Thank you very much, MrBcx. It was no problem to install a second BCX compilation in a separate folder and replace the necessary files.

Roland

Hi Roland,

Thanks for your comments.

The install program, while being years old, is still mostly relevant for new users.

The steps that I would recommend to a newbie  would be:

1) download, unzip, and run BCX_Install.exe
2) Install to c:\Bcx
3) Download the recent Bcx Translator :  https://bcxbasiccoders.com/archives/YahooGroups/Bcx_Files_New/
4) Download the recent Bcx Help File   :  https://bcxbasiccoders.com/smf/index.php?board=4.0
5) Move those to your \Bcx\Bin\ folder    (overwrite the originals in that folder)

If no C compiler has been installed, my recommendation is Pelles C:  http://smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/index.htm

Since you have experience with BCX and C compilers, you are well ahead in the game.  If you get stuck on anything, that's what this forum was setup for.  There may not be as many of us hanging around as there were during BCX's earlier and more popular years but I'll bet those of us here are still as helpful as ever ... just older and more gray :-)

Jeff and I have recently started discussing making changes for storing and making available future BCX translator and Help updates.  Those changes will be announced in the forum when it happens.

I have ( slowly ) been reworking the demo's that come with the original install, and have been standardizing their builds using Pelles C exclusively.  When I have that finished, I'll upload separate zips for the updated Con_Demos, Gui_Demos, and Dll_Demos and maybe add a few more. 

Regarding your hesitation about potentially overwriting changes that you've made to some of the demos, I would say, unless you have deleted original demos that you now want back, you probably don't need to run the Bcx_Setup -- instead, only update your translator to 7.3.8 and the Help file  from the links above. 

Alternatively, the setup allows you to choose what to install and where to install it.  If you felt the need, you could do a full or partial install in a temporary or work folder -- something like c:\temp\bcx  and then decide if you want to move/copy/merge anything that you're particularly interested in.

I hope that helps ...
-MrBcx-

Hello,

the download of BCX in bcxbasiccoders.com, bcx_install.zip, contains bcx_install.exe with a date from 02/20/2012. BCX version seems to be 6.1.6 of 2010. The online help file indicates version 7.3.2 of 2018.

Would it not be easier to offer a compressed file of the distribution with a small instruction manual, also regarding the maintenance of the distribution? I do not really remember what happened during my last BCX installation. I think the batch files needed the LCC compiler, which I do not use. Since I have modified some demos, it is a little difficult to compare them to the originals. And I am not sure about side effects, so I am a bit hesitant to try a second separate installation.