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I looked around, and I think that this is the correct area to post this.
I am in the very early stages of a C++ How to... tutorial, and I am already stuck. I have written the source code and I don't know how to compile it. Do I need a seperate program to do this, or what?
Thanks in advance
Raccoon :eek7:
You need a compiler, there are plenty to choose from. If your just starting out and are making DOS programs, I recomend DJGPP, you can get it for free here
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
good luck
Here is a great web site to learn or help you, check it out;
http://www.cprogramming.com/
More links:
http://www.intap.net/~drw/cpp/
http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/C++/
Cya
Thanks for the quick reply. Lets see if it happens again. :p
I am at: http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/zip-picker.cgi
Do I want to download: gpp323b.zip
It says C++ Compiler, but I am just being paranoid because I am new to this. :rolleyes:
[Edit] : Thanks for the site d00dz Attackin. It seems to be more user friendly than the other site... (no offense). ;D
Can someone put that in Laman's Terms for me?Quote:
How do I set up the compiler?
From the bin directory of your installation: Create a bcc32.cfg file, which will set the compiler options for the Include and Lib paths, and add these lines:
-I"c:\Borland\Bcc55\include"
-L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"
Create ilink32.cfg and add this line:
-L"c:\Borland\Bcc55\lib"
ie. Where's the bin directory. How do I create a bcc32.cfg?
Raccoon :eek7:
Borlands a good product too Ive used both.
bin is short for binaries. In the folder where you downloaded and saved borland to, is another folder, a subfolder called bin.
Say you put borland here C:\Borland, then bin will be C:\Borland\bin
To create bcc32.cfg is simple, open up notepad, or your favorite text editor. Copy and paste the lines. Choose file>SaveAs, and in quotes put the filename "bcc32.cfg" and save this to your bin directory.
EDIT: You may find Dev-C++ easier then both, It has a graphical interface and requires no aditional configuration settings. http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/d...devcpp4980.exe
First, yes, you need a program which is called a compiler... it takes all those commands you have written and turns it into a program....
Second, I'd have to go with journy101 on the Dev-C++... that's what I used for about a last year to learn C++ or so and I was very happy with it. The program itself has a nice GUI (Graphical User Interface) that make requires NO previous knowledge of C++ to use, and most importantly its free .... but as of about two weeks ago I switched to Visual Studio (mostly for VB but C++ too) and I think I'm in heaven.... ;)
= Cheers, jag291 =
I dont know how good this compiler is anymore but you could use Dev-C++... and once you finish up DOS programs u can code windows programs too. The link for it is:
http://bloodshed.net/
Enjoy!
>>I dont know how good this compiler is anymore but you could use Dev-C++...
still very good, for Windows programs however you need a GUI toolkit like wxWindows to do anything usefull (Or use a bunch of createwindow calls) because suport for resource scripts was removed. I contacted them about this several times and have recently been told resource script suport is comming back, with a resource editor.
I think if your a beginner and are useing windows you should get MSVC++ it has a easy grafic interface.