Converting Vbasic code to C code

[dominant]

any good tool?

any response would be appreciated
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[Artie Gold]

dominant wrote:

any good tool?

any response would be appreciated

Yes, generically it's called a programmer, sometimes referred
to as a software engineer or developer. Some are tools.

Seriously though, this is not a question about the standard C
programming language, hence off topic here.

Please RTFF.
--ag
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[Malcolm]

"dominant" <me*********@dbforums.com> wrote in message

any good tool?

It depends what you want to use the C source for. Generally automated
translaters don't produce human-readable C, nor do they produce particularly
efficient C.
Since you presumably already have a VBasic implementation for your platform,
there's not much advantage in having a C version of your programs.

[Fred L. Kleinschmidt]

Malcolm wrote:

"dominant" <me*********@dbforums.com> wrote in message

any good tool?

It depends what you want to use the C source for. Generally automated
translaters don't produce human-readable C, nor do they produce particularly
efficient C.
Since you presumably already have a VBasic implementation for your platform,
there's not much advantage in having a C version of your programs.

So, there's no point in bothering with such a conversion for a L:inux,
Unix, or Mac box?
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[Malcolm]

"Fred L. Kleinschmidt" <fr*****************@boeing.com> wrote in

So, there's no point in bothering with such a conversion for a L:inux,
Unix, or Mac box?

Firstly you would have to separate out all the MS Windows specific stuff.
Then you would not have to care that your Linux code is not editable or even
readable.
This might be the case - say in a completely debugged chess program written
in Visual Basic. The rules of chess are not going to change, so we can treat
the play_chess function as a black box.
Generally however you would be better off rewriting the whole thing in C
using a human programmer.

[Kelsey Bjarnason]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:49:55 -0400, dominant wrote:

any good tool?

Grey matter.

[dominant]

I see, The program in Vbasic is about some mathematical calculations
regarding some experiements.

Is it easy to do that?
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[Joona I Palaste]

dominant <me*********@dbforums.com> scribbled the following:

I see, The program in Vbasic is about some mathematical calculations
regarding some experiements. Is it easy to do that?

The actual mathematics will be easy to translate. It's the interaction
with the OS (Windows, Linux, ...) where you'll be most likely to have
problems. GUIs, in particular, translate badly, as Linux doesn't support
the Win32 API (for obvious reasons).

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[dominant]

Well, if the program uses forms (Vbasic) then i should make similar
forms in C? Even in a Dos mode?
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[Joona I Palaste]

dominant <me*********@dbforums.com> scribbled the following:

Well, if the program uses forms (Vbasic) then i should make similar
forms in C? Even in a Dos mode?

C does not know of "forms" or "Dos mode". C is specified purely in the
terms of an abstract machine. Read your own implementation's manual to
find out about "forms" or "Dos mode".

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[T.M. Sommers]

Joona I Palaste wrote:

The actual mathematics will be easy to translate. It's the interaction
with the OS (Windows, Linux, ...) where you'll be most likely to have
problems. GUIs, in particular, translate badly, as Linux doesn't support
the Win32 API (for obvious reasons).

There is Wine: http://www.winehq.org/