ms-dos "like" windows won't stay open

[stickybytes]

im trying to execute the programs that i have written using dev c++ but the ms-dos "like" windows (black background, white letters) just stay open for one second and then disappear. is there anyway to make windows stop doing that?

i understand there is no more ms-dos in win xp but the windows look like ms-dos.

 

[n0cmonkey]

start -> run -> cmd

Run the program from there.

 

[stickybytes]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
start -> run -> cmd

Run the program from there.

it works...
but is there anyway to make xp do it automatically?

 

[WobbleWobble]

Easiest way is to add a getch() or something to the end of your program unless there's an option in DevC++ to keep that window open.

 

[DaveSimmons]

^ yep, add code to pause the program before it ends.

Console apps closing on completion is "by design," just like the windows for any other app close when you end them.

 

[illusion88]

not to bring a thread back from the dead (sorry I was seaching for something and this cought my eye) but you could also do a system("pause") right before your return 0. That would leave the window up saying "press any key to continue..."