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*Cumulus MX (when running on Windows) uses the '''.NET''' software. | *Cumulus MX (when running on Windows) uses the '''.NET''' software. | ||
*If Cumulus MX is running on Linux or Mac OS X, or any other device that uses UNIX derived operating system, then it uses '''Mono''' software for same purposes. (MONO is a operating system independent version of .NET, although they are developed independently, they have common origins). | *If Cumulus MX is running on Linux or Mac OS X, or any other device that uses UNIX derived operating system, then it uses '''Mono''' software for same purposes. (MONO is a operating system independent version of .NET, although they are developed independently, they have common origins). Please see the [[Cumulus MX]] article for more details of their differences and what will change in November 2020. | ||
*The date and time format characters in Mono (and .NET) software framework are not exactly the same as the '''Delphi''' software framework ones that Cumulus 1 uses. | *The date and time format characters in Mono (and .NET) software framework are not exactly the same as the '''Delphi''' software framework ones that Cumulus 1 uses. | ||
*For Cumulus MX see [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4(v=vs.110).aspx this Microsoft site] for format selectors available. | *For Cumulus MX see [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4(v=vs.110).aspx this Microsoft site] for format selectors available. | ||
*The differences come about because Delphi is case-insensitive, while .NET and MONO are case sensitive, | *The differences come about because Delphi is case-insensitive, while .NET and MONO are case sensitive. Consequently, .NET (and MONO) can use upper and lower case for different items, but Delphi has to use different letters, ignoring case, for each item. | ||
==== When it causes problems ==== | ==== When it causes problems ==== | ||