Unzip the Borland.zip archive into this directory. Do not unzip - it into any other directory because the makefiles ( *.mak ) and project - files ( *.bpr ) use relative paths to refer to the SDL sources. This should - create a directory named "Borland" inside of the top level SDL source directory. -
- - Inside of the "Borland" directory there is a "bcb6" directory that contains
- a number of Builder project files. Double-click on the "libSDL.bpg" file
- icon. Once Builder has started click on the "Projects" menu on
-the menu-bar and go down to "Build All Projects" option.
- This will proceed to build SDL ( with Borland's calling convention ),
-SDLmain, and all the test programs. Currently, all
-the test programs are dynamically linked to Sam Lantinga's
-SDL.dll.
NOTE : Borland's "lib" format and Microsoft's "lib" format are incompatible.
-
- If you wish to dynamically link to the SDL library supplied by Sam Lantinga
- in each release, I have created the correct *.libs for SDL 1.2.4 and they
- exist in the "/lib" directory.
- If you would like to create the *.lib files yourself, you will need to
-make use of Borland's "implib.exe" utility.
-
IMPLIB works like this:
- -IMPLIB (destination lib name) (source dll)- -
For example,
- -IMPLIB SDL.lib SDL.dll- -
This assumes that SDL.dll was compiled with Visual C++ or similar.
-
To learn more about the difference between Borland's and Microsoft's *.lib
- format please read the article here.
-
- NOTE : The C++ Builder for Windows project format, is not compatible
- with the Kylix 3 project format, hence the reason why they are in separate
- directories.
The free Borland compiler can be downloaded at no charge from the Borland website - . Make sure that it is installed and properly configured.
- -Open an MS-DOS Prompt. Change to the "Borland\freebcc" directory under - the SDL source directory. Type "make -f SDL.mak" to build SDL and "make - -f SDLmain.mak". There are also makefiles for all of the test programs, if you wish to build them. All .exes and -DLLs are created in the "test" SDL directory. Ify ou would like to create -the DLL and all the test applications, I have thrown together a basic batchfile -called "makeall.bat" which should create everything in the right order.
- - Inside of the "Borland" directory there is a "k3" directory that contains
- a number of Builder project files. Double-click on the "libSDL.bpg" file
- icon. Once Builder has started click on the "Projects" menu on
-the menu-bar and go down to "Build All Projects" option. This will
-proceed to build all the test programs.
- Linux users do not need *.lib files as the Shared Object is linked right
- into the project ( very neat actually, Windows should do this sort of thing
- as it is a lot easier for the developer ).
- NOTE : The C++ Builder for Windows project format, is not
- compatible with the Kylix 3 project format, hence the reason why they are
- in separate directories.
On Mandrake 8.1 the shared objects for SDL are located in the /usr/lib
- directory as libSDL_*.so and the Mesa OpenGL shared objects are located
-in /usr/X11R6/lib as libGL*.so
-
- So if your setup is different you may need to change the project file
- so that they re-link to the ones on your system.
-
- On Mandrake 8.1 the headers files are located at /usr/include/SDL/.
- So if you you have not installed the development RPMs ( usually named libSDL-devel*
- ) for SDL ( not included ) you may have to change the include directory
- within some of the projects.
-