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2008-02-12 09:41:46 PM
cppbuilder101
Hello All,
I have to support an 10 or 15 year old application.
It is written with Borland 5.02. This all works fine.
The guys from system administartion want to give me a new PC.
This PC is as old as the application. But...
They don't have the CD of Borland C++ 5.02 anymore.
The setup dir was removed, years ago from this computer.
I thought that maybe we could copy the borland directory to new computer.
We install a more current IDE, Eclipse C++ in this case, and configure
Eclipse to
compile and link with the compiler and linker in the borland directory.
Has anyone done this? Is it anyhow possible to do this. Or am I stuck with
the
Borland 5.02 IDE.
Migrating the project to a newer Borland version would be option but
converting
the project would mean rewriting a lot of code. The outcome of the rewrite
is uncertain.
Any help is appreciated.
Regards,
Theo
 

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Try www.recycledsoftware.com (oups, looks like the site is down for now)
Or eBay maybe
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:41:46 +0100, "Theo Kromhout van der Meer"
< XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote:
any registry entries on the new computer that are on the old one.
then just move your directories over. It might fly.
You can also elect, once you get things working, to just use command
line compile/link opttions.
I imagine that you could configure eclipse to use the command line
commands from borland, but it might be a few days work to figure it
all out.
hth
 

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Theo Kromhout van der Meer wrote:
If your project is using OWL, then you can upgrade to OWLNext,
and then you will be able to use either VC++ 2005/2008,
or the new C++ Builder 2007 to build your project.
Jogy
 

BC 4.5 and 5.0 CDs used to be fairly common and inexpensive on eBay,
you should also try there.
Theo Kromhout van der Meer wrote:

I will walk both roads.
I will ask my manager to order the old CD's from anywhere he can find them.
The system administration guys have lost the CD's so it's their job to
replace them.
The Eclipse road will be more of a learning project for me(when I have
nothing to do,
this is very little time).
Thanks, for all the replies.
Regards,
Theo
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www.recycledsoftware.com/xcart/home.php
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