From: Anderson Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: I am very confused, please help me. Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:57:35 -0200 Organization: Pennsylvania College of Technology Lines: 70 Message-ID: <3A231F1F.3FF72367@sigmanet.com.br> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 200.245.19.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Hi! I'm also a newbie, and I also used the "teaching yourself c++ in 24h", and I also have some headaches to put it to work! I strongly suggest you to use *rhide* and djgpp. It's much more convenient to use. Follow these steps: - Go to http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/zip-picker.html and download the stuff you need (c, c++, allegro (to make games) and rhide; - Unzip it all to djgpp dir (you can use winzip for that: when it asks for the dir for unzipping, you give it c:\djgpp) - Find your autoexec.bat (it is in the c:), right click it , then edit; include the following lines: SET PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH% set DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV - Reboot your computer. It's done! To use it, open a dos box (start/programs/prompt of msdos), then type rhide hello Press "insert" key, then type hello.cpp press "enter", then "esc" (to skip the dialog) Press enter, and you'll have a blue window to write your program. To compile and run, press "ctrl+f9" (I mean, maintaining "crtl" pressed, press "f9" key too, then release both) to see the results (after program exit code), press "alt+f5" To get sensitive help, ctrl+f1 I made a folder to handle my projects, and a shortcut om my computer, so I just click it, give a project name, and it brings me rhide with the project. You can make something like that, if you want. Good look! Anderson. PS: Try "thinking in c++", it's an awesome book! You can get a free downloadable copy at www.bruceeckel.com Lesha Richardson wrote: > > I am a newbe to computers and computer programs. I know my question will > seem very silly to you, but I really need help. > > I want to learn C++, so I bought SAMS TEACH YOURSELF C++ IN 24 HOURS. The > JDGPP Compiler programs were on the disk. I downloaded it and my computer > says its there, but I can't find it. I can find the files using start/find > files, but none of them seem to open. My computer wants me to choose the > program to open it with and I don't know which one to choose. > > I have downloaded the Borland C++ Compiler and I am having the same problem, > also the free ClassExplorer Pro. > > Am I not loading them right, or is there a trick to it? I guess I'm not > sure what to look for, but I do have an idea. > > I am running W89 on an HP Pavilion laptop with 56mb ram, and also an Everex > desktop computer with 128mb ram. > > I hope someone can help me. Please use simple explanations. I know there > are a lot of computer geniuses out there, but I am not one of them. > > Thank you ahead of time. > > Lesha > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com