Thread: Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Help

Hello everyone,

I've been visiting this thread for a couple weeks now, and I love how this community acts with one another. I have a bit of a problem. I'm pretty much new to C. I'm around 90 pages into my C programming book. I've been using the IDE Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional. When I start a new project and make a new file everything works great. When I make a new c file where they would now be more than one it will give me an error when i build it saying

hello.obj error LNK2005: _main already defined in precedence.obj.
Error executing link.exe

Now I assume it is because both of these c programs have a main function which is why it won't build. I know my friend said he can do multiple c programs in one project. How do you accomplish that?

I'm on AIM as Krimit Got High if you know the answer or I'll check on here. Thanks everyone.

Yes, you understood correctly from what I saw because your directions is exactly what I've been doing. I just didn't know if there was an easier way than having to make a bunch of different projects or reusing the same code over and over and naming it as something different.

Thanks for your help.

Hern
A+/Network+/MCP/MCSA Certified

C+? C? C-?

Be aware, though, that VC++ is, as the name implies, a C++ compiler. It will compile pre-C99 code, but it is NOT C99 compliant, so if you plan to use the current ANSI-C, you may want a true C compiler.