We have a large base of software written on HP300s in Basic/UX
(RMB)which runs our factory test equipment . Going forward we want to
move to a PC (like everyone else in the world !) but we would still like
to utilize the Basic code we have . I would like to port the Basic/UX to
a PC running Basic for Windows and then use VEE 4.0 as an outside
"shell" to call particular routines in Basic . Then over time port all
my applications from Basic to VEE or "C" . Has anyone tried to make use
of HP Basic in this way ?
Any suggestions would be appreiciated !
Mike O'Driscoll
modriscoll@lmco.com
Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems
Ridge Hill, Yonkers N.Y. 10598
(RMB)which runs our factory test equipment . Going forward we want to
move to a PC (like everyone else in the world !) but we would still like
to utilize the Basic code we have . I would like to port the Basic/UX to
a PC running Basic for Windows and then use VEE 4.0 as an outside
"shell" to call particular routines in Basic . Then over time port all
my applications from Basic to VEE or "C" . Has anyone tried to make use
of HP Basic in this way ?
Any suggestions would be appreiciated !
Mike O'Driscoll
modriscoll@lmco.com
Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems
Ridge Hill, Yonkers N.Y. 10598
Yes, this is possible. I have done it in VEE 3.21 only, though.
What I did was to merge the file in HP Basic with HP BASIC's AUTOST
file and start HP BASIC using VEE Execute Program function.
I did it only a couple of times and I have not done any serious
testing of it - we decided that from maintainability standpoint, it
was better to rewrite the program in HP VEE.
Regards,
Sergey Ermolin
sermolin@sc.hp.com
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Subject: Re: Using HP VEE 4.0 with HP Basic for Windows or HT Basic
Author: Non-HP-mo8474 (mo8474@eds.lmco.com) at HP-SantaClara,mimegw1
Date: 6/18/97 1:17 PM
We have a large base of software written on HP300s in Basic/UX
(RMB)which runs our factory test equipment . Going forward we want to
move to a PC (like everyone else in the world !) but we would still like
to utilize the Basic code we have . I would like to port the Basic/UX to
a PC running Basic for Windows and then use VEE 4.0 as an outside
"shell" to call particular routines in Basic . Then over time port all
my applications from Basic to VEE or "C" . Has anyone tried to make use
of HP Basic in this way ?
Any suggestions would be appreiciated !
Mike O'Driscoll
modriscoll@lmco.com
Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems
Ridge Hill, Yonkers N.Y. 10598