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 ?:confused:
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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 ?:confused:
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
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...
Or convert to Stored Procedures...
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...
I think that's the best approach. But VB is still a pretty good way of doing n-Tier database connectivity....
I don't know how useful it would be, but there is a VBScript port for Solaris.