Hello, I have the digital mars CD.
I have about 8 programs written
using DJGPP (before my hd crashed!) and
now want to run these programs in DM.
The programs were written in plain 'C'.

Im running Windows ME at present, and want
to compile and ammend these programs.  What
target do I need to use, so that I can use
the debugger to step through the code etc.

Also the programs dynamically allocate large
amounts of memory, should this cause a problem
with some targets?

Kind regards

Paul Warren

Use the x (-mx switch) memory model. You'll also need to download the dosextender from www.dosextender.com. Unfortunately, there isn't a debugger for it. I recommend debugging it first as a win32 console program, and then porting it to dos32.

Or, why not just make them win32 programs?

<wcount12@aol.com> wrote in message news:bg943o$1u9f$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Hello, I have the digital mars CD.
> I have about 8 programs written
> using DJGPP (before my hd crashed!) and
> now want to run these programs in DM.
> The programs were written in plain 'C'.
>
> Im running Windows ME at present, and want
> to compile and ammend these programs.  What
> target do I need to use, so that I can use
> the debugger to step through the code etc.
>
> Also the programs dynamically allocate large
> amounts of memory, should this cause a problem
> with some targets?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Paul Warren
>
>
>

To make them Win32 programs, do I just need to build/compile them with a Win32 as the target?

Also I used commands like    gotoxy(10,20); where do I find alternatives for this?

Thanks for your help

Paul Warren



In article <bg9ib6$2dgf$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
>
>Use the x (-mx switch) memory model. You'll also need to download the dosextender from www.dosextender.com. Unfortunately, there isn't a debugger for it. I recommend debugging it first as a win32 console program, and then porting it to dos32.
>
>Or, why not just make them win32 programs?
>
><wcount12@aol.com> wrote in message news:bg943o$1u9f$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> Hello, I have the digital mars CD.
>> I have about 8 programs written
>> using DJGPP (before my hd crashed!) and
>> now want to run these programs in DM.
>> The programs were written in plain 'C'.
>>
>> Im running Windows ME at present, and want
>> to compile and ammend these programs.  What
>> target do I need to use, so that I can use
>> the debugger to step through the code etc.
>>
>> Also the programs dynamically allocate large
>> amounts of memory, should this cause a problem
>> with some targets?
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Paul Warren
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Yes and you need to convert all "legacy dos api calls" to win32 equivalent api calls. Or write some adaptor layer for it.

Information is in de MSDN (also online). Search for "Console" applications or Charater-mode applications.

Paul Warren wrote:
> To make them Win32 programs, do I just need to build/compile
> them with a Win32 as the target?
> 
> Also I used commands like    gotoxy(10,20); where do I find alternatives for this?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> Paul Warren
> 
> 
> 
> In article <bg9ib6$2dgf$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
> 
>>Use the x (-mx switch) memory model. You'll also need to download the
>>dosextender from www.dosextender.com. Unfortunately, there isn't a debugger
>>for it. I recommend debugging it first as a win32 console program, and then
>>porting it to dos32.
>>
>>Or, why not just make them win32 programs?
>>
>><wcount12@aol.com> wrote in message news:bg943o$1u9f$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>>
>>>Hello, I have the digital mars CD.
>>>I have about 8 programs written
>>>using DJGPP (before my hd crashed!) and
>>>now want to run these programs in DM.
>>>The programs were written in plain 'C'.
>>>
>>>Im running Windows ME at present, and want
>>>to compile and ammend these programs.  What
>>>target do I need to use, so that I can use
>>>the debugger to step through the code etc.
>>>
>>>Also the programs dynamically allocate large
>>>amounts of memory, should this cause a problem
>>>with some targets?
>>>
>>>Kind regards
>>>
>>>Paul Warren
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> 

"Paul Warren" <Paul_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:bgdqpk$em1$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> To make them Win32 programs, do I just need to build/compile them with a Win32 as the target?

Yes, as long as you convert any DOS specific calls to win32 calls.

> Also I used commands like    gotoxy(10,20); where do I find
> alternatives for this?

www.digitalmars.com/rtl/disp.html


> Thanks for your help
>
> Paul Warren
>
>
>
> In article <bg9ib6$2dgf$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
> >
> >Use the x (-mx switch) memory model. You'll also need to download the dosextender from www.dosextender.com. Unfortunately, there isn't a
debugger
> >for it. I recommend debugging it first as a win32 console program, and
then
> >porting it to dos32.
> >
> >Or, why not just make them win32 programs?
> >
> ><wcount12@aol.com> wrote in message
news:bg943o$1u9f$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >> Hello, I have the digital mars CD.
> >> I have about 8 programs written
> >> using DJGPP (before my hd crashed!) and
> >> now want to run these programs in DM.
> >> The programs were written in plain 'C'.
> >>
> >> Im running Windows ME at present, and want
> >> to compile and ammend these programs.  What
> >> target do I need to use, so that I can use
> >> the debugger to step through the code etc.
> >>
> >> Also the programs dynamically allocate large
> >> amounts of memory, should this cause a problem
> >> with some targets?
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >>
> >> Paul Warren
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>