[comp.os.msdos.apps] TC++ stupidity

levitte@garbo.bion.kth.se (Tommy Levitte) (10/20/90)

Hi netland,

I have a (tiny?) problem with TC++ 1.0!

Facts: I use  DIGITAL PCSA
       I have placed TC++ on a read-only disk
       I want to be able to save the desktop,the environment,the projects!

It seems TC.EXE wants to save the desktop and all that on the same disk and
the same directory as it resides itself! Now, it can't do that on a read-only
disk! (Those files are saved as TCDEF.*)

Now I would like to know if ther is a way to tell TC.EXE that I want those
files on another disk (a read-write one)??? If not, is there a good (and I
mean GOOD) reason to have those files stored where they are stored?

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todd@ivucsb.sba.ca.us (Todd Day) (10/20/90)

levitte@garbo.bion.kth.se (Tommy Levitte) writes:

%Now I would like to know if ther is a way to tell TC.EXE that I want those
%files on another disk (a read-write one)???

Create a project file.  Put in it all the files it takes to make your .EXE
(basically a fancy make file).  If you only have one .C or .CPP to compile,
put it in a .PRJ file anyway (you do this by selecting Project from the
top menu bar).  Project files are stored locally.  The next time you boot
up TC, it will scan for .PRJ files and load yours in.  It also makes a
desktop file for each Project, so all of your desktop options will come
back, also (including positioning of each file you opened last session).

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