(Windows) beginner woes....

[Lloyd Dupont]

Thanks Jesse!
Before I was in the dark! :( Now I'm in.. errr... dawn!
Simple questions and answers but it has clarified important stumbling 
starting block for me! :)

"Jesse Phillips"  wrote in message news:ir3imc$rhs$1 at digitalmars.com...

Lloyd Dupont Wrote:

> 1]. ok, I unzipped dmd.zip and dm.zip. what's this dm.zip for?

You shouldn't need dm.zip anymore. It used to be contain Digital Mars 
programs for dmd, Optlink I believe. But they are inculded in the dmd.zip 
now.

> It complain that "all.d" is missing. Why does it
> need a source file? I though the .lib file contained all necessary info 
> and
> gone were the headers file!
> + how can I fix that?

No. The .lib file is justly like every other .lib. Header files are gone, 
you just use the source files (no need for separation of declaration and 
implementation). But the contents of the lib must be known at compile time 
and that is provided either by a .d file or a .di file.

> To summarize I'm quite confused by the directory structure, where do I
> install .lib file, why do I need an import directory

.lib goes in a location that the linker can find, the include directory is 
source files for the compiler to know what symbols your program will be 
using.

> Also, lastly, how do I compile 32bit or 64bits? I want to target 32 bits 
> for
> sure! (even though I'm on a 64 bits machine!)

No 64bit for windows yet.