I'm a newbie I mean a total newbie. I have read the book Accelerated C++,
(according
the advice of this group, very good book and even better advice, good boost)
played
around with Dev-C++ (exe. compiler going fine) trying to learn "D" . I
downloaded the
dmdalpha package, somehow I can't get things going.
Operating on win2k , asuming C: the root directory. Keeping on getting error's,
"can't  find
path ,  or can't read files ,or similer any help is appreciated in addvanced
Harry

"Harry" <Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:avaq51$2l0k$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I'm a newbie I mean a total newbie. I have read the book Accelerated C++,
> (according
> the advice of this group, very good book and even better advice, good
boost)
> played
> around with Dev-C++ (exe. compiler going fine) trying to learn "D" . I
> downloaded the
> dmdalpha package, somehow I can't get things going.
> Operating on win2k , asuming C: the root directory. Keeping on getting
error's,
> "can't  find
> path ,  or can't read files ,or similer any help is appreciated in
addvanced
> Harry

Are you running it from within a console window?

In article <avb524$2sku$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
>
>
>"Harry" <Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:avaq51$2l0k$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> I'm a newbie I mean a total newbie. I have read the book Accelerated C++,
>> (according
>> the advice of this group, very good book and even better advice, good
>boost)
>> played
>> around with Dev-C++ (exe. compiler going fine) trying to learn "D" . I
>> downloaded the
>> dmdalpha package, somehow I can't get things going.
>> Operating on win2k , asuming C: the root directory. Keeping on getting
>error's,
>> "can't  find
>> path ,  or can't read files ,or similer any help is appreciated in
>addvanced
>> Harry
>
>Are you running it from within a console window?
>
>
Yes, I am. More interesting is , when I am just double clicking on an exe. it
flashes
which make me understand that it worked, and if it is a bigger app. I see it
working
of course I can't read it its a bit to fast, TIA

Happy New Year to all!

Harry,

DMD is not an IDE. You need to use a text editor such as UltraEdit or Notepad or a an actual IDE such as Microsoft Visual C++, Borland C++, or the one provided with the commercial version of Digital Mars C++ to compose your programs.  After composing you'll save it with a .d extension and go to the command prompt where you will type dmd filename.d (replacing the filename with your actual filename).

Before you do any of this though you need to properly configure the windows environment variables to locate the bin folders in both the dm and dmd directories.  Assuming you have extracted the dmd files into the C:\ root directory, you now need to download the linker (aka Digital Mars C++) and extract it into the same directory.  After this you need to right click on my computers and choose properties, select the Advanced tab and choose Environment Variables.  Down where it says System variables, you need to double click on path. Go to the beginning of the block that says Variable value: (ensure you do not delete anything from this block) by pressing the Home key.  Then type the following:

c:\dmd\bin;c:\dm\bin;

The original content of that block should right after that second semicolon.

Now choose OK to close all properties windows.

And vwalla, you are now ready to be productive in D.

Regards,
Andrew

"Harry" <Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:avc6hl$eql$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> In article <avb524$2sku$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
> >
> >
> >"Harry" <Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:avaq51$2l0k$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >> I'm a newbie I mean a total newbie. I have read the book Accelerated
C++,
> >> (according
> >> the advice of this group, very good book and even better advice, good
> >boost)
> >> played
> >> around with Dev-C++ (exe. compiler going fine) trying to learn "D" . I
> >> downloaded the
> >> dmdalpha package, somehow I can't get things going.
> >> Operating on win2k , asuming C: the root directory. Keeping on getting
> >error's,
> >> "can't  find
> >> path ,  or can't read files ,or similer any help is appreciated in
> >addvanced
> >> Harry
> >
> >Are you running it from within a console window?
> >
> >
> Yes, I am. More interesting is , when I am just double clicking on an exe.
it
> flashes
> which make me understand that it worked, and if it is a bigger app. I see
it
> working
> of course I can't read it its a bit to fast, TIA
>
>

