Appendix

About the CD

On the CD-ROM

Dev-C++, a full featured, integrated C++ compiler and editor

The source code for the programs in this book (your typing fingers will thank you)

Example programs too large for the book

Online C++ help files

System Requirements

Be sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements in the following list. If your computer doesn’t match up to most of these require­ ments, you may have problems using the contents of the CD.

PC with a Pentium or faster processor

Microsoft Windows Me, NT4, 2000, or later; or Linux

At least 64MB of RAM installed on your computer

At least 30MB of available hard disk space

CD-ROM drive

Additional requirements apply if you will be using Visual Studio.NET or Visual C++.NET rather than the Dev-C++ development environment included on the enclosed CD-ROM. See the Visual Studio installation documentation for details.

If you need more information on the basics, check out these books published by Wiley: PCs For Dummies, by Dan Gookin; Windows 98 For Dummies, Windows 2000 Professional For Dummies, and Microsoft Windows Me Millennium Edition For Dummies, all by Andy Rathbone.

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Using the CD with Microsoft Windows

To install the items from the CD to your hard drive, follow these steps:

1.Insert the CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

2.Click the Start button and choose Run from the menu.

3.Type D:\, where D is the letter for your CD-ROM drive, and click OK.

4.Double-click the file License.txt.

This file contains the end-user license that you agree to by using the CD. When you finish reading the license, close the program, most likely NotePad, that displayed the file.

5.Double-click the file Readme.txt.

This file contains instructions about installing the software from this CD. It might be helpful to leave this text file open while you are using the CD.

To install Dev-C++ from the CD to your computer, continue with these steps:

6.Double-click the folder devcpp.

7.Find the file named devcppdddd.exe, where dddd are digits (for example, devcpp4980.exe).

This is the setup file for the Dev-C++ environment. Follow the installation instructions in Chapter 1.

To copy the source code from the book onto your hard disk, continue with these steps:

8.Double-click the My Computer icon located on your desktop.

The My Computer window opens.

9.Drag the folder CPP_Programs from the CD-ROM to your computer’s C drive.

This step copies the source files to your hard drive where you can edit them as described in Chapter 1. The source files are grouped by chapter. Each program is described within the book.

You will find five folders, Budget1 through Budget5. These folders con­ tain example programs too large to fit in the book. Bonus Chapter 1, in Adobe Acrobat format, describes the program.

10.Double-click the file STL_doc\index.html to start the Standard Template Library documentation.

The Standard Template Library documentation is a hierarchical and descriptive, but highly technical, description of the STL.

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11.Drag the STL_doc folder to your computer’s hard drive (optional).

You may prefer to copy the STL_doc to your hard drive so that it is avail­ able even when you’re catching a few tunes from your newest Willie Nelson CD.

Using the CD with Linux

To install the items from the CD to your hard drive, follow these steps:

1.Log in as root.

2.Insert the CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

3.If your computer has Auto-Mount enabled, wait for the CD to mount; otherwise, follow these steps:

a.Command line instructions: At the command prompt type

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

(This mounts the cdrom device to the mnt/cdrom directory. If your device has a different name, change cdrom to that device name — for example, cdrom1.)

b.Graphical:

Right-click the CD-ROM icon on the desktop and choose Mount CD-ROM. This mounts your CD-ROM.

4.Copy the CPP_Program directory to /src. Refer to Chapter 1 for instructions on how best to use these source files.

The version of Dev-C++ contained on the CD-ROM is not compatible with Linux; however, you can download a version for your operating system at www.bloodshed.net. Installation instructions are included at that site.

5.To remove the CD from your CD-ROM drive, follow these steps:

a.Command line instructions: At the command prompt type umount /mnt/cdrom

b.Graphical:

Right-click the CD-ROM icon on the desktop and choose UMount CD-ROM. This unmounts your CD-ROM.

After you have installed the programs you want, you can eject the CD.

Carefully place it back in the plastic jacket of the book for safekeeping.

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What You’ll Find

This section provides a summary of the software on this CD.

Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like — free — but they have no technical support. GNU software is governed by its own license, which is included in the folder of the GNU software. There are no restrictions on distri­ bution of this software. See the GNU license for more details. Trial, demo, or evaluation versions are usually limited either by time or functionality (such as no capability for saving projects).

Development tools

Here are the development tools included on the accompanying CD-ROM:

Dev-C++, from Bloodshed Software: For Windows 98, Me, NT 4 or later, 2000 or XP. GNU software. This integrated development environment includes C++ compiler, editor, and debugger. All the programs in this book have been tested with the version of Dev-C++ found on the CD-ROM.

Bloodshed Software works on Dev-C++ constantly. You can download the most recent version of Dev-C++ from www.bloodshed.net; however, it is possible, though unlikely, that some inconsistency will result in an error when compiling one or more of the .CPP program files.

Dev-C++ is not compatible with the older 8.3 filenames. Dev-C++ requires support for extended filenames.

Documentation for the Standard Template Library (STL_doc), Copyright the Hewlett-Packard Company, 1994, and Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc., 1996-1999: The following conditions govern its use:

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting docu­ mentation. Silicon Graphics makes no representations about the suitabil­ ity of this software for any purpose. It is provided “as is” without express or implied warranty.

The STL docs are an HTML-based set of documentation to the Standard Template Library. An ISO-compliant implementation of the STL is already present in the Dev-C++ package.