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From: "corlioni1976" <corlioni1976REMOVE@yahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Does Visual ADA exist?
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:01:15 -0000
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"Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen"
<ole-hjalmar.kristensen@substitute_employer_here.com> wrote in message
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> >>>>> "c" == corlioni1976  <corlioni1976REMOVE@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>
>     c> Hello All,
>     c> I am trying to evaluate the transfer of a program written in ADA
that runs
>     c> on an old DOS based computer to a win2000 computer.  I need to make
the
>     c> program user friendly by giving it a graphical user interface.   At
the
>     c> moment its just a text interface.  I will probably have to rewrite
the
>     c> program.  Does Visual ADA exist?  If not, is there software that
can be used
>     c> to convert (cross compile) ADA to C or C++ so I can convert to
visual C or
>     c> visual C++?
>
>     c> Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
>     c> Regards
>
>     c> Naveed
>
> Yes, there are bindings to various graphics subsystems. Depends on what
> capabilities you need, really. There is a binding to OpenGL should you
> require 3D graphics, and on windows you have Claw
> (http://www.rrsoftware.com/html/prodinf/claw/claw.htm), which is an
> interface to the Windows functions, including the GUI functions, and
> there is GtkAda, a binding to Gtk+, if you want portable graphics.
>
> --
>    C++: The power, elegance and simplicity of a hand grenade.

Hi, Thanks for your reply.

I will visit the website and take a look at what they offer.

Naveed