• WHMoweryJr <WHMoweryJr netscape.net> Jan 15 2006
• Bertel Brander <bertel post4.tele.dk> Jan 16 2006

Newbie can't find how to start.

I downloaded a free version of DM C++.

I have a group of *.h and *.cpp files.
Together they make a chess playing program.
They have pre-processor directives desgned in
for portability.

This portability and compiler efficiency need to be tested.


What do i do with my *.h & *.cpp files,
ie how do i make the object files
and then how do i link them
with the free digital mars compiler/linker?


I can't find the start button anywhere.



Bill  MSEE

WHMoweryJr wrote:
 Newbie can't find how to start.
 
 I downloaded a free version of DM C++.
 
 I have a group of *.h and *.cpp files.
 Together they make a chess playing program.
 They have pre-processor directives desgned in
 for portability.
 
 This portability and compiler efficiency need to be tested.
 
 
 What do i do with my *.h & *.cpp files,
 ie how do i make the object files
 and then how do i link them
 with the free digital mars compiler/linker?
 
 
 I can't find the start button anywhere.


The free DMC++ compiler is a command line compiler and
nothing else, so there is no GUI and no start button.

One way to compile the cpp file is to run the command:
dmc file_one.cpp file_two.cpp

If everything succeeds you end op with file_one.exe

You might have to tell dmc where to find the .h files,
for this you use the -I switch, e.g:
dmc -Iinclude file_one.cpp file_two.cpp

You mention preprocessor directives, you specify these with
the -D switch, e.g:

dmc -DWHATEVER file_one.cpp file_two.cpp

Run DMC without arguments to see a list of options.


I have a brief note on makefiles here:
http://home20.inet.tele.dk/midgaard/tipc20050403.html

They might be handy for large projects.


/b