How to Use
The Borland C++
Compiler
Version 5.02
to create C++ and C
programs
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Start up the Borland software
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Double click on the Borland C++ icon on the
desktop:
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If the icon is not on the desktop, click on the
Start button and select Programs from the list
of options. From the programs list, click on
Borland C++ 5.02 then Borland C++.
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You should then see the following screen. Don’t worry if the
screen is not exactly like yours – but it should have the
Borland C++ icon and title in the top left corner.
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Create a new project
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From the Borland C++ main screen, click on
File then New then Project to get to the New
Target window:
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In the Project Path and Name: text box,
type:
c:\temp\myprogs\prog1.ide
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Notice that the Target Name is
automatically taken from what you type.
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In the Target Type: text box click on
Application[.exe] to highlight it.
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In the Platform: text box select Win32.
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In the Target Model: text box select
Console.
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The remaining settings are as shown in the
New Target window above and are not
changed
Now click on the
Advanced button
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Click in the .def and
.rc boxes to deselect
them so that the
Advanced Options
window looks like this:
Now click on the OK button of the
Advanced Options window.
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Then click on the OK button of
the New Target window to
complete the setup for the new
project. You will then see the
Project window…
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The project is called prog1. The project file is prog1.ide in the
c:\temp\myprogs directory. Within this project is a C++ (or C) file :
prog1.cpp (or prog1.c). This is the source code file, the one that contains
the text of the C++ or C program. prog1.exe is the name of the executable
file to be generated from prog1.cpp (or prog1.c).
Now click on the filename prog1.cpp ( or prog1.c) to highlight it, and
press the Enter key to open the file. You will see a code window for
C:\temp\cpp\prog1.cpp (or prog1.c). The code window is where you to
enter the text of your program.
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Save the project
In the title bar of the
code window,
there is a * after
the source code
file name. This
means that the
file has yet to be
saved. To save
the file, Click on
File then Save.
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or
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Compile the project
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To compile your source code (convert it to machine
code) click on Project, and then Compile. If you have
typed everything in correctly, you should see the
following window (or a similar window for prog1.c).
or
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Click on OK.
If there are any errors
reported in this window,
the program will not be
compiled to machine
code. You will need to
find and correct the error,
then compile again.
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Run (execute) project
Once you have 0 errors,
you then have code
which will run, once it is
linked to the necessary
library files. To compile,
link and run a program
which you know has
zero errors, you can
simply click on the
lightening bolt button in
the tool bar (the sixth
button from the left
which has a yellow wavy
line on it).
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You will see the following window…
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