Visual C++ .NET 2003 - How to Build and Run a newly created source file.

[VIAN]

I just came from Visual C++ 6.0. In 6.0, you would go to File, then New File and choose the C++ Source File, then write your program and Build and Run. When one is used to that going to .NET 2003 is a bit difficult. Cause it's very different. Run is no longer Run, it's Start. And you can only Build a Source File that is in a Project.

I came here for help and I didn't get any useful help. Maybe I just worded it wrong or something. Idk. So as a last resort to buying .NET 2003 for Dummies, which I'll buy later anyway to learn more about the platform, I asked my professor and he told me what I needed to know. It's very simple, but different enough from 6.0.

Here is the answer: (for anyone else who might like to know)
{
Start C++.NET

File>New>Empty Project

File>Add New Item>C++ File

Write Code

Build>Build (Project Name)

Debug>Start Without Debugging
}
This is pretty simple and it was all I needed to know. If anyone knew that and didn't give me the answer -you suck.

 

[daniel1113]

Perhaps you should, I dunno, read a tutorial or buy a book. There are a ton of them out there.

 

[VIAN]

Tutorial sucks, book needs money. Thanx for your help.

 

[TheMafioso]

You can do a quick search for ebooks on vc++.net on P2P networks like emule or Limewire, you'll find plenty of 'em.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: VIAN
VC++ .NET is just IDK, stupid. I have no idea how to do it.

This is so reminiscent of the "Why must Java suck" thread...

To reiterate: Just because you don't "get" XYZ doesn't mean XYZ [sucks|is stupid|is worthless|etc].


(PS - VC++.NET is more than just a language... you need to learn the platform)

 

[VIAN]

I didn't mean that it was stupid. It's just a hopeless way of saying I don't understand.

I understand that C++ is the language. And the Visual & .NET parts are the platform. But I know how to program, just don't know how to use the platform.

 

[Stuxnet]

What I might recommend doing then is just cruising MSDN. There is a ton of information there regarding the platform, and there are some really good books out there, too. I know you don't want to look at tutorials or buy books, but that's just the nature of the beast.

Once you get your arms around the platform, you'll probably love it. Coding has never been easier.

 

[xtknight]

Not any harder in VC7.1 for me, it's just that the interface is more intimidating.

 

[torpid]

Just read up on .net maybe even in c#. With .net the language is virtually irrelevant. The main area where c++ diverges is in writing unmanaged code within a .net program.

 

[rsd]

TONS of free examples and instructions out there, hell go into the Help

 

[VIAN]

tutorial is just confusing. It doesn't really help and makes things more confusing. I think I'm just gonna buy a book later on.

Just trying to find a way to run a source file and haven't found it yet so, I guess book it is.

It seems like the simplest question and noone can answer it. Not google. Not the tutorial. Frustrating.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: VIAN
tutorial is just confusing. It doesn't really help and makes things more confusing. I think I'm just gonna buy a book later on.

Just trying to find a way to run a source file and haven't found it yet so, I guess book it is.

It seems like the simplest question and noone can answer it. Not google. Not the tutorial. Frustrating.

Agreed.

They make it so.... different than any other IDE.

 

[atiyeh]

Download Visual C++ 2005 from MSDN. It's a free download and it's a nice little program I use all the time.

 

[VIAN]

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