opening the include file iostream.h

[Guest_imported]

hi,
i am new to c++ and i am just learning the hello world program. my compiler is "borland turbo c++" and the program is as follows (which you already know):

#include <iostream.h>


int main();
{
cout <<&quot;Hello World!\n&quot;;
return 0;
}


but when i compile the program, it gives me two errors:-
1)unable to open file include file iostream.h (line 1)
2)declaration terminated incorrectly (line 5)

For the first problem, a book said &quot;check your compiler documentation for directions on setting up your include path or environment variables&quot;, but i don't no what it means. so could you please give me a solution?
Thank you very much.

 

[Guest_imported]

when i start to type in #include it is the same color as anything else i type. when i type:
#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
cout << &quot;hello world&quot;;
return (0);
}

everything is the same color. the include is yellow just like everything else

 

[chipperMDW]

Ok. So it seems the editor thinks your file is something other than a source file; probably just plain text. What's the extension on the file you're trying to write? If it's .txt (or anything besides .cpp), try saving it as a .cpp instead.

 

[Guest_imported]

FINALLY THAT WORKED. IT WASNT SAVED AS .CPP IT WAS JUST .C THANK U SOOOO MUCH I WOULD HAVE NEVER FIGURED THAT OUT.

 

[Guest_imported]

i downloaded the most recent version of borland i could find and after i installed it i couldnt find an icon to click on to start it. how do u start it?????

 

[chipperMDW]

It'll probably be wherever you downloaded it to. Look in C:\Program Files\Borland or somewhere around there. If you want an icon on your desktop, make a shortcut to it there.

 

[Guest_imported]

i know where the hole folder is and everything just for some reason i cant find or just dont know what to click on to start it.

 

[Guest_imported]

like i can find the folder just dont know what to click on to make the program start

 

[chipperMDW]

On my DOS Turbo 3.0, the executable is in the Bin subdirectory. It's called TC. It has an MS-DOS symbol. See if that's there for you.

 

[Guest_imported]

yeah in my old version it is called TC in the bin directory so i checked there for the newer one and TC wasnt there. also i clicked on like every icon int he bin directory to see if it was something else and i still didnt find it

 

[Guest_imported]

i tried to read the readme and it didnt tell me nothin. i have been lookin around the web to see if i could find something about it and i cant. where is the icon to start this stupid thing?

 

[chipperMDW]

I don't have the newest version of Borland... or even a recent version of Borland. You'd probably get more response if you started a new thread for this topic so someone else who does have it can answer you.

 

[Guest_imported]

ok thx for everything

 

[Snooperz]

Hey guys, well i've followed this post, tried everything mentioned and nothings worked for me yet with the same problem. yes i have all the libraries, and they are all pointed at using file > changedir .. but it keeps saying &quot;unable to open include file 'IOSTREAM.H' this is where i start ripping my hair out because ive tried it with 3 different copies of turbo c++ from different sources and versions for that matter. yet the problem wont go away, would be using windows xp have anything to do with it?

 

[2ffat]

It shouldn't. I'm using BCB on XP. Have you downloaded the free version of C++ from Borland? It is the same compiler as BCB5 and 6 (I think) but without the IDE. This is a head scracher. Do you have read permission on the directories?


James P. Cottingham

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
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[butthead]

did you check your environment.

autoexecbat setpath , path and such. maybe the path is not set properly. or has XP done away with this monster.

 

[2ffat]

XP uses paths just like W2K. The paths are set up in My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Enviromental Variables. I suppose somthing in the registry could be messed up.


James P. Cottingham

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
[tab][tab]Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity to a group of journalists.

 

[Snooperz]

I got it guys thanks for the help. Apparently turbo C++ doesn't like any drive but C:\ which i see no reason of it doing, maybe there was another problem and moving it to C:\ just cancelled it out. Not sure, anyway its fixed thanks