Hi George,

My experience with VB was exactly that it DOES create much larger apps 
than the equivalent FB app; however, is size really all that important 
in this day of huge HDs?  As I've indicated before, the VB and FB syntax 
are so close that the conversion is a non brainer. I too wrote a very 
simple converter. I think I used HyperCard if I'm not mistaken, since it 
was so easy to change one text file into another one. Even easier than 
using FB. Sorry for the heresy, but the differences were so very minor - 
and obvious.

Joe Wilkins

George Beckman wrote:

>on 1/10/03 3:33 AM, Douglas Stemen at dstemen@... wrote:
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>>>I do have a VERY PRIMITIVE syntax converter I wrote some years ago that
>>>takes FB code and ports it to VB. It was written to handle FB2 code,
>>>but
>>>it at least gets the basics started. It comments out everything, so you
>>>can add bits back in as you review and correct them. If you'd like a
>>>copy
>>>of it, please email me privately.
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>I am following this one with great interest.   I use Delphi for my Win port,
>and had always hoped to finish my non-illustrative programming without using
>VB as I always thought it created huge apps.   However, after looking at a
>RB demo, I am thinking differently.   If John's converter gets close,
>perhaps this is an answer for me.
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