Opt 3.19 Installation Instructions
by Curtis Krauskopf
Step 1:Download the 
original Opt 3.19 library mirrored at The Database
Managers, Inc.
Step 2:Download the
Opt 3.19 upgrade patches available from The Database
Managers, Inc.
Step 3: Unzip the contents of the opt-3.19.tar.gz
file downloaded in Step 1.
Step 4: Unzip the Opt 3.19 upgrade patches on top of
the files created in Step 3.
A library (opt.lib) is
available in the upgrade patches. It uses default options
and reasonable compiler settings. If you need a special
opt.lib, open the ~/src/opt.bpr
Borland Project.
The files in the upgrade archive are for a Borland
C++ Builder 6 (patch 4) installation of opt. Some of
the standard opt files needed to be changed so that
C++ Builder 6 would compile them. Others were changed
for compatiblity with the standard windows.h file.
All source file changes are commented with my initials:
cdk
This opt version was based on opt 3.19.
These files were changed by Curtis Krauskopf of The
Database Managers, Inc. (http://www.decompile.com).
All of these changes are released into the public domain.
No warranty is provided or implied; use of this library
or these changes are at your own risk. Although I am
interested in bug and problem reports, I assume no responsiblity
in providing updates to you.
These are the known incompatibilities when this library
is compiled against the regression test programs in
the ~/test directory available
in the opt-3.19 distribution file:
1) When running a program from the - - menu mode '='
command, pressing ^C does
not return the user to the menu. It instead aborts the
program. If you fix this problem, I am interested in
your solution.
2) opt_regcc.cc was renamed
to opt_regcc.cpp because
I chose to not add Yet Another File Extension to the
list of file extensions recognized by Borland C++ Builder.
You should delete opt_regcc.cc
from the distribution files to prevent confusion.
3) When compiling the library, a compile-time symbol
called OPT_VERSION should
be defined to "3.19"
(including the quotes).
Links
The Opt 3.19 
documentation is available online at http://www.decompile.com/not_invented_here/opt/documentation.htm.
An
article reviewing Opt 3.19 is available at The Database
Managers' website.
Open-Source code library reviews are available at
http://www.decompile.com/not_invented_here/
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