Is there any way to create exe file without using IDE (Ctrl+F9)?

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D.Roly

En projets hay ejemplos.

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Jesús P. Melgar Velasco

Sorry, wrong question. Let me explain.
I am using C3-IDE to create Form.
I am using external editor to write code.
Now I have Example.c3p and Example.prg.
To create Example.exe I have to run C3-IDE, then Ctrl+F9 (building project) and close C3-IDE.
Can I create exe (build project) in command line (like: C3 Example /build ) or batch file or ...
There is no example for that in Projects.

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D.Roly

You can compile files written with your favorite text editor, in the usual compile-link schema i.e:

c3 MyProgram.prg

That wil generate MyProgram.obj

Then you will need to link that .obj and startup.obj (in lib32 subfolder) with the libraries with tlink

tlink -L..\Lib32 -Tpe -aa -V4.0 -c -x ..\Lib32\StartUp.obj Test1.obj
cc32.lib Oops32.lib Extend32.lib
DbfNtx32.lib Gui32.lib
WinApi32.lib



That will generate

MyProgram.Exe

When you design an app in the ide it generates some code for you
namely a main function that declares some global objects instance
ie Application and Printer from TApplication and TPrinter
It also generates the code that derives your form from TForm
You can view the generated code for a form makink right click on the
form and choosing view source however it is read only you can not change it and you can not save it to another source file to compile it "manually" so you can not use the IDE as a "Screen Designer", however I think version 2 lets you copy and paste to a diferent file but i'm not shure.
If you open an explorer in your project folder and hit compile in the IDE you will see (if your machine is slow enough) that the ide generates some .prg files contaninig the form creation code, compiles and liks it to create the exe and then erases the generated files.
there is no option to avoid these files deletions.

Thanks sanotto,
it was helpful

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D.Roly