Thread: Compiler not working...

I am just starting to learn C++, and I have downloaded Dev-C++ v 4.9.7 and when I go to File > New > Project and then pick Counsle Application (like the tutorial on this site says to) everything works fine. Then I put the code in, which at this point is:

#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
int thisisanumber;
cout<<"Please enter a number:";
cin>>thisisanumber;
cout<<"You entered: "<<thisisanumber;
return 0;
}

and when I go to Compile it has a bunch of error messages like:

Compiler: Default compiler
Building Makefile: "C:\Dev-Cpp\Makefile.win"
Executing make...
make.exe -f "C:\Dev-Cpp\Makefile.win" all
g++.exe -c main.cpp -o main.o -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include/c++" -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include"
main.cpp:1:22: iostream.h: No such file or directory
main.cpp: In function `int main()':
main.cpp:9: `cout' undeclared (first use this function)
main.cpp:9: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function
it appears in.)
main.cpp:11: `cin' undeclared (first use this function)
make.exe: *** [main.o] Error 1
Execution terminated

And if I try to go to Run it says it's not compiled. What should I do, I tried changing the code, picking a new thing (ie New > Project and then one of the other choices) and even reinstalling the application. Someone please help me.

Is 4.9.7 a non-BETA version? if not then download the lastest non-BETA version because all of the betas are very buggy right now.

Try including iostream (leave off the extention). And make sure to declare what namespace cout and cin belong to. try this code-

Code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
     int number;
     cout << "Please enter a number: ";
     cin >> number;
     cout << "You entered: " << number;
     return 0;
}