Re: [VB4Linux-Dev] VB4Linux

[Jimmy O'R. <ji...@ir...>]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Abhijit Paithankar wrote:

> Hi,
> I am writing after a long time.
> 
> I would like to discuss some issues regarding the VB2C compiler.
> 
> First of all, I have been able to have the compiler working at a level that has been achieved by the Naken-VB2C and it does it better, and more features are present.
> 
> The problem I am facing now, is, how do I extract the toolbars and the images from the form?

Gnome Basic has support for this stuff. The frx file contains the various
files with a 2 character boundary which seems to be a type descriptor.
> 
> Also, how do we address the problems of various system dependent features of VB?

Use Wine?
> 
> Is this project really feasible?

Yeah. If the backend can be made modular enough, it could be used to
compile normal VB to MSIL, and hence to .Net, which will get a lot of
support from VB programmers who don't want to go checking everything
they've written.
> 
> Regards,
> Abhijit Paithankar
Jimmy O'Regan