OpenEuphoria

Re: How do i compile a file that uses a GUI.

• Posted by curtis <curtislebl at gmail.com> Apr 04, 2007
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Matt Lewis wrote:
> 
> curtis wrote:
> > 
> > I'm new to Euphoria and i have a file I would like to compile (it uses
> > win32lib)
> > how do i compile it? 
> > I read the page about using the translater but I couldn't make it work.
> 
> My first question is about why you want to translate your program.  Is 
> there really a speed issue that might be helped by translating to C?  If
> not, you might be better off by just binding it.  This produces a
> stand alone executable.  Open a command line wherever your program is, and:
> 
>  > bind myprogram.exw
> 
> It should create myprogram.exe
> 
> Now, assuming that you either need the speed, or you just want to learn 
> how to translate, the first thing you need is a C compiler.  Since you're
> on Windows, it doesn't come with one out of the box.  You need to install
> one if you haven't already.  I'd recommend openwatcom:
> 
> <a href="http://www.openwatcom.org">http://www.openwatcom.org</a>
> 
> It's a large download, but it's the original (well, a later version of)
> compiler used for euphoria, and it's probably the easiest to set up.
> Once you've done that, you should be ready to go.
> 
> Again, open a command prompt where your program is:
> 
>   > ecw myprogram.exw
> 
> It will create a bunch of .h and .c files, as well as one called emake.bat.
> Just run emake.bat, and it will run all the necessary commands to create 
> your executable.  I'm sure I'm just basically paraphrasing what the 
> documentation says, so feel free to ask a more specific question.
> 
> Matt

Thanks Matt that answered my question. The reason I wanted to translate it was
because I thought it was
 the only way to make an exe file.I'll use bind instead.