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QScript is a language to script market research questionnaires for data entry.

On windows qscript requires the MinGW C++ compiler, and the MSYS environment, GNU bison and flex. This document is a step by step guide explaining how to install the required components on Windows and how to compile and install the qscript compiler.

If you get stuck at any stage, or you believe the documentation is not clear please email me - NxD_in@yahoo.com The installation involves the following major steps:

  1. Installing 7-zip, a program to extract and install files distributed by the mingw project. They have a higher compression ratio than zip files.
  2. Installing the MinGW gcc and g++ compiler and the MSYS environment
  3. Installing the pdcurses library
  4. Installing flex and bison
  5. Downloading the sources of the qscript compiler
  6. Testing that the msys environment is working fine - this is to ensure that the compile commands will not fail.
  7. Building the compiler using the distributed CustomQScriptMakefile.Win32 makefile for windows and testing it.
You would find it convenient to keep open a tab in your browser pointed to http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started