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Bug 99660

Summary:	[Help Wanted] Toolchain for Borland C++
Product:	[Tools] CDT	Reporter:	Andreas Blochberger <andreas.blochberger>
Component:	cdt-build	Assignee:	cdt-build-inbox <cdt-build-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	CC:	atec_post
Version:	2.1	Keywords:	helpwanted
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Andreas Blochberger

2005-06-13 10:23:07 EDT

A toolchain (make,compile,link) for Borlands free commandline tools
(http://www.borland.com/downloads/download_cbuilder.html) would be very cool,
especially for c++ builder users, who dont want to use this ide.

Comment 1 Alejandro Torras

2006-03-12 10:01:52 EST

I voted for this improvement ;-)

I downloaded the MS VisualCToolkit to develop a native DLL that workaround to the java.awt.GraphicsDevice.setFullScreen() method but I think it lacks lot of functionality provided by Borland's toolchain.

I think that it should be supported because it's powerful enough not to be forgotten.

It could be nice not to be tied to GCC world, at least.

Comment 2 Andreas Blochberger

2006-03-13 03:37:28 EST

Maybe this would be an issue for the strategic member Borland, as an option for them to get out of the IDE business. Many people can't switch to GCC so easily, because they are using a lot of borland specific language extension, like __property and closures.

Comment 3 Chris Recoskie

2006-03-13 10:09:25 EST

Since none of the CDT committers are using the Borland tools to my knowledge, there are no plans to work on this.  A contribution from the community would be welcomed.

Comment 4 Andreas Blochberger

2019-03-07 10:23:09 EST

Since the link from comment #0 gives us a 404, this can be closed.