Run error

Hi

I just installed Borland C++ , actually unzipped and copied over from floppies onto Windows 98, not sure which version but it sure is old, and has this kinda DOS interface (runs in a DOS window).

As for my first lesson :D, I copied a few lines of code from a C++ book and tried to run (Ctrl + F9) after saving the file as C:\windows\desktop\codes\peas.cpp, but had the following errors.

What gives?

BTW, the path to bc.exe is C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\BIN\. Is this fine?

Code:

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Compiling C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\CODES\PEAS.CPP:
Error C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\CODES\PEAS.CPP 1: Unable to open include file 'IOSTREAM.H'
Error C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\CODES\PEAS.CPP 2: Undefined symbol 'cout' in function main( )
Error C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\CODES\PEAS.CPP 3: Undefined symbol 'cin' in function main( )

etc.

Warning C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\CODES\PEAS.CPP 26: 'total_peas' is assigned a value that is never used in function main( )

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Thanx.

1) Show us your code (make sure you use code tags)
2) iostream shouldn't be capitalized. That's probably your problem.

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Originally posted by Govtcheez
1) Show us your code (make sure you use code tags)
2) iostream shouldn't be capitalized. That's probably your problem.

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That's not a problem on Win 98.
The problem most likely is he doesn't have include directory set.
Somewhere in the menu should be the directoris entry. Just add C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\INCLUDE\ to the include direcotris.
Or you can do it by -I switch.

<- Too used to UNIX....

Ok here's the code...too newbiesh :D

Code:

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#include <iostream.h>

int main( )
{
        int number_of_pods, peas_per_pod, total_peas;

        cout << "Press return after entering a number\n";
        cout << "Enter the number of pods:\n";
        cin >> number_of_pods;
        cout << "Enter the number of peas in a pod:\n";
        cin >> peas_per_pod;

        total_peas = number_of_pods * peas_per_pod;

        cout << "If you have";
        cout << number_of_pods;
        cout << " pea pods\n";
        cout << "and ";
        cout << peas_per_pod;
        cout << " peas in each pod, then\n";
        cout << "you have ";
        cout << total_peas;
        cout << " peas in all pods.\n";

        return 0;
}

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I copied this verbatim from the example in that book. I fear that there's something not properly right w/ my installation of C++.

The path is C:\Borland C++\Borlandc\ and everything else is under this.

Quote:

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Just add C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\INCLUDE\ to the include direcotris.

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I dont seem to quite understand the above. Might be helpful if you could explain more.

Thanx.

>>I dont seem to quite understand the above. Might be helpful if you could explain more.
Also might be good if you reviewed theFAQ Board

Hi

Under this directory C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\BIN I created 2 files bcc32.cfg and ilink32.cfg as per instructions. (These files were saved as .cfg not .txt)

bcc32.cfg

Code:

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-I"C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\INCLUDE"
-L"C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\LIB"
-wall

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ilink32.cfg

Code:

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-L"C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\LIB"

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Respectively the path to these 2 files are :

C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\BIN\bcc32.cfg
C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\BIN\ilink32.cfg

I also added the PATH=C:\Borland C++\Borlandc\BIN to autoexec.tsh so it looks like the following:

Code:

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PATH="C:\Program Files\Mts";C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\BIN;%PATH%

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The actual autoexec.bat contains these lines:

Code:

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@ECHO OFF
rem
rem  *** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! ***
rem
rem  This file was created by the System Configuration Utility as
rem  a placeholder for your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Your actual
rem  AUTOEXEC.BAT file has been saved under the name AUTOEXEC.TSH.
rem

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Rebooted the machine but I'm still having the same error when running the above code.

What did I do wrong? What else do I need to do?

Thanx.

The advise about bcc32.cfg was for bc 5.5. As I undestand you have early version like 3.0 or less.
Try to add
SET INCLUDE = C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\INCLUDE;
SET LIB = C:\Borland C++\BORLANDC\LIB;
to your autoexec.bat
or try to finde place in IDE where you can set these directories.
BTW you can download some newer compiles for free.

#include iostream not iostream.h

Your compiler is no longer guaranteed to have iostream.h because it is no longer standard.

<iostream> didnt work either.

Well, guess I need to d/load something newer.

Any compiler should do the job I think...

Thanx.

Hi

Just installed Bloodshed Dev C++ 4. Looks cool w/ the Gnome icons, like working in Linux itself :)

Installation was smooth and my sample program/code above ran ok except that after hitting the Return key to enter a second number, the DOS window immediately vanished w/o displaying the total peas and the DevC++ window instatntly maximized.

The FAQ says to insert these lines at the end of my code. I did that, still same thing.

Code:

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#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{

system(“PAUSE”);
        return 0;

}

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Where exactly do I need to include these lines? If I just copied the whole thing then there would be 2 lines of int main() and return 0; ???

Need help!

Thanx.

And which FAQ are you reading ?

From DEV C++ help drop down menu.

I got around the problem, by simply choosing compile and run. If I just choose run, seems to me like whatever changes I make to the code wont be read. Instead the "old" code gets run.

Thanx for the links :)

> If I just choose run, seems to me like whatever changes I make to the code wont be read.
That's because it doesn't compile the code. You have to choose compile and run in order to compile the code.