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Borland C++ projects

Please chose from the left side menu.

How to create a standalone exe

(no need for Borland's DLLs and BPLs)

Go to "Project -> Options"
On "Linker" tab uncheck the "Use dynamic RTL" checkbox
On "Packages" tab uncheck the "Build with runtime packages" checkbox

GetLastError

LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
FormatMessage ( FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS, NULL, GetLastError ( ),
MAKELANGID ( LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT ),
( LPTSTR ) &lpMsgBuf, 0, NULL );
MessageBox( NULL, (LPCTSTR)lpMsgBuf, "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION );
LocalFree( lpMsgBuf );