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Re: Turbo Pascal for Windows

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From: aone
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 12:51
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Go to Delphi - get D3 on Ebay for ~$20-30 - your TP code will work fine
"Femme Verbeek" <fv[at]cyberjet[dot]nl> wrote in message
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> "David" <trailerdavid@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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> > I have, for many years, been doing quite a few programs under DOS with
> the
> > TurboPascal. Lastly I have been using TP7.0 for DOS. Now, I have
> started
> > using Windows (WIN98SE). I still want to use my old programs, but
> transfer
> > them into a state taht they may be run under Windows. In the onscreen
> help
> > it says that this should be possible by putting the following line in
> the
> > top of your program:
> >
> >     USES WINDOWS;
> >
> > Doing so, I get a message that the unit WINDOWS does not exist.
> >
> True, there is no such unit. Not even if you have TP for windows.
>
> > Is there anybody out there, who have a TP that will be running under
> > Windows, and who do not need it any longer? Maybe I could buy it out
> of
> > you???
> >
>
> Win95 and Win98 are the best Windows versions for running old dos
> programs. You can simply run your old programs and the TP IDE in a
> Windows Dosbox or full screen.
> The only thing you have to take care of is the RTE 200 bug in TP. This
> is an error that occurs if your computer is to fast. See the FAQ  weekly
> posted by Robert AH Prins in this newsgroup for solutions.
>
> If you can get hold of a copy of Borland Pascal with objects, use that.
> It has the possibility to compile for real and protected DOS mode and
> for Windows.
>
> You might consider buying Delphi, which is the most up to date 32 bits
> compiler for Windows, but the code it is not compatible with TP.
>
> --
> good luck
> Femme
>
>




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