REALbasic 5.5 free to VB6 Users Untili March 31 2005

[Jim Hubbard]

If you want to try a true cross platform development tool - REALbasic is
giving away REALbasic Standard 5.5 to VB6 developers who may feel stranded
by Microsoft's abandonment of VB6.

It's still got a lot of growing to do, but if the idea of writing an app
that will run on Windows, MAC and Linux appeals to you, maybe you should
have a look.....

http://www.realsoftware.com/realbasic/vb6/

 

[Tom Dacon]

Talk about your real career-limiting move...

Tom Dacon
Dacon Software Consulting

 

[james]

The Free to VB6 developer's version ( RB 5.5 Standard) will not write an app. that runs in Linux. Here's the quote from the RB
in depth page:

a.. Standard Edition Windows version creates executables for Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP. Macintosh version creates Mac OS X and
Mac Classic applications.

Only the Professional Version will create Linux apps. And as I understand it, you have to buy a different version for each OS
( Windows & Mack OS X) in order to write apps for Windows & Mac OS X, using the Standard Version.

Here's the link:
http://www.realsoftware.com/realbasic/indepth/

And here is the link to the page with the price quotes:

http://www.realsoftware.com/store/new_purchases.html

For myself, I will stick with VB.NET and for Linux, I will use Mono Develop. It is having growing pains, but, is getting better
and better.
james

 

[Bob Lehmann]

Didn't you say, in a posting from a few days ago, that your research into
REALbasic led you to beleive that it wasn't an acceptable replacement?

Bob Lehmann

 

[Eric]

It's still got a lot of growing to do, but if the idea of writing an app

that will run on Windows, MAC and Linux appeals to you, maybe you should
have a look.....

http://www.realsoftware.com/realbasic/vb6/

Why not use the free Xbasic for cross-platform BASIC programs:

http://www.xbasic.org/

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Didn't you say, in a posting from a few days ago, that your research into
REALbasic led you to beleive that it wasn't an acceptable replacement?

REALbasic still may be a partial replacement .

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Why not use the free Xbasic for cross-platform BASIC programs:

http://www.xbasic.org/

Does XBasic provide an IDE and a visual form designer? Being a BASIC-style
language doesn't make it a RAD tool automatically.

 

[Jim Hubbard]

The speed that I observed in the applications posted by other users is
unacceptable.

If this was due to the user's design or REALbasic I do not know.

 

[Jim Hubbard]

Must have been due to the users' design. I have seen a graphics application
that is definitely not slow and a newsgroup picture downloader that is very
professionally done - both using REALbasic.

If you care to look.......

http://www.oriens-solution.com/downloads/ripro.htm - RahmanImager
Professional Edition 2

http://www.brainchild.nl/ - Picture Patrol Officer

I've also had a look at the 2005 REALBasic IDE screenshots, and they look
MUCH better than the 5.5 version.

Check out how it looks on Linux, Windows, and MAC at
http://www.realsoftware.com/demo15/index.php?m=editor&p=linux.

Jim Hubbard

 

[google_groups3]

Does XBasic provide an IDE and a visual form designer? Being a BASIC-style
language doesn't make it a RAD tool automatically.

Gambas at gambas,sourceforge.net is THE answer to this thread. It is
not cross platform but has an IDE and visual form designer. There is
even a project (in early development) for a plug-in that will convert
your VB forms.

 

[C-Services Holland b.v.]

If you want to try a true cross platform development tool - REALbasic is

How many of these 'switch to RB now!' threads are you going to start?

 

[Alejandro Lapeyre]

If we were interested in a true cross platform development tool then
we were not using VB6.

Best regards,
Alejandro Lapeyre

 

[Jim Hubbard]

How many of these 'switch to RB now!' threads are you going to start?

How many do you see?

 

[D H]

Gambas at gambas,sourceforge.net is THE answer to this thread. It is
not cross platform but has an IDE and visual form designer. There is
even a project (in early development) for a plug-in that will convert
your VB forms.

I agree. See also python(like) options like IronPython
(http://www.ironpython.com/) and Boo (http://boo.codehaus.org). Boo
developers are working on form designer support.