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There are three ways to program\r\nWindows using Turbo Pascal:\r\n\r\n 1) By simply using the WinCrt unit, you can write \"standard\"\r\n Pascal programs that do Readln, Writeln in a scrollable\r\n window. For more information about the WinCrt unit, refer to\r\n Chapter 14 in the Programmer's Guide (and see WELCOME.PAS in\r\n the \\TPW directory).\r\n\r\n 2) You can write Windows applications the \"traditional\" way.\r\n For examples of this style of Windows programming, see\r\n GENERIC.PAS and FDLGDEMO.PAS in the \\TPW\\WINDEMOS directory.\r\n\r\n 3) The best way to write full-featured Windows applications is\r\n by using the ObjectWindows application framework.\r\n ObjectWindows uses object-oriented techniques to make\r\n Windows programming much easier and more efficient.\r\n ObjectWindows is described in detail in both the Windows\r\n Programmer's Guide and Windows Reference Guide. See\r\n HELLOAPP.PAS and the many other ObjectWindows demo programs\r\n in the \\TPW\\OWLDEMOS directory.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the release notes in this file, there are several\r\ntext files in the \\TPW\\DOC directory that you should browse. Make\r\nsure you look at the MANUAL.TPW and MANUAL.TDW files which\r\nprovide corrections to the printed documentation.\r\n\r\nA complete list of all files is provided in the FILELIST.DOC in\r\nthe \\TPW directory.\r\n\r\n\r\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\r\n-----------------\r\n1. How to Get Help\r\n2. Installation\r\n3. System Requirements\r\n4. Turbo Help\r\n5. Features\r\n6. Release Notes\r\n\r\n\r\n1. HOW TO GET HELP\r\n-------------------\r\nIf you have any problems, please read this file, the *.DOC files in\r\n\\TPW\\DOC, and the Turbo Pascal manuals first. If you still have a\r\nquestion and need assistance, help is available from the following\r\nsources:\r\n\r\n1. Type GO BPROGA on the CompuServe bulletin board system. If you are\r\n not a member of CompuServe, see the enclosed special offer.\r\n\r\n2. Check with your software dealer or user group.\r\n\r\n3. If you have an urgent problem and you have sent in the license\r\n agreement that accompanied this package, you may call the Borland\r\n Technical Support Department at (408) 438-5300. Please have the\r\n following information ready before calling:\r\n\r\n a. Product name and serial number from the distribution disks.\r\n\r\n b. Computer brand, model, and the brands and model numbers of\r\n any additional hardware.\r\n\r\n c. Operating system and version number. (The version number can\r\n be determined by typing VER at the DOS prompt. The Windows\r\n version number is displayed in the Program Manager's About\r\n Box.)\r\n\r\n d. Contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, TPW.INI and WIN.INI\r\n files.\r\n\r\n\r\n2. INSTALLATION\r\n---------------\r\nUse the INSTALL program to install Turbo Pascal for Windows. The files\r\non the distribution disks are all archived and INSTALL will de-archive\r\nthem for you, place them into subdirectories and automatically create\r\nconfiguration files for both the command-line compiler and the\r\nIntegrated Development Environment (IDE). All further references to\r\ndirectory paths in this README file and in FILELIST.DOC assume you've\r\nused INSTALL's default directory structure.\r\n\r\nTo run the installation program from Drive A type\r\n\r\n WIN A:INSTALL\r\n\r\nor, if Windows is active, select the program manager's File|Run\r\ncommand and type\r\n\r\n A:INSTALL\r\n\r\nInstall will unpack the compressed archive files (*.PAK) into\r\nsubdirectories on your hard disk. These files also can be\r\nunpacked manually using the UNPAK.EXE utility. Your system must\r\nhave at least two megabytes of memory available to run Turbo\r\nPascal for Windows. Neither the Install program nor Turbo Pascal\r\nfor Windows will run in real mode.\r\n\r\nAfter installation, make sure you add the Turbo Pascal for Windows\r\ndirectories (e.g. C:\\TPW;C:\\TPW\\UTILS) in your DOS path.\r\n\r\n\r\n3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS\r\n----------------------\r\nTurbo Pascal for Windows requires at least 2 Mbytes of RAM and\r\nruns on EGA, VGA and Hercules monochrome video adapters. Note\r\nthat dual monitors are required in order to debug your program in\r\nSVGA mode.\r\n\r\n\r\n4. TURBO HELP\r\n-------------\r\nThe fastest way to get help on any Turbo Pascal or Windows API\r\nfeature is to use the online help system. Pull down the Help menu\r\nby typing Alt-H or press F1 for more information. If it's in\r\nTurbo Pascal for Windows, it's in the help system! TDW has its\r\nown help system and help file as well.\r\n\r\n5. FEATURES\r\n-----------\r\nTurbo Pascal for Windows has many features including:\r\n\r\n o Windows IDE - A Windows-hosted environment that is a full MDI\r\n application. You can edit and compile files in the IDE and\r\n then call TDW to debug your programs. (The IDE even has\r\n optional Wordstar compatible keys. Select the alternate\r\n command set on the Options|Preferences dialog.)\r\n\r\n o The compiler and RTL have many extensions for programming\r\n under Windows (see below). Refer to the demo programs in the\r\n \\TPW\\WINDEMOS directory.