Re: Upgrading from C++ Builder5 to 2006 with third party dependencies

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From: John C.
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:56

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From everything I've heard, you will be better off rebuilding the project 
from scratch with the new IDE.
John

"Herby" <prmarjoram@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> Im new to Borland and have picked up a project using C++ Builder 5.
> Opening up this project, it feels like stepping back 10 years.
> To boost team morale, we wish to upgrade to 2006 and build the current
> project with this.
>
> The project currently depends on the following third party components..
>
> Developer Express
> Direct Oracle Access 401
> CoreLab ODAC 5_55
> DreamTree 4_12 ( no longer supported :-(   )
>
> Is this simply going to be opening up the existing project in 2006 and
> re-building or can anyone see lots of problems ahead.
>
> Yes i could 'suck it and see'  but would appreciate up front any
> opionions of people who have done something similar already.
>

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