ADMIN HAT ON The black one: **** Warning: **** NOT reading the following AND posting on this subject may be bad for your health. STOP NOW, please. STOP NOW, plea STOP NOW, pl STOP NOW.. 1. If anyone else posts with "... Some babble about C and command line." in the subject line (or close enough equivalent) I will consider kneecapping them instantly. Placed on moderation, or posts sent to Siberia or whatever. If you wish to comment further do please use eg "[TECH] C and command l= ine" or something equally civil and descriptive. 2. This is arguably less TECH than OT or PIC. Assuming it is a PIC compiler that is desired. Not overly important at this stage. Guideline: - TECH - engineering technology that you can't build at home. eg Hydro power stations, moon rockets, nuclear reactors (unless James or a boy scout). 3. READ ME <- in the absence of read 36 point lettering. READ ME READ ME The general gist amd advice of the psost was good enough. However, the subject line as chosen and a significant part of the content together constitutes an ad hominem attack plus is rude and demeaning to an unnecessary extent. I have sought advice from the other admins on this post so for now I'll comment as follows: The writer may have a thick enough skin to brush off such treatment if rece= ived. Not everyone has. Not everyone has to have. Call this PC if you wish. Just don't do it. Your writing "Not getting these basic and very simple things right doesn't do much for how you are preceived here" indicates that you appreciate that the writer is effectively a newbie here. He has posted very occasionally but usually lurks. He is to be accorded newbie status for the moment. You (OP for this subject line) are banned from replying to newbie posts. You did so recently but your response was sweetness and light and very helpful so it was allowed to pass. That did not set a precedent. Even sweetness and light posts on this thread may still somehow get overlooked. Others won't. In case you are puzzled by assertions above, constructs of the form > =A0If you can't even get such easy things > right, how is there any chance you can successfully [insert stalking hors= e here] are nearly universally recognised in polite society as a means of pretending to ask a reasonable question while really saying "your mother wears army boots, moron." and as such are probably proscribed. Other admins will/may comment on this sometime. Looks out window. Seems to be dark out. "Feeling lucky, programmer?" "Make my night".. (Does that work? Sounds silly to me :-) ) Throws hat in corner. Goes back to report writing ... Russell UNTRIMMED: On 25 May 2011 00:39, Olin Lathrop wrote: > > Meaningful subject added. =A0Next time please fill in the "subject" thing= y in > your email client. =A0Tag also changed from EE to TECH. =A0This clearly i= sn't EE > (duh). =A0It could be PIC, but you never mentioned a PIC, so I changed it= to > TECH. =A0Not getting these basic and very simple things right doesn't do = much > for how you are preceived here. =A0If you can't even get such easy things > right, how is there any chance you can successfully write a computer > program? > > > Charles Rogers wrote: > > Could any one reccomend a C compiler that doesn't resort > > to the Command prompt to run what ever you write. > > Huh? =A0C compilers don't asynchronously run things on your system. =A0In= fact > the ones I've seen don't run your program at all. =A0They compile (conver= t) > your source code to binary, and can also usually link it to form a full > executable. > > Compilers have a command line interface, of course. =A0If they didn't, ho= w > would you propose that higher level tools, like MAKE or scripts or whatev= er, > perform a set of builds as one command? =A0If what you want is a > clickety-click interface to a C compiler (which is a ways from what you > wrote), then you can make that yourself. =A0It's very easy to set up a > clickable menu entry to run a program or batch file and pass it canned > parameters. > > > I'm > > writing simple C programs and editors are easy to find but > > compilers all seem to use the Command Prompt to run the > > results. > > It seems you need to learn what each of compiler, linker, and operating > system do in the process between you writing a C program and that program > ultimately being run. =A0It also seems you need to learn some Windows bas= ics > about how to create menu entries. =A0Dig around in the START > SETTINGS > > START MENU (or something like that) menu and you should be able to find a > clickety-click interface to create a new menu entry to run the program of > your choice. > > If what you really want is something that appears to just "run" a C sourc= e > file, that's pretty easy to set up. =A0Look in the compiler manual and se= e > what command line options are needed to compile and link a program. =A0Th= en > write a batch file to issue that command and run the result. =A0I would a= lso > delete the EXE file before the compile/link, then check for its existance > after. =A0That way the script won't try to run the result if there was a = build > error. =A0If you want all that in clickety-click form, create a menu entr= y > that runs the script. > > Wanting all this in clickety-click form is not a good idea, however. > Getting error messages to be visible could be tricky. =A0What's so bad ab= out > running the tools from the command line anyway? =A0By making your own scr= ipts, > you can simplify the interface to your particlar instance to whatever lev= el > you want. =A0You could shorten the whole process to a single-letter comma= nd if > you really want to. > > > ******************************************************************** > Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products > (978) 742-9014. =A0Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .