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.
+ + 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.
+
Unzip the Borland.zip archive into this directory. Do not unzip it into any -other directory because the makefiles 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 "bcb5" 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, SDLmain, and all -the test programs.
- -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.
- -