Subj : Re: Migrating from a Dos app
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Jeff Kish <jeff.kish@mro.com>
Date : Wed Jan 07 2004 09:09 am

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:38:21 -0500, "Joe Pettit" <joep@i-f-s.com>
wrote:

>I have an old Dos app written in Borland C++ 3.1.
>I really need to update this app to a windows app.  The app does not have a
>lot of visual user interface but instead has a lot of detailed file
>manipulation under the covers.
>
>I am trying to determine the best way to migrate this app to a windows app.
>One of my problems is that in recent years the majority (90 %)of my
>development has been in Delphi but to rewrite all the code in Delphi would
>be a major effort.
>
>Can someone give me an idea of the level of effort involved in updating a
>Dos app written with Borland C++ version 3.1 to a Windows app using the
>latest Borland C++  (version ???).
>Any advice?
>Any white papers / articles?
>
>Thanks for any help,  Joe
>
If it is not too hard you could stick your file manipulation code in a
c/c++ dll and give it a c interface, then write a little Delphi
program to call it.
HTH,
Jeff

Jeff Kish

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