Why wont anything compile?

I am using Dev C++, I try to compile anything and it usually comes back with errors, for example I tried to compile svga.cpp that is found in this site under graphic software/libraries, and it comes back with a huge list of errors, such as _AX undeclated and _BX undecleared.

Does anyone know why I can't get this to work? Is it some compiler option I have to check or something of that sort?

I tried it with djgpp also and couldn't do it either, thanks.

compile this:

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
 cout << "It works!" << endl;
 return 0;
}

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If it compiles with an error, then you set the compiler up wrong. Otherwise, how the hell are we supposed to know how someones code needs to be compiled?

The thing is, I can compile anything I write myself, I also have gotton open gl stuff to work. But I can't compile svga.cpp, is there some option I need to use or something like that? The compiler is set up right, but I'm thinking maybe the code doesn't work with dev, maybe only other compilers?

Your title is outright false. Go ask the guy who wrote that library what the problem is.

I'm glad you think highly of us, but we aren't to the point where we can automatically sense a problem from the name of a file.

The code he's referring to is from this page. My guess is that it needs a DOS compiler, like DJGPP.

Yea I really thought you could tell the problem from the name of the file, no you jack ass I was wonding if anyone had experience with svga.h and the errors I got and could help me out.

I tried it with djgpp as well, same errors.

You need a real DOS compiler to compile that - something like the old Borland Turbo-C

If you're serious about graphics
Dev-C++ uses libsdl (which is downloaded off one of the menus in dev-c++ v5)
DJGPP uses Allegro