Real Thin Client: Visual Components Library
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The idea behind RTC VCL is to implement a complete framework with a set of visual and non-visual
components allowing you to rapidly build Real Thin Client applications with Delphi or C++Builder.

When writing applications using the RTC VCL, you will be using Delphi as your RAD tool,
similar to the way you have been using it to write Desktop or Client/Server applications.

Even though you will be designing rich thin client applications with the RTC VCL, where all your code
and forms will be hosted on the Server and your Clients will be accessing and executing them remotely,
you will NOT have to worry about the communication happening between your Clients and your Server,
since each RTC VCL component will be handling the communication transparently, in the background.

But, this comfort comes with a price. And the price for using RTC VCL is the limitation
to use only visual components which have been prepared for use with RTC VCL, or
writing your own proxy classes for third-party components which you might need.

Because of this limitation, even though we have the basic framework with some components
implemented (first beta preview was available in August 2008), a lot more components will have
to be written and tested before it will be possible to use RTC VCL for writing business applications.
And since RTC VCL is currently a side-project (we are working on it as time permits), it will most
likely take two or more years before we can even think about a possible release date,
so you should NOT start planning any serious projects with RTC VCL yet.

If you are looking for components which you could start using now,
we recommend you to take a look at the RTC SDK, which is a complete
remoting component set allowing you to easily write code on you Server and
make it accessible directly from your Clients by using remote functions.
For more information about the RealThinClient SDK, click HERE.