Subj : Re: Dos style BC for Win XP
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Bob Gonder
Date : Thu Nov 04 2004 03:22 pm

Ed Mulroy [TeamB] wrote:

>As for what is the problem with BC++ 3.1 under XP, at 
>least one of the problems is that BC++ 3.1 is from 
>12 years ago and the world has changed.  There even is 
>a question of if your machine fully supports it. 
>
>One thing you can try is to start Windows Explorer and 
>find the BC++ 3.1 DOS IDE.  Right click on it and 
>select Properties.  Click on the Compatability tab and 
>select Windows 95. 
>
>.  Ed 

The 3.1 DOS IDE, does work under XP home. I still use it to look up
help topics, but haven't compiled anything in it for about 4 years, so
can't speak to stability questions.
I still use the 3.1 Windows IDE daily for program editing. But I've
never used the attached compile/debug capabilities because I didn't
start using it until I'd switched to 32bit programming.

As for graphics programming, the only thing I can think of that might
be a "problem" is trying to run the debugger while doing full screen
graphics.  The DOS TD allowed for dual screen support, so the debugger
ran on a secondary screen while the app ran the main screen in graphic
mode. This is a problem today because the hardware is totally
different. Also note that some LCD monitors don't like just any old
screen resolution, so that might be a "problem" for you to work
around.  Choose "modern" resolutions unless you are going to be
running these programs on old computers, but not too modern, as some
monitors don't like high or oddball resolutions.

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