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1 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:59:56 -0600
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2 From: David Snopek <xevol@newtonave.net>
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3 To: slouken@devolution.com
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4 Subject: Compiling SDL with Borland C++
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6 <html>
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7 <title>Building SDL with Borland C++ </title>
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8 <body>
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10 <h1>Building SDL with Borland C++ </h1>
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11 <b> by <a href=mailto:xevol@users.sourceforge.net> David Snopek </a> </b>
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13 <br>
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14 <br>
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16 These instructions cover how to compile SDL and its included test programs using either
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17 Borland C++ Builder 5 or the free Borland compiler. <br>
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19 <h3> <b> Extract the files </b> </h3>
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21 <p> Unzip the Borland.zip archive into <b>this</b> directory. Do not unzip it into any
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22 other directory because the makefiles use relative paths to refer to the SDL sources. This
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23 should create a directory named "Borland" inside of the top level SDL source directory.
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24 </p>
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26 <h3> <b> Using Borland C++ Builder 5 </b> </h3>
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28 <p> Inside of the "Borland" directory there is a "bcb5" directory that contains a number
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29 of Builder project files. Double-click on the "libSDL.bpg" file icon. Once Builder has
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30 started click on the "<u>P</u>rojects" menu on the menu-bar and go down to
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31 "B<u>u</u>ild All Projects" option. This will proceed to build SDL, SDLmain, and all
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32 the <a href="#tests">test programs</a>. </p>
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34 <h3> <b> Using the free Borland compiler </b> </h3>
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36 <p> The free Borland compiler can be downloaded at no charge from <a href="http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/"> the
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37 Borland website </a>. Make sure that it is installed and properly configured. </p>
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39 <p> Open an MS-DOS Prompt. Change to the "Borland\freebcc" directory under the
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40 SDL source directory. Type "make -f SDL.mak" to build SDL and "make -f
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41 SDLmain.mak". There are also makefiles for all of the <a href="#tests">test
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42 programs</a>, if you wish to build them. </p>
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44 <h3> <b> Output files </b> </h3>
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46 No matter which compiler you used, three important files should have been produced:
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48 <UL>
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49 <LI> SDL.dll </LI>
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50 <LI> SDL.lib </LI>
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51 <LI> SDLmain.lib </LI>
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52 </UL>
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54 Both of the *.lib files will need to be added to all the projects that use SDL and SDL.dll
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55 must be placed some where the Windows dynamic linker can find it (either in your
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56 project directory or on the system path, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM).
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58 <a name="tests">
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59 <h3> <b> Test programs </b> </h3>
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60 </a>
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62 Some of the test programs require included media files. Before trying to run any of the
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63 test programs, copy these media files from the "tests/" directory into the build directory.
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65 </body>
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66 </html>
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