Interacting with c++ (Boost) Libraries

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Simon Woods - 25 Feb 2008 18:09 GMT

Hi

I'm wondering if anyone has done any work on accessing the Boost
libraries. I'm particularly interested in the Regex (I know VBscript has
a regex engine, I'm looking at boost as a potential alternative). I
don't know c++ at all so am not sure how or where to start to make these
dlls accessible to my vb6 app.

Thanks

S

(Having said that, perhaps someone knows some other freeware com regex
util?)

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Ralph - 25 Feb 2008 21:11 GMT

> Hi
>
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> (Having said that, perhaps someone knows some other freeware com regex
> util?)

Boost libraries are "C++ libraries" you can not use them directly in VB6
code. [You could perhaps create a C++ ATL application to wrap them. Since
you don't know C++ there is no point going there.]

As for "free", you already have a Regular Expression component. Open Project
References and seek out "Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions 5.5"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818802

-ralph

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Simon Woods - 26 Feb 2008 07:19 GMT

>> Hi
>>
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>
> -ralph

Thanks Ralph

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Interacting with c++ (Boost) Libraries