Quick Start Guide
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Welcome to Borland Turbo C++. This Quick Start Guide provides an overview to help you start using the product right away. ® Borland Turbo C++ is available in two editions: Professional and Explorer. Turbo C++ Professional is an extensible and customizable solution including 200+ pre-built drag and drop components providing everything you need to start real C++ development today, as well as an extendable environment for build-your-own and third party components and IDE add-ons. Turbo C++ Explorer is a fixed all-in-one solution with 200+ pre-built drag and drop components providing everything you need to start real C++ development today.
System requirements ®
The system requirements for Borland Turbo C++ are listed below.
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• Intel Pentium III/M 1.4 GHz, or Pentium IV 1.4 GHz minimum (Intel Pentium III/M 1.4 GHz+, or Pentium IV 2GHz+ recommended) ® ™ • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (SP1) ® Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2) ® Windows 2000 Professional (SP4) ® Windows 2000 Server (SP4) • 512 MB RAM (1 GB+ recommended) • 900 MB free hard disk space∗ ® • 750 MB free hard disk space for prerequisites (including Microsoft .NET Framework and SDK) • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive • SVGA or higher-resolution monitor (XGA recommended) • Mouse or other pointing device
Deployment (minimum) • Intel Pentium II/300 MHz or better • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (SP1) Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2) Windows 2000 Professional (SP4) Windows 2000 Server (SP4) • 128 MB RAM or better • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive • SVGA or higher-resolution monitor (XGA recommended) ___________________ *Does not include space required for optional third-party products
Components by product edition The following list describes the included components in each edition of Borland Turbo C++. ®
Borland Turbo C++ Professional Borland Turbo C++ Professional includes the following: • Borland Turbo C++ - Professional - Offers the latest RAD features for desktop C++ development, including WYSIWYG Web page design, an enhanced VCL designer, IDE productivity features, and bug tracking. • Borland InterBase 7.5.1 – A complete developer version of Borland InterBase—a high-performance, cross-platform embeddable database that is easy and inexpensive to deploy and economical to maintain. ®
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Additional supporting technology • Indy Components – Internet Direct (Indy) is an open-source Internet component suite comprised of popular Internet protocols written in Borland Developer Studio and based on blocking sockets. • Borland® InterBase Express – Based on the customer data access Borland Developer Studio component architectures, InterBase Express applications provide access to advanced InterBase features and offer the highest-performance component interface for InterBase. ™
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to scale with your applications well into the future. • IntraWeb – A web application development framework for VCL and .NET, IntraWeb lets you build web applications which
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Borland Turbo C++ Explorer Borland Turbo C++ Explorer includes the following: • Borland Turbo C++ - Explorer - Offers a fixed set of components and features for desktop C++ development, including WYSIWYG Web page design, an enhanced VCL designer, IDE productivity features, and bug tracking. • Borland InterBase 7.5.1 – A complete developer version of Borland InterBase—a high-performance, cross-platform embeddable database that is easy and inexpensive to deploy and economical to maintain. ®
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About Borland Turbo C++ ®
Installing Borland Turbo C++ Please refer to the install.htm file provided on the DVD for detailed installation instructions specific to your product edition.
Registering Borland Turbo C++ The first time you use Borland Turbo C++, the Borland Registration Wizard will appear. Follow the steps in the wizard to register Borland Turbo C++. You will find the serial number and authorization key on the License Certificate Card located in your product case, or sent to you with your product download. Online registration requires an Internet connection. If you do not have an Internet connection or have difficulties registering, please use the telephone-registration option to reach Borland Customer Service. If you cannot register now, you may continue—through the Borland Registration Wizard—to use Borland Turbo C++. The Registration Wizard will appear each time you use the product, and you have up to 15 days to complete registration. If you do not have a License Certificate Card, please contact your software administrator for product-activation information.
Learning Borland Turbo C++ The Turbo products are based on the Borland Developer Studio 2006 release and as such, you will have access to the complete BDS Help system. There are several ways to access Help resources to find information, including the various services and technologies offered in the product. You can press the F1 key to see the online help for a specific window, dialog, or error message. Some windows include a Help button that will take you directly to the online help topic for that window. Online Help Borland online help allows you to use the Contents, Search, and Index features to locate information about a specific topic area. The online help system provides detailed information about important programming concepts, user interface features, programming tasks, and component libraries. You can view the table of contents by choosing the Help drop-down menu. The Table of Contents displays the full help system, so you will see references to Borland Developer Studio 2006. After Help launches, it displays the contents in a tree-view with three categories: Borland Studio 2006 (Common); Borland Studio 2006 for .NET; and Borland Studio 2006 for Win32. Within each of these categories, there is a list of conceptual topic areas providing a general overview of Borland Developer Studio 2006. Procedural information is available next, providing step-by-step instructions so that you can perform many of the developer tasks described within the conceptual topics (The Procedural information also appears on the Welcome page, as a How-To Guide). Finally, extensive reference information on the Borland Developer Studio 2006 APIs includes links to definitions of functions and classes in the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK. You can search the online help topics using the Look for: and Filtered by: fields on the Search tab. If the Search tab is not visible when you open the online help, choose the Search… command from the Help drop-down menu to make the Search tab visible. The Index tab allows you to find a topic using the index entries that are imbedded with the text. The Index tab also provides you with the Look for: and Filtered by: fields. In addition, the Help drop-down menu contains the Help on Help command. Choose this command to learn how to use the Borland online help system. ReadMe The readme.htm file provides important information relating to your product, including a list of supported platforms, release notes, known installation issues, and important supplementary and late-breaking information that might not appear in the main product documentation. The readme.htm is provided on the product DVD and under the default installation directory.
Other important information The DVD provides important information relating to your product, including installation instructions, release notes, and important supplementary information that might not appear in the main product documentation. You will find these files in the root directory of each installation DVD.
Borland support services and Web sites Borland offers a variety of support options to meet the needs of its diverse developer community. To find out about support, go to http://www.borland.com/devsupport. From the Web site, you can access many newsgroups, where developers exchange information, tips, and techniques. ABOUT BORLAND Borland Software Corporation is a global leader in platform-independent solutions for Software Delivery Optimization™. The company provides the software and services that align the people, process, and technology required to maximize the business value of software. Borland Software Corporation may have patents and/or pending patent applications covering subject matter in this document. Please refer to the product DVD or the “About” dialog box for the list of applicable patents. The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents. Made in Borland © All Borland brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Borland Software Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. 22837
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