Comments on: 8 Easy Steps to Run Turbo C in Windows Vista

By: mahesh rajput

mahesh rajput — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:37:08 +0000

Hello,
I want know how to istall tc in window xp operating system. give best me solution

By: pukhraj tonk raj

pukhraj tonk raj — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:05:16 +0000

very very thanks to admin ,,it is da simple way to run c++,by using the given tutorial ,
any one can enjoy there practice wid help of it.so persons who are facing such type of problems please please please follow the instruction ,and you will enjoy further

By: Prude_boy

Prude_boy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:45:54 +0000

Hello friends, well I use TC++ in Vista(without Dosbox).By changing the properties,I managed to get it full-screen, but still there is a fatal error.Even when I type my program ditto from the textbook, I get this error-Unable to open file ‘iostream.h’and about other header files.2nd error is about the compiler not being able to create the.obj file.
Now a friend of mine suggested that I go to Options/directories and change the Path name of the include,source,output and library files, but I don’t know what exactly to specify and how.Please suggest some tips to help me.
By the way, my TC++ applicatons path is :’C:TC’.I will be very very thankful if u help me friends.
You know I am a real duffer and I suppose its a good thing to help those less blessed than us.

By: dheeraj

dheeraj — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:33:48 +0000

hey! thanx a very good post,
just dont forget to add each and every file that ur source file is using(files in include directory or graphic files) in bgi directory in bin folder.
m sure this will help u too.

By: shruti

shruti — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:51:22 +0000

i have installed dosbox and mounted drives.
when I compile a graphics program in ‘c’ it compiles successfully.
but when I run it,it displays BGI ERROR: GRAPHICS NOT INITIALISED (use initgraph).
but i have used initgraph in the program…..
plzz do reply soon

By: ashish

ashish — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:14:01 +0000

i was able to use c and graphics.h

By: neha

neha — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:37:15 +0000

hey i have installed the dosbox after running th command “intro mount” for the next command am not being able to type “:” as well as “\” , i am using windows 7 what shud i do plz suggest?

By: greatcoder

greatcoder — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:26:42 +0000

i am using turbo c compiler.

By: greatcoder

greatcoder — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:25:40 +0000

hi sir,
i have installed dosbox and mounted drives.
when I compile a graphics program in ‘c’ it compiles successfully.
but when I run it,it displays BGI ERROR: GRAPHICS NOT INITIALISED (use initgraph).
but i have used initgraph in the program…..
plz tell me what to do,,,,,,

By: admin

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:02:30 +0000

Thank you very much for your valuable input Mr.Saikanth.I hope your tutorial will solve all the un-answered queries.

By: Saikanth

Saikanth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:01:17 +0000

Please look at the alternatives for Turbo C++ IDE before reading this post. Continue reading it only if you want to use BGI graphics (consider Allegro Gaming Library if you want an easy to use Graphics solution for C\C++) or for code compatibility for your Textbook. You might consider changing your textbook if your University\College allows for new code. Continue only if you have no other option than using the DOS based Turbo C++ 3.0.

You will want to follow the tutorial if you plan to use Linux, Mac OS, Windows Vista or Windows 7 in but have to use Turbo C++ in full screen environment so you are stuck with Windows XP or older version of Windows.
Installtion Of Dosbox
Dosbox is an x86 emulator with dos. It is available for Linux, Windows and Mac. It can be used to run legacy DOS applications and Games. We will use to run Turbo C++.

Dosbox may be present in the repository if you use Linux. Use your package manager to install dosbox.

Windows and Mac installers\binaries can be found in the official website.

One-Time Setup
Place the installed Turbo C++ or Turbo C++ Setup in a folder. You might want this folder to mount as drive inside the dosbox. For that find the dosbox.conf file and add appropriate lines in the [autoexec] section. For example, if you want to mount a directory MyDosFiles as c:, then you must write the following in the dosbox based on your OS. For Windows (Vista or 7) you will need to add the following lines:
mount c c:\MyDosFiles
if the directory is in c:\
In Linux and Mac, it will be something like:
mount c /home/username/MyDosFiles
if the directory is in /home/username i.e. the home directory.

If you just plan to use Turbo C, you might as well launch the Turbo C++ IDE each time you start dosbox by adding folowing extra lines in dosbox.
c:
cd tc
tc.exe

Here I have assumed that you have installed version of Turbo C++ in the tc directory in MyDosFiles.

Also, you might want to add
fullscreen = true
at the top of the dosbox.conf file to start it in full screen.

Now, you can Launch dosbox and enjoy.

To quit, you will need to quit the IDE and type in exit at the prompt.

Hope this helps. Please post back comments and feedback. Also share if you get stuck somewhere.

By: ZOeb

ZOeb — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:32:27 +0000

hey admin, can u tell me how to run Turbo C on Windows 7 (64bit)
the error msg is…
“The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you’re running. Check your computer’s system infomation to see whether you need an x86 (32-bit)or x86 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher”
plz do reply….
thx

By: shimaz

shimaz — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:41:40 +0000

now i can use turbo c in full screen mode, bt now the problem is i cn’t use important symbols eg. ( “, { ,}).. wat should i do now??

By: KINNA

KINNA — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:50:23 +0000

THANK GOD…..
THANK U SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH………….

By: VProgrammer

VProgrammer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:14:00 +0000

graphis.h