Power C - Version 2.2 -- Bonus -- The Power C disk(s) contain a copy of the Power C Shell from Tay-Jee software. This is a shareware program that provides an integerated environment for Power C programming. When you install Power C, a sub-directory named pcshell will be created. This contains the Power C shell, its documentation, and a small text editor. You can learn more about the shell by reading the .doc files that are installed with it. If you find the Power C Shell useful, please register it. ----------- Power C is now supplied on one 3 1/2" or two 5 1/4" diskette(s). Due to an increase in size, the Power C files are now stored in a packed (ie. compressed) format. Rather than copy the files (as described in the Getting Started section of the Power C manual), you should now install the Power C files by simply executing the INSTALL.EXE program on this diskette. Corrections to the Power C manual and descriptions of new features are contained in the file: Powerc.doc. This file will be unpacked when you install Power C. Be sure to read powerc.doc to find out about the new features. The INSTALL program unpacks the files to a directory on your hard disk or to floppies. It does not alter the environment, CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT. If you are installing to 5 1/4" diskettes, you will need 4 formatted blank diskettes. If you are installing to 3 1/2" diskettes, you will need 2 formatted blank diskettes. If you are installing to a hard disk, you will need approximately 1 Meg (1000k) of disk space. To run the INSTALL program, insert this diskette into one of your floppy drives and type x:INSTALL, where x is the letter of the drive containing this floppy diskette. If you have 5 1/4" release diskettes, the INSTALL program will tell you when to insert release disk 2 of 2. For example, type the following if this diskette is in drive A. A:INSTALL The INSTALL program will ask you a series of questions. At the end of each question, the default answer is displayed inside square brackets (ie. [default answer]). If the default answer is suitable, you may select it by simply pressing the enter key. By default, it is assumed that you have placed the master disk in drive [A], that you wish to install the files on a hard disk [h], and that the directory to contain the files is [c:\powerc] (note: the INSTALL program will create the directory if it does not already exist). If you install to 5 1/4" floppies rather than a hard drive, then the following files will be copied to your four blank formatted diskettes. Disk 1 of 4 Disk 2 of 4 Disk 3 of 4 Disk 4 of 4 Compiler Linker Examples Libraries _______________________________________________________________________ HEADERS HHH PCL EXE READ ME PCLIBS MIX PC EXE PCLIB MIX * H PCLIB2S MIX PCO EXE PCLIB2 MIX SYS\* H PCLIBL MIX PCAUTO MIX BARCHART C PCLIB2L MIX PC87 MIX PIECHART C PCIEEE MIX SCREEN C PCDMY MIX PATTERNS C FASTHDR EXE PIECHART PRJ MERGE EXE MIX EXE PCMAC ASM Disk 1 of 4 contains everything you need for compiling. Disk 2 of 4 contains everything you need for linking. Disk 3 of 4 contains the individual .H header files and sample programs. Disk 4 of 4 contains the small and large memory model libraries. If you install to 3 1/2" floppies rather than a hard drive, then the files listed above under Compiler and Linker are copied to the first blank formatted diskette (Disk 1 of 2), and the files listed under Examples and Libraries are copied to the second blank formatted diskette (Disk 2 of 2). The MIXC.MIX file that is listed in the Power C manual is no longer distributed. The following new files are not listed in the Power C manual: HEADERS.HHH: This file contains all of the Power C header (.H) files in a pre-tokenized format for faster compiling. This file may be used in place of all the .H files. In other words, the .H files are not needed if the HEADERS.HHH file is present. FASTHDR.EXE: This program is used to create pre-tokenized header files such as the HEADERS.HHH file described above. MERGE.EXE: This program is used for library management. It merges multiple object files, creating a single object file library. PCLIBS.MIX: This is the small memory model version of PCLIB.MIX. PCLIB2S.MIX: This is the small memory model version of PCLIB2.MIX. PCLIBL.MIX : This is the large memory model version of PCLIB.MIX. PCLIBL2.MIX: This is the large memory model version of PCLIB2.MIX. ********************************************************************** * When install completes, please type the PowerC.doc file to see a * ********************************************************************** * description of new features. * **********************************************************************