Thread: Add a VS 2K8 express template for .c

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    Add a VS 2K8 express template for .c

    I'd like to add a simple .c template to MS visual studio C++ 2008 express edition. Right now the only template I have as a choice are .cpp and .h, which I don't want to use. The .cpp does work on these simple C programs, but I want to follow the course as closely as possible.

    As a workaround I'm adding a new txt file, saving it as a .c file, and then adding it to my existing project. A lot of steps when a simple template would do the trick. Thanks for any suggestions.

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    you do not need a template

    do the following to add new c-file

    right-click on the "Source file" folder in your project
    Select add/new Item
    Select c++ file template
    In the Name filed write the file name with extention like new_file.c
    It will be added to the project and compiled as c-file
    All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
    except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
    – David J. Wheeler

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    Thanks vart. I read somewhere someone suggesting the new file be named as you suggested, though it wasn't by right clicking on source and adding the file that way. Anyway, I only tried it once and ended up with test.c.cpp, which made me give up on that method. I assumed I didn't have something setup correctly. As it turns out, I must have started the project incorrectly because now that I'm a little more comfortable with the SW, I can't even replicate it. Thanks for knocking me on the head.

    V

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