BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Opening older .IDE files in Dev Studio 2006 IDE          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (Upgrade) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message James Birchall Guest Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:45 am    Post subject: Opening older .IDE files in Dev Studio 2006 IDE Hey All, Someone dumped a bunch of c code and an .ide file (from v4.x, I think) on me today. Any idea how to get that .IDE project file to open in the latest IDE? Thanks James. Back to top Hans Galema Guest Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Opening older .IDE files in Dev Studio 2006 IDE James Birchall wrote: Quote: Someone dumped a bunch of c code In what kind of file(s) is that c code? Quote: and an .ide file (from v4.x, I think) on me today. Now that I've never seen an .ide file you could just try to open it as a project. Didn't you try? Quote: Any idea how to get that .IDE project file to open in the latest IDE? In general that is not a good idea. Only for small projects (two forms for instance) that will do. In other cases: start a new project and add all units by hand. Hans. Back to top Ed Mulroy Guest Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Opening older .IDE files in Dev Studio 2006 IDE The project files for C++ Builder, and BDS 2006 are text files. The *.IDE project files for the old Borland C++ compilers were class instances streamed to disk. They are not compatible. You cannot use the *.IDE files with BDS or BCB. .. Ed Quote: James Birchall wrote in message news:4526ce61 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Hey All, Someone dumped a bunch of c code and an .ide file (from v4.x, I think) on me today. Any idea how to get that .IDE project file to open in the latest IDE? Back to top James Birchall Guest Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Opening older .IDE files in Dev Studio 2006 IDE "Ed Mulroy" <dont_email_me (AT) bitbuc (DOT) ket> wrote: Quote: The project files for C++ Builder, and BDS 2006 are text files. The *.IDE project files for the old Borland C++ compilers were class instances streamed to disk. They are not compatible. You cannot use the *.IDE files with BDS or BCB. . Ed James Birchall wrote in message news:4526ce61 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Hey All, Someone dumped a bunch of c code and an .ide file (from v4.x, I think) on me today. Any idea how to get that .IDE project file to open in the latest IDE? Thanks guys. The problem is that there are a number of compilation units (a quick check finds 5 mains) all tossed together in a common directory and so "adding by hand" is difficult and requires a couple of days of analysis to determine which files go with which. The .IDE file, I'm told, is an older Turbo C++ file and should contain the relationships between the various .h/.c/.rc files. The problem is opening that file and viewing that relationship. From there, it's relatively straightforward to import the new files into the proper projects in BDS. Any help would be appreciated. - James Back to top Hans Galema Guest Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Opening older .IDE files in Dev Studio 2006 IDE James Birchall wrote: Quote: The problem is opening that file and viewing that relationship. You could open the .ide file with wordpad. Wordpad is a very good tool to investigate binary files. I expect that you will see the names of the used files. Hans. Back to top Ed Mulroy Guest Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:34 am    Post subject: Re: Opening older .IDE files in Dev Studio 2006 IDE It shouldn't take days or even a day. Assuming that you end up with only 10 or so projects then only an hour or two should do it. You are coming from Borland C++, a very old compiler that did not have the VCL. Instead Borland C++ used OWL (Object Windows Library) and if the code uses OWL then you can't build the projects with BDS2006. Start by opening a command window and changing to the directory in which the files are found. Use grep determine if OWL is used: (-lw below is lower case -LW) grep -lw "owl.h" *.cpp *.h If it finds anything then you are done. You can't do it with BDS2006. Go find a copy of Borland C++. Ebay is a good source. Try to find Borland C++ (BC++) of version 4.52 or version 5.02 (Note that due to a quirk not worth going into, 4.53 is actually older and not as desirable than 4.52) If OWL is not an issue then determine which files contain one of main or WinMain. grep -lw "main" *.c *.cpp grep -lw "WinMain" *.c *.cpp Each of those files will be a project. Repeat the following for each of the files listed: Create a unique directory name md 1 Copy the file to the new directory copy /v filename.cpp 1\. Start the IDE Select File|New and double click Console Wizard (may be File|New|Other depending upon compiler version) If the file contained 'main' then uncheck GUI and if it contained 'WinMain' then check GUI Check Specify Project Source and add the file IN THE NEW DIRECTORY Click Ok Select File|Save_All and save to the NEW DIRECTORY Select Project|Make Copy down the names of some of the items reported as not having been found Switch to the command window Search for which files contain those items grep -lw "ItemName" *.c *.cpp *.rc *.def Copy the files found to the NEW DIRECTORY note that you should not 'move' them as some files might be used in more than one project Switch back to the IDE and add them with Project|Add_to_project making sure that you added them from the NEW DIRECTORY and not from the original one .. Ed Quote: James Birchall wrote in message news:452bbfd0$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... The problem is that there are a number of compilation units (a quick check finds 5 mains) all tossed together in a common directory and so "adding by hand" is difficult and requires a couple of days of analysis to determine which files go with which. The .IDE file, I'm told, is an older Turbo C++ file and should contain the relationships between the various .h/.c/.rc files. The problem is opening that file and viewing that relationship. From there, it's relatively straightforward to import the new files into the proper projects in BDS. Any help would be appreciated. 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