Borland C++ 5.02 going forwards upgrade to 5.5? 1

[wilx01]

Hi,
I have started a new job, and have to update a project written in Borland 5.02 I hate the IDE , it is so antiquated. Is there anyway to upgrade my project to Borland builder or any newer version? I have tried importing the ".ide" and the ".mak" into Borland Builder 6, but it doesn't like it. I can't find any documentation on upgrading a 5.02 project to Borland builder, or the 5.5 compiler. Can this be done? Obviously I need the resource editor to work form the forms and dialogues too. Does anyone know if the Embarcadero version will help me in any way.If this is not possible, any good IDEs that will let me compile the code at least from the makefile?

Thanks in advance.

This looks like a great forum, and I think I will be nipping on here quite a bit once I'm up to speed.... cheers

 

[2ffat]

The big problem is 5.02 was written when DOS was king so many of the libraries will no longer work in the 32 or 64-bit world. BCB6 and newer are 32-bit compilers with 64-bit on the horizon. Frankly, I surprised that the program still works.

I've never tried it but I suspect that you would have to import the program into BCB3, then BCB6, and then into a newer compiler. However, I also suspect that even then you would have to change many of the calls to older libraries to newer ones.

You may have to "bite the bullet" and just rewrite the program using the Embarcadero compilers. This will make the program look nicer and avoid any 16-bit bugs that may tag along.


James P. Cottingham
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