Simple Error = Difficult Problem

I have a new compiler along my Dev C++ it is called Mircrosoft Visual Beta 2005. It looks sl much more professional too!!

Anyway, This is my first working program, but when I debugged and ran it, it worked ok, but I got a unfamiluar warning up it said:

" 'getch' was declared deprecated :: see declaration of 'getch'

I do not understand what the warning is saying, as I delcared getch as part of conio.h

I use getch so I do not have to use system("pause");

here is the code:

Code:

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#include "stdafx.h" // this header is for ALL USE
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <conio.h>

using namespace std;

string myname;


int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
        cout << "What is your name?" << endl;
        cout << "\n\n";
        cout << "My name is ";
        cin >> myname;
        cout << "So your name is " << myname;
        cout << "\n\n";
        getch();
        return 0;
}

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> I do not understand what the warning is saying, as I delcared getch as part of conio.h
It's basically telling you that all the stuff in conio.h is now very old, and that it's going to disappear for good at some future point in time.

It will work for now, but you should be taking this opportunity to look for alternative ways of solving the problem while you can (rather than later when it all stops working all of a sudden).

Quote:

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" 'getch' was declared deprecated :: see declaration of 'getch'

I do not understand what the warning is saying, as I delcared getch as part of conio.h

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In a conversational way, the compiler is trying to tell you that getch() is deprecated. Deprecated means don't use it.

cin.sync();
cin.get();

You are programming in C++, right (you posted on a C++ board), so use C++ IO.

In any case, getchar() is part of <stdio.h>/<cstdio>.

I've heard that sync() is ambigulous. Some one suggested that we should use ignore()

For maximum portability, perhaps. I have used this on Solaris, Windows and Linux without any problem.

ignore is not for pausing, i think...

Quote:

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cin.sync();
cin.get();

You are programming in C++, right (you posted on a C++ board), so use C++ IO.

In any case, getchar() is part of <stdio.h>/<cstdio>.

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if cin from iostream is c++ i/o why isn't getch();?
I'm a beginer and in almost all the books i've read, they use conio--getch(), even in books that follow strict standard c++.

conio is NOT part of any standard (C or C++), so whatever they blather on the cover about standards is bull........ if they use it in their book.

Here is the definition of deprecated from dictionary.com:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by dictionary.com

deprecated

adj. Said of a program or feature that is
considered obsolescent and in the process of being phased out,
usually in favor of a specified replacement. Deprecated features
can, unfortunately, linger on for many years. This term appears
with distressing frequency in standards documents when the
committees writing the documents realize that large amounts of
extant (and presumably happily working) code depend on the
feature(s) that have passed out of favor. See also dusty deck.

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Ok, I have tried all the above, and the only one that seems to work is the one I hate using which is system("pause");.

The strange thing is, on my other compiler, DevC++, getch() works ok without any errors or warnings, maybe it is because I have a more updated compiler now, I know microsoft compilers are some of the best around (well, the up-to-date ones anyway lol!)