Free Borland C++ Command-Line Tools

You can download a free (and very good) compiler from Borland at http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/.

A free (and very good) debugger is available at http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/turbodebugger/.

Run the DOS shell: Select Start->Run.

Type command and click Ok.

You will see a DOS shell window.

Never seen one of these before? Congratulations—you have just reached Level 2.
Type
```
mkdir c:\temp
```
and hit the ENTER key. If you get an error message that the directory already exists, then that's ok.
Start your browser and go to http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/. Follow the annoying questionnaire and download steps.
You will get a “Save As” dialog such as this one.

Change the file name to c:\temp\setup.exe and click on Save.
When your browser is done downloading the file, switch to the shell window that you opened in step 1. Then type
```
c:
cd \temp
setup
```
Follow the setup instructions.
This step is for Windows 95, 98, or Millennium (ME). If you have Windows NT or 2000, go to step 7 instead.
Return to the shell window. Type
```
edit c:\autoexec.bat
```
You will see an editor window, somewhat like this:

Locate the line that starts with PATH= and insert the string
```
;c:\borland\bcc55\bin
```
after the C:\WINDOWS and ;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND statement. Check that the semicolons are correct. Do not insert a n y a d d i t o n a l s p a c e s ! ! !
Now select File->Save and File->Exit. Reboot your computer. After the rebooting is complete, go to step 8.
If you have Windows 95, 98 or ME, then skip this step. If you have Windows NT or 2000, then do the following:
- Start the control panel (Start->Settings->Control Panel)
- Select the System applet
- Select the Environment tab
- Scroll through the User Variables until you find a variable named path (or PATH)
- Add the c:\borland\bc55\bin directory to the end of the path, using a semicolon to separate the new entry, like this:
```
other stuff;c:\borland\bc55\bin
```
- Alternatively, if no user variables are set, then add a variable PATH and a value c:\cygwin\bin
- Click Set and Ok to save your change.
Test that the compiler is properly installed. Open up a new shell window (as described in step 1). Type
```
bcc32 
```
Did you get a screenful of compiler flags? Congratulations—you have just reached level 3.

Use your favorite text editor to edit your program. If you don't have a favorite, try TextPad.

Then launch the DOS shell as described previously

In the command shell, type

c:
cd \mydirectory

where mydirectory is the file that contains your program.

Then you can compile a console application like this:

bcc32 -Ic:\cccbook\cccfiles myfile.c

where cccbook is the directory into which you expanded ccc2e.zip and myfile.c is the file you wanted to compile.

Alternatively, type

bcc32 -tW -Ic:\cccbook\cccfiles myfile.c

to compile a graphical application.