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[THEKINGSDINNER]

Hello i am looking for a FREE C++ Compiler

I need a FREE C++ compiler and either an ide or instructions on how to make in note pad
but it needs to do some things

I need it to be able to produce an exe that has the following specifications

*Does not need a framework and can simply be downloaded put into a Folder and then run
i don't mind if it needs a few dlls as long as they can be put into the same place as the exe and don't NEED to

be installed in any special way

*Can use Active X OLE .OCX files
without the use of Internet EXPLOitER (MSIE)

*The exe produced will need to work with MS Windows version 4 AND later(NT & 9X)
Windows version 4 is Windows 95 and Windows NT4

*Uses Forms(WINDOWS)
Not be a text only app It needs to have Visible widows with buttons and controls

if you know of a compiler witch has such Features
Please tell me

NOTE: These notes below simply explain why i need this


THE compiler needs to be free so it can be used with my FREE program to make VBA FRM into EXE

"The exe produced will need to work with MS Windows version 4 AND later(NT & 9X)"
these requirements seem odd to some people so i will explain why i have them

and So nobody needs to ask WHY

Microsoft and others seem to be discontinuing useful products like VBA
What happens if in 5 years time you stumble upon a few useful VBA apps you had made and forgotten about
You want to use these apps the new software wont let you you have a choice Recode in .net vsta or use in some

3rd party app(like the one i hope to make) to run it or do the tedious thing you made your app to avoid doing
That is why I Am Making A vba compiler
VBA needs Active X
& without Active X VBA would not be Visual Basic for Applications
It would simply be MS Basic for Applications
It needs to be close to vb5/6 apps(RUN ON ALL OF THE SAME PLATFORMS AS VB5/6)
The vba compiler converts the VBA .frm(NOT THE SAME .FRM YOU FIND IN VB5/6)
into A C++ Form And the code (some of which might not work the same as it does in office until compiler is 100%

done)
to C++ code and compile to exe
I need to start this soon because Microsoft is probably gonna kill vba Soon like VB5/6
I know open office is trying to support VBA code
but that does not mean my project can not co exist with other projects
I may or may not add vb5/6 support
It WILL be free for all (who can run windows apps on there pc)
I cant find a free basic program that can do this so i am looking for a C++ program
I cant use ie because it would Be PURE EVIL and not work well IF AT ALL with FREE windows clones LIKE ROS
VBA uses Active X so much That making a VBA compiler that does not use Active X would cause lots of apps to break
and ones that work to be almost Useless
or the compiler will require lots of user input
I Have 4 years to make this VBA compiler with sort of working BETA Released before 2014
VBA Is still sort of supported
http://www.blog.com.mx/archives/img_VB_lifecycle_large2.gif
vba would have an extra 5yrs
If you cant figure it out or R lazy
Starts with 2000(00)
VB6 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
VBA 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
VBA is ALMOST the same thing as vb5/6
.NET OR JAVA WILL NOT WORK FOR THIS APP
.NET is an epic fail in my opinion And i am not the only ONE
http://classicvb.org/
http://web.archive.org/web/20071018022420/http://classicvb.org/
REASON TO SAVE VBA witch is similar to vb6
http://www.builderau.com.au/program/dotnet/soa/Why-VB6-still-matters/0,339028399,339191344-1,00.htm
I Have 4 years may seem like long time but its not
testing alone will take a year
I would put it on a website where people can post bug reports to speed things up
Btw soon M$ will make a replacement for .NET
We will have to change all of our code AGAIN

Any way forget all that

i simply need a C++ compiler to make an exe that Does not need a framework and can simply be downloaded put into

a Folder and then run & Can use Active X OLE .OCX files without the use of MSIE The exe produced will need to

work with MS Windows version 4 AND later and use forms
as mentioned above in more detail
as i said before
if you know of a compiler witch has such Features
Please tell me
thank you

[patryk]

Try DevC++ or Borland C++