[hpsdr] Visual Studio version for PowerSDR...

[Joe Martin K5SO]

yeah, yeah, we know, George, but to a layman like me it's much the same.   The bottom line is that you DO need a full blown version of VS to be efficient.

Thanks for the corrections. 

Joe K5SO

On Mar 30, 2012, at 3:22 PM, George Byrkit wrote:

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> TO be correct about it, one NEVER combines C, C++ and C# (or with VB.Net) in
> the same project!  One can combine projects, one language per project, in a
> single SOLUTION, but never in a single project.  PowerSDR is a single
> solution with a number of projects.  Some projects are C# and some are C.
> I'm not sure that there is actually any C++.
> 
> And to be further correct, one does NOT link (use a build-time linker) C#
> and C or C++ in any way.  The C or C++ code must be linked into a DLL that
> is referenced from the C# code.  This referencing is done using those
> cryptic[ DLLImport] statements in the code.  So in this way it is quite
> possible to build parts of PowerSDR in the 'free' single-language versions,
> as the linking that Joe postulates never actually occurs.
> 
> KISS Konsole can be built in the free C# version of Visual Studio (currently
> VS2008).  We have NOT moved the mainline code for either forward to VS2010
> or the beta for VS2011 just so that people with VS2008 are not left out in
> the cold.  In general, it is not the code itself that is changed, but the
> solution file and project file that are changed.
> 
> I don't just play a programmer on TV, I am one.  And have been for over 35
> years.  Only about 12 years C# experience.  Maybe 30+ yrs C experience and
> about 20+ years C++ experience.
> 
> 73,
> George K9TRV
> 
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