Subj : Re: Project Handed over. To : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp From : Jeff Kish Date : Wed Mar 10 2004 09:54 am On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 19:42:50 -0800, "Bob Barker" wrote: >Wayne, > >Thank you very much for your reply. Yes I am confused about the compiler >versions. :) >What Borland compiler would you recommend to get this code to compile? The >latest and greatest of Builder? > >Thanks! > > >"Wayne A. King" wrote in message >news:404e7a5c.2229845@newsgroups.borland.com... >> On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:01:59 -0800, "Bob Barker" >> wrote: >> >> >I have been handed over an old project. The code was written for Borland >> >3.0 and I just installed Borland C++ 4.5. >> [snip] >> > The project relies on several "components" that should be installed >into >> >the C++Builder environment before opening the project file. >> >> I think you're confused about the different versions of Borland's >> compilers. According to the description of the build procedure, >> the project is for Borland C++ *Builder* (probably version 3). This >> is a much *later* product than BC++ 4.5. You cannot use bpr files, >> components, etc. with BC++ 4.5. >> >> -- >> Wayne A. King >> (ba994@torfree.net, wayne.king@ablelink.org, >> waking@idirect.com, Wayne_A_King@compuserve.com) > Your old 3.0 project probably used owl 1.0 and is hard to get to build without the older compiler. I'd try a re-write. The Owl conversion was a terrible thing to suffer through though.. If the project does not use owl, you will have an easier time with it probably, and may be able to use a later compiler if you can determine what libraries, etc were used. HTH, Jeff Kish .