BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 04-17-92 (13:06) Number: 58
From: JEAN CREPEAU Refer#: NONE
To: THOMAS HEAD Recvd: NO
Subj: Quickbasic .Libs Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
In a message to ALL, THOMAS HEAD wrote:
TH=> Help! I see all these great new .LIB files, but I have no idea
how to compile QuickBasic programs outside of the "Run" menu. Any help
would be greatly appreciated!
It's not very difficult. The first thing you do is to invoke
BC.EXE. You just have to type
C>BC filename;
filename being your BASIC file to compile.
You may also specify some options (before the ;)
/e: if you use the ON ERROR GOTO statement
/x: if you use the ON ERROR GOTO and RESUME or RESUME NEXT statements
/v or /w: if you use any trap (ON KEY GOTO, ON PLAY GOTO, etc...)
/o: if you want to make a stand-alone (and bigger) .EXE file
Then, you just have to LINK your program to the library:
C>LINK filename;
The linker will search for the library and link it to your object
file procuced by BC.EXE. You need the library BRUN45.LIB (if you didn't
compile your program with the /o option) or BCOM45.LIB (if you did compile
it with /o).
If you compiled your program without /o, you will also need
BRUN45.EXE to run your program. Without this option, your executable file
is smaller, but contains a small "boot" code to load BRUN45.EXE, which
contains many functions of quick basic. You are not allowed to give this
file to your friends, nor can you sell it!
If you want to give an executable file to a friend or just want to
sell it, you must compile it with the /o option. This will force the linker
to directly includes the functions you need in your executable file, which
results in a much larger executable file.
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