Starting Borlan Compiler
I have just downloaded the compiler, I created the two files it said to create, and I have also added the BCC55 file to the place they said to add it. I have never done c++ ever but I think I can follow instructions pretty well, but I can't get the compiler up and running. Can someone help please? I am running Win XP, all and any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
The New Guy,
Leo
P.S. *Borland*
The New Guy,
Leo
P.S. *Borland*
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BCC 5.5 is old, and only comes with the command-line tools. It does not come with the IDE.
To use it, you must open a command prompt window (Start --> Run... --> "cmd"), add the BCC directory to the PATH ("set PATH=C:\BCC55\bin;%PATH%" or wherever you put the compiler executable), then change to your project directory and use it like: bcc myfile.cpp .
However, BCC 5.5 really is quite old, and it is not standards-compliant. Unless you are required to use it to support an old project, don't use it.
Get the Turbo C++ Explorer instead. It is huge, and needs the .NET framework to work (you should have that installed anyway), but it is a complete IDE and a good, modern, standards-compliant, compiler system for C and C++, and it comes with everything you need to create everything from Console to Win32 GUI programs.
http://www.turboexplorer.com/cpp
Good luck!
To use it, you must open a command prompt window (Start --> Run... --> "cmd"), add the BCC directory to the PATH ("set PATH=C:\BCC55\bin;%PATH%" or wherever you put the compiler executable), then change to your project directory and use it like: bcc myfile.cpp .
However, BCC 5.5 really is quite old, and it is not standards-compliant. Unless you are required to use it to support an old project, don't use it.
Get the Turbo C++ Explorer instead. It is huge, and needs the .NET framework to work (you should have that installed anyway), but it is a complete IDE and a good, modern, standards-compliant, compiler system for C and C++, and it comes with everything you need to create everything from Console to Win32 GUI programs.
http://www.turboexplorer.com/cpp
Good luck!
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