[SDL] compiling SDL-1.2.12 with cbuilder6

[Francesco]

I cant compile sdl with cbuilder. I've:
Downloaded-unzipped, unzipped borland folder within the main sdl folder,
reached the subfolder where the bpg file and all of bcb projects are, opened 
libSDL.bpg with cbuilder6, verified that it has "treat enums as ints" checked, 
instantiated a Build All Projects.... it stops when looks for testtypes.c, that 
is not present (searched) anywere in the folder nor in the whole pc.
I've tried to remove every reference to this file in libSDL.bpg, than had the 
same problem with Aliens.c, then had problems with audio and removed related 
references from SDL.bpr, than with another file I can not remember now...
Finally i was able to compile but a lot of linker error (.."Unresolved... )
stopped me from having a final SDL.dll produced.
I have also tried to download the w32 runtime SDL.dll, put it in windows\ 
system\ and system32\ folders but i keep on being unable to have the needed 
functions working.
I'm quite unexperienced with high level programming.
Anyway it seems to me that putting an #include<SDL.h> in the header of a 
cbuilder6 new application project, around where vcl.h is also included by 
default, then calling SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK) inside a form onActivate call 
should compile and link with no error...
In my case this does not link (.."Unresolved external _SDL_init..."..).

HELP!
I've tried this on two different pc's, many times and have spent days with no 
result.
I just need for reading a joystick...
Hope someone can point me somehow out of this stall..