Gnat for Windows, was Re: NON EXPENSIVE ADA COMPILER

Gnat for Windows, was Re: NON EXPENSIVE ADA COMPILER

[tmoran]

In <3256B1FD.167EB0E7@gdesystems.com> Michael Levasseur wrote:
>If Ada 95 will work why don't you try the GNAT ADa95. This is supported
>on multiple platforms and is FREE!!! It's a pretty good Ada compiler and
  Is there in fact any way to get a GNAT that produces Windows 95/NT
programs for less then $250?  I bought the $50 version and it has no way
to use "resources".  The docs indicate that I can either buy MS Visual C++
or the $250 version of GNAT from Labtek in order to use menus, dialog
boxes, etc in my Windows programs.
  The $100 ActivAda I had previously bought from Alsys includes the SDK
stuff necessary for resources but it's Ada 83.  Its resource compiler
produces .res files from .rc files, but GNAT seems to need an extra
program that produces .rbj files from the .res files.  Does the .rbj
converter come with Visual C++?  Does it come with the $250 version
of GNAT?  Is it available anywhere else?  Alternatively, is there
any other Ada 95 compiler which, in a version complete enough to
produce real Windows programs, costs less?

Re: Gnat for Windows, was Re: NON EXPENSIVE ADA COMPILER

[Jon S Anthony]

In article <538q68$62c@news2.delphi.com> tmoran@bix.com writes:

> In <3256B1FD.167EB0E7@gdesystems.com> Michael Levasseur wrote:
> >If Ada 95 will work why don't you try the GNAT ADa95. This is supported
> >on multiple platforms and is FREE!!! It's a pretty good Ada compiler and

>   Is there in fact any way to get a GNAT that produces Windows 95/NT
> programs for less then $250?  I bought the $50 version and it has no way
> to use "resources".  The docs indicate that I can either buy MS Visual C++
> or the $250 version of GNAT from Labtek in order to use menus, dialog
> boxes, etc in my Windows programs.
>....
> of GNAT?  Is it available anywhere else?  Alternatively, is there
> any other Ada 95 compiler which, in a version complete enough to
> produce real Windows programs, costs less?

ObjectAda from Thomson, personal edition $245.00.  Costs less and comes
with more:

http://www.thomsoft.com/products/ada/oa/factsht.html

/Jon
-- 
Jon Anthony
Organon Motives, Inc.
1 Williston Road, Suite 4
Belmont, MA 02178

617.484.3383
jsa@organon.com

Re: Gnat for Windows, was Re: NON EXPENSIVE ADA COMPILER

[Robert Dewar]

">   Is there in fact any way to get a GNAT that produces Windows 95/NT
> programs for less then $250?  I bought the $50 version and it has no way
> to use "resources".  The docs indicate that I can either buy MS Visual C++
> or the $250 version of GNAT from Labtek in order to use menus, dialog
> boxes, etc in my Windows programs."


As Mitch noted, GNAT 3.08 for NT will enable full use of the Win32 binding.
Some of our customers are testing this version now (it runs all the demo
programs that come with the Win32 binding), and will be released publically
before the end of the year.

Re: Gnat for Windows, was Re: NON EXPENSIVE ADA COMPILER

[Robert Dewar]

tmoran says

"  Is there in fact any way to get a GNAT that produces Windows 95/NT
programs for less then $250?  I bought the $50 version and it has no way
to use "resources".  The docs indicate that I can either buy MS Visual C++
or the $250 version of GNAT from Labtek in order to use menus, dialog
boxes, etc in my Windows programs."


Ada Core Technologies is now developing a version of NT GNAT that is based
on the Cygnus libraries and does not require any additional modules to 

run Ada code. This version is now in the hands of some of our customers and
is undergoing beta testing. We expect to release this version before the
end of the year publically.

Meanwhile the answer to your question is no.

Re: Gnat for Windows, was Re: NON EXPENSIVE ADA COMPILER

[Richard Kenner]

In article <538q68$62c@news2.delphi.com> tmoran@bix.com writes:
>  Is there in fact any way to get a GNAT that produces Windows 95/NT
>programs for less then $250?  I bought the $50 version and it has no way
>to use "resources".  The docs indicate that I can either buy MS Visual C++
>or the $250 version of GNAT from Labtek in order to use menus, dialog
>boxes, etc in my Windows programs.

Yes, the next version will be using the Cygnus toolkit and will be able to
produce Windows 95/NT programs (including those using the WIN32API)
without any additional tools.