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Re: Changing from DOS to Windows IDE[interupted]

• Posted by JAYBEEDEE <daviesjb at l?v.?c.uk> Jan 13, 2008
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don cole wrote:
> 
> Dan Moyer wrote:
> > 
> > don cole wrote:
> > > 
> > > JAYBEEDEE wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I'm sure this has come up before, but I cannot find anything on it.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm a comparative newbie, but have written a largish program in Euphoria
> > > > DOS
> > > > using edita.exe.
> > > > Basically, it reads data from a txt file into a massive array (3
> > > > dimentional
> > > > sequence), does a lot of processing,
> > > > and then writes the results to another txt file.
> > > > 
> > > > Include files are get.e and sort.e
> > > > 
> > > > Within the code are 2 procedures and 2 functions.
> > > > 
> > > > Can someone point me towards some text describing how to go about
> > > > disassembling
> > > > this 
> > > > program so that I can run it under Windows using Judth's IDE.  Perhaps
> > > > someone
> > > > could
> > > > outline some elementary principles.
> > > > 
> > > > As the output is to a file all I need is a window with a START button.
> > > > 
> > > > I tried pasting the whole set of code into a window, but running
> > > > produced all
> > > > sorts of errors
> > > > Wouldn't recognise the include files for a start.
> > > > 
> > > > Are the include files different under windows?
> > > 
> > > Hello JAYBEEDEE,
> > > 
> > >   What I would do is change your dosprog from dosprog.ex to dosprog.e.
> > > 
> > > Then use IDE to create a window and a 'start' button.
> > > 
> > > Save it with launch/pass control to editor of your choise (Edita I
> > > assume).
> > > 
> > > Add to it include dosprog.e and
> > > 
> > > procedure onStartfdIO; INTERUPTED
> > > setHandler(startButton,w32HClick,routine_id("onStartButton"))
> > > Don Cole
> > 
> > 
> > I'm not sure whether Don's suggestion will work or not (not saying it won't,
> > just not sure if it will), but I don't think you have to add the "include
> > dosprog.e"
> > via an external editor, you can do it within the IDE by clicking on the item
> > "General" in the drop-down list of event-handlers in the IDE edit window,
> > and
> > adding the  "include dosprog.e" right there.  Same for the added procedure.
> > 
> > Don, could you explain how your suggestion would function?
> > 
> > Dan Moyer
> 
> 
> Sorry my last transmission was interupted with personal problems at home.
> 
> As was saying:
> 
> }}}
<eucode>
> procedure onClickStartButton(integer s, integer e, sequence p)
>    -- read textdeoc1.txt (using routines already written in dos)
>    -- read textdeoc2.txt (using routines already written in dos)
>    -- calculate results (using routines already written in dos)
>    -- print the results in an EditText or ListView that should be created   - 
>     -- in IDE at the time you create the Window and PushButton.
>    -- I should point out here that I use IDE only to create and place my 
>    -- basic controls; I then pass the controls over to Edita. Then I use 
>    -- Edita to put everything together. I don't try to write programs in IDE
>    -- although I suppose it could be done.
> end procedure
> setHandler(startButton,w32HClick,rourine_id("onClickStartButton"))
> 
> Don Cole
Thanks to Don Cole, CChris and Dan Moyer for your helpful replies.

In the end I setteled for Don's solution as being the simplest, and it worked!

I'm slowly getting my head round this IDE set-up, but progress is slow!

Thanks again,

JayBeeDee