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c++.idde - Confused about IDDE's!

reply "Andrew Maclean" <a.maclean_remove_this_ acfr.usyd.edu.au> writes:
I have just got the CD and I note that there are 6 variants of the IDDE:
scw.exe
SCW32.EXE
scw32s.exe
scwmn16.exe
SCWMN32.EXE
SCWMN32S.EXE

Can someone tell me the differences?
I looked in the User's Guide and Reference (Introducing the IDDE) on the CD
and it says:
"Digital Mars C++ ships with three different integrated development and
debugging environments (IDDEs), each tailored to a specific operating system
and target. The Digital Mars C++ installer program asks you to define the
kind of programs you plan to develop, and then installs the appropriate
IDDEs on your system. ... <Text Omitted> ... Not every IDDE can debug every
kind of executable. To debug a Windows NT program, for example, you need the
full 32-bit IDDE running under Windows NT."
which seems to be incorrect, given that there is no installer.

Perhaps this section of the documentation needs to be updated, or I am
missing something.

Many thanks in advance for any help.
Nov 27 2001
parent reply Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc> writes:
Andrew Maclean wrote:


 I have just got the CD and I note that there are 6 variants of the IDDE:
 scw.exe
 SCW32.EXE
 scw32s.exe
 scwmn16.exe
 SCWMN32.EXE
 SCWMN32S.EXE


No, I think there are 3 variants...
scwmn16.exe -> The 16 bits IDDE.
scwmn32s.exe -> The 32 bits IDDE for Win32s
scwmn32.exe -> The 32 bits IDDE for Win32 (W95, W98, W2K, WNT, ?)

scw.exe, scw32s.exe and scw32.exe are just the startup code. I always start the
32 bits IDDE through scwmn32.exe as that allows me to start more than one IDDE
at one time... <g>


 Can someone tell me the differences?


Hope above helps.


 I looked in the User's Guide and Reference (Introducing the IDDE) on the CD
 and it says:
 "Digital Mars C++ ships with three different integrated development and
 debugging environments (IDDEs), each tailored to a specific operating system
 and target.


I think that's clean now?!


 The Digital Mars C++ installer program asks you to define the
 kind of programs you plan to develop, and then installs the appropriate
 IDDEs on your system. ... <Text Omitted> ... Not every IDDE can debug every
 kind of executable. To debug a Windows NT program, for example, you need the
 full 32-bit IDDE running under Windows NT."
 which seems to be incorrect, given that there is no installer.


No, that's correct. However the Installer has been removed due to copyright
reasons...


 Perhaps this section of the documentation needs to be updated, or I am
 missing something.


Several things needs updating all the time... We are behind in some stuff for
sure...

Jan
Nov 27 2001
next sibling parent reply "Andrew Maclean" <a.maclean_remove_this_ acfr.usyd.edu.au> writes:
Thanks! This makes a lot of sense now. Perhaps when you update the
documentation you might like to your comments to me.

Many thanks again!


"Jan Knepper" <jan smartsoft.cc> wrote in message
news:3C0423C2.4A19EE0 smartsoft.cc...

 Andrew Maclean wrote:


 I have just got the CD and I note that there are 6 variants of the IDDE:
 scw.exe
 SCW32.EXE
 scw32s.exe
 scwmn16.exe
 SCWMN32.EXE
 SCWMN32S.EXE


 No, I think there are 3 variants...
 scwmn16.exe -> The 16 bits IDDE.
 scwmn32s.exe -> The 32 bits IDDE for Win32s
 scwmn32.exe -> The 32 bits IDDE for Win32 (W95, W98, W2K, WNT, ?)

 scw.exe, scw32s.exe and scw32.exe are just the startup code. I always


start the

 32 bits IDDE through scwmn32.exe as that allows me to start more than one


IDDE

 at one time... <g>


 Can someone tell me the differences?


 Hope above helps.


 I looked in the User's Guide and Reference (Introducing the IDDE) on the




CD

 and it says:
 "Digital Mars C++ ships with three different integrated development and
 debugging environments (IDDEs), each tailored to a specific operating




system

 and target.


