ted@mdbs.uucp (Ted "Dracula" Carroll) (05/15/91)
If I were you I wouldn't use Zortech C++ for much windows programming. Contrary to popular belief (and the advertising) Zortech does not work with windows "straight out of the box". You must modify windows.h in a very disturbing way. (Not the standard bit to prevent name mangling) They define a couple of macros for you that are redefined in windows.h. You must also download this thing called win3kit.com off their BBS. It basically replaces a couple module in ?libcew and names the new libraries zl?w.lib. Although knowlegable, I found Zortech's technical support reluctant to procide any additional information. It actually took be two calls to find out the above. It would have been nice to have been told about the problems with the libraries on the first call. I still have a message with them that I need to be called back - so far no call. I have since figured out what was going on, but it's interesting to note that I never got a call back. With all fairness I have to make it known that I am a technical support rep for mdbs, and I know that it can be a rough life. Zortech also requires the windows SDK. Borland does not. I was very impressed with borlands product. Borland actually includes the MS resource compiler, and other MS tools. One other problem with Zortech is that they didn't have inheirited virtual function working untill version 2.18. Ted C. ee.ecn.purdue.edu!mdbs!ted P.S. Please forgive grammar and speeling errors. It seems that english is getting more and more like a second language.