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: "Badis Omarouayache" <rnd@coencorp.com> wrote:

>I 'm trying to upgrade my current MS-DOS based application developed with
>Borland C++ V3.1 to a Win32 Enviroment (BC++B 4 OR BC++ 5.X)  , is that
>possible 

The whole truth is: not really.

You are trying to make one huge step - and it sounds 

>uses MS-DOS based Serial communication functions
>encapsulated in a SERIAL.CPP class, 

as if you have quite some hardware dependencies.

Independently of any compiler / IDE, you face the following problems:

a) migration from the straight-forward nature of DOS to the event-driven
   system employed by Win32; most affected is the user-interface part.

b) hardware abstraction employed by Win32 prevents you from directly
   accessing hardware

c) C++ has changed over the years; now with ISO C++ in place, there is
   an fixed standard

Items a) and c) are solved rather nicely by C++Builder 4.0. Item b) will
give you some headaches, simply because you will have to redesign your
access to the serial port.

Tip: get yourself the trial version of C++Builder (see
http://shop.borland.com/) for the cost of shipping and handling and just
*try* it.

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