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Re: Turbo Pascal for Windows

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From: Martin Ireland
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 01:15
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aone wrote:
> Go to Delphi - get D3 on Ebay for ~$20-30 - your TP code will work fine
> "Femme Verbeek" <fv[at]cyberjet[dot]nl> wrote in message
> news:vaaco3eb185qec@corp.supernews.com...
> 
>>"David" <trailerdavid@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
>>news:Bi1pa.479442$HU.67308@news.easynews.com...
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>>>I have, for many years, been doing quite a few programs under DOS with
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>>the
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>>>TurboPascal. Lastly I have been using TP7.0 for DOS. Now, I have
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>>started
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>>>using Windows (WIN98SE). I still want to use my old programs, but
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>>transfer
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>>>them into a state taht they may be run under Windows. In the onscreen
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>>help
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>>>it says that this should be possible by putting the following line in
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>>the
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>>>top of your program:
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>>>    USES WINDOWS;
>>>
>>>Doing so, I get a message that the unit WINDOWS does not exist.

I think you need to look for WINTYPES and WINPROCS units rather than WINDOWS

HTH

>>>
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>>True, there is no such unit. Not even if you have TP for windows.
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>>>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
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>>of
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>>>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.
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>>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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>>
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