VB Component for Unix?

[Gregorius]

Does anybody know if a dll or exe component can be compiled to run on Unix? If so, how do I go about it. If not, can it be ported and where can I find such a porting tool ?

[Dim]

I don't think that is possible...vb programs us several runtime files which would not run in a unix enviroment. And i do not believe there are "porting tools" out there to convert vb programs/dlls to be used under unix.
But i could be wrong, it's 4am...give me a break.

Gl,
D!m

[Gaffer]

These are resons Java is so practical...

I believe it is impossible to have VB components on UNIX, as Dim syas, due to Runtime components. Evene if there was a way, it would be impractical compared to Java or C++.

If you need to use VB components as part of a UNIX system, you would need a scehedular like Maestro to trigger the components from UNIX - then you have the issue of having to get and extrac group of guys (i.e. NT admin) to support the components...

[Gaffer]

Or convert to Stored Procedures...

[Gregorius]

Thanks Dim and Gaffer. So I gather that the only way would be my VB Component on NT using odbc/ole db to call database or another component on Unix...

[Gaffer]

I think that's the best approach. But VB is still a pretty good way of doing n-Tier database connectivity....

[JoshT]

I don't know how useful it would be, but there is a VBScript port for Solaris.