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ms-dos program
dear sir,
can i write ms-dos program by using delphi ? i tried to write console application in delphi that setted $AppType Console and compile it. when i tried to ran in dos mode, the message "you must run this program in win32 mode". is that meant delphi cannot write fully dos application ?
can i write ms-dos program by using delphi ? i tried to write console application in delphi that setted $AppType Console and compile it. when i tried to ran in dos mode, the message "you must run this program in win32 mode". is that meant delphi cannot write fully dos application ?
Hello
As i know you can't do that with delphi, the Console application is 32bit application without GUI, so it can't run without windows
As i know you can't do that with delphi, the Console application is 32bit application without GUI, so it can't run without windows
If you want to develop application for dos, back to Turbo Pascal days ;o)
You can use a free pascal compiler such as FreePascal (www.freepascal.org). It will cross-compile for many targets actually. But Ive had problems with it so dont use it often.
My favourite is VPascal (www.vpascal.com). It was originally OS/2 only, but now also supports Win32 targets internally. And with a few add-ons, there is also DOS and Linux target support.
There are many other good free compilers, Im sure. But I havent used them so can't comment on them here :)
My favourite is VPascal (www.vpascal.com). It was originally OS/2 only, but now also supports Win32 targets internally. And with a few add-ons, there is also DOS and Linux target support.
There are many other good free compilers, Im sure. But I havent used them so can't comment on them here :)
This can only be done in a 16bit (real mode) compiler. Delphi 1 was a 16 bit compiler but I don't know if it handled console apps or not.
Otherwise you need to use www.freepascal.org
Pete
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Otherwise you need to use www.freepascal.org
Pete
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