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- From: labiche@metronet.com (Maurice LaBiche)
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- Subject: Re: Borland C++ versus Visual C++
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 06:54:37 GMT
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- On 12 Apr 1996 16:23:13 GMT, hochung@igate.iohk.com (Lau Ho Chung)
- wrote:
-
- >Walther Schoonenberg (wschoonenberg@econ.vu.nl) wrote:
- >: HELP!!!
- >
- >: I've used Borland C++ for Windows 3.1, but now I have upgraded to
- >: Windows95. I have to decide if I upgrade to the newest version of
- >: Borland C++ or buy Visual C++ for Windows 95.
-
- I've just been looking into this issue. I have two seperate
- applications which must run simaltaneously. One is MFC 3.2 based and
- the other is OWL based.
-
- >
- >: Two questions:
- >: 1. I have programmed applications with Borland's ObjectWindows library.
- >: Is it possible to compile these applications in Visual C++ ?
- >I think not.
-
- I don't think you can compile object windows code with the Visual C++
- compiler. Someone has probably tried it. but not me
-
- >
- >: 2. Is it possible to use the standard Microsoft objectclass library
- >: in Borland's C++ ? Because I want to do that too !
- >I don't know.
-
- Borland C++ 5.0 provides patches to the MFC 3.2 and 4.0 header files.
- You have to purchase the MFC seperately. Then you run some makes to
- build the Borland libraries you need to link to. and it seems to
- work. so far so good.
-
- >
- >: Thanks in advance!
- >
- >: --
- >: Walther Schoonenberg
- >: Department of Econometrics
- >: De Boelelaan 1105
- >: 1081 HV Vrije Universiteit
- >: Amsterdam
- >: The Netherlands
- >: Phone: (+31)-(0)20-4446028
- >: Email: wschoonenberg@econ.vu.nl
- >: WWW home page: http://www.econ.vu.nl/~wschoonenberg/
- >
- >: "I think there is a world market for about five computers."
- >: - Thomas Watson, founder of IBM, 1943
- >
- >Chung
- >--
- >=================================================================
- >I am CHUNG. Lau Ho Chung -> A MAN WITHOUT POWER BUT WITH FUTURE.
- >hochung@iohk.com
- >http://www.iohk.com/UserPages/hochung/
- >=================================================================
- >"Knowledge is of two kinds.
- > We know a subject ourselves,
- > or we know
- > WHERE
- > we can find information upon it."
- > -- Dr. Samuel Johnson
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- >
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