Quincy 2000

What is Quincy 2000?

Quincy 2000 is a Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP hosted Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that works with either the Borland C++ 5.5 compiler, or the GNU gcc C/C++ compilers, version 2.95. For CS 150 and CS 250, you'll want to use the Borland compiler, and not the GNU compiler, because it is closer to the C++ standard used by your textbook.

Make sure you have installed your compiler before installing Quincy 2000. Besides working with the Borland compiler, Quincy 2000 color-codes your programs, which makes it easier to see your errors.

Al Stevens originally developed the ancestors of Quincy 2000 to accompany a C++ tutorial book and as a project for his C Programming Column in Dr. Dobb's Journal . Quincies 96 and 97 supported development of Win32 console applications only. Quincy 99 supports development of Win32 console and GUI applications and Win32 DLLs, and is featured in the 5th Edition of Stevens' Teach Yourself C++. Quincy 2000 is featured in the 6th Edition.

Downloading and Installing Quincy 2000

These instructions are a modified version of the INSTALL file on Al Stevens' FTP site. These shortened instructions don't contain information on installing the LCC resource compiler or the experimental standard C++ library. For the latest version, please read the INSTALL file on Al Steven't Web site. [I have had some difficulty getting version 6 of Quincy 2000 to run; these instructions are for version 5, which is what we use in the OCC lab.]

Download the compiler by right-clicking this link for Quincy 2000 release 5.

	A. In Navigator, choose "Save Link As..." which appears at the bottom of the context menu.
	B. In IE, choose "Save Target As ..." which appears near the top of the context menu.
	C. Navigate to a temporary directory, and save the file quincy2000exe.zip.

Extract the files from the zip into a folder of your choosing, for example, c:\quincy2K\bin. You will neet to use an unzip utility works with long filenames, such as WinZip.

The procedures that follow assume that you installed Quincy 2000 into c:\quincy2k\bin. I recommend that you follow this convention if possible.

D. Use Windows Explorer to find the file you just downloaded.
If you have already installed WinZip, then the file's icon will look like a little "C" clamp. If you have not, then download and install WinZip before proceeding.

Locating quincy99exe.zip in Windows Explorer.

E. Double-click the file quincy2000exe.zip. This will launch WinZip and display the contents of the ZIP file as shown here. Opening quincy2000exe.zip in WinZip.

F. Click the "Extract" icon on the toolbar, first making sure that no files are currently selected. If you select a file before clicking "Extract", then only that file will be extracted. Clicking the Extract button in WinZip.

G. When the Extract dialog appears, type the name of the directory where you want to install Quincy into the "Extract to:" text box, as you can see here.
Make sure that "All files" is selected and then press the "Extract" button. WinZip will create the directories C:\quincy2K\bin and extract the files from the ZIP archive.
Completing the Extract dialog in WinZip.

Put a shortcut to c:\quincy2K\bin\quincy.exe on the Windows desktop or elsewhere where you can use it to run the IDE. You might want to rename the shortcut.

	H. Use Windows Explorer to find the quincy.exe in C:\quincy2K\bin.
	I. Drag the icon out to the desktop and drop it as shown here. Once the icon is on the desktop, right-click it and select "Rename". Now you can change the name from "Shortcut to Quincy.exe" to simply "Quincy 2000".

Checking Your Installation

Once you've installed Quincy, simply double-click the icon on your desktop do start up the IDE. Before you can use the IDE, you'll need to tell Quincy where to find your compiler. To do that, choose Tools | Options from the menu, and select the Directories tab. Enter the "base" directory where you've installed the Borland compiler [C:\BCC55, in this case], and the directory where you want to store your C++ programs, like this: Setting the directory paths in Quincy.

Now, to make sure everything is installed correctly, choose File | New from the main menu, and then select C++ Source File from the dialog that appears: Starting a new file in Quincy99.

Type in and save the following program, naming it quincy1.cpp. Make sure you don't save your file in a directory that contains spaces anywhere in the path [like "My Documents"]. If you do, the compiler will still work, but Quincy won't be able to fine your errors. Entering the text for a Hello World program in Quincy99.

Entering the text for a Hello World program in Quincy99.

Once you've saved your file, press the "Build" button that looks like a hammer. In the lower-right corner of the status window, [where the line and column number appear in the illustration], Quincy will keep you apprised of its progress as it compiles and links your code.

If there are no errors, then your can run your program by clicking the "Run" button, the one that looks like a jogger in jeans and a red sweat-shirt.

If compile-time errors were detected, however, Quincy will pop up a window telling you what the problem is. Here, for instance, is what you'll see if you replace the word int in front of the word main() with the word ink:

Double-click the error message, and Quincy will highlight the line containing the error.