Thread: Debug/Compile C in VISUAL STUDIO --need help!

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    Debug/Compile C in VISUAL STUDIO --need help!

    Hello there!

    I have been trying to program in C (not C++, mind you). I am really new to it, and I was wondering if anyone could give me a step by step process of how to create a C project in visual studio! I think I got close, but I cannot debug a program, I can only run it w/out debugging -- so I can't use breakpoints! That's no good, because I need them to figure out what my problems are.

    Thank you in advance!

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    Have you tried the help files with visual studio? You have to also make sure that the compiler compiles it as C code and not C++. Extension .c not .cpp.
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    Yah i did both those, but it still won't debug!

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    I got vb 2005 and after you hit build and start without debugging it will give you errors and then it will say win32 exception .... then it will ask you to debugg it now. It is all in the handbook

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    Yea but Visual Basic is different from Visual C/C++. But I know what you mean. It depends on the target type too. I never had the problem, but I always build console applications. You should be able to debug freely.
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