Trace Systems, Inc

We know you have strong feelings about what programming language is best for you when you want to make software for USB. We understand that you may have existing source code that you have developed and extended for years. You don't want to have to lose that code and start over.

We don't think you should have to start over, either.

For those reasons and more, we make our products able to let YOU choose the programming languages you want to work in. We don't lock you in to some proprietary programming scheme, or only provide you with some example program that barely works in only one programming language, like those semiconductor companies do.

Here are the compilers that HIDmaker FS currently supports for full speed USB projects:

For both the PC and the PIC side, HIDmaker FS generates complete, ready to compile and run source code, including project files that you can immediately load into your compiler's Integrated Development Environment, so the compiler can find all of the files in your project.

PIC (Peripheral Side) Programming Languages We Support

Take a look at the following pages to parts of the source code that HIDmaker FS has generated for this project.

Note that your choice of PIC compiler is completely independent of your choice of PC compiler: the device does not know or care what compiler was used in your program on the PC hose, and your PC code does not know or care what compiler was used on the PIC peripheral.

HIDmaker FS lets YOU make the choices that are right for you!

PC (Host Side) Programming Languages We Support

Do you like Visual Basic? Fine!  We give you several flavors of that.  Many folks use the newer Visual Basic .NET, so HIDmaker FS's generated VB.NET projects are compatible with VB.NET from 2000 edition to present.  For those developers with lots of existing Visual Basic 6 code that they still want to be able to use, we generate code for that compiler, too! (Our VB6 code is pretty close to Visual Basic 5: it only needs a small tweak to one file to compile it in VB5).

And yes, HIDmaker FS's generated projects for the Microsoft .NET programming languages works with the free Express Editions of those compilers.

How about C#?  We've got that too!  HIDmaker FS generates ready t project code for both the MS Visual C# and Borland C#.

Do you prefer C++ on the PC side? We've got you covered!  HIDmaker FS generates complete project code for Borland (now CodeGear) C++, as well as several flavors of Microsoft Visual C++: HIDmaker FS can generate C++ project code for the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) framework and the newer .NET framework.

Last but certainly not least, how about you smart folks who work with Delphi?  You'll find that HIDmaker FS is extraordinarily Delphi-friendly.  That's because it was written in Delphi.  If you are a Delphi user, you already know that Delphi is the most productive programming language and development environment on the planet.  If you're not familiar with Delphi, and are looking for a way to make great looking Windows programs easily, then check out our Delphi Review in the Tools We Love section of this web site.