(meteorobs) successfully Compiled the existing "METEOR" Code

[Chris Peterson]

FWIW, programs developed in Visual Studio will run fine under XP. As 
long as you set up your compiler options to use a version of .NET that 
is available for XP the same EXE will run on both XP and later versions 
of Windows. Certainly, you can use VB6, but since it doesn't run on Win7 
anything you create will become increasingly difficult to maintain in 
the future. I'd consider biting the bullet and migrating the software 
development to Visual Studio if you foresee using this tool for some 
time yet.

I have one or two programs that I'm still maintaining in VB6, but most I 
have moved to Visual Studio 2010, and all still run under XP.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 10/17/2012 1:27 AM, Jay Salsburg wrote:
> I successfully Compiled the existing "METEOR" Code into a Windows Console
> EXE using FreeBasic. http://www.amsmeteors.org/mallama/mallama11.html
>
> Because my computer does not have the legacy A to D card the program
> expects, it does not work correctly but it runs, processing False Triggers.
>
> In addition to this, I created an executable "Audio Recorder" in VB6 that
> runs on XP and Win7. Hopefully, I can migrate the "METEOR" Code into the
> Audio Recorder to create a new hybrid App that will run on Newer Hardware.
>
> In my last correspondence, I made a mistake. In haste I contributed the
> METEOR program to Christian Steyaert. I was mistaken.
>
> The Code is from Anthony Mallama dated 1996 and 1997.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Salsburg [mailto:jsalsburg at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 12:02 AM
> To: 'Meteor science and meteor observing'
> Subject: adapt the Legacy Code named "METEOR by RADIO"
>
> I have been experimenting with creating a "Sound Recorder" App that will
> work with XP to Win7 machines. The problem I faced was that there is no
> fresh code that will work on both Windows OS and compile on the same
> Compiler. I solved the problem by abandoning the New Visual Studio Compiler
> and reverting to Visual Basic 6 which is near 10 years old. The Test
> successfully Compiles a Sound Recording/Play-Wav/MP3 App that works on both
> XP and Win7. Next is to start integrating the Contributed Code if possible,
> all the while, testing its function and utility on young Hardware.
>
> The reason to do this is to adapt the Legacy Code named "METEOR by RADIO"
> published by Christian Steyaert at
> http://www.amsmeteors.org/ams-programs/radio-observing/
>
> Jay Salsburg
>
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