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<h1>Building SDL with Borland's C++ compilers. </h1>
    <b> by <a href="mailto:xevol@users.sourceforge.net"> David Snopek</a></b>
   and updated by <b><a href="mailto:Dominique@SavageSoftware.com.au">Dominique
 Louis</a></b>.<br>
    <br>
     These instructions cover how to compile SDL and its included test programs
 using either  Borland <a href="#bcbwin">C++ Builder 5, 6 for Windows</a>,
<a href="#k3">C++ Builder for Linux  ( AKA Kylix 3 )</a> or the free <a
 href="#bccc">Borland C++ command-line compiler</a>. <br>

<h3> <b> Extract the files </b> </h3>

<p> Unzip the Borland.zip archive into <b>this</b> directory.  Do not unzip
 it into any  other directory because the makefiles ( *.mak ) and project
files ( *.bpr ) use relative paths to refer to the SDL sources.  This  should
create a directory named "Borland" inside of the top level SDL source directory.
  </p>

<h3> <b><a name="bcbwin"></a> Using Borland C++ Builder 5, 6 for Windows </b>
</h3>

<p> Inside of the "Borland" directory there is a "bcb6" directory that contains
 a number  of Builder project files.  Double-click on the "libSDL.bpg" file
 icon.  Once Builder has  started click on the "<u>P</u>rojects" menu on the
 menu-bar and go down to  "B<u>u</u>ild All Projects" option.  <br>
 This will proceed  to build SDL ( with Borland's calling convention ), SDLmain,
and all  the <a href="#tests">test programs</a>. Currently, all the <a
 href="#tests">test programs</a>
are dynamically linked to Sam Lantinga's SDL.dll.</p>

<p><b>NOTE :</b> Borland's "lib" format and Microsoft's "lib" format are incompatible.
&nbsp;<br>
 If you wish to dynamically link to the SDL library supplied by Sam Lantinga
in each release, I have created the correct *.libs for SDL 1.2.4 and they
exist in the "/lib" directory.<br>
 If you would like to create the *.lib files yourself, you will need to make
use of Borland's "implib.exe" utility.<br>
 </p>

<p><tt>IMPLIB</tt> works like this: </p>

<pre>    IMPLIB (destination lib name) (source dll)<br></pre>

<p> For example,</p>

<pre>    IMPLIB SDL.lib SDL.dll<br></pre>

<p>This assumes that SDL.dll was compiled with Visual C++ or similar.<br>
 </p>

<p>To learn more about the difference between Borland's and Microsoft's *.lib
format please read the article <a
 href="http://www.bcbdev.com/articles/vcdll.htm">here</a>.<br>
 </p>

<p>  <b><br>
 NOTE :</b> The C++ Builder for Windows project format, is not compatible
with the Kylix  3 project format, hence the reason why they are in separate
directories.</p>

<h3> <b><a name="bccc"></a> Using the free Borland C++ command-line compiler
</b> </h3>

<p> The free Borland compiler can be downloaded at no charge from <a
 href="http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/"> the  Borland website
 </a>.  Make sure that it is installed and properly configured. </p>

<p> Open an MS-DOS Prompt.  Change to the "Borland\freebcc" directory under
 the  SDL source directory.  Type "make -f SDL.mak" to build SDL and "make
 -f  SDLmain.mak".  There are also makefiles for all of the <a
 href="#tests">test  programs</a>, if you wish to build them. </p>

<h3> <b> Output files </b> </h3>
     No matter which compiler you used, three important files should have
been  produced:
<ul>
    	<li> SDL.dll ( Borland format ) </li>
    	<li> SDL.lib&nbsp;( Borland format ) </li>
    	<li> SDLmain.lib&nbsp;( Borland format ) </li>

</ul>
     Both of the *.lib files will need to be added to all the projects that
 use SDL and SDL.dll  must be placed some where the Windows dynamic linker
 can find it (either in your  project directory or on the system path, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM).

<h3> <b><a name="k3"></a> Using Borland C++ Builder for Linux ( AKA Kylix
3 ) </b> </h3>

<p> Inside of the "Borland" directory there is a "k3" directory that contains
 a number  of Builder project files.  Double-click on the "libSDL.bpg" file
 icon.  Once Builder has  started click on the "<u>P</u>rojects" menu on the
 menu-bar and go down to  "B<u>u</u>ild All Projects" option.  This will proceed
 to build all  the <a
 href="#tests">test programs</a>.&nbsp;<br>
 Linux  users do not need *.lib files as the Shared Object is linked right
into the  project ( very neat actually, Windows should do this sort of thing
as it is a lot easier for the developer ).  <br>
    <b>NOTE :</b>&nbsp;The C++ Builder for Windows project format, is not
compatible with the Kylix  3 project format, hence the reason why they are
in separate directories.</p>

<p> On Mandrake 8.1 the shared objects for SDL are located in the /usr/lib
 directory as libSDL_*.so and the Mesa OpenGL shared objects are located in
 /usr/X11R6/lib as libGL*.so<br>
     <br>
     So if your setup is different you may need to change the project file
 so that they re-link to the ones on your system.<br>
     <br>
     On Mandrake 8.1 the headers files are located at /usr/include/SDL/.
So  if you you have not installed the development RPMs ( usually named libSDL-devel*
  ) for SDL ( not included ) you may have to change the include directory
within  some of the projects.<br>
 </p>

<h3> Known Problems</h3>
   The only known problem is that I ( Dominique Louis ), was unable to create
the projects that rebuilt the SDL shared objects under Linux, due to time
constraints and my lack of intimate knowledge of Linux.
<h3><a name="tests"><b> Test programs </b> </a></h3>
 Some of the test programs require included media files ( *.wav; *.bmp etc
 ).  Before trying to run any of the  test programs, copy these media files
 from the "tests/" directory into the Borland build directory that you extracted
 the project files to.  <br>
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author	Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date	Sat, 31 Aug 2002 19:48:11 +0000
parents	25f475cd4981
children	de622b7108bf