Borland Free C++ Compiler

[Vlatko]

Because i heard a lot about the free Borland C++ compiler i downloaded it. I've never used anything else than VC++ in my C++ life (never used command line tools) so i want to know if BCC can do something VC++ compiler can't or VC++ is more powerful any way you look at it. Anyway , i am curious how can i compile a windows application using BCC. I've tried "BCC32 -w filename" but unresolved external symbol _main error comes up. Any help is appreciated.

[parksie]

Use bcc32 -tW filename to make a Windows executable.

and to make an executable of a different filename of the original CPP, do this:

bcc32 -tW -enewfilename oldfilename

the Main problem with BCC5.5 is it makes huge executables,
VC++ makes huge debug exe's, but the release ones are tiny.....

thats the same problem I have with code warrior(it makes huge exe's)



and another problem I found with BCC5.5 is I can't seem to find out how to use resource files... I compiled it(res) Ok, but the resources wouldn't load. I can't seem to find a way to add it to my 'project'

[Vlatko]

Yes! That was my next question. Yhe executable size. Minimum is 120 or 130 KB and VC++ 20KB. What is the reason for this. 100KB difference is not so little.