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Re: A basic for W7

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Am 04.06.2011, 23:12 Uhr, schrieb Auric__ <not.my.real@email.address>:

> Helge Haensel wrote:
>
>> Which one of the different here discussed basics is compatible with  
>> W7/64
>> and most similar to VB5 so that a more or less easy transfer is  
>> possible.
>
> Compatibility with VB is gonna kick your ass here. As far as I know,  
> very few
> BASICs try to be VB-compatible to any degree.
>
> The best I can suggest would be REALbasic (or "Real Studio" or whatever  
> they
> want to call it this week):
>   http://www.realsoftware.com/realstudio/
>
> There's a page aimed at VB developers with some sales points here:
>   http://www.realsoftware.com/realstudio/vbdevelopers.php
>
> It's not 100% compatible, not by a long shot, but it's fairly VB-like,  
> and
> there's a free VB-to-RB converter ("Visual Basic Migration Assistant")  
> which
> isn't TOO bad. According to the VB page, "Most developers find that their
> projects port in hours or days, rather than weeks or months required in  
> other
> environments." (I don't know about large apps, but I have a simple app
> launcher that I converted from VB6 to RB5 in a few hours.)
>
> It looks like Win7 and Win64 are both supported in RB, but I don't run  
> Win7
> (and I don't write for it either) so I can't say for sure.
>
> (For the record, I like RB, but don't actually use it for very much;  
> most of
> my apps are Linux console apps, written in FreeBASIC, or Win32 apps  
> written
> in PowerBASIC -- neither of which is anything like VB.)
>
> There are, of course, other alternatives, but I think RB might be the  
> best
> match you'll find. (Drop the "VB compatiblity" requirement and the door  
> opens
> to many other possibilities.)
>

Thanks Auric for your suggestions. I will check the url's and then decide
howe to continue.
Helge

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A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-04 13:46 +0200
  Re: A basic for W7 "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-04 21:12 +0000
    Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-05 09:39 +0200
  Re: A basic for W7 Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2011-06-05 11:21 +0200
    Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-05 12:34 +0200
      Re: A basic for W7 "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-05 17:43 +0000
        Re: A basic for W7 Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2011-06-06 00:16 +0200
          Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-06 16:20 +0200
          Re: A basic for W7 "Helge Haensel" <dj1wm@nurfuerspam.de> - 2011-06-07 17:00 +0200
            Re: A basic for W7 Helmut_Meukel <Helmut_Meukel@bn-hof.invalid> - 2011-06-07 18:05 +0200
        Re: A basic for W7 Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-06-15 15:10 -0700
          Re: A basic for W7 "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2011-06-16 02:36 +0000
            Re: A basic for W7 Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2011-06-16 11:52 -0700

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