Build an app from an app

[miklavcicmatic]

Hy.
I programm in VB6 for a year and i want to know, how to make an application like that:
a:You have a form1, form2 and a command1 on form1. I want when somebody clicks on that command1 the application will build the form2 to another .exe .
Any Help will be useful...
Thanks.

Matic 2007, Trebnje, Slovenia - 15y old
p.s. Sorry if i done any mistake, 'cause my english is not veary good...xD

[Killer42]

Hy.
I programm in VB6 for a year and i want to know, how to make an application like that:
a:You have a form1, form2 and a command1 on form1. I want when somebody clicks on that command1 the application will build the form2 to another .exe .
Any Help will be useful...

So in other words, you want to create a compiler. My advice would be to learn C++.

[miklavcicmatic]

No, not compiler. I am making a "trainer maker" and till now, i was successful but i can't figure how can i build that form(that was edited) out to file. No, not the "trainer maker" program from VB6 but user of that program. When he edites the form he clicks on "BUILD" and it builds form out.

I know a litlle C++ too, but please, post for vb6.

matic

[Killer42]

My point was that to produce an EXE you have to use a compiler (and linker, but they're generally combined these days).

If you want to create a compiler, not only is it emphatically not a trivial task, but I believe they are generally written in C++. Or to put it another way, you are trying to re-create VB.

[miklavcicmatic]

sorry me for being nervous, but i am just another newbie....
Please can someone make me an example of compiler that compiles:
a form with a button on it to exe,
or something like that. SIMPLE.
thanks in advance!

Sorry for misunderstanding, made before and for my bad english. LoL

[Motoma]

So in other words, you want to create a compiler. My advice would be to learn C++.

Not necessarily, you could have a dynamic form which reads a configuration file for the layout information: the first form would create the configuration file, while the second would read and display based on it.

[miklavcicmatic]

Yes, i have thinked of that. I allso made one uninstaller like that you sayed but the point is, i wanna to have ONE file - exe.

Maby a tut or something?
A simple app?c++ or vb6?


PLEEEEASE.....
i need that.... I LIVE 4 it..
Joking .lol.

[miklavcicmatic]

so how can i make a compiler(c++ or vb)???

[Killer42]

so how can i make a compiler(c++ or vb)???

A compiler is a serious piece of software. You might just as well ask "how do I write an office suite?". Or go find a friend who knows how to use a soldering iron, and ask them to knock up a car manufacturing plant for you. (Ok, I'm exaggerating a little.)

The answer is simple. Learn programming, get lots of experience, read books about how compilers work.

I really doubt that you are going to find anyone here who will "bang out" a compiler for you, any more than we would create OpenOffice.Org overnight.

(This reminds me of a friend who used to look at games like Warcraft 2 and ask me "would it take you long to write that?". He seemed convinced that I could throw it together in a week, and was just too lazy. Never mind the fact that the actual game took a huge team over a year.)

[pbmods]

Have a look at this article.

[Killer42]

Thanks, pbmods. After a quick glance, I believe I'll have to find the time to read that article too. I need to start learning about the .Net world.

[Motoma]

The answer is simple. Learn programming, get lots of experience, read books about how compilers work.

You forgot to mention architecture and operating systems as well. To build a good compiler you have to intimately understand the inner working of the processor you are building for, as well as how the operating system handles and interacts with it.

[miklavcicmatic]

OK, so i will start with something simplier.
Thanks anyway, dudes.

Oh, i've allmost forgot. I have one more question for c++ users. So: How can i
open a form from another form:
- I have Form1 and Form2
On form1 there's a Button1.
When i click that button i want the other form to show up. I tried but i just can't figure it out. form2->visible->true does not work. I know this is a funny question for u professionals but i have to start somewhere.
Thanks in advance!
In Slovenia we say - Hvala!


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Please open me that gate, so i will reach to another site.
Myself.

[Killer42]

I've split off the last few message to this thread in the C/C++ forum.