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Crossplatform Windows/Mac (deployment)

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For a customer we have developed a Windows application with Delphi and a local database.
They would like to have a Windows and Mac version (latest versions) of a similar application.

Therefore I am interested in developing these applications in Purebasic.

I have a few questions:
- Is it possible to use a local database (similar as Access) which is available for Windows and Mac machines? Maybe SQlite can used for this purpose?
- Are BLOBs supported (documents, images etc. need to be stored in the database) in the database?
- Is there good TCP and particular HTTP(S) support for posting data, upload and download to/from webserver for Windows and Mac applications?
- The applications need to run on a USB stick. How can the Mac application be deployed and run directly from the USB stick?

Thanks in advance!
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Re: Crossplatform Windows/Mac (deployment)

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mrniceguy1971 wrote: I have a few questions:
- Is it possible to use a local database (similar as Access) which is available for Windows and Mac machines? Maybe SQlite can used for this purpose?
yes, SQLite is a good choice for this!
mrniceguy1971 wrote: - Are BLOBs supported (documents, images etc. need to be stored in the database) in the database?
is supported in PB

For the other question, i can't answer, i have no experience on mac

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Re: Crossplatform Windows/Mac (deployment)

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3.maybe yes, pb has it's own http lib, see the manual
4.check this : http://jordan.broughs.net/archives/2008 ... taller-cds
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Re: Crossplatform Windows/Mac (deployment)

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Thanks! :) Will check it out...
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FYI - A 64-bit Cocoa-based version of PB for OS X is on the way! http://www.purebasic.fr/blog/?p=383
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