> to be rewritten to a better standard first

+1, building on shaky foundations is only asking for trouble later on.

> I hope 'native controls' isn't a codeword for 'son-of-CLX'...

Apparently it's not, they seem to be aiming for repeatedly copying the 
surface of hidden native controls so they can be made visible in the FMX 
scene-graph. If so, this would be more of a dirty hack and a recipe for 
performance troubles and graphical glitches in the long run IMHO.


Eric