Re: Does Visual ADA exist?

[Frank Beard <frank_ada2000@yahoo.com>]

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Aonix ObjectAda is pretty good
(http://www.aonix.com/objectada_win.html).  The
Professional Version is about $500 USD, or so, if I
remember correctly.  The Enterprise Edition is more,
and I think there is a level below the Pro version.

The ObjectAda IDE is very similar to MS VC++, and
somewhat similar to Delphi.  I've been waiting for
them to enhance the GUI builder for quite some time.

There is a free limited version
(http://www.aonix.com/oa_win_demo.html).  It also
includes the GUI Builder.  Unlike the full-up
versions, there is a limit on the size and number of
files you can have in the project, and the number of
widgets you can have on a window, as well as the
number of windows.  It will at least tell you if you
might be interested in using it.  It may also give you
enough for what you need.

Frank

--- corlioni1976 <corlioni1976REMOVE@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> "Marius Amado Alves" <amado.alves@netcabo.pt> wrote
> in message
>
news:mailman.42.1105447548.527.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org...
> > > I am trying to evaluate the transfer of a
> program written in ADA that
> runs
> > > on an old DOS based computer to a win2000
> computer.  I need to make the
> > > program user friendly by giving it a graphical
> user interface.   At the
> > > moment its just a text interface.  I will
> probably have to rewrite the
> > > program.  Does Visual ADA exist?  If not, is
> there software that can be
> used
> > > to convert (cross compile) ADA to C or C++ so I
> can convert to visual C
> or
> > > visual C++?
> >
> > You should take the chance to do it all in Ada
> using one the many
> > excelent Ada GUI libraries available. If nothing
> fancy use JEWL.
> >
> > But... if you really want to use a C GUI library
> then I would recomend a
> > bilingual construction. You already have the
> business logic in Ada.
> > Leave it there. Don't "rewrite" it: just make a
> wrapper around it that
> > exports it to C. Then make you gadgets in C
> connecting to the business
> > logic thru this wrapper.
> >
> 
> Hi Marius,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.  Do you know of any good ada
> compilers out there that
> I could use.  I am a beginner (last C programming
> was done 4 years ago and
> VHDL 5 months ago) when it comes to ada.  I don't
> really want to learn ada
> and relearn C again.  If I can save time by just
> learning some ada and
> transport the code  that way and add a GUI to it I
> think that will save me
> alot of time in the long run.  I dont mind paying
> for the compiler if what I
> get is good (the company will pay), but it still
> needs to be relatively
> cheap (<�500 GB).  Can you recommend any?
> 
> Thanks
> Naveed
> 
> 
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