How could this "hello world" be wrong?

[spadez]

I dont understand, im starting out learning C, ive just installed visual studio and im following a hello world tutorial:

Im creating a win32 console application and my code is:

/* Author: Your name
   Date: yyyy/mm/dd
   Description:
   Writes the words "Hello World" on the screen */
 
#include<stdio.h>
#include "stdafx.h"
 
int main()
{
   printf("Hello World\n"); //prints "Hello World"
   return 0;
}

Yet when I try to compile it says:

"Error spawning rc.exe"

[Jordan]

Does the rc.exe file exist? The most common problem I see from this error is that executable isn't available.

[shadowhound]

okay visual C++ is a hard compiler to use and i thort i would start to learn C untill i was told to learn C++ since its better and more powerfull im using Dev C++ if i was you what i would do is download Dev C++ and start a new project *console app* and write the hello world like this

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
      cout <<"Hello World" << endl; // this displays Hello world
      system("PAUSE"); // got to add this to make console stay up in Dev C++
      
      return 0;
}

[Tparker]

I will use a GNU C compiler rather than windows visual C++ but of course it depends what application you are going to develop and what platform

[fread]

Or u can download the tiny c compiler (tcc) which does not have a gui but would compile any standard c program. If you like the idea of working with an ide you should probably go with shadowhound's idea and get dev c++ which is a c and c++ compiler. This compiler is easy to set up and fairly easy to use, especially for beginners like you and I.

[PythonPower]

The GNU C Compiler's rise to fame is partly based on its standards compatibility. You can get it on Windows too if you want - it's not too hard if I remember.

There are two methods:

MinGW | Minimalist GNU for Windows
DJGPP

They are quite different, if I remember correctly, but they should both achieve what you need.