Thread: New to Visual Studio 2008

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    New to Visual Studio 2008

    I've been using jGrasp for the past year to compile my programs and I'm switching over to VS. Why can't I get any of my old .cpp files to compile? They compile on jgrasp, and I keep getting errors like this:

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    1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl menu(struct Store,int)" (?menu@@YAXUStore@@H@Z) referenced in function _main
    1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "int __cdecl getData(struct Store,int)" (?getData@@YAHUStore@@H@Z) referenced in function _main
    1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl display(struct Store,int)" (?display@@YAXUStore@@H@Z) referenced in function "void __cdecl menu(struct Store * const,int)" (?menu@@YAXQAUStore@@H@Z)
    1>test.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl reData(struct Store &,int)" (?reData@@YAXAAUStore@@H@Z) referenced in function "void __cdecl menu(struct Store * const,int)" (?menu@@YAXQAUStore@@H@Z)
    1>C:\Users\Barazin\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\test2\Debug\test2.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 4 unresolved externals
    Also, is there a way to avoid having to use cin.get() so I'm able to see my code execute?

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    When you run it via debug, it should automatically require user input at the end of execution. May I see your code so I can appropriately answer your question.

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    The errors you are seeing looks like your project doesn't have all the source files it needs (particularly, you have a menu function call in main, but the compiler can't find the actual menu function - I'm guessing that the menu function is in a different file and that this file is not part of your project definition - you need to use "add file..." to add the file to your project).

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    Quote Originally Posted by bargomer View Post
    Also, is there a way to avoid having to use cin.get() so I'm able to see my code execute?
    Run without debug (Ctrl + F5) or set a breakpoint at the end of main (F9) and debug (F5).
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    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    I found the reason for it not compiling. Apparently you cannot copy and paste code into the source file after you already built the solution.

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    Hm?
    I get the feeling that it's something else that you did...
    Building the solution just compiles the code. Of course you must be able to recompile the code after you've compiled it before...
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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