\r\n\r\n o ObjectWindows - An application framework and library that\r\n provides an objected-oriented layer to Windows programming.\r\n Use ObjectWindows' object-oriented techniques to build\r\n powerful Windows applications quickly. ObjectWindows (OWL)\r\n demo programs are in the \\TPW\\OWLDEMOS directory. OWL itself\r\n is in the \\TPW\\OWL directory.\r\n\r\n o WRT - Interactively build and edit Windows' resources with\r\n the Whitewater Resource Toolkit. Create and edit icons,\r\n cursors, dialogs, menus, accelerators, bitmaps and strings.\r\n\r\n o TDW - A special version of the Turbo Debugger that debugs\r\n Windows 3.0 applications. TDW runs in text mode and can be\r\n launched from the IDE via the RUN|DEBUGGER menu.\r\n\r\n o uses display swapping to support single monitor debugging\r\n o full support for Windows DLLs\r\n o break on Windows messages\r\n\r\n See MANUAL.TDW in the \\TPW\\DOC directory for information about\r\n the various utilities that come with TDW.\r\n\r\n o Help system compiler - Use the help compiler to create\r\n Windows' online help for your programs. The help compiler\r\n (HC.EXE) is in the \\TPW\\UTILS directory. The help examples are\r\n in the \\TPW\\DOCDEMOS\\HELPEX directory.\r\n\r\n o Other compiler and runtime library features:\r\n o Windows Crt unit (WinCrt) for writing \"standard\" programs\r\n that use Writeln and Readln (see \\TPW\\WELCOME.PAS).\r\n o Dynamic Method Tables\r\n o Full support for Windows-style null-terminated strings\r\n o Link in Windows resource Files ($R directive)\r\n o Full support for DLLs (Dynamic Link Libraries. See\r\n \\TPW\\OWLDEMOS\\BITBTN.PAS).\r\n\r\nA full suite of DOS command-line utilities, including a DOS\r\ncommand-line compiler (TPCW.EXE) that produces Windows programs,\r\nMAKE.EXE, and a Windows' resource compiler (RC.EXE) are also\r\nprovided.\r\n\r\n6. RELEASE NOTES\r\n----------------\r\n\r\nParadox Engine Sample Program\r\n-----------------------------\r\n o Turbo Pascal for Windows can access Paradox data tables using\r\n the Paradox Engine 2.0 Dynamic Link Library (DLL). An example\r\n program that shows how this is done is included in the files\r\n \\TPW\\OWLDEMO\\PXDEMO.PAS and \\TPW\\OWLDEMOS\\PXACCESS.PAS. Note\r\n that you will need the PXENGWIN.DLL and the sample Paradox\r\n data files that are included with the Paradox Engine 2.0 in\r\n order to run PXDEMO. The Paradox Engine 2.0 is available\r\n separately from Borland and includes support for DOS and\r\n Windows programming using Turbo Pascal, Borland C and C++, and\r\n other languages.\r\n\r\nWRT Release Notes\r\n-----------------\r\n o If your system has plenty of memory (3 MBytes or more), you\r\n can speed up the WRT by inserting the following 3 lines in\r\n your WIN.INI file:\r\n\r\n [WRT]\r\n Static = 250\r\n Dynamic = 100\r\n\r\n This increases the memory available to the WRT and speeds up\r\n its editing operations.\r\n\r\n o Include file support - The WRT allows you to create include\r\n files that contain Pascal constant definitions. These files\r\n can be included in your TPW programs using the {$I Filename}\r\n directive. Note that these files can contain ONLY a const\r\n clause and constant declarations. No other language\r\n constructs, including comments, are allowed. The WRT can read\r\n and write these files from within the Header editor.\r\n\r\n o The WRT can edit resources, even if they're already bound into\r\n an .EXE file. Note that in this case, however, any TDW debug\r\n information already bound into the .EXE will be removed.\r\n\r\n\r\nHelp Compiler Release Notes\r\n---------------------------\r\n o TPW provides the Windows help compiler, HC.EXE, in the\r\n \\TPW\\UTILS directory. A complete help example, HELPEX.PAS is\r\n located in \\TPW\\DOCDEMOS\\HELPEX. There is also a complete\r\n ObjectWindows version of this example (OWLHELP.PAS). You can\r\n use the HELPEX.MAK file to make both examples by typing\r\n\r\n make -fhelpex.mak\r\n\r\n Make sure the command-line compiler (TPCW.EXE), the help\r\n compiler (HC.EXE), the resource compiler (RC.EXE) and MAKE.EXE\r\n are all on your DOS path. If you did not use the installation\r\n program's default directory structure, you'll need to modify\r\n HELPEX.MAK accordingly. See the printed documentation on the\r\n help compiler for more information about HC.EXE and\r\n HELPEX.PAS.\r\n\r\n\r\nOEM vs. ANSI Character Sets\r\n---------------------------\r\n o DOS text files use the OEM character set; Windows text files\r\n generally use the ANSI character set. The demo program,\r\n FCONVERT.PAS (located in \\TPW\\OWLDEMOS) converts data back and\r\n forth between these formats. The only text files that will be\r\n affected are those containing international characters (ASCII\r\n values above 128) like the umlaut, etc. Not all OEM characters\r\n are present in the ANSI character set, and vice versa.\r\n Therefore, converting between these character sets may produce\r\n a mapping that is not reversible. Refer to your Windows\r\n documentation for further information about ANSI vs. OEM\r\n character sets.\r\n\r\n\r\nTurbo Pascal for DOS\r\n--------------------\r\n o A DOS version of Turbo Pascal that produces DOS programs is\r\n also available. Contact your dealer or distributor, or call\r\n Borland for more information.\r\n\r\n* * *" }