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Convert 16 bit Visual C program to 32 bit

hi there,
I have existing Visual C program which is 16 bit.
I need to convert it to 32 bit to make it compatible to run in Windows 2000.
It using Dialog editor tool to make the GUI.
I use nmake command from command promt to compile the program.
Also it using Oracle 7.2.3 client to connect to database ....

Thanks for all the help.
Mufaddal Shabbir

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muffish

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dear artokallio,
thanks for your comments.
I tried using the same as u suggested.
I am creating new project in Visual Studio 6.
Then i converted all 16 bit funcs. to 32 bit.
But i am facing another problem is that the GUI is developed using Dialogeditor program. and the Visual Studio cannot read the resource file created by the dialog editor.

I was wondering if there is any tool available to convert dialog editor forms to readable forms by Visual Studio 6 ...

Thanks n Regards,
Mufaddal Shabbir

artokallio

I am not aware of any such program right now, even if I am confident someone has written such a thing.
You're best off (generally) by importing the .rc file into Visual Studio. If there are any discrepancies, the resource compiler will complain, and you can deal with them one by one.

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artokallio

Since you are using Microsoft tools, I would recommend the following to convert your Dialog Editor produced .RES file into .RC file which could be imported into Visual Studio 6.0:
1) open the .RES file in App Studio (APSTUDIO.EXE). You do not need to create any project or similar, just open the file for the current APP1 script
2) save under extension .RC; if you are using RESOURCE.H for something special, remember to make a backup copy; when the saving has created the RESOURCE.H, you can append your special information in your own RESOURCE.H into that.
3) import the resulted .RC file into the 32-bit project: the resource compiler will produce the 32-bit .RES file that is then automatically linked into the project.

If you do not have the 16-bit Visual Studio 1.x, you can find the required tool (APSTUDIO.EXE) in the 'net. As you own a later Microsoft toolchain already, I do not think that there are any copyright issues.

Other options such as using some resource decompiler exist, but this will probably give you the best results compatibilitywise (The main problems using generic resource editors/compilers/decompilers are those caused by different vendors [such as Borland] using slightly different conventions/directives within resource scripts)

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artokallio

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You can also do this loading and saving of 16-bit resources from Visual Studio 6.0 itself, but I've had some bad experiences especially with larger resource files.
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muffish

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thanks artokallio,
i will try your solution .

Thanks again
Mufaddal