On 10:14 AM 15/06/2001 +0200, Aalt Lokhorst said:
>A few day's ago Ian wrote about the difficulties involved in using C++.
>
> >The problem is linking in to the runtime libraries that Protel release. I
> >suspect it is technically possible to write the headers (C/C++) to
> >interface but to date no-one has done so
>
>How big are the problems? Do I need all the headers if I only want to have
>acces to the mouseclick position in PCB?
Big. I decided not to try to push it - it would be an interesting project
though - getting MS VisC++ hooking into the Protel run time library and
making the server provide the hooks that Protel expects in order to
integrate into the environment.
Every so often I think about investigating more but never quite do... Doing
it may also run foul of the NDA.
I am sure Protel have looked into it as the question has been asked many
times. The sort of thing that may be an issue is a possible need to
implement pascal style strings or at least provide conversions to and fro.
I have Delphi 5, I prefer VisC++, but the time investment required is too
high to justify for me.
Possibly time to take this to the OT list if we wish to delve deeper. But
discussion is most likely affected by the NDA ...
Ian
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