How To Run Borland Turbo C++ In Windows 7:
Download Borland Turbo C++ From Here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/124684089/Borland_Turbo_CPP_v3.zip
Install the software DOSBox ver 0.72 ( 1.2 MB ) (Freeware) from the link below
(Direct Link)
Code:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosbox/DOSBox0.72-win32-installer.exe?download
Before going to the details u have to create a folder (any name will do). Here we
name it as Turbo
Copy the TC into the Turbo folder
Run the DOSBox 0.72 from the icon located on the desktop or from the location of
the installation folder
Then u are presented with two screens which look like the command prompt in
Windows
Now u are presented with two screens. One with a Z prompt. U can ignore the other
screen.
There type the following commands at the command prompt :
Mount [Type in any alphabet that u wish except z] [Type the source of the turbo C]
press enter
Now , Type in the following commands after the Z prompt:
Z: mount d c:\Turbo\ [The folder TC is present inside the folder Turbo]
* Now u should get a message which says: Drive D is mounted as a local directory
c:\Turbo\ ***
Now type d: to shift to d: prompt .
D: cd TC [The contents inside the folder Turbo gets mounted as a virtual drive
(Here D drive)
D: cd Bin
D: TC or Tc.exe [This presents u the Turbo C++3.0 screen]
On the Turbo C++ goto Options>Directories>Change the source of TC to the source
directory ( i.e. virtual D: refers to original c:\Turbo\ . So make the path
change to something like D:\TC\include and D:\TC\lib respectively )
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In order to get the full screen use the key combination of Alt and Enter
When u exit from the DosBox [precisely when u unmount the virtual drive where
Turbo C++ 3.0 has been mounted] all the files u have saved or made changes in
Turbo C++ 3.0 will be copied into the source directory(The directory which
contains TC folder)
It is a good idea to backup your files in the source directory prior to running
DOSBox 0.72
For additional help go through the readme file located in the installation folder
or look on the website of the DOSBox forum.
The above procedure has been successfully implemented on Windows Vista Ultimate 64
bit & is operated in Windows 7 also perfectly !
IMP : Don't use shortcut keys to perform operations in TC because they might be a
shortuct key for DOSBOX also . Eg : Ctrl+F9 will exit DOSBOX rather running the
code
Still have problems in working-out ??? Mail me
That is fine, actually Turbo C++ IDE screen is in Blue everywhere, but accessing thru' DOSBOX, i am getting background with Blue in IDE. How can i change it?
ReplyDeleteyou've to customize the IDE settings each time you login, i'm sorry to say tat i don't have a solution for it as of now. i'll let u know when there is a fix for it !
ReplyDeletehi
ReplyDeletei have win7 64bit and do all of your way to run c++ in dos .but shown why?
thanks
@sitwebdesign: i've used DOS just because, most of the 'no-voice' users aren't aware of shell`s features and the ways to work on it... The steps which are given above works on all versions of WIndows 7 as well as on that of Vista ! You can revert back here with a comment if you face even a single issue...
ReplyDeletehi my c++ program is not compiling in the dosbox ,,it is showing that #include is invalid
ReplyDeletei downloaded the dosbox n did all the steps bt whn i try to change the directory to tc it is showing
ReplyDeleteUnable to change to: tc