There are three ways in which the prolog virtual machine can be used:
The installation program of Trinc-Prolog creates an association between files with the extension .tps and the location of the Trinc-Prolog Virtual Machine application. By double-clicking on a .tps file the prolog program is started because Windows knows the location of the Virtual Machine program.
The second way to start a prolog program is to tell the Virtual Machine
program which startup file to use, this can be done by the commandline parameter -settings:"<filename>".
The <filename> parameter must contain a path to the startup file. For instance:
tprovm32.exe -settings:"c:\test\prolog\start2.tps".
A batch-, command file or a shortcut can be used to start the program with the commandline
parameter.
It is also possible to copy the Virtual Machine program to another
folder and place only the prolog program in that folder. The files that must be copied
are:
tprovm32.exe
system.txt
tprocl.str
tcads.str
tcwin.str
pl.str
All these files are located in the program folder of Trinc-Prolog. Any standard modules
located in the modules folder must also be copied, for instance: a TPWIN
application always uses the modules object.txt and win.txt. These standard modules must be
copied to a subfolder called modules of the folder where the Virtual
Machine application is located.
see also: Redistributable files