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2004-11-21 11:07:15 PM
cppbuilder71
a newbie question.
When i build following project:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std ;
int main()
{
return 0;
}
cppbuilder reports a fatal error message --
[Linker Fatal Error] Fatal: Expected a file name:
what's the problem? thx.
 

Look at the names in the path to where the compiler
is installed and to where the source file is located.
If there is a '+' (or a '++') in one or more of the names
then it could cause this problem. A '+' is command in a Windows command line. The command interpreter sees it as a
file concatination symbol, a separator between file names.
The solution is to install the compiler into a path that
has no '+' characters.
An example of how it sees '+' as a concatination symbol:
copy 1.cpp+2.cpp 3.cpp
The '+' is a separator and the 2.cpp will be seen
as another file name and '3.cpp' will be assembled
from the other two files
. Ed

On 21 Nov 2004 08:07:15 -0700, Stan wrote:
--
good luck,
liz
 

{smallsort}

Thanks.
I've gotten rid of the mentioned problem.
But now new error messages appears:
[Linker Error] Unresolved external '__InitVCL' referenced from D:\BORLAND\CBUILDER6\LIB\CP32MTI.LIB|crtlvcl
[Linker Error] Unresolved external '__ExitVCL' referenced from D:\BORLAND\CBUILDER6\LIB\CP32MTI.LIB|crtlvcl
[Linker Error] Unresolved external 'WinMain' referenced from D:\BORLAND\CBUILDER6\LIB\C0W32.OBJ
Can i get help again?
Regards,
Stan
"Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote:

Your program is this:
------------
#include <iostream>
using namespace std ;
int main()
{
return 0;
}
------------
Sources of the errors:
1-The program is a Windows Console mode program but the
project is configured to be a GUI program.
Console Mode
This is a text mode program and presents a text window
to the user. Its output resembles that of a DOS or
Unix program. The program is written to start at the
function 'main'.
GUI
GUI stands for Graphical User Interface, the type of
user display one thinks of as normal for Windows.
Output to the user is in the graphical display. The
program is written to start at the functon 'WinMain'.
2-The project is configured to use the VCL but your
program is not.
VCL
VCL stands for Visual Control Library, a class library
provided with C++ Builder which provides a massive
number of features and which is integrated into the
RAD or Rapid Application Development design system in
C++ Builder. For the most part what the VCL provides
addresses GUI programs and not Console mode programs.
How to fix the problem:
You need to create a new project.
When you created your project you did something like
File|New which created a project for GUI mode using VCL.
That is the most common type of program people using
C++ Builder wish to create Windows so it is the default
type.
To create a Console Mode program, select File|New|Other
(File|New in older versions of C++ Builder), and a project
type window will open showing icons for the various types
of project that can be created. Double click on the
icon labeled 'Console Wizard'. A dialog will appear which
allows you to configure the project. What is in that
dialog varies with compiler version and you have not
mentioned what version you are using, so either un-check
GUI or check Console. Un-check VCL.
. Ed