im using the visualc++.net compiler, and i recently got sam's teach yourself c++ in 21 days. the book says stuff like to #include iostream.h for the header, but it doesnt seem to work on .net, and neither does cout and cin and im sure many other commands. im confused on what to do. should i switch to another compiler? or could somebody tell me how to get cout to work and what kind of application to do (ie console app) for starting out. please help its been a very frustating start