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From: John
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:13
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:13
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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?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gumby!wupost!ukma!memstvx1!jasmith From: jasmith@admin1.memst.edu (John) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc Subject: EXIT Message-ID: <1992Nov17.141301.4114@admin1.memst.edu> Date: 17 Nov 92 14:13:01 -0600 Organization: Memphis State University Lines: 53