programming software

kona

can sombody help me??

i want to practise my programming at home and not in college(doing engineering)

we use borland c++ to compile and text pad to write the program.

where can i get these tools.

i tried google and found a borland site, and downloaded, but you have to modify stuff in it to make it work

in college when you open borlad it is like MS dos, the one i downloaded doesnt open this way???
thanks lads

Evil Phil

Textpad: http://www.textpad.com/

Borland: Can't help you there as I don't know borland but it sounds like you're compiling from the command prompt in college. It would help if we know the exact product you downloaded from the borland site. A link or product name would do. Then we might be able to tell you how to do it.

Of course you could always try to learn how to do it a different way at home. The learning experience might seem daunting but it's worth the effort. Ask away here if you've any problems.

leahcim

It is probably Borland Turbo C++ you are using.

You can get info on downloading it here
http://dn.codegear.com/article/21751

dazberry

leahcim wrote: »

It is probably Borland Turbo C++ you are using.

You can get info on downloading it here
http://dn.codegear.com/article/21751

or is it just the C++ Compiler 5.5 which at 8.5MB is most likely just the command line tools.
http://cc.codegear.com/Free.aspx?id=24778

OP - might be an idea to take a look at Turbo C++.

D.

kona

cheers lads, ill check both of them out, im confused by it all, but i reckon its easy stuff, its just programmes to work out area of objects and time and distance stuff.

is there a standard library to include or do you have to add then to suit the programme your are writing in the main??

Red Alert

If it's basic or intermediate C programming that's not using any of the features of Borland C++ then a simpler system may be suitable.

Bloodshed Dev-C++ is good although I have found some problems with it on 64 bit windows.

Other option is Emacs (which I prefer to textpad anyway) combined with the MinGW compiler. Installation of this can be tricky but I think there's now an installer on the web site.

kona

its basic enough i think, some maths and calculations.

i cant get the turbo c++ to run

ive extracted, ran the install program, which put it into a new folder called tc??

but when i try to compile a programe it says that Tc isnt a command.

in college to compile i find the right drive, then type bcc32 *filename.cpp*

i do this on turbo and it just returns that error message

StickyMcGinty

i know a lot of people dont like it but Visual Studio C++ can be pretty handy for beginners to get used to the syntax

http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/

prob best to stick to what your using in college though for familiarity in any exams etc

carveone

dazberry wrote: »

or is it just the C++ Compiler 5.5 which at 8.5MB is most likely just the command line tools.
http://cc.codegear.com/Free.aspx?id=24778

OP - might be an idea to take a look at Turbo C++.

D.

Codegear eh? Better than Inprise I suppose.

BCC 5.5 is pretty good although of course the windows headers are a bazzillion years out of date. And I wish I had a decent resource editor.Yeah, plus it's command line only of course, but the OP suggested that was the case in his college too.

in college to compile i find the right drive, then type bcc32 *filename.cpp*

Ah, you kids and your GUIs - don't know about Paths eh?

This is the way I do it cause I'm too lazy to go start/run/cmd.exe:

Make a batch file (make a .txt and rename it to .bat)

Put these lines in it:

PATH=%PATH%;C:\apps\BorlandC\V5.0\BIN
cmd.exe

Where "C:\apps\BorlandC\V5.0\BIN" is the path to bcc32.exe or tc.exe or whatever. Then just double click on the icon to get a command shell with the path already set up.

As an aside I used http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/ to give me a few windows programming pointers back in the day. Quite a useful tutorial.

Conor.

Mach

kona wrote: »

its basic enough i think, some maths and calculations.

i cant get the turbo c++ to run

ive extracted, ran the install program, which put it into a new folder called tc??

but when i try to compile a programe it says that Tc isnt a command.

in college to compile i find the right drive, then type bcc32 *filename.cpp*

i do this on turbo and it just returns that error message

Waht you need to is set the PATH. when you try tc, DOS is like "ok where's tc", you got tell when it is . To set path open command promt an type

set path= c\location_of_tc\bin ;%path%

now type path and you comething like this

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\User>PATH
PATH=C:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Pro
gram Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin;C:\VXIP
NP\WinNT\Bin

is tc\bin any were.

dazberry

carveone wrote: »

Codegear eh? Better than Inprise I suppose.

Too little to late I'm afraid

carveone wrote: »

And I wish It? had a decent resource editor.

<grits teeth>

D.

Mach

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