Hi folks.
I’m a little confused. I’m still evaluating with the free version. I’m still studying the docs and I love what I see now. I have a couple questions. If I use this evaluation version, is it ok to compile and test on a desktop ? I mean, I’m developing on a windows machine, but I have a Mac Book Pro and I want to see what a project I compile might look like on my mac, is that ok?
Also, I’m really looking into developing a sorta of inter company chat program using the Server Socket, etc, and I’m wondering if it’s ok to try it on several intranet computers to see how it works out, and to see if my code is ok and ask even more questions on the forum here driving you folks nuts. 
I just want to see how much memory is being used, etc, and see how robust my code might be, etc, and test in kind of a real world scenario. I don’t care if there is a popup or buy now box or something. I just want to test before I decide. I’m looking at XOJO and Visual Studio to do the same sorts of apps. I realize it’s not a fair comparison in many ways, as Visual studio is free, etc, but I did want to try it out and I think XOJO has many features I love compared to VS.
Thanks in advance. Tim
You can not compile with the free version.
To qualify that, you can run the trial version of Xojo on all these computers and test the programs that way.
This is not really true. You can compile, but only a debug version which has all sorts of hooks & reporting to allow the IDE to sense what is happening. So I suspect you will not be able to compare app size or memory usage against a built app.
If you are targeting the Windows only environment then VS will probably be a better choice. However where Xojo is way above the competition is in it’s xPlat capabilities. You will have some issues getting your VS app running on your Macbook, or a linux machine.
In this day where BYOD is the fad your app will need to be able to run on Windows, OSX, Linux, iOS & Android. Xojo covers 4 out of 5 of these, and as a Windows developer with VERY little Mac exposure I am now writing iOS code - I’ve even just applied to be an iOS developer with Apple.
I know I would never be at this place using VS.
[quote=190922:@Wayne Golding]This is not really true. You can compile, but only a debug version which has all sorts of hooks & reporting to allow the IDE to sense what is happening. So I suspect you will not be able to compare app size or memory usage against a built app.
If you are targeting the Windows only environment then VS will probably be a better choice. However where Xojo is way above the competition is in it’s xPlat capabilities. You will have some issues getting your VS app running on your Macbook, or a linux machine.
In this day where BYOD is the fad your app will need to be able to run on Windows, OSX, Linux, iOS & Android. Xojo covers 4 out of 5 of these, and as a Windows developer with VERY little Mac exposure I am now writing iOS code - I’ve even just applied to be an iOS developer with Apple.
I know I would never be at this place using VS.[/quote]
Another “feature” VS does not have is this community. I am a regular in Msdn forums, but it is nowhere near as helpful and friendly as here.
[quote=190922:@Wayne Golding] @Axel Schneider You can not compile with the free version.
This is not really true. [/quote]
Yes I meant build
You could also use the Remote Debugger instead of installing xojo on the other computer. It allows you to run a small stub app and then run the app over your network from your dev machine.