Easy to Answer C++ Question...

[Raccoon]

For Everyone Other Than Me...

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

[journy101]

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

[d00dz Attackin]

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

[Raccoon]

Thanks for the quick reply. Lets see if it happens again.

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.

[Edit] : Thanks for the site d00dz Attackin. It seems to be more user friendly than the other site... (no offense). ;D

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"

Can someone put that in Laman's Terms for me?
ie. Where's the bin directory. How do I create a bcc32.cfg?

Raccoon

[journy101]

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

[jaguar291]

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 =

[(V)URD0K]

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!

[journy101]

>>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.

[lame_ass]

I think if your a beginner and are useing windows you should get MSVC++ it has a easy grafic interface.