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From: DPH <rally2xs@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: "Ada 95 compiler NOT installed...
Date: 1999/08/14
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Thanks, Pascal.  I knew it would be something wierd - that's why I said,
"Simple stupid question."

That's a truly unhelpful error message... hope they're not all like that!

DPH

Pascal Obry wrote:

> DPH <rally2xs@compuserve.com> a �crit dans l'article
> <37B4F026.9DA54A55@compuserve.com>...
> > Simple stupid question:
> >
> > I installed (I thought) the GNAT Ada 95 compiler on my Win 98 OS PC.
> > Any attempt to compile a program with a .ada extension results in an
> > error message, "Ada 95 compiler NOT installed on this system".  This is
> > using the Ada GUI IDE.  Well, I thought I installed it when I expanded
> > the 17 megabyte file I downloaded called gnat-3_11p-nt.exe.  Did I
> > expand the wrong file or what?  TIA for any insight.
> >
> > DPH
> >
>
> By default you must use .ads extension for spec and .adb for bodies. Do not
> use .ada or you'll need to use some specials pragma to tell GNAT that this
> is
> an Ada program.
>
> Pascal.