You should consider subscribing to the list, at least briefly. I think you are double-clicking on the free pascal executable which opens a console window, prints some text, and quits. The window stays visible so you can read the text but the session is over.
To use Free Pascal this way, you would need to execute the IDE which is like a combined editor, compiler, and debugger. However, I don't use Windows... but I don't think there the Windows IDE is ready yet (list members: is this true??). I think there is third-party Windows IDE, maybe it's in the docs or someone will give you a pointer. To use Free Pascal without the IDE, and really even with the IDE, you will probably want to learn a bit about DOS. You will need to open a DOS window (A.K.A., command window), change directories, edit files, etc. (You can use Notepad or Wordpad or any other editor that edits plain text). To compile the program, I would recommend: fpc -gl -Co -Cr <filename> This will get you started... you need to learn a bit about DOS, I'm afraid, to really feel comfortable running FPC this way. Regarding the path, when you are in a DOS window, you can see the path by typing 'path'. I usually do this (let's assume your FPC executables are installed in c:\fpc\bin\win32): 1. put the current path into a batch file: path > delme.bat 2. edit batch file to make it set the path and add the extra, you want this: set PATH=(old path); c:\fpc\bin\win32 where PATH=(old path) is what's the file when you start editing 3. execute the batch file by typing it's name 4. To make this permanent, copy the set path line to your c:\autoexec.bat ... this is a little tricky if your computer is networked. Networks often re-arrange your path. Hope this helps, -Alan --- Catherine Berridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- Dear Free Pascal Help! I'm new to this programming business. I think I've successfully installed free pascal but after that I'm lost. Where am I supposed to be typing the commands? I've tried typing into the MSDOS applications things but they all claim to be FINISHED and won't let me. I also don't know how to set the path as commanded by the installation programme. Please help! Cathy P.S I think I'm supposed to mention that I'm not subscribed to the mailing lists. --------------------------------- Protect your PC from e-mail viruses. Get MSN 8 today. _______________________________________________fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
