Re: Microsoft UWP/WinRT - Update

[Ivan Levashev <bu_gen@octagram.name>]

14.06.2017 12:43, alby.gamper@gmail.com пишет:
> Dear Ada Community
>
> I have managed to get the WinRt bindings into a usable state
> and have managed to create a "Windows Store" application. But
> the Windows App certification Fails, since the underlying
> Ada runtime, ie libgnat uses api's that are restricted, Thus
> preventing the application from being distributed via the "Windows
> Store".
>
> However it can be installed and run on a local PC)
> Shown below is the application code which loads up some XAML
> Over the coming weeks I will try and put together a demo/video clip
> demonstrating the technology in its entirety.

Hi! That's great news. If you tracked Delphi WinRT support attempts, you 
must have been familiar with yells that Microsoft tried to substitute 
all the great diversity of native programming languages including Delphi 
and Ada with only those ones supported by Microsoft's retarded compilers.

http://www.deltics.co.nz/blog/posts/1080

This history has a good end. Starting from Windows 10 Anniversary Update 
(summer 2016) Windows has got Project Centennial support, and this is a 
hole through which everybody can get into Windows Store and not 
sacrifice quality by picking worse programming language. Say screw you 
to Microsoft Visual C++ and say hi to GNAT.

https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2015/2-692
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bridges/desktop

It took half a year for Embarcadero to adapt Delphi, and in the Delphi 
10.1 Berlin Anniversary Update 2 they have introduced Windows Store 
support via Project Centennial.

https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/windows-10-from-winrt-to-centennial-with-marco-cantu

The current version of Delphi is 10.2, and Starter edition can be 
obtained for free here:

https://www.embarcadero.com/ru/products/delphi/starter/promotional-download

You'll get serial on e-mail. If you want to save installer for future, 
you can find offline installers here:

http://cc.embarcadero.com/myreg

You can install both Delphi Starter and C++ Builder Starter, but you'll 
need to get another serial key from Embarcadero website.

You'll get an opportunity to research how it works and repeat the same 
for Ada. No need to learn these lessons from the beginning.

Best Regards,
Ivan Levashev,
Barnaul

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