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.