"Boris Danner" <rbkbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>..
>
> That's a precondition for doing that what I would like to have. But my
> deeper question is if anyone has ever published a compare list of often
> used calls, jobs, or whatever else you like to name it, which shows
> something like equivalents for often used Win API calls.
>
...<snip>
> Therefore, a great incentive for leaving VB6 and switching over to
> RealBasic would be the knowledge of which functions could be replaced
easy
> and which functions need pull-ups.
>
...<snip>
>
> That's why I asked for it. That might be a tall order, but a nescessary
> one.
>
I am in total agreement with you.
In the mid 80's, I used FutureBasic by Staz to program educational games
on
the Mac. The Macintosh has toolbox calls built into the OS and ROM.
Futurebasic do***entation did an excelent list of toolbox calls and
do***ented the comparison of what is used in QuickBasic MAC vs FutureBasic
MAC. When I am on the Windows side, many time I wished there is a table of
equivalent functions among the different OSes.
Having a compiler that can handle Mac, Windows, and Linux is great but
what
good would it do that when you try to convert a routine or function and
you
don't know the equivalent function?
I know that someone will suggest to get rid of OS specific calls (or write
your own function) but just looking at my simplest VB 6 code, I have at
least 10 or 15 Win API calls... So unless you are dealing with Mickey
Mouse
programs like "hello world", a comparison of functions is an excellent and
much needed resource.
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