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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- Contact:
- Bob Swart (aka Dr.Bob - drbob@pi.net)
- P.O. Box 799, 5702 NP, HELMOND, THE NETHERLANDS
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- DR.BOB LAUNCHES HEADCONV 1.0 - C DLL HEADER CONVERTER EXPERT FOR DELPHI
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- Helmond, The Netherlands -- Dr.Bob has announced he will launch the first
- C DLL Header Converter Expert for Delphi, HeadConv 1.0.
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- Targeted at the serious Delphi developer, the HeadConv Expert will assist
- in the task of converting the C DLL header files to Delphi import units,
- giving all Delphi users access to the huge world of third-party C DLLs.
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- HeadConv has full support for functions and procedures, argument and return
- types (128 custom type conversions) and generates implicit Delphi import
- units. The expert is integarted in the Delphi IDE, making the conversion
- very easy as the converted file is opened up in the IDE automatically. At
- this time there is limited (non-complex) support for typedefs, structs,
- unions, enums and conditional compilations. HeadConv is not targeted to do
- the conversion 100% on its own, rather it will assist in converting the C
- DLL header files!
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- "The whole idea of a C translator is really great. I think in the long run
- it will prove more useful than a VB-Delphi translator because so much of
- the useful low level code that is suitable for a compiled language like
- Delphi's ObjectPascal is written in C." said George Watson, a beta tester.
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- Another beta tester was equally existed. "It already saved us two days of
- monkey work, even when not everything was converted 100% correctly."
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- The shareware version of HeadConv 1.0 will be available directly from LIB 22
- of the DELPHI forum. Registrations can be made (US$ 25) in the SWREG forum
- (id #6533). All registered users will receive source code for the expert and
- stand-alone EXEs (source code for the parser is not provided!), a detailed
- WinHelp file, the capability for generating explicit import units, and the
- chance to send new wishes and receive regular updates by CompuServe mail
- when available.
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- Bob Swart (aka Dr.Bob) is a professional software developer and free-lance
- techincal writer using Borland Delphi, Pascal and C++. Dr.Bob writes for
- several computer magazines and is columnist for The Delphi Magazine and
- The Pascal Magazine.
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