How to open DEV C++ IDE source code as a project?

Question

The source code of the IDE is uploaded by at this site but i do not know how to use.

I came from programming in using IDE like netbeans and visual studio where you can just open the project(the code), edit, then COMPILE. I want to do the same for the source code of the IDE DEV C++, how do i do this?

Answer 1

Here's what I did:

1. After downloading and extracting the latest source, I looked into the Source folder
2. I noticed the *.pas file extension, since I did work with Delphi before I new it was either Turbo Pascal or Delphi (if you don't know the extensions, there are many great search engines who can tell you what kind of file you are looking at)
3. I opened the README.txt inside the Source folder, which tells me to compile Source\\VLC\\DevCpp.dpk . Again, I have worked with Delphi in the past, so I knew this is a project file (the extension means Delphi Package Project ). *.dof is an older extension (Delphi 7 and older, the extension means Delphi Project Options File ).

So, in short: Look at the file extensions and see if you can locate a README (or a similar named file) anywhere in the downloaded files. This should help you to figure out with what you are dealing and how you can open the project.