The Integrated Development Environment of Borland C Builder

1
Chapter 1

• The Integrated Development Environment of Borland
  C Builder

2
Getting Borland C Builder

• Borland C Builder 5.0 Professional had been
  installed in our lab.
• Trial version of Borland C Builder 6.0
  Enterprise can be download from Borlands web
  site at http//www.borland.com

3
First Glance at BCB 5.0
Component Palette
Object Inspector
Code Editor
4
BCB and VCL Components

• Each VCL (Visual Component Library) component has
  
• Properties can be set at design time or modified
  by code at run time to change its behavior or
  appearance.
• Methods callable functions for performing
  certain functions
• Responsive events where we implement our
  algorithms
• Windows programming with BCB
• Graphic user interface design
• Choose VCL components
• Set up their prosperities
• Implement event handlers
• Implement desired functionalities
• Modify VCL components prosperities

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The Concept of Application and Project

• In BCB, an application is a project.
• A project may consists of many files
• .bpr project file
• .dfm form file
• .cpp C source program file
• .h C header file
• .res resource file
• .obj object file
• .exe executable file
• .tds debug symbol file
• It is strongly recommended to place all related
  files in the same directory.

6
Your First Windows Application in BCB

• Sample code add.zip
• Useful Functions
• StrToInt()
• IntToStr()

7
What You Should Do

• Download and install your Borland C Builder
• Walk through the following sections in our
  textbook
• 1.1-1.9
• Learning by doing!