Thread: appearance of program, how users can run a progam without going near my code

I wrote up a program in C (Code Blocks 10.05), and it runs. I run it by hitting F9 when I am in CodeBlocks. The little black window opens and the user is prompted for input. I am hoping that several users will use my program.

I would love to make the program look prettier to the user. What can I do to make the program look nicer than a black window?

Also - when I run the program, I open the file with the code in CodeBlocks. I then hit F9 so that it runs. I don't want the users to execute the program in this fashion. I want users to click on an icon or on some executable file. Can you advise as to how this can be accomplished.

THANKS!