Subj : Re: Upgrade path? To : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp From : "Sebastian Ledesma" Date : Thu Mar 11 2004 05:32 pm " Bruce Salzman" escribió en el mensaje news:4050bb37$1@newsgroups.borland.com... > > > A client I do some analysis work for has some applications they wrote > in > > the 90's in Borland C with OWL. The apps are DOS apps and they'd like > > (!) OWL handles the Windows UI. How would a DOS app use a GUI? Probably he is refering to TurboVision, wich now is freeware, there are ports to OS/2, Linux, Win32 (console mode) and Netware (i think). You can compile it with BC4.x, BC5.0x, DJPP and others. > > to rewrite them, keeping a lot of their algorhythmic code but writing > > new ui code. As a Delphi programmer, I'd like to see if they could > move > > to C-Builder, C#Builder, or CBuilderX. > > > > Obviously there's rewriting involved, but what do you think is their > > best option to move to? > > If OWL is used, there is OWLNext which works under Builder, and is a > fairly straightforward migration path. When I did this, my biggest chore > was switching from the BIDS class library to the STL. > > At this point, I would be hesitant to recommend migrating to Builder + > VCL. There is quite a bit of concern that it might be a dead end. I recommend to switch to BC5.02 DevSuite+BCC5.5 (free)+Tools 5.5, or wait until CBX 2 and see what it offers. With BC5.02 you can still compiler your DOS applications. Saludos Sebastian .