALbasic. It's kind of crap, but it runs on everything.
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Chuck
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Doh, forgot about that. That reminds me, what about FileMaker?
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hi Chuckit,The latest versions of Realbasic have removed OS 9 support, but im still checking whether it can be helpful.thanks for the suggestion anyway.
and, yup Blaze, filemaker would have been handy, but the app i need to develop doesnt have anything to do with databases.its a standalone application, which resides in system tray and gives popup alerts.so filemaker is of no use.
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So it sits in the windows system tray. Were does it live in OS X, the dock or maybe the menu? There is no dock in OS 9, you could put it in the menu there.
Anyway all 3 OSs have separate ways of handling this. I seriously doubt you'll find any cross platform dev environment that handles 2 of them. I would apply the MVC pattern, develop the common stuff in java 1.1, and live with the fact that you have 3 different GUIs. How complex is the GUI for your popups anyway.
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Join Date: Dec 1999
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I intend to unlearn Real Basic and learn Python for my cross-platform shenanigans.
http://boa-constructor.sourceforge.net/
Your project manager is being a **** if she demands an app for OS9. Tell her you'd rather manage a Windows ME workstation.
But if you really need to develop for OS9, get an old version of RealBasic.
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Hey Abba what about a web-based app? I know it's not a cure-all, or even practical for some applications.
But perhaps it'll be less wasteful than spending a lot of effort coding for OS 9, and more future-proof too?
Or maybe a hybrid app too - web-based back-end with lighter coding for the front-end hooks
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