Porting 16 bit DOS Application to 32 bit DOS Application using BC++ 5.0

Gnanavel M

Delphi Developer

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:57:38 GMT

Porting 16 bit DOS Application to 32 bit DOS Application using BC++ 5.0

Hi All,
I want to port a 16 bit application to 32 bit Application so that the Application can work in Newer versions of Windows. My 16 bit Application has 16bit specific libraries like graphics.h, dos.h, etc which is developed using Borland 2.1 Compiler. So is it possible to compile the 16 bit application using the Higher versions of Borland C++ like 5.0 version without changing the source code? Else what can be the solution?

Thanks in advance
Regards
Gnan

Maynard Philbroo

Delphi Developer

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:37:43 GMT

Re:Porting 16 bit DOS Application to 32 bit DOS Application using BC++ 5.0

Yes its possible
you will need to rewrite your graphics code to use the windows GDI.

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Gnanavel M wrote:
> Hi All,
> I want to port a 16 bit application to 32 bit Application so that the Application can work in Newer versions of Windows. My 16 bit Application has 16bit specific libraries like graphics.h, dos.h, etc which is developed using Borland 2.1 Compiler. So is it possible to compile the 16 bit application using the Higher versions of Borland C++ like 5.0 version without changing the source code? Else what can be the solution?

> Thanks in advance
> Regards
> Gnan

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