| Subject | Re: [IBO] C++ Builder 5 Support |
|---|---|
| Author | Lester Caine |
| Post date | 2011-12-08T08:29:26Z |
kylixguru wrote:
some considerable time. All my remaining windows code is still stuck with
Builder6, but I AM having trouble even there making even small changes to the
old code using what have been stable builds for many years. I think I've messed
something up with the library set when I had to rebuild that machine :(
I invested in XE as a way forward, but as yet I've not been successful in
porting some of the B6 code over, although some of the components of the system
are now working stably. The main problem seems to be with Windows7 in general
and many sites are reporting that they can't used the parallel port from X64
builds of W7 ... something which all of my remaining systems rely on for control
of the rest of the hardware. So work on the BuilderXE has been stalled for some
time now.
I'm actually at the point where my customers are a lot happier to take Linux
machines, and moving over to a linux base may make a lot more sense given the
amount of time I am wasting on 'upgrading' on windows. It looks like a complete
rewrite may be needed anyway so why not on Linux instead? But I still have a
couple of critical VCL components that would need to be ported.
I've been given permission to retain W2k on the 'workstation' machines despite
the fact that sites have dropped it from normal use simply because replacing the
hardware infrastructure is an unnecessary expense which the councils do not have
the funds to address ... that and the fact that I simply don't have working
solutions available anyway!
I have got to the point where I need to decide where my time is best spent as I
seem to be wasting a lot of it on unproductive work on the moment. Most of the
new paid work is now web based and replacing those critical VCL components with
a web based alternative is another option, but still leave the black hole of the
hardware that is essential for sites to work at all.
--
Lester Caine - G8HFL
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> I've been fighting issues that are in C++ Builder 5 and it seems as though I may need to drop support for it. Otherwise, it seems I am going to have to go throughout the IBO code and IFDEF out all calls to iboDecodeA() and iboEncodeA(). For some reason it is unable to handle the way I have things coded.I still have Builder5 on the development machine here, but have not run it for
>
> But, before I do anything official in this regard, I would like to know if anyone is intent upon remaining at this level or if they can bump up to at least C++ Builder 6.
>
> I suppose it is also possible there could be some compiler options that might also allow me to avoid the problems I am facing. Unfortunately, I'm not a guru when it comes to what all options are available in C++. Would those who do know this please contact me privately so that I can get this decision finalized?
>
> I am very anxious to reach the milestone of having 4.9.14 finished and this is an aspect that is holding me up, along with a few other bugs I plan to fix before I call it good for this version.
>
> Please keep in mind, I will back-port any critical fixes that go into the IBO 5.x code that are also relevant in the IBO 4.9.x code.
some considerable time. All my remaining windows code is still stuck with
Builder6, but I AM having trouble even there making even small changes to the
old code using what have been stable builds for many years. I think I've messed
something up with the library set when I had to rebuild that machine :(
I invested in XE as a way forward, but as yet I've not been successful in
porting some of the B6 code over, although some of the components of the system
are now working stably. The main problem seems to be with Windows7 in general
and many sites are reporting that they can't used the parallel port from X64
builds of W7 ... something which all of my remaining systems rely on for control
of the rest of the hardware. So work on the BuilderXE has been stalled for some
time now.
I'm actually at the point where my customers are a lot happier to take Linux
machines, and moving over to a linux base may make a lot more sense given the
amount of time I am wasting on 'upgrading' on windows. It looks like a complete
rewrite may be needed anyway so why not on Linux instead? But I still have a
couple of critical VCL components that would need to be ported.
I've been given permission to retain W2k on the 'workstation' machines despite
the fact that sites have dropped it from normal use simply because replacing the
hardware infrastructure is an unnecessary expense which the councils do not have
the funds to address ... that and the fact that I simply don't have working
solutions available anyway!
I have got to the point where I need to decide where my time is best spent as I
seem to be wasting a lot of it on unproductive work on the moment. Most of the
new paid work is now web based and replacing those critical VCL components with
a web based alternative is another option, but still leave the black hole of the
hardware that is essential for sites to work at all.
--
Lester Caine - G8HFL
-----------------------------
Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact
L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk
EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/
Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk//
Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php