Need a little help

I'm just trying to get the Hello World program to display in a Win32 App (I think that's what I picked )

Code:

// New Test1.cpp : Defines the entry point for the application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "stdio.h" 
#include "iostream.h"
#include "conio.h"

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                     LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
                     int       nCmdShow)
{
	cout<<"Hello World!";
	getch();
	return 0;
}

It compiles fine, but when I try and run the program it does do anything.

MSVC++ Intro Version

If you want a console in a win32 application (as oposed to a console application) you'll have to make your own -

Code:

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                     LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
                     int       nCmdShow)
{

	LPCSTR output= "Hello World!";
	LPCSTR terminate = "Press any key to continue...";
	DWORD written;
	DWORD read;
	INPUT_RECORD ir;
	
	AllocConsole();
	WriteConsole(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),
		output,strlen(output),&written,NULL);

	WriteConsole(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),
		"\n",1,&written,NULL);

	WriteConsole(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE),
		terminate,strlen(terminate),&written,NULL);
	
	for(;; )
	{
	ReadConsoleInput(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE),&ir,1,&read);
	if (ir.EventType==KEY_EVENT)
		break;
	}

	FreeConsole();

	return 0;
}

Alternatively, select console app from the menu.

Well that's what MSVC++ started me with. Then it had a spot that said code here, so I did and it won't do anything when I want it to run.

Replace

cout<<"Hello World!";
getch();

with

MessageBox(NULL, "Hello World!", "My Program", MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);

you can't use functions like cout or getch(); in a windows program!

Really!?! LOL, I never knew that.

Thanks man, that really helps!

So what kind of Windows thing was that? A Win32 App? Here's the code for anyone who wants to answer the question

Code:

// New Test1.cpp : Defines the entry point for the application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "stdio.h" 
#include "iostream.h"
#include "conio.h"

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                     LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
                     int       nCmdShow)
{
	MessageBox(NULL, "Hello World!", "My Program", MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
}