Thanks in addvanced, I tryed following your instructions, I enterd the line in
the begining
of the block without deleting the block. A few things works and a few don't.
Basiclly the
first thing what to do is to try to compile the sample code available " helle.d
" and take
from their, but if I can't compeile that I can't continue, that meens somthing
is worng . I'd
really appreciate somebody should help out.
I'm more than half done with my book. When I finish I want to start all over
again and side
by side for every example from C++ to rewrite in "D" (mabe 1 day a book will be
born
"Jump Start to D " ) LOL ) Well only with your help.( Well just resent I started
to play with
PC from Mac  the whole command line thing is a new thing for me but geting used
to it
Again TIA...
In article <avc9ii$gno$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Andrew Edwards says...
>
>Happy New Year to all!
>
>Harry,
>
>DMD is not an IDE. You need to use a text editor such as UltraEdit or Notepad or a an actual IDE such as Microsoft Visual C++, Borland C++, or the one provided with the commercial version of Digital Mars C++ to compose your programs.  After composing you'll save it with a .d extension and go to the command prompt where you will type dmd filename.d (replacing the filename with your actual filename).
>
>Before you do any of this though you need to properly configure the windows environment variables to locate the bin folders in both the dm and dmd directories.  Assuming you have extracted the dmd files into the C:\ root directory, you now need to download the linker (aka Digital Mars C++) and extract it into the same directory.  After this you need to right click on my computers and choose properties, select the Advanced tab and choose Environment Variables.  Down where it says System variables, you need to double click on path. Go to the beginning of the block that says Variable value: (ensure you do not delete anything from this block) by pressing the Home key.  Then type the following:
>
>c:\dmd\bin;c:\dm\bin;
>
>The original content of that block should right after that second semicolon.
>
>Now choose OK to close all properties windows.
>
>And vwalla, you are now ready to be productive in D.
>
>Regards,
>Andrew
>
>"Harry" <Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:avc6hl$eql$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> In article <avb524$2sku$2@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
>> >
>> >
>> >"Harry" <Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:avaq51$2l0k$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> >> I'm a newbie I mean a total newbie. I have read the book Accelerated
>C++,
>> >> (according
>> >> the advice of this group, very good book and even better advice, good
>> >boost)
>> >> played
>> >> around with Dev-C++ (exe. compiler going fine) trying to learn "D" . I
>> >> downloaded the
>> >> dmdalpha package, somehow I can't get things going.
>> >> Operating on win2k , asuming C: the root directory. Keeping on getting
>> >error's,
>> >> "can't  find
>> >> path ,  or can't read files ,or similer any help is appreciated in
>> >addvanced
>> >> Harry
>> >
>> >Are you running it from within a console window?
>> >
>> >
>> Yes, I am. More interesting is , when I am just double clicking on an exe.
>it
>> flashes
>> which make me understand that it worked, and if it is a bigger app. I see
>it
>> working
>> of course I can't read it its a bit to fast, TIA
>>
>>
>
>

Have you tried compiling the program from the directory it's in? Change directory to c:\dmd\samples\d and type: dmd hello.d. This will compile the program. Then just type hello to execute. If this doesn't work, copy and submit the error message(s) that you receive.

Good luck,
Andrew

"Harry" <Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:avghm2$2q21$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Thanks in addvanced, I tryed following your instructions, I enterd the
line in
> the begining
> of the block without deleting the block. A few things works and a few
don't.
> Basiclly the
> first thing what to do is to try to compile the sample code available "
helle.d
> " and take
> from their, but if I can't compeile that I can't continue, that meens
somthing
> is worng . I'd
> really appreciate somebody should help out.
> I'm more than half done with my book. When I finish I want to start all
over
> again and side
> by side for every example from C++ to rewrite in "D" (mabe 1 day a book
will be
> born
> "Jump Start to D " ) LOL ) Well only with your help.( Well just resent I
started
> to play with
> PC from Mac  the whole command line thing is a new thing for me but geting
used
> to it
> Again TIA...

I understand something is wrong over here, there most some misunderstanding from
my
side . What makes me think so is because your path you gave me doesn't match the
one I
have. I have like this ,
C:\program Files\dmdalpha\dm+dmd now the
dmd\bin+html+lib+samples+src. And the
dm\bin+lib
The second folder I downloaded is
dm\bin+html+lib+stl+v831(witch is the C++ compiler)
Thanks. Harry
In article <avhbk0$6pj$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Andrew Edwards says...
>
>Have you tried compiling the program from the directory it's in? Change directory to c:\dmd\samples\d and type: dmd hello.d. This will compile the program. Then just type hello to execute. If this doesn't work, copy and submit the error message(s) that you receive.
>
>Good luck,
>Andrew
>
>"Harry" <Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:avghm2$2q21$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> Thanks in addvanced, I tryed following your instructions, I enterd the
>line in
>> the begining
>> of the block without deleting the block. A few things works and a few
>don't.
>> Basiclly the
>> first thing what to do is to try to compile the sample code available "
>helle.d
>> " and take
>> from their, but if I can't compeile that I can't continue, that meens
>somthing
>> is worng . I'd
>> really appreciate somebody should help out.
>> I'm more than half done with my book. When I finish I want to start all
>over
>> again and side
>> by side for every example from C++ to rewrite in "D" (mabe 1 day a book
>will be
>> born
>> "Jump Start to D " ) LOL ) Well only with your help.( Well just resent I
>started
>> to play with
>> PC from Mac  the whole command line thing is a new thing for me but geting
>used
>> to it
>> Again TIA...
>
>

Here's what you do Harry.

