Re: double clickable C app (for Windows)

• Subject: Re: double clickable C app (for Windows)
• From: Thomas McQuitty <email@hidden>
• Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:12:23 -0600

I also want to know if it's possible for me to compile my C program from PB to create a Windows executable, or can I only do that by compiling it on a Windows box itself.

You don't actually need a billy box to compile it. For instance I use CodeWarrior to compile for x86 targets and VirtualPC to check if the output actually works.

Is what you're doing in CodeWarrior possible/easy in PB (or the terminal)?
If so, can anyone tell me how please?

CodeWarrior has a cross-platform compiler, so it knows how to compile for the x86 platform..

So, no, I don't think it is possible. I know there are cross-platform compilers available for gcc, but unless your application also knows about the windows api or is a java based application, it likely won't work.

I noticed you mention a C based program and you are trying to create a windows executable... I am guessing it is all command line based... you could get virtual pc and compile it using gcc on the windows platform... if it is not all command line but a GUI app, then there's the entire Windows API, which most people bypass and use MFC for most everything..

No, as you've guessed, it's just a command line tool. It reads some data from text files into a bunch of arrays, analyses all the data and then spits the result out to another text file that I then import into FileMaker Pro (which is cross platform of course). No GUI whatsoever for the C app.

Unfortunately, like I don't have a real PC, I don't have VirtualPC either. "CodeWarrior" is something I've heard a lot, but know nothing about it. Is it a commercial product, or something downloadable from the web for free or cheap? Any other free tools I could download that would allow me to do this on my Mac?

Thanks!
David.

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