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Re: Using U++ without UppIDE [message #29766 is a reply to message #29765]

Mon, 15 November 2010 17:03

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Apoptyzm wrote on Mon, 15 November 2010 16:41

Hello,
i would like to use U++ in my application, but i dont want to migrate with everything to UppIDE. I just want to maintain layout in UppIDE, and implement all the rest in Visual Studio.

Hi Apoptyzm,
Welcome to the forum Wink

It is possible to use U++ code separately, it is just plain C++ after all. It might not be simple, but it can be achieved. You are not the first one (and probably also not the last Smile

) to ask this question... By the way: It is "TheIDE", not UppIDE Wink

Apoptyzm wrote on Mon, 15 November 2010 16:41

Looking at the U++ it seems it's not designed to be used outside the UppIDE. i can't find any simple tutorial about it. Dlls are hidden in some magic directories, and seems to be corrupt, and so on...

The overall design revolves a lot around the "package" paradigm, that is dividing the code into small modular parts. To reasonably manage that you need either tool that understands the .upp files, or some patience to read them yourself and transform them into Visual Studio project or whatever else you need (don't worry, they're easy to understand).

AFAIK absolute majority of U++ users uses TheIDE, so that is the reason why there is no tutorial aimed in this direction.

There are no DLLs (apart from libs that come from windows SDK, but those are not distributed with U++ plus few exceptions in bazaar), so they can't be broken Wink

U++ compiles statically as much as possible.

Apoptyzm wrote on Mon, 15 November 2010 16:41

Is there anyone using U++ outside U++IDE for Windows based apps?

I can't talk for windows based apps, but on Linux I was able to create a Makefile capable of compiling any U++ project (based only on info it found in .upp files). On windows thing are not that easy, but I am pretty sure it is possible to create a Visual Studio project that will allow you to compile simple gui apps.

Best regards,
Honza

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