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- From: Jim McFarland <jgm6@orkand.em.cdc.gov>
- Subject: Re: 16 vs 32 bit
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- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 18:39:03 GMT
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- Eric Hooton <ehooton@u.washington.edu> wrote:
- > I have Win 95 and Borland C++ 4.5. I'm having a problem
- >building 16 bit projects instead of 32 bit. I built a compact
- >DOS project as 16 bit, debugged it, then started working on a
- >new one. When I got the second one to compile I tried to use
- >the IDE debugger and was told that it can "only debug 16 bit
- >windows applications."
- >I went back to the first project and when I compiled it again
- >I got the same message. Did I change a project option that
- >affected it? I don't think I did. If you choose a DOS
- >application project isn't it automatically 16 bit?
-
- Yes, but it is not a Windows app, which is what your error message
- pointed out. The Borland C++ 4.5 IDE's integrated debugger only works
- with Windows applications. To debug DOS applications, you need to use
- Turbo Debugger for DOS, which comes with BC++ 4.5, but is not part of the
- IDE.
-
- Jim
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