1) Move dmd+dm from dmdalpha folder to your c:\ directory. (Do not worry
about there already being a dm directory in c:\ because both are supposed to
be togather. If you are asked if you want to overrite a file, chose yes.)
2) Delete the dmdalpha directory.
3) Go to the environment variables and modify the path to read:
c:\dmd\bin;c:\dm\bin; followed by whatever was there before.
4) Change directory to c:\dmd\samples\d and type: dmd
hello.d. After compilation is complete, type hello and the program will
execute.

Andrew

"Harry" <Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:avn44i$ihp$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I understand something is wrong over here, there most some
misunderstanding from
> my
> side . What makes me think so is because your path you gave me doesn't
match the
> one I
> have. I have like this ,
> C:\program Files\dmdalpha\dm+dmd now the
> dmd\bin+html+lib+samples+src. And the
> dm\bin+lib
> The second folder I downloaded is
> dm\bin+html+lib+stl+v831(witch is the C++ compiler)
> Thanks. Harry

Thanks, so far so good.
In article <avpg2i$1vcp$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Andrew
Edwards says...
>
>Here's what you do Harry.
>
>1) Move dmd+dm from dmdalpha
folder to your c:\ directory. (Do not worry
>about there already being a dm
directory in c:\ because both are supposed to
>be togather. If you are asked if
you want to overrite a file, chose yes.)
>2) Delete the dmdalpha directory.
>3)
Go to the environment variables and modify the path to read:
>c:\dmd\bin;c:\dm\bin; followed by whatever was there before. 4) Change
directory to c:\dmd\samples\d and type: dmd
>hello.d. After compilation is
complete, type hello and the program will
>execute.
>
>Andrew
>
>"Harry"
<Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote in
message
>news:avn44i$ihp$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> I understand something is
wrong over here, there most some
>misunderstanding from
>> my
>> side . What
makes me think so is because your path you gave me doesn't
>match the
>> one
I
>> have. I have like this ,
>> C:\program Files\dmdalpha\dm+dmd now the
>>
dmd\bin+html+lib+samples+src. And the
>> dm\bin+lib
>> The second folder I
downloaded is
>> dm\bin+html+lib+stl+v831(witch is the C++ compiler)
>> Thanks.
Harry
>
>

Does this mean than all files have to be saved in the samples folder ? Or how do
I do it when I saved things in an other felder ?
In article
<avqnaj$2jjj$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Harry says...
>
>Thanks, so far so good.
>In
article <avpg2i$1vcp$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Andrew
>Edwards says...
>>
>>Here's
what you do Harry.
>>
>>1) Move dmd+dm from dmdalpha
>folder to your c:\
directory. (Do not worry
>>about there already being a dm
>directory in c:\
because both are supposed to
>>be togather. If you are asked if
>you want to
overrite a file, chose yes.)
>>2) Delete the dmdalpha directory.
>>3)
>Go to the
environment variables and modify the path to
>read:
>>c:\dmd\bin;c:\dm\bin;
followed by whatever was there before.
>>4) Change
>directory to
c:\dmd\samples\d and type: dmd
>>hello.d. After compilation is
>complete, type
hello and the program
will
>>execute.
>>
>>Andrew
>>
>>"Harry"
><Harry_member@pathlink.com> wrote
in
>message
>>news:avn44i$ihp$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>>> I understand something
is
>wrong over here, there most some
>>misunderstanding from
>>> my
>>> side .
What
>makes me think so is because your path you gave me doesn't
>>match the
>>>
one
>I
>>> have. I have like this ,
>>> C:\program Files\dmdalpha\dm+dmd now
the
>>>
>dmd\bin+html+lib+samples+src. And the
>>> dm\bin+lib
>>> The second
folder I
>downloaded is
>>> dm\bin+html+lib+stl+v831(witch is the C++
compiler)
>>> Thanks.
>Harry
>>
>>
>
>