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From: nara@netcom.com (Nara)
Subject: Re: VW2.5: Has anyone tried converting a Envy image to a ordinary image.
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 20:20:51 GMT
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In article <31C896C2.2AC8@consilium.com>,
Monish H. <mharis@consilium.com> wrote:
>I need to port my application to a NT box. Since I dont have Envy on my
>NT desktop. I wish to remove Envy from my image which is on a HP/UX
>platform.

I'm in a similar situation.  I use VW 2.5 on Solaris w/Envy as my preferred
development environment, but do a lot of the testing on NT (VW 2.5 
w/o Envy).

>I know I can try to file out my Application classes and file them in a
>VisualWorks 2.5 image. However this would be a laborious task since I
>have too many of them. However, I could write a piece of code to
>accomplish this.

I use Parcels, and sometime BOSS-out classes, to move the app to 
the NT.  Fileouts  and scripts can become tedious to maintain after a 
while (been there, done that! <g>). Wish I had a fully automated system
to do this...

Also, development in Envy may assume the existence of certain methods we
become used to (eg. try looking for #classAt: in a non-Envy
image...), so the use of those methods in an app will need to be addressed 
(more of an annoyance than a serious problem). All in all, the port here 
works fine, and I should compile a list of Envy-specific things that 
don't exist in a non-Envy image that I may inadvertently use in an app.

[Actually, I'm a Team/V bigot, but I try not to let my biases get in
the way of good development w/Envy! <g> 
Anyone know when Team/V will be integrated with VW?]

>So if any of you can give any help, I'd appreciate.
>
>thanks,
>MH
>(mharis@consilium.com)

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