TURBO C 2.0: ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS Getting started Q. How do i install Turbo C? A. Run the INSTALL program from the INSTALL/ helP disk. To start the installation, change your current drive to the one that has the install program on it and type INSTAll. You will be given instructions in a box at the bottom of the screen for each prompt. For example, if you will be installing from drive a: type INSTALL At this point, the INSTALL program will appear with menus selections and descriptions to guide you through the installation process. Q. How do i run Turbo C? A. After you have installed Turbo C, type tc from the dOs prompt and you re ready to go. Chapter 2(Getting Started) of the Turbo C User s Guide will guide you through your first Turbo C program Q. What is the difference between TC. eXe and TCC. eXE? A. The Turbo C package comes with two compilers, an Integrated Environment named TC. eXE and a command-line compiler named TCC. EXE. The Integrated Environment is essentially the command-line compiler with an integrated editor, linker, and debugger Please refer to the Turbo C Users Guide for details on using both systems Q. What is a configuration file? A. A configuration file tells Turbo C what options to default to and where to look for its library and header files. TC. EXE looks for a configuration file named TCCONFIG. TC, and TCC. eXe looks for a file named TURBoC. CFG. See the users Guide, pages 40 and 143 for more information. Q. How do I create a configuration file? A. When you run the INSTALL program it creates a configurationTURBO C 2.0: ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS G e t t i n g S t a r t e d --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Q. How do I install Turbo C? A. Run the INSTALL program from the INSTALL/HELP disk. To start the installation, change your current drive to the one that has the install program on it and type INSTALL. You will be given instructions in a box at the bottom of the screen for each prompt. For example, if you will be installing from drive A:, type: A: INSTALL At this point, the INSTALL program will appear with menus selections and descriptions to guide you through the installation process. Q. How do I run Turbo C? A. After you have installed Turbo C, type "TC" from the DOS prompt and you're ready to go. Chapter 2 (Getting Started) of the Turbo C User's Guide will guide you through your first Turbo C program. Q. What is the difference between TC.EXE and TCC.EXE? A. The Turbo C package comes with two compilers, an Integrated Environment named TC.EXE and a command-line compiler named TCC.EXE. The Integrated Environment is essentially the command-line compiler with an integrated editor, linker, and debugger. Please refer to the Turbo C User's Guide for details on using both systems. Q. What is a configuration file? A. A configuration file tells Turbo C what options to default to and where to look for its library and header files. TC.EXE looks for a configuration file named TCCONFIG.TC, and TCC.EXE looks for a file named TURBOC.CFG. See the User's Guide, pages 40 and 143 for more information. Q. How do I create a configuration file? A. When you run the INSTALL program it creates a configuration