WvdS FPC RAD Studio supports various build targets for different platforms.
| Target | Compiler | Output | Runtime Environment |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUI | FPC | Native Binary | Desktop (Windows/Linux/macOS) |
| TUI | FPC | Native Binary | Terminal |
| Web | pas2js | JavaScript | Browser/Node.js |
| Extension | pas2js | JavaScript | VS Code Extension Host |
Native desktop applications with graphical user interface.
PXAML → IR → GUI Renderer → LCL Controls
Supported Controls:
[build] target=gui platform=windows-x64 [gui] widgetset=win32 # or: gtk2, qt5, cocoa
Terminal-based user interfaces for servers and CLI.
PXAML → IR → TUI Renderer → ANSI Escape Sequences
Supported Controls:
[build] target=tui platform=linux-x64 [tui] colors=256 # or: 16, truecolor unicode=true
Browser applications via pas2js transpilation.
PXAML → IR → Web Renderer → DOM/CSS
Supported Controls:
[build] target=web platform=browser [web] minify=true sourcemaps=true
VS Code Extensions in Pascal.
[build] target=extension platform=vscode [extension] minversion=1.85.0
| Feature | GUI | TUI | Web | Extension |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Yes | No | Yes | WebView |
| Dialogs | Yes | Limited | Yes | Quick Input |
| Menus | Yes | No | Yes | Contributes |
| File Access | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes |
| Network | Yes | Yes | CORS | Yes |
| Multi-Threading | Yes | Yes | Web Workers | No |
Common code for all targets is located in sources/common/:
sources/common/ ├── core/ # Base types, utilities ├── ui/ │ ├── controls/ # Control abstraction │ ├── runtime/ # PXAML Runtime │ └── targets/ │ ├── gui/ # GUI-specific │ ├── tui/ # TUI-specific │ └── web/ # Web-specific
Conditional Compilation:
{$IFDEF TARGET_GUI} uses LCLType, Forms; {$ENDIF} {$IFDEF TARGET_WEB} uses JS, Web; {$ENDIF} {$IFDEF TARGET_TUI} uses WvdS.TUI.Console; {$ENDIF}