Visual c++ 2005 express edition to run .c files

Hi, I'm new to the board and also to programming in c/c++. I'm trying to work my way through the book "A Book on c" by Kelley/Pohl". I have turbo c up and running on my laptop and can easily use it to compile and run .c programs.

I also downloaded the free edition of Microsoft Visual c++ 2005 express edition for the same purpose. However, I can't manage to use it to compile and run .c programs -- I can only manage .c++ programs mainly with the help of Google and Microsoft webpages.

Can MSVC++2005EE be used for programming in c? If so, would anyone be kind enough to tell me how to do so?

Thanks very much.

create an empty project
create a new cpp file
save it as c-file (with c extention)
remove cpp file from the project
add c-file to project
check in the option that the compiler is used according to the extention instead of C++ always

after that the code in c-files will be compiled as C

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Originally Posted by vart

create an empty project
create a new cpp file
save it as c-file (with c extention)
remove cpp file from the project
add c-file to project
check in the option that the compiler is used according to the extention instead of C++ always

after that the code in c-files will be compiled as C

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Hi vart, that's great thanks. I just couldn't manage to "check in the option that the compiler is used according to the extention instead of C++ always".

Do I look under tools-->options-->???

Thanks very much again!

EDIT: I managed to compile a basic .c program without changing any options. Thanks.

When opening project properties
Configuration Properties/ C/C++ /Advanced/Compile As - set to Default - in this case compiler will be choosen according to the file extention C for c-files and C++ for cpp-files

Thanks again. That did the trick.