mcall@devnet.hac.com (Mike Callinan) (03/05/91)
I just received my upgrade to Borland C++ 2.0 ( its not called Turbo C++ anymore). It took 15 Meg of disk space to install. Here's what I've found out about it so far: - Microsoft Windows Targeting. Everything you need to write Windows 3.0 applications is included, except for sufficient documentation. They do recommend that you buy Windows SDK documentation or Petzold's Programming Windows, if you plan to write Windows applications. Borland has licensed Microsoft's Resource Compiler, and has included Whitewater's Resource Toolkit, which lets you graphically create Windows objects like scrollbars, menus, buttons, radio buttons, text fields, dialog boxes, etc. A couple demo programs and examples are included and do run under Windows 3.0. The Project Manager (Make utility) automatically calls the Resource Compiler and links the RC output with your executable to create the final Windows executable. The Help facility also includes the Windows API. There is a separate Turbo Debugger for Windows (TDW), which is deceptive since its still a text mode debugger, not a real Windows looking program. - Precompiled headers, which are supposed to speed up compile times. - Real and Protected mode versions of both compilers, essentially giving you four compilers. You get a real and protected mode version of the Programmers Platform (IDE), and a real and protected mode version of the command line compiler. I tried the IDE in protected mode and had no problem with the IDE being swapped in and out of memory (I have 2M RAM). - The Programmer's Platform now has a built-in assembler, and an undo and redo feature with an extensive buffer. The IDE's debugger can step backwards through a debugging session. Thats all for now. I think I'll go out and get a Windows Programming book and figure out more of the capabilities and limitations of Borlands new product. Mike C.