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I am interested in taking my current applications to the Mac platform and have a few questions on how this is implemented:

1. What compiler is used with FiveWin Mac?
2. Does the compiler run on windows machine or must I use it on a Mac? I know I need a Mac for testing, but in development?
3. Can I use the same dialog resources (I use resedit and create .rc file) for the Mac version or do they need to be rebuilt in another Mac-version editor?
4. Any other tools required to finalize a mac version?
5. Coding changes required ?

Thanks,
Greg

Actually I do want to create the Windows APP I have now into a Native Mac APP, so I need to know the tools to use per the questions I asked.
Thanks!
G

Greg,

1. What compiler is used with FiveWin Mac?

Apple's free xcode gcc

1. Does the compiler run on windows machine or must I use it on a Mac? I know I need a Mac for testing, but in development?

It only works on a Mac and you can only develop and test on a Mac

1. Can I use the same dialog resources (I use resedit and create .rc file) for the Mac version or do they need to be rebuilt in another Mac-version editor?

Apple provide its own resources editor, but it is quite different to the ones that you may have used in Windows.

1. Any other tools required to finalize a mac version?
   A source code editor of your choice.

2. Coding changes required ?
   Yes, many. You can not take a FWH app and recompile it with FiveMac. If you post a screenshot of your app, we could
   provide you some more thoughts about what to change, etc

Excellent info. This gives me a much clearer concept of the challenge.
Thanks!
G