Piano tech software

[Hechler Family]

Note: This is primarily for the software package developers

Remember I sent an email stating that I thought there was a comparable
development package to Visual Basic.

YES, and here it is REALBasic. You can take the source and cross
platform it to - MAC - and - Linux

www.realbasic.com

And the costs are most interesting

For Windows: A FREE 15 day Trial then Standard Edition $99.95,
Professional Edition $399.95

For Macintosh: A FREE 15 day trial then Standard Edition $99.95,
Professional Edition $399.95

For Linux: Standard Edition - FREE, Professional Edition $399.95

This is straight from their website:


      Great support for Windows

REALbasic has great support for Windows technology. Your applications
will be theme-savvy automatically. They will look and run correctly on
Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000 and XP. In addition, REALbasic supports many
Windows-only technologies such as ActiveX and the Windows Registry.


      A familiar environment

If you use Visual Basic you will be immediately comfortable in
REALbasic. Open a form, drag some controls onto it, double-click a
control to add code. Click the Run button to test your code. The
development process is exactly the same.


      Leverage your existing skills

You may have spent years developing your Visual Basic skills. REALbasic
provides you with an excellent return on this investment. Rather than
starting over from scratch with a completely different development
environment, take your Visual Basic skills with you.


      Port your code

The REALbasic language is very similar to Visual Basic, so porting your
applications will likely be a straightforward process. REAL Software
provides a Visual Basic Project Converter that will assist you in the
process. Most developers find that their projects port in hours or days,
rather than the weeks or months required in other environments.


      Go cross-platform

REALbasic is cross-platform that really works, so you can now build
Linux and Mac versions of your Visual Basic projects. More platforms
mean more customers and more sales.


      The end of DLL hell

Unlike Visual Basic, REALbasic compiles self-contained executables for
Windows that are not dependent on external files such as DLLs,
frameworks or a virtual machine. Port your Visual Basic projects to
REALbasic and eliminate deployment problems.


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Duaine Hechler
Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ
Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild
Reed Organ Society Member
St. Louis, MO 63034
(314) 838-5587
dahechler@charter.net
www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com