Thread: Executing C Program in Visual Studio 2008

Still can't get it to work. Could someone please just send me a link to another C compiler

Originally Posted by rory-uk

Still can't get it to work. Could someone please just send me a link to another C compiler

There are a couple out there. Google is a good resource to use. Personally, I prefer lcc-win32 for windows, which can be found at http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/.

i also am not getting c to run from VS 2005. can someone give me the steps
i go to new project, click c++ and then WIN 32 console app. it opens up a few c++ files and a header file. i then try to add my file, main.c and put in a hello world, and doesnt compile, do you have to compile from command line, thanks for your help
Jeremy

Originally Posted by happyclown

EDIT: This is answering jjfait, who is the poster above me.

"it opens up a few c++ files and a header file"

This is because it's opening the project as a C++ project, so adds some additional C++ code.

File > New Project > WIN 32 console app > OK > Welcome to win32 application wizard > next > console ap + empty project > finish.

This will create an empty project, with no C++ codes/files.

HAPPYCLOWN I COULD KISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Visual Studio it's the only place I feel at home and now that I can program C in this baby I'm completely over the moon!

Well... not completely over the moon... I don't really get kicks out of writing code... but let's just say you've solved a big problem of mine

Originally Posted by mike_g

Well in VS2005 you press F5 to run with debug, or CTRL + F5 to run without it.

what's the difference between the two?

Originally Posted by rory-uk

I am trying to teach myself C Programming. I need to know how to execute an application in Visual Studio 2008. I can't find a way to do this!!! It is only the first example aswell which is to simply print out hello

You just need Visual C++ 2008 Express Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions and when you create new projects, do an EMPTY project from GENERAL projects, then when you add files, right click on SOURCE FILES and ADD NEW ITEM, then just name your file <filename>.c (remember to specify the extension when you name the file!) to override the default extension .cpp and the IDE and everything else will treat your code as C.

Regards,
FSX

Originally Posted by Elysia

F5 starts the debugger. Obviously, the program runs slower in the debugger than without. Furthermore, in Debug mode, the console window disappears when the program does as opposed to non-debug mode (but you can use a breakpoint to avoid that).

Also, you DON'T need an empty project. It will create a default project for you that will compile fine (although it creates a C++ file, but you can rename them). Remember that by default it also creates a precompiled header, which means you must add #include "stdafx.h" at the beginning of every source file.
I'm not certain if it includes C++ headers in stdafx.h by default. I don't think so...

i usually press F5 to debug.can i start CNTRL+F5(it'll save me from writing getch()).will it affect my execution of the program in any way?and what is the difference between debugging and non-debugging?

I agree that you should just use Visual Studio C++ Express Edition.

It's a complete program, not a trial - and as a beginner I am finding it to be an absolutely superb IDE for learning how to program in C and C++. I've used various other IDEs with other languages and VSC++ is by far and away the best I've ever used. Intellisense is fantastic as a learning tool when you're starting out with things such as passing pointers to structs around and the like. There's many a time it's made me realize exactly what I was doing wrong. I love it.

Hi,

My first post.

I am trying to compile a C program in VS 2008. When I try to compile my simple "Hello World" program in C I get the following error.


Error spawning rc.exe

I created an empty win32 console application, then added a file Test.c


Thanks,
RFederer