From: "Böhme Uwe" <uwe AT hof DOT baynet DOT de>
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Subject: Re: your opinion about win32 programming
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 05:49:49 +0200
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> I wish to hear you opinion about create win32 programs with DJGPP.
>
> I got RSXNTDJ and I could not installed, also I heard that it was
> descontinuated and that it has several limitations.
>
> I also heard about "LCC" compiler to C in win32.
>
> is there a good way to create win32 programs with DJGPP ?
>
> in which cases is better the Cygnus compiler or DJGPP ?
>
> is there a way to use DirectX library with DJGPP ?
>
> thanks for your help,
>
> Jorge Iván Meza Martínez
> jimeza AT usa DOT net
> http://members.xoom.com/THP

  Hello,
my intention went the same way as your's. My main target was to to some
c++ programming with the Win32 API function and the GUI wof window.
I downloaded Cygwin 32 environment.
Installation was quite easy.
Working with it I found impossible. The thing they throw you in is a
BASH (Bourne Again Shell) wich might be used to UNIX and LINUX users,
but not to me.
Looking FAQ, READMES, INFOS, is very nice to find information about a
special parameter of a special tool, but not at all to make a start with
it if you are a newbie.

I downloaded RSXNTDJ.
The instructions for installing I found quite easy.
Whe I compiled there where missing libraraies.
Hopefully looking the FAQ-> nope.
Looking this group for 4 days. Ahhh.
You have to make some undocumented changes in the specs.
Uhh: C compiling is working, but C++ o's can't be linked.
This problem is still unresolved.

So my opinion is: Would be very nice if it would be possible.

If anyone successfully set up one of the platforms for compiling a c++
source working together with the Win32 API I would be very interested in
taking contact.

Uwe