Problems compiling a c++ program with commandline version of vc++.net

Hello World c++ program not compiling with commandline version of vc++.net from .net sdk. Why?

Code:

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#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello World" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

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I've had success compiling a c program and the HelloVc.cpp demo.

What error do you get?

Unable to include iostream or something like that. I checked the include folder and it seems it only has C header files.

Did you run the vcsetvars.bat file which is in the vc7\bin directory?
It sets up a number of environment variables

There are no batch files in my vc7\bin directory. Maybe I should try downloading the sdk again?

Well somewhere in the compiler installation directory structure there is a batch file which sets variables.
Try searching for it

I found sdkvars.bat. Now I can compile some of the samples with the other compilers. I still can't compile the example I posted earlier. I get the same error message about not being able to find the iostream header file. This is not surprising because I checked the include folder for vc and it only has c header files.

Unfortunately, the free C/C++ compiler included with the .net framework does not include the stl and is therefore only useable as a C compiler. Assumably, one can use StlPort or something like it, but I haven't tried it.

When you get around to compiling Windows programs(you need the platform sdk), here is the batch file I use.

Code:

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call C:\Progra~1\Microsoft.NET\SDK\v1.1\Bin\sdkvars
SET INCLUDE=%INCLUDE%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Include
SET LIB=%LIB%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Lib
cls

cl /W3 file1.c file2.c KERNEL32.LIB USER32.LIB GDI32.LIB ADVAPI32.LIB COMCTL32.LIB

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