Microsoft Visual C++ Express Edition Beta 2

[Hunter100]

Okay well I install it on my laptop (using Vista) and I need help with compiling.

Do I choose an empty project or a Windows Form Application or a Makefile Project or what?


I'm lost simply lost...

Any help would be great...


Thanks.

[exicute]

What you choose depends on the type of program you are creating.

Typically if you are a beginner you make console applications since there is no GUI and it's all text-based.

Here is my tutorial on how to make a simple console application. (No need to watch beyond the creating of the source file since I'm assuming you're beyond that.)

Empty project basically means that all the sub-folders of the project will be empty and no extra files will be created at the creation of the project folder.

**Note** If someone wants to elaborate on all the types of programs one could create and the initial project type one should select be my guest.

[Hunter100]

So I choose a Win32 Console Application, then enter the code, then debug?

Or do I Build?

Once again...lost

[exicute]

I would first build, this will compile the code and let you know if your program will run (Not nessecarily run correctly, but no syntax errors are present.)

Debugging will first compile as build does then it will create a temporary executable and "run" it, letting you see what your program would do if it was an executable as that time.

Yes, choose Win32 Console Application, create the source file, then begin coding. After that you build to check for errors then debug to test for bugs.

**Note** The code in that tutorial is C, not C++. However, the concepts remain the same.