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[j0n]

I tried setting up Code::Block (codeblocks-10.05mingw-setup.exe) with SDL as instructed http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Using_SDL_with_Code::Blocks (the "Good" method) on Windows 7 but I can't get it to work.


I downloaded and unpacked SDL-devel-1.2.14-mingw32.tar.gz and copied


* sdl.dll to /CodeBlocks/MinGW/bin/


* the contents of /lib to /CodeBlocks/MinGW/lib/


* the folder SDL to /CodeBlocks/MinGW/include/.


Now in Code::Blocks when I click File -> New... -> Project -> SDL project -> Go -> I get to "please select SDL's location". Now no matter which directory I enter (I thought it would be /CodeBlocks/MinGW/) I get either the error "The path you entered seems valid, but this wizard can't locate the following SDL's include file: SDL.h in it." or that it can't find the include directory or that there needs to be an include and a lib directory. What am I doing wrong?

Are you including SDL like :


#include <SDL/SDL.h>


or


#include <SDL.h>


otherwise you should post some code, not in here though, make another thread.

 

[Emnasut]

I don't even get to the point where I could write any code or include anything, it's still in the wizard for setting up a new project where the error shows up...

 

[vuurrobin]

just giving some links people might find usefull:

• http://www.learncpp.com/
  a good, thorough beginners tutorial that also explains how some stuff works 'under the hood'. I found this to be very helpfull at learning c++, unlike some other tutorials (I'm looking at you, http://cplusplus.com/)
  
• http://www.cprogramming.com/
  tutorials for c and c++ programming. also contains some other articles.
  
• http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/
  a FAQ (with answers) with alot of advanced c++ topics. also focusses on best practices.
  

hope people will find them usefull.