Hi,

I am looking to upgrade (rewrite) some legacy C programs, and would really appreciate some helpful suggestions on the route to take. i.e. Should it be C++, or C# or .Net or something else?

Background
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Programs:
(a) These are MS C v6 utilizing CODEBASE to read Btrieve files (.btr) and output dBase (.dbf) files.
(b) Also some Borland Turbo C programs using BTRV API to read/write Btrieve files.
(c) Finally, some Clipper programs that may possibly be upgraded as well; just text and .dbf files.

Environment: Windows 2000 servers. Recently upgraded to Btrieve8. PCs W2K , being replaced by XP.

Programmer: Self taught in C (i.e. bright, but not very good!).

Other: Often come across memory problems, especially as OS upgrades are made, so the size of the executable may well be a consideration.

Many thanks,
Bob

I'm sure someone will have better advice since I haven't touched C/C++ for several years but I just have some questions.

1. Why do these programs have to be upgraded? C is still considered a fairly standard language and it has a lot of support.

2. Not knowing exactly what your memory problems are, I'd suggest something with automatic garbage collection since that helps a lot of people fix memory issues. Hence, C# (which is part of .NET) is probably a better choice.

3. Right now the program is for Windows. Do you have plans on going cross-platform in the future? That will have a large impact on what language to use.