Roger,
VB 4,5 and 6 were compiled, but need a run time library. VB.net is JIT compiled
like Java, however the latest 1 or 2 give the ability to pre compile, just like
C#
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73 de KG2V
Charlie
> On Oct 12, 2016, at 4:28 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
> wrote:
>
> Basic is not a compiled language as opposed to Visual Basic (VB). The source
> is "interpreted" at run time. IOW: Virtually any DOS machine will run BASIC.
> Emulators?
>
> BASIC is very easy to understand. Rewriting from BASIC to VB is "usually" a
> relatively easy task, although some programmers can write some rather obtuse
> code that defies understanding. VB uses the Dynamic Linked Libraries (DLLs)
> present in windows making the compiled version much larger than the source
> code.
>
> If written in BASIC, it's likely it wasn't written by a professional
> programmer. Figure out what it's doing, flow chart it, and then code it in VB.
>
> I doubt it's more than a couple pages long. Few "BASIC" programs were.
> BASIC = Beginning All Purpose Instruction Code.
>
> It would likely be easy to redo the entire thing in Visual Basic and then
> compiled. It then it "should" run on most flavors of Windows although I'd not
> go for any older than XP.
>
> If the BASIC simulators have problems. I'd rewrite and compile it on XP if
> available and hope for the best. Otherwise all that is necessary is to run
> the rewritten source code through a VB compiler on that version of Windows.
>
> NOTE: The compilers that come in instruction books, normally do not write
> portable code. The compiled result will run only on that computer.
>
> I wrote a rather elaborate search program in VB for the big fly-in at Oshkosh
> (Now called Airventure). When I went to install it on their computer, I
> discovered that I hadn't brought the correct disks. I could fly back home and
> retrieve the correct disks at 4 hours in a Bonanza burning 14.5 gallons of Av
> Gas per hour, or write it, starting from scratch. I rewrote about 10 pages of
> source code and compiled it in about a day and a half. If you do it for a
> living, it's "normally" not a big deal.
>
> Yes I have a BS in CS with a Math minor, plus work toward a Masters. A good
> job offer ended that.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>
>> On 10/12/2016 Wednesday 8:04 AM, Bryan Fields wrote:
>>> On 10/11/16 12:57 PM, K7LXC--- via TowerTalk wrote:
>>> I sell a little app for mast calculations called MARC (Mast, Antenna
>>> and Rotator Calculator) and it was written in ye olde days of DOS. It has
>>> an
>>> early version for Windows as well but doesn't work on any current
>>> operating systems. Is there someone out that could update it for me? I
>>> don't know
>>> what's involved but will be willing to pay for your efforts. Tnx.
>> Why not open source it? I doubt it will be easy to port it vs. a complete
>> rewrite if it's a compiled basic program.
>>
>> 73's
>
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