Thread: Compatibility Problems with Dev-C++

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    Angry Compatibility Problems with Dev-C++

    I know this might sound like a problem that is related to C++ Programming, but it is strictly a technical problem. I installed Dev-C++ (the newest version of course) and opened the program. I go to the tutorials page on this site. I start learning the stuff like the cout command, cin.get, etc., and once I have finished typing this first tutorial exactly as it says, I click compile & run. So I get program errors. This discouraged me, but I simply retyped the whole thing. Program errors. Now I'm getting mad. I decide that syntax is probably very important, so I copy directly from the tutorial and paste it in the program. Does not work. I look around a bit, and find that many people are having problems with this program being compatible with Windows XP (Which is the system I am running.), but not with previous versions. So I go to the installation file, and go to the properties box of it. I tell it to run the program as if I was running Windows 95. It works like a dream! I'm learning all this stuff, and I need to go to sleep. I try it the next morning, and when running it in compatibility mode for Windows 95 or Windows 98/ME, anytime I get to a part where I need to type cin.get();, I start typing, and as soon as I get to the spot where I have to enter the semi-colon, I get a terminate program pop-up box. When running in compatibility for Windows NT or 2000, I can type in anything I want, but I cannot compile and run. I know I should be glad it works, but I like to check my syntax often, and doing that is making me

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    doesn't this belong in the 'Rant' section?
    i seem to have GCC 3.3.4
    But how do i start it?
    I dont have a menu for it or anything.

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    Im using Dev C++ on Win XP and its working fine with the default options.

    How about you show us the code(s) that didn't compile? or at least show us the errors you're getting.
    My Tutorials :
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    Errors I am getting...

    Okay. I will be typing code. Lets say I am going to type in this:
    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    cout<<"Hello. Press the return key.";
    cin.get();
    cout<<"Thank You.";
    cin.get();
    So I start a new program, and start typing. As soon as I get to cin.get(); I encounter problems. When I hold the shift key and press the ), I get a box that says Oops! An unexpected error has occured in the program...
    Address: 0x004ED722
    Error message: Access violation at address 004ED722 in module 'devcpp.exe' Read of address 0000000C

    And it's not only cin.get(); either, it happens at just about every important syntax meeting except at the end of cout<<"Message";

    The only way I can work this way is to type in cin(); and then go back and type in .get afterwards. Also, my mouse just quit working, so I won't be able to find out what your response is until I can get a new one. Stupid wireless mouse. Put brand new batteries in it and it quits talking to the computer.

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