PRODUCT  :  Borland C++                           NUMBER  :  1562
  VERSION  :  All
       OS  :  DOS/WIN
     DATE  :  October 25, 1993                         PAGE  :  1/4

    TITLE  :  Recreating project files




       RECREATING LOST OR DELETED PROJECT FILES
       ----------------------------------------

  This information is provided for Borland customers using the
  Integrated Development Environment(IDE) project files feature
  that will create, add and delete items from a project.  Should a
  project file need to be recreated because it was lost or deleted,
  there is a way to recreate them faster than adding each item one
  at a time by hand from within the IDE.

  To view the document pertaining to the reasons why project files
  may need to be deleted see TI731, titled "Project Files
  Corruption", which can be found on the Borland BBS, on
  CompuServe, Bix, or Genie, and through the fax service, TechFax.

       THE HISTORY OF PROJECT FILES
       ----------------------------

  When Turbo C++ 3.0 was released there was a need for many people
  to be able to convert their project files from ealier versions of
  our C products, such as Turbo C 1.0 or 2.0, to Turbo C++ 3.0
  project files.  The utility project convert (prjcnvt.exe) was
  provided for this task.

  Earlier project files were ASCII files with a listing of the
  files that were in the project.  They looked something like this:

       mymain.c
       myfuncs.c
       library.lib
       objects.obj


       USING PROJECT CONVERT
       ---------------------

  The syntax of project convert is as follows:

       PRJCNVT infile[.prj] [outfile[.prj]]
            or
       PRJCNVT infile[.tc]  [outfile[.prj]]

  If no extension is provided .TC is assumed.  If a .TC file is not













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  found a .PRJ file will be looked for.  The default name of the
  output file is the base name of the input file with the extension
  .PRJ (i.e. FOO.TC will become FOO.PRJ).  If the input and the
  output name are the same, the the old file will be renamed to a
  .BAK file.


       RECREATING PROJECT FILES - THE PROCESS
       ----------------------------------------

  A sample of the entire process is as follows:

       1) Redirect the output from a DOS dir/B command to a file.
          This will list all the files in the current directory in
          a single column.

            *c:\work> dir/B > output.prj

          Here is an example of what you might get:

            SUBDIR1
            SUBDIR2
            mymain.cpp
            myfuncs.cpp
            library.lib
            objects.obj
            header.h
            myother.cpp
            other.txt

       2) Edit the file to delete any unnecessary file names and
          subdirectories.

            *c:\work> edit output.prj

          If we were working with the above file, it should now
          look like this:

            mymain.cpp
            myfuncs.cpp
            library.lib
            objects.obj
            myother.cpp













  PRODUCT  :  Borland C++                           NUMBER  :  1562
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       3) Use the prjcnvt command to create the new project file.

            *c:\work> prjcnvt output.prj myprog.prj

       4) Start the IDE.

       5) ASCII text files do not contain any sort of compiling
          options, so memory models and paths must be set again by
          hand from within the IDE.

       6) After resetting any options, the configuration must be
          saved IMMEDIATELY in order to ensure that the information
          is not lost.  This can be done via Options | Environment
          | Save, making sure Project is marked with an [X] and
          selecting OK.


       TIPS AND HINTS
       --------------

  It might be wise to do two things before continuing:

       Turn off the autosave feature when compiling and debugging
       within the IDE.  Problems in code being debugged can corrupt
       project files, resulting in confusing and eroneous errors.
       By turning off the Autosave feature for projects and
       desktops, we significantly reduce the chances of saving a
       corrupted project or desktop file.

       To turn off autosave:

            Select Options | Environment | Preferences and in the
            dialog box shown, turn off the [X] next to the project
            line in the Auto Save box.

            Select Options | Save and turn ON the [X] for
            Environment and Project. (This is the way to save all
            options changes by hand as well)

       Make a copy of all project files.  Put them in a separate
       directory.  Thus if corruption or loss should occur again,
       there is an available copy that can be used easily.














  PRODUCT  :  Borland C++                           NUMBER  :  1562
  VERSION  :  All
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