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Q41674: QuickC 2.00 README.DOC: QCL Command-Line Options for OS/2

Article: Q41674
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 28-FEB-1989

The following information is taken from the QuickC Version 2.00
README.DOC file, part 4, "Notes for Windows and OS/2 Programmers."

Page    1   QCL Command Options

QCL supports several command options for compatibility with OS/2.
These options may not work correctly if you have not installed OS/2
or the Microsoft C Optimizing Compiler, Version 5.1 or later:

The /Fb Option

If you have installed the C Optimizing Compiler, you can use the /Fb
option to create bound applications. See Section 4.3.8 of the
"Microsoft QuickC Tool Kit" or your Microsoft C Optimizing Compiler
documentation for details.

If the Optimizing C Compiler is not installed, using /Fb causes QCL
to prompt you to insert BIND.EXE into drive A. BIND.EXE is not
shipped with QuickC.

The /Lp Option

The /Lp option links programs for OS/2 protected mode. If you have
installed the C Optimizing Compiler, you can use /Lp to create
protected mode applications. See Section 4.3.21 of the "Microsoft
QuickC Tool Kit" or your Microsoft C Optimizing Compiler
documentation for details. Note that you should not use the standard
QuickC linker. Instead, use the alternate Windows-compatible linker
mentioned at the beginning of Part 4 of README.DOC or use the linker
from the Optimizing Compiler.

If you do not have the C Optimizing Compiler, QCL accepts the /Lp
option without error. At link time, however, QCL fails because it
cannot find the OS/2 protected mode library.

The /Zr Option

If you own the Microsoft C Optimizing Compiler, Version 5.1, and
you're writing OS/2 Protected Mode applications, do not use the
QuickC /Zr option.

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