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# Does a .NET Development Tool Need a WinForms Designer?
- URL: https://blogs.remobjects.com/2007/06/20/does-a-net-development-tool-need-a-winforms-designer/
- Published: 2007-06-20T18:31:23.000Z
- Updated: 2018-08-22T06:17:49.000Z
- Author: marc hoffman
- Tags: #Import 2026-08-17 20:17

The answer might seem obvious, but apparently CodeGear has a different view, as Delphi product Manager Nick Hodges [just announced](http://groups.google.com/group/borland.public.delphi.non-technical/browse%5Fthread/thread/704312a1d9eff7f7/14e13c0bb485ba56?ref=blogs.remobjects.com) that the upcoming and long awaited Delphi ‘Highlander’ for .NET 2.0 will not provide support for WinForms (nor apparently support for C#, as the C#Builder personality is being discontinued as well).

I would expect this to come as quite a shock for anyone doing (or planning to do) serious .NET development using CodeGear’s tools, and it almost looks as if CodeGear *wants* to kindly ask its customers to move their .NET development to Visual Studio.