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VB to VC++

Hi...

Just quick question....

**If i have a source code for application written in VB..
can it easily be coverted into VC++ ?

Or there is no such a thing? it will reqiure
programming from the scratch?

Or it depends on what the code does?
(if this is the case, i will provide the
application's details)

**I Think that the produced .exe file is much
smaller if the applicaton was written in
VC++ .. is that ture?

Thanks

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TheFriend

Are you kidin?

VB is basic, that's for kids to play (and make Anti Microsoft viruses). For C++ you gotta get serious.

You start doing it from scratch, but forms and dialogs are not so easy in Visual C++. Don't let the name 'Visual' trick you. There is NOTHING visual in VC++.
Coding requires a lot of C, C++ and WINAPI knowledge.

You can use Borland C++ Builder 5/6. Its IDE very similar to VB and easy to use with forms and dialogs. You can assign all the events right there on the property box of a say a button , listview or a webservice object. It will generate functions and classes with proper C++ syntax, so that you can compile your app error free and learn how the syntax is used in C++.

VB application's exe part may be smaller than an equivalent app. in C++, but the VB interpreter or runtime library is not. That exe part of your VB app and the runtime library is just like java.class + JRE, or javascript+Internet Explorer.