mclaren@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (David McLaren) (06/11/91)
I realise there has already been some discussion on the compatbility (or rather non-compatibility) of different TP .TPU files. What I would like to know is whether or not there is ANY WAY AT ALL of using compiled units (from TP 4.0) with any of the more recent TP versions (5.0, 5.5, 6.0). I have a couple of important unit which I never had the source code for & I NEED to be able to use them still. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. David Mclaren _____________________________________________________________________________ ____ ___ _ _ ___ Deptartment of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, / / /__/ | / /__ University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001. __/_/ / / |_/ /____ Ph. (002) 20-2137, mclaren@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au _____________________________________________________________________________ -- _____________________________________________________________________________ ____ ___ _ _ ___ Deptartment of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, / / /__/ | / /__ University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001. __/_/ / / |_/ /____ Ph. (002) 20-2137, mclaren@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au
dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu (Duncan Murdoch) (06/11/91)
In article <2399@diemen.utas.edu.au> mclaren@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (David McLaren) writes: >I realise there has already been some discussion on the compatbility (or rather >non-compatibility) of different TP .TPU files. What I would like to know is >whether or not there is ANY WAY AT ALL of using compiled units (from TP 4.0) >with any of the more recent TP versions (5.0, 5.5, 6.0). I have a couple of >important unit which I never had the source code for & I NEED to be able to >use them still. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. As far as I know, the only halfway (or maybe not quite halfway) reasonable way to do that is to keep your TP4 compiler around, and write programs to be Exec'd from your newer code. I've heard of a disassembler for .TPU files, but have never tried it; if it actually works, that might be another alternative. Unfortunately for your phone bill, the only place I've ever seen this thing is on Compuserve. Duncan Murdoch dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu
Gordon_Hooton@kcbbs.gen.nz (Gordon Hooton) (06/13/91)
The archeive site at Garbo (University of Waasa) has sone units that will return the headers for units of previous TP versions I believe. Beyond that I think there is no way (if someone did write an automatic TPU updater I bet they would make a fortune...virtually every TP programmer who upgrades makes the same request). I wonder if an intelligent dissassembler (back to TASM) with TD would help? Regards -Gordon.