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- From: jasmith@admin1.memst.edu (John)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: STACKER and BORLAND C++ FOR WINDOWS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.141409.4115@admin1.memst.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 14:14:09 -0600
- Organization: Memphis State University
- Lines: 53
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- I have a question concerning STACKER and BORLAND C++ FOR WINDOWS.
- I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but my
- question is as follows. I have run the installation program for
- STACKER on my hard drive that creates the main boot drive D: and the
- STACKER compressed drive C:. My version of BORLAND C++ FOR WINDOWS was
- compressed on the STACKER compressed drive C:. I try to use the
- debugger that comes with the BORLAND package and I receive an error
- telling me that the file WINDEBUG.DLL can not be open. The DLL is a
- compressed format for the C++ Link Library (*.LIB). I know that the
- STACKER can not handle compressed files. I would like to know if any
- one using BORLAND C++ FOR WINDOWS has run into this problem. I have
- noticed that I can not open any of the DLL files that are currently
- located on the STACKER compressed drive. If any one has any solutions
- to this problem I would appreciate some answers. Here are some of the
- solutions that I have come up with so far.
- 1. Decrease the size of the STACKER compressed drive and increase the
- size of the uncompress drive moving the entire BORLAND C++ FOR
- WINDOWS to the uncompressed drive. Problems that I have found in
- this solution is that I would not be getting as much disk space out
- of my stacker drive.
- 2. This solution follows the same as the first, but opposed to moving
- the entire BORLAND C++ FOR WINDOWS to the uncompressed drive only
- move my DLL files to the uncompressed drive. Questions and
- problems that have surfaced from this solution are
- a) How do I redirect my pointers in BORLAND C++ to point at the
- DLL files on the uncompressed drive. Examples being the
- WINDEBUG.DLL.
- b) Are there any other DLL files that I would need to change
- points to besides the WINDEBUG.DLL? If so what are the files
- and how would I set the pointers in BORLAND C++ to point to
- the file currently located on the D: drive?
- c) A problem that I see occuring is that anytime I create a
- DLL file I would have to create it on the D: drive which
- means that I would have to have some space allocated for
- DLL programs. How much space would I need?
- 3. This solution involves changing the compressed DLLs to
- uncompressed LIBs. Changing all the active calls to DLL programs
- to LIB programs. My question then surfaces how do I make the
- changes in the BORLAND C++ to tell it to look at the LIB file
- instead of the DLL file? Problems that I see is that the LIB
- files would take up more room on my stacker drive than the DLL's
- and I would not be able to use the DLL on the stacker drive.
- 4. The solution that I am looking for is a solution that would
- allow me to have BORLAND C++ FOR WINDOWS running on the STACKER
- compressed drive C: using the DLL files.
- Other questions that have arose not dealing with the solution are
- 1. Is there any way I could create the WINDEBUG file (DLL or LIB)
- from the stacker drive with out having to do a complete reinstall
- of the BORLAND C++?
- 2. If I need to move to the uncompressed drive would there be any
- problem moving the DLL files from the compressed to the
- uncompressed drive? Would I still be unable to use the DLL files
- when moved from the compressed drive?
-