pyromaniac4382

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of being able to develop, more than likely compile, c++ programs from a flash drive. I would like to have all the programs to do this task on the go, and on my flash drive. I was looking to utilize the .net framework, but I am not sure if you can install that on a mobile device. Thank You For any help, and for not flaming me if this has already been anwsered

Sorry for any trouble,
Matt Cook

PhilBon

Could you give us some more detail? Like are the source files on the Flash Drive? Is your Compiler on the Flash Drive? Do you want to compile files and have the Executable on the flash drive? What in more detail do you want to do?

LENIN

I am using the wxDev-C++ IDE on my flash drive and it works with only mainor problems (it takes up to 2 minuts to start a new project but otherwise works OK). I'm think that the .NET framework could be problem, but I newer tryed it (I'm using the wxWidgets librarys). There is also a version known as Dev-C++ Portable which might be useful.

lectricpharaoh

You don't need to install the framework, since most up-to-date Windows-based machines should already have it. I would suggest, however, using an older version (2.0 sounds good), since not everyone will have the latest. Besides, 3.0 and 3.5 are limited to XP and higher boxes, which may cut out a significant portion of your market (depending, of course, on what your target market is).

If you're talking about your development tools, some of these you can slap on a flash drive, but don't expect to be able to put Visual Studio on one (it installs a certain amount of stuff on the system drive, regardless of where you tell it to put the main installation). You can use third-party tools (IDEs, etc), and I'm sure you can also use the command-line compiler tools.

There aren't a lot of development tools here, but this site might have some things to make your life easier.

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