> P.S. Is not Visual Studio 6 Learning Edition free for
> students?

>Irrelvant because then the app would require a total rewrite to work. The
>specific task was to create a crossplatform application from a single
>codebase. If you switch to VS, it's the VS way or the highway.

Not true. I use wxwindows to write the cross-platform code. I can compile
with VS, Cygwin, Borland, gcc,...

Mike

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