 I think that's clean now?!


 The Digital Mars C++ installer program asks you to define the
 kind of programs you plan to develop, and then installs the appropriate
 IDDEs on your system. ... <Text Omitted> ... Not every IDDE can debug




every

 kind of executable. To debug a Windows NT program, for example, you need




the

 full 32-bit IDDE running under Windows NT."
 which seems to be incorrect, given that there is no installer.


 No, that's correct. However the Installer has been removed due to


copyright

 reasons...


 Perhaps this section of the documentation needs to be updated, or I am
 missing something.


 Several things needs updating all the time... We are behind in some stuff


for

 sure...

 Jan
Nov 27 2001
parent "Andrew Maclean" <a.maclean_remove_this_ acfr.usyd.edu.au> writes:
I meant "Perhaps when you update the documentation you might like to include
the comments made to me in the updated documentation."!


"Andrew Maclean" <a.maclean_remove_this_ acfr.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
news:9u1ah8$24ao$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Thanks! This makes a lot of sense now. Perhaps when you update the
 documentation you might like to your comments to me.

 Many thanks again!


 "Jan Knepper" <jan smartsoft.cc> wrote in message
 news:3C0423C2.4A19EE0 smartsoft.cc...

 Andrew Maclean wrote:


 I have just got the CD and I note that there are 6 variants of the






IDDE:

 scw.exe
 SCW32.EXE
 scw32s.exe
 scwmn16.exe
 SCWMN32.EXE
 SCWMN32S.EXE


 No, I think there are 3 variants...
 scwmn16.exe -> The 16 bits IDDE.
 scwmn32s.exe -> The 32 bits IDDE for Win32s
 scwmn32.exe -> The 32 bits IDDE for Win32 (W95, W98, W2K, WNT, ?)

 scw.exe, scw32s.exe and scw32.exe are just the startup code. I always


 start the

 32 bits IDDE through scwmn32.exe as that allows me to start more than




one

 IDDE

 at one time... <g>


 Can someone tell me the differences?


 Hope above helps.


 I looked in the User's Guide and Reference (Introducing the IDDE) on






the

 CD

 and it says:
 "Digital Mars C++ ships with three different integrated development






and

 debugging environments (IDDEs), each tailored to a specific operating




 system

 and target.


 I think that's clean now?!


 The Digital Mars C++ installer program asks you to define the
 kind of programs you plan to develop, and then installs the






appropriate

 IDDEs on your system. ... <Text Omitted> ... Not every IDDE can debug




 every

 kind of executable. To debug a Windows NT program, for example, you






need

 the

 full 32-bit IDDE running under Windows NT."
 which seems to be incorrect, given that there is no installer.


 No, that's correct. However the Installer has been removed due to


 copyright

 reasons...


 Perhaps this section of the documentation needs to be updated, or I am
 missing something.


 Several things needs updating all the time... We are behind in some




stuff

 for

 sure...

 Jan
Nov 27 2001
prev sibling parent reply "John Lance" <JDLance prodigy.net> writes:
I like to start the IDDE via a short batch file presetting some environment
items.  If I open a command prompt under that IDDE (which is easy to set up
under the tools menu), it also inherits the environment.  Whatever else you
may start with that command prompt also inherits that environment.

Walter or Jan, do you have the list of command variables to specify for
passing arguments to programs called under the tools menu?  I have not seen
it around.  I probably have a copy from years back laying around somewhere,
but has anything regarding this been updated?

The batch file startup sounds mundane, but it can be very useful.

Starting with Windows 2000 and then with XP it got less mundane to start up
by doing this.  But both OS's still support setting the environment of the
called program with this method.

With XP and 2000 I suggest using "start" before the program name and using
cmd.exe.  With the advent of 2000, a batch file will simply wait for a
Windows program to cease execution before it executes the next line.

Hope this is useful to some folks.

Also found that some DOSX stuff can compile straight-forwardly as a CONSOLE
app with the attendent flat memory model.  If it is "simple" enough.  I
guess it depends on the functions and subsequently the "OS" calls you are
using.  I have been working away from those asm interrupt calls that many of
us grew fond of with DOS.

