Is it possible to compile native MDL programs without the SDK?

Thanks again, Jan.  To answer your question about why all the zigzagging?  I don't know the answer to that, but I am being asked to compile or rewrite MDL programs without the SDK.

Brenden OReilly said:

but I am being asked to compile or rewrite MDL programs without the SDK.

Without knowing context it sounds like how to do things in inefficient way and probably invest a lot of time and to spend a lot of money.

Potentially to rewrite e.g. old simple V7 MDL into V8i C# can be more efficient than to try it to migrate and compile code, but typically it's not that case. Especially because limited Interop (VBA) API, when often P/Invoke (or even C++/CLI) is required to call C/C++ functions missing in Interop API. But it depends what applications do, for some workflows Interop API is perfectly fine.

Regards,

  Jan

Brenden OReilly said:

but I am being asked to compile or rewrite MDL programs without the SDK.

Without knowing context it sounds like how to do things in inefficient way and probably invest a lot of time and to spend a lot of money.

Potentially to rewrite e.g. old simple V7 MDL into V8i C# can be more efficient than to try it to migrate and compile code, but typically it's not that case. Especially because limited Interop (VBA) API, when often P/Invoke (or even C++/CLI) is required to call C/C++ functions missing in Interop API. But it depends what applications do, for some workflows Interop API is perfectly fine.

Regards,

  Jan