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From: Matthew Haigh
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 19:31

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In article <UaDP7.17538$2Fd.7370@news1.bloor.is>, Dan Hoskin 
<danhoskin@NOSPAMPLEASErogers.com> writes
>I'm a Visual Basic programmer and I was wondering how difficult is it to
>code for the Palm OS? I have heard of a C+ compiler, is there a VB complier
>available?

Yes, it is an add-on to VB6 called AppForge. The problem is that it has 
a *huge* runtime library.
For a VB-ish language, try CASL http://www.caslsoft.com . It has a much 
smaller runtime, and can be compiled (in the Pro version) not to need 
one.

Matt
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From: Matthew Haigh <$matthaigh{News02}$@haigh.org>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.sys.palmtop.pilot,codewarrior.palm,comp.sys.palmtops.pilot
Subject: Re: Palm OS Software Developing
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 19:31:20 +0000
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