I am still using "int main (......" in a console app compile.   To Walter or
Jan, is this bad?  I do check the std runtime library help to see if
functions I use are supported under Win32.  I don't know of much that
actually runs on a pure DOS machine anymore.  Windows is running.

Things have gotten quite convoluted over the past several years if you've
been around long enough to really stop and think about it.
Jun 06 2002
next sibling parent "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:
"John Lance" <JDLance prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:adpibc$2ko2$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 Walter or Jan, do you have the list of command variables to specify for
 passing arguments to programs called under the tools menu?  I have not


seen

 it around.  I probably have a copy from years back laying around


somewhere,

 but has anything regarding this been updated?


The ones each tool uses are under the html page for that tool.
    www.digitalmars.com/ctg/ctg/html



 I am still using "int main (......" in a console app compile.   To Walter


or

 Jan, is this bad?


No, that's how you do it.
Jun 07 2002
prev sibling parent reply Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.cc> writes:
John Lance wrote:


 I like to start the IDDE via a short batch file presetting some environment
 items.  If I open a command prompt under that IDDE (which is easy to set up
 under the tools menu), it also inherits the environment.  Whatever else you
 may start with that command prompt also inherits that environment.


Does the IDDE need any environment variables?
I start it without any of those and it runs fine...

Jan
Jun 07 2002
parent "John Lance" <JDLance prodigy.net> writes:
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The only one for the IDDE is the  P to let it know where things are at.  =
I don't know fully if this is still used however, but I believe that it =
is.  The file (sc.ini)  is still in the \Bin directory.  Same type of =
thing as from the older Symantec days.  The file has been considerably =
updated with more/different information from what was in it then.

It should be possible because of this, to have several directories of =
DM, with library additions/recompiles and testing all going on without =
affecting your main DM directories and projects.

I also set up the environment for "shelling" out to or running other =
programs from the IDDE, to keep things in the "work area" so to speak. =20

With NT, 2000, and XP, the environments can get rather large.  I usually =
clear out all of the unnecessary stuff.  It makes it easier to verify =
environment variables.  Resetting the command path to exactly what is =
needed is so much better than having a 1024 character (or more) command =
path in my opinion.  Completely resetting lib and other paths is usually =
a good idea too.  So many programs installed on a machine insist on =
setting up a path to the program's home directory as well as putting =
other stuff in the machines environment.  That is all well and good =
where it is needed.  But if I don't need it in the "work area" that I am =
in, I get rid of it.

I also set environment variables for the version control system I use =
(Burton Systems TLIB) and sometimes a separate programmer's editor, in =
order for them to be run "locally" with parameters specific to that work =
area.  It is easy to set up "work area" related information this way and =
then use the IDDE as the central point of focus.

I also use the cmd.exe prompt often.  I run it from the IDDE and it is =
dutifully placed right in the directory I am in at the moment.

The tools menu was set up pretty nicely at least as far as being =
flexible.  The fact that whoever did this also supplied the availability =
of command line arguments from the IDDE to the called program is just =
truly great.

My main use for C/C++ right now is in data conversion, so my =
requirements on the compiler/linker and programming are somewhat modest. =


I am truly pleased that you folks kept the torch going for the Symantec =
product, now outfitted as DigitalMars.  It had, and still does have, =
such great potential.  Plus being fairly easy to use.  Straight-forward, =
fast, and flexible I believe would be good terms.

These are the command line arguments I found that can be used when =
setting up the tools menu:
    $D  - full directory path.
    $L  - A number, I don't know what it is for
    $M  - Project file name, no directory path.
    $P  - Full path & project file name.
    $Q  - Full path & file name of file currently being edited.
    $R  - Full path & file name of the resource file.
    $T  - The project name.

I had requested this info years ago on the old Symantec 7.50 C++ forum.  =
I forgot who responded with it though.

If you or Walter know of others, please let us all know.

Thanks :)
Jun 07 2002