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Nov 19, 2001, 6:31pm

Sorry if I missed any previous posts on this, but I thought I'd bring the
subject up since I know people have been asking for free development
languages for bots. Looking for some specific VB stuff for OO, Google popped
up a reference to Envelop ... supposedly a now defunkt (i.e. no support) VB4
mimic. When I say VB4 mimic, I use the term lightly ... it (apparently)
supports the sort of stuff VB4, VB5 and VB6 have failed on in OO - i.e.
polymorphism, inheritance and encapsulation. However, if you want to keep it
down to the simple VB form-type stuff, then there is a lot of similarity.

I downloaded it and played for a few minutes just to confirm that OCX
support was there for Mr Grimms VB SDK ... which it is. Its a bit ugly, and
not quite what I'm used to, but its visual, its Basic, it handles OCX's and
it builds executables. Seems like a good option for people at first glance.

Anyone that was looking for something like this can find the links below.
Also, if anyone has come across it before and has any comments on it, now
would probably be a good time to voice them.

Brief Description (VERY brief) http://pages.cthome.net/xx/e.htm
Download at WinSite http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000011236 (over 7 MB
download)

Grims

Dec 17, 2001, 12:59pm

Hey Grimms,

I wrote my first programs in Envelop. Not a bad package, shame about the
lack of support.
It handles OCXs fairly well, but I wouldnt build a mission critical app with
it.

If people cant afford the real thing, I would recon they try Envelop if they
dont want to go down the C/C++ route. Not going C/C++ before VB was IMO a
mistake for me.

-Gav

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