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Anyone know how to setup Borland C++ Dev Suite for 16-bit DOS development.
Thanks.
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How to setup Borland C++ Dev Suite for 16-bit DOS development
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Which version are you trying to setup?
I think I read somewhere that 4.5 was the last version that produced dos code, but I may be wrong on that.
I'm currently using 4.52 for occasional dos programming.
It was free on the front of a magazine about 7 years ago...
I think I read somewhere that 4.5 was the last version that produced dos code, but I may be wrong on that.
I'm currently using 4.52 for occasional dos programming.
It was free on the front of a magazine about 7 years ago...
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So start the thing up.
Go to Project: New Project
In the pathname box, my installation comes up with the project file in C:\bc45\bin\proj0001.ide
This seems to a singularly curious place to put a project, so I generally use the backspace key to generate a project name like
C:\bc45\fred99.ide
Notice that the target name also changes...
Target Type is "Application [.EXE]"
Platform is "Dos (Standard)"
This is your bog standard dos program without overlays or anything complicated...
Target Model defaults to "Large"
You can select Small, Tiny, Compact, Medium or Huge if you know the implications of those... (speed & size).
Floating point can be Emulation, None or Floating Point (i.e. the coprocessor) Default is Emulation.
Click "ok"
The project appears with "fred99.cpp" associated with the target "fred99.exe".
If you want to write C++, leave it.
For a C program, then right click on "fred99[.cpp]" and select "delete node", then click ok to confirm.
Add a C program by right clicking on "fred99[.exe]" and typing "fred.c" in the File Name box.
Click Ok.
Bring up the file window for "fred99.c" by left clicking on the "fred.c" in the project window.
Type the following:
into "fred.c"
Alt F S to save "fred.c", then
Alt P b to build the program.
You can execute it using the debugger or just navigate to c:\bc45 in a dos box & do it from there...
The exe may end up in c:\bc45\bin... the way mine just did.
Enjoy.
Go to Project: New Project
In the pathname box, my installation comes up with the project file in C:\bc45\bin\proj0001.ide
This seems to a singularly curious place to put a project, so I generally use the backspace key to generate a project name like
C:\bc45\fred99.ide
Notice that the target name also changes...
Target Type is "Application [.EXE]"
Platform is "Dos (Standard)"
This is your bog standard dos program without overlays or anything complicated...
Target Model defaults to "Large"
You can select Small, Tiny, Compact, Medium or Huge if you know the implications of those... (speed & size).
Floating point can be Emulation, None or Floating Point (i.e. the coprocessor) Default is Emulation.
Click "ok"
The project appears with "fred99.cpp" associated with the target "fred99.exe".
If you want to write C++, leave it.
For a C program, then right click on "fred99[.cpp]" and select "delete node", then click ok to confirm.
Add a C program by right clicking on "fred99[.exe]" and typing "fred.c" in the File Name box.
Click Ok.
Bring up the file window for "fred99.c" by left clicking on the "fred.c" in the project window.
Type the following:
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
int main ()
{
printf("hello world\n" );
}into "fred.c"
Alt F S to save "fred.c", then
Alt P b to build the program.
You can execute it using the debugger or just navigate to c:\bc45 in a dos box & do it from there...
The exe may end up in c:\bc45\bin... the way mine just did.
Enjoy.
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