Posted by Hans Salvisberg on 2005-03-05 19:16 CET
(In reply to: Re: What C++ compilers does CHAMP work with? posted by Fabian Bircher on 2005-03-05 00:16 CET)

Hi Fabian, Thank you for your message. >> huge lack of usability due to the fact that my programs wouldn't run on any other computer than mine This is due to the fact that you were using your school's Champ license at home. I'm not aware of any other commercial programmer's library (or any other commercial software for that matter) that has such a generous Educational License, allowing all the students to install a copy on their own computer at home for free. >> Now I'm able to make programs for "everybody". The programs that you compiled on school computers were not limited in any way, except the Educational License does not allow selling them. Your license to use the Champ library at home expired when you left your school. To legally continue using Champ, to be able to compile run-everywhere programs at home and to be allowed to sell them, you have to buy a Professional License. See http://salvisberg.com/champ/licenses.hts#CP-E for details about the various license types. If you can live with occasional registration reminders, you can also use the downloadable evaluation version of Champ. >> I can't even run my old programms anymore, because I don't have champ installed any more. I'm sure your teacher at the old school would allow you to build your old programs on a school computer, so you can run them again. >> I have asked myself if it would be that hard to get it to run on my MinGW version 2.0.0 from http://www.mingw.org/ but since I have no idea how those things work and what it takes to make a version run with a specific compiler, I couldn't find an answer. MinGW is not the problem here. The problem is that Champ uses the 16 bit Windows API, and porting it to 32 bits is a large task that we haven't had the courage to undertake (at least not yet). That's why it requires BC45, BC5, or TC45, which are 16 bit compilers. >> If you see a solution for my problem (a link to an old Borland C++ 4.5 compiler that works on the "new" Win XP would do too) No, I'm sorry, I'm not aware of any downloadable copies of BC45. It's not impossible that you can find one on the Internet, but it would hardly be legal (nor safe to use). http://shop.borland.com/ is currently offering the "Borland Turbo C++ Suite" for $49.99. http://www.borland.ch/cbuilder/tsuite/index.html also lists a lighter version of this product, but I couldn't find a price for it. I sent an inquiry to Borland and will report back when I get an answer. Hans

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