an you, or anyone else recommend a more recent compiler that will work as a stand-alone? That is, it needs to be able to work from my thumb drive with no special dll's that would have to be installed on the host computer. That is part of why I am using this version of Borland.
--- In [email protected], "Brett McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have searched the help files and the internet for a getline > > function, and while the net suggests that there is one, my compiler > > says it does not recognize the function. I included every library I > > could think of to see if it was in there somewhere, but still > > nothing. I ask for your help with this. I am a good programmer and > > know that I can simply store the text as a string of single > > characters, but I would prefer not to have to loop that way as it > > takes ram and clock cycles from the microcontroller. > > Maybe you should try one of the free compilers available like MS > Visual C++ Express 2008 or wxDev-C++ -- they are more current than the > Borland C++ compilers (don't know how current BC++ 5.02 is) > > -- Brett > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; > If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." > -- Jelaleddin Rumi >
