Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!cci632!ritcsh!ultb!cms2839 From: cms2839@isc.rit.edu (a.stranger) Subject: Re: TP IDE and BC++ IDE Message-ID: <1991Apr17.220954.21757@isc.rit.edu> Organization: RIoT References: <1991Apr8.114055.26550@qut.edu.au> <6445@bwdls58.bnr.ca> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 91 22:09:54 GMT In article <6445@bwdls58.bnr.ca> mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) writes: > >Yes. In order to use TP-For-Windows, you *must* first fire up windows, >and then click on the TP icon. A real nuisance. For a DOS version, one has >to buy the separate TP6.0, which cannot build windows programs. I don't know >if TP-F-W is capable of making DOS applications like BC++. Anyone else know? > actually , no . you can write source in your favourite editor ( DOS or otherwise ) and use the command line complier . the .EXE must run under windows , though ... however , if you're that much against windows , you're probably not interested in TPwin . if it can make DOS apps , i haven't found it . notable , though , is that you can add two lines of code to any TP DOS app and have it run in a text window , happily ignoring the 640 KB barrier . -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ "Imagination keeps the shadows away - Xymox @ @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ @ a.stranger - CMS2839@ritvax.isc.rit.edu @