you mean just do a pause with msvc++ 6.0?

just do this:

#include <conio.h>

int main()
{
cout<<"Hello, now this program will pause"<<flush;
_getch();
return 0;
}

ok, if you are outputting something right before the pause, make sure you put in the flush, otherwise it won't print until you hit a key and the program continues. make sure after _getch() you have trailing semicolon: _getch();