[AGDev-newbies] visual C++

[Sean Mealin]

Hi,

Here is how to write a program in Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition

Please excuse the grammer, I quickly put this together.

 

Open Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition

 

Press alt 

 

Go to file menu

 

Press right arrow on new

 

Press enter on "new project" (Note there should be three things in that
menu; make sure that it is the first option)

 

Make sure that win32 is selected in the first tree view

 

Press tab

 

Make sure that Win32 Console Application is selected 

 

Press tab

 

In the name box, change "<Enter_name>" to anything you want.  I put mine as
"Tutorial 1"

 

Press tab

 

Put the location where you want it. Default is C:\Documents and
Settings\<Login name>\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects

Where <Login name> is your login name. (Who would have thought? ;-))

 

Press tab

 

Tab pass the brows button (unless you need it; I am not going over how to
use a dialog like that; because I really don't want to right now. ;-))

 

Press tab

 

Change your solution name to anything you want. (Mine is Tutorial 1 because
that is what I put in the project box)

 

Press tab

 

Ignore the "create directory for solution" check box if you want. Default is
checked

 

Press tab

 

Press spacebar on "OK" button.

 

Use your jaws curser to left click on "Next >" button. (For some reason,
spacebar does not work)

 

Use your Jaws curser to check the box that says "Empty project" (Make sure
that you do this)

 

Use your Jaws curser to click on the "Finish" button

 

Press the right arrow key to open the tree view and go to "source files"

 

Press your applications key 

 

Go to "Add" 

 

Press right arrow

 

Go to "New Item..."

 

Press enter

 

Make sure that code is selected in the first tree view

 

Press tab

 

Make sure that C++ file *.CPP is selected 

 

Press tab

 

Change the name from "<Enter_name>" to something you want. I put it as "CPP
file 1"

 

Press tab

 

Change the location to something you want. Default is "C:\Documents and
Settings\<Login Name>\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Tutorial
1\Tutorial 1"

Where <Login Name> is your login name. 

 

Press tab 

 

Ignore the "Browse..." button if you want.

 

Press tab 

 

Press spacebar on "Add" button.

 

Press Right arrow on "source files"

 

Go to CPP File 1.CPP (Or what ever you put for your CPP file name as)

 

Press enter

 

In the file, type this code:

 

<Copy after this line>

// the include statements.

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

using namespace std;

 

int main ()

{

// this is going to be a little odd; for some reason, as soon as you //run
the program, it will exit so fast, that Jaws does not see it. So, //we are
going to get some user input to slow it down.

 

cout << "Hello World" << "!\n";

string YourName;

cout << "What is your name" << "?\n";

getline (cin, YourName);

cout << "Hello " << YourName << ".\n";

cout << "type exit to exit!" << "\n";

string GoodBy;

cin >> GoodBy;

//watch, when you run the program, you will not see this next line

cout << "Good by " << YourName;

return 0;

}

 

<Stop copying before this line>

 

Press alt

 

Go to the debug menu

 

Press down

 

Go to "start debugging"

 

Press enter

 

Press enter again.

 

Run through the program.

 

That's more or less it. If you have any questions, just ask!

 

 

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