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From: Roga Danar <nospam@nospam.com>
Subject: Re: Anyone use Rational Apex on a WinNT platform?
Date: 1998/11/10
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Hi John,

  I am amoung the unfortunate that use Rational Apex Ada.

John *NOSPAM* Bunk wrote:

> Hello,
> Has anyone used the Rational Apex Ada compiler on a NT host platform for a
> Win32 target?

    Yes.

> If so, I was wondering what support does this compiler have
> for the Win32 API.

    Yes. For our v.2.0.1 it's in the winapi.ss

> Does it generate Win32 EXEs?

    Yes.

> Does it have Ada bindings
> for the Win32 API?

    Yes.

>  Tools?

    Not really that great.

> Documentation?

    NONE!! This is my biggest complaint.  If the WIN API were documented I
would have little problem w/ it.  But there is little to none in any of the
sub-systems that came with the version I am using.

> Performance?

    Well, the Apex environment for NT is an entirely different animal than the
one they have for Unix.  They make like it isn't but believe me it is.

    My experience w/ it includes:

Crashes.  Once in a while it fails to get permissions to write one file or
another and just crashes. BANG, you have to it up again.

Terrible GUI.  It take getting use to but even then it really uncomfortable to
work with.  if one is use to the Unix version be prepared to be disappointed in
the funcationality that you are losing.

Cannot write to PRN or LPT1:  I have yet to find a way to write to a port with
this version of Apex Ada.  There is code in the predefined.ss that look like it
could help but only crashes on elaboration.  I have written for help on this
very ng but to no avail.  I as well as others have been able to do this simple
task on other compilers (GNAT, Alsys) for NT.

>

    Hope this helps.

    Michael

>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> John

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