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I am interested in moving a number of my projects from Visual Studio and Access/Office Basic with a SQL back-end to the Linux world.
Are there any utilities available to move code over to a similar platform on Linux?
Here's a link to the Mono Migration Analyzer to get started. It will help you pinpoint Microsoft specific calls, but you'll probably have to do the db conversion and data access layer manually. You may be surprised - mono does have a System.Data.SqlClient namespace so you may not have much work to do.
OpenOffice has a Basic interpreter which is largely compatible with VBA. This may help you with your Access applications. The OpenOffice versions should run on both Windows and Linux.
There are some flavours of OpenOffice that include native support for VBA. The version included with Ubuntu is one example, and the Novell version for Windows is another. For more details and a list of versions with this feature, see this article on linux.com.
They don't support all features of VBA, but they will reduce your conversion effort.
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I use MS Project Professional 2013, and I need to find a tool for code management for VBA. I would like this tool to be able to import and export code from/to MSP and the ability to integration with TFS. Can you recommend something to me?
I was trying to do the same thing, but in the end it's easier to just migrate to full VB.net and build your code as an add-in using the full power of Visual Studio. You get complete dev and test tools, plus integration with TFS, and a much better IDE to work with. The learning curve for the VB stuff is minimal (same language syntax, same Project Object Model), but there is a little getting used to Visual Studio.
There are some (rather complicated) solutions out there, but if you are ready for managed code you may as well take the leap.
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I want to replace the Caché Studio, because it needs to be ran on Windows. Browser based IDE would be most convenient solution for using OS indepedently and mobile.
Is there any browser based IDE for use with InterSystems Caché database?...
...Or, is there a way to export Caché class as readable source code like in Studio? I know there's a way to export classes as XML. But that's not the actual source code.
1) I have not come across any browser-based IDE for use with Cache.
2) Yes - we have just released EnsPlus, a commercial Visual Studio extension which allows you to work with ObjectScript code on the file system.
It allows you to export the classes from Cache and work with them as normal files on the file system. However, this is for Windows-based systems only so I am not sure if it meets your needs.
There isn't a browser-based IDE available for Caché programming. In fact, the only alternative to Caché Studio is George James Software's Serenji debugger/editor.
The XML is the actual source code.
Unfortunately, there is no other option besides Studio, but Intersystems is certainly working on one.
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I'm looking for a free visual editor for a language that would compile to native windows exe, no runtime.
I'm looking for alternatives to the Delphi suite (so don't give it as an answer), something that would allow me to write Windows GUI applications with ease.
I don't care about the language, as long as it gets the job done, but I would appreciate if your suggestions avoid functional languages. Even better if it abstracts the windowing system with something more simple than the winAPI.
Why don't you download the free visual studio express edition? With it you can develop in c#, visual basic as well as in 'plain' c++
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I know c# and visual basic.net use runtimes. But the runtimes are free anyway so it might not be a problem. When developing in .Net it really is rapid development.
When programming in C you can avoid runtimes, although it is tricky to create something which even doesn't require the msvc runtime dll's
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A suggestion: AutoIT scripting...quite small and handy scripting language. Some people have actually developed a full blown application with it.
Lazarus is an open source implementation/remake of native Delphi.
Bloodshed Dev++ has to be one of my favorites for a free editor.
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I am looking for a STABLE FTP library for Compact Framework. I would prefer a library where I don't have to fix or step through any code, but just use as is.
While the free OpenCf.FTP is great, I think it is at this point creating more work for me than my actual coding and I am afraid I don't have time allotted for this.
Any libs you guys have had experience with? Good/bad?
Our Rebex FTP/SSL supports .NET CF since 2006. It shares the codebase with Rebex FTP which is maintained since 2004. I guess it is probable quite stable - for example Microsoft licensed this FTP/SSL component and is using it in Visual Studio 2010 for web deployment. Source code available.
Xceed also has a solid FTP library for .NET CF.
Check out IP*Works from \n Software. Solid and well supported.
What i find the most bizarre about CF is that it lacks FTP functionality. I mean it is a framework for MOBILE apps for God's sake. Perhaps someone from MS could enlighten me on why file transfer functionality is missing from mobile apps framework.
I am sure someone will come with some long and smart sounding explanation. Knock yourself out, it still makes no sense at all.
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is there any tool that can produce me simple application something like access
but without the need for access or open office to be installed
some thing that will save the data in real stand alone executable file with embedded simple db for non programmers.
I believe Filemaker does what you want. It's not free, however you could always download the trial and see if it fits.
If you are familiar with Access, you should look into compiling it into a standalone app using the Access runtime. Here's a thread on it.
Bear in mind that non-programmers will be quite limited in what they'll be able to accomplish, so calling this "rapid application development" is probably way overstating things.