Painful Steps with VC++ 2005 Express beta Redux
Hello.
Just the other day I picked up the 87 meg VC++ 2005 Express beta from the website and now I'm ready to start making my way into the programming world. So I do a few searches through the web and come up with a starter's guide using VC++! How nice of About.com to supply an article like that. Not too soon after this discovery I was regretting my decision to use VC++.
You see, I run into the same problem every time, and I haven't been able to find the answer to it. I'm attempting to make the simple "Hello World" program that everyone starts off with, but I can't get the .exe to build! Excuse me if I seem ignorant of the basics, because - well - I am ignorant! I searched these forums and found some helpful hotkeys such as the Build (F7) and then Run (Control+F5). Now I've gotten everything ready to go, but I can't seem to get it to work. Can someone help me out here? The About.com guide is a few versions old, and isn't helping. This is what happens:
Wrote the code. I did an F7 (Build Solution), and from here I'm slightly confused. I haven't seen the actual command to run the .exe for the program, so I goto Debug -> Start Without Debugging. An error pops up letting me know that VC++ can't find the filename and gives the filepath it chose. This file path usually has a directory titled 'Release' or 'Debug' and I Don't know why it would create those. I check my folders myself and there is only a logfile in that path. Does the Configuration Manager have something to do with this?
I appreciate your help.
Hi,
I guess your not using the latest VC++ Express coz it's not 87mb...
(you must be using beta 1) the latest is beta 2... which bloated its installer into 500+ mb...
whew... but i guess your sample would work... Could you try instaling beta 2 and see what happens?
heres the link:
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/default.aspx
cheers,
Paul June A. Domag
Alright, this is the version that I have when I pull up the 'About VC++" product info. 'Version 8.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400)'. The space above the product information is a graphic with the MS VC++ 2005 [BETA 2] Express Edition tag.
The link you posted is where I got the VC++ express. So I got beta 2 but I still don't know how this damn thing works. I'll begin crawling through the heinous help contents again. I hope you can help me out.
Hi,
Is your code in a project? The only way VC++ builds executables from the IDE is within a project. If you only created a new file (e.g. foo.cpp) then hitting F7 will not produce the executable you need. After presseing F7, you should look at the output information given in the lower window: it will specify whether it created an executable. In addition, a buildlog is generated with more information about the build process.
Thanks,
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Boris Jabes, Visual C++ Team
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Hi,
Its CTRL+SHIFT+B to build a project...
Keep me posted if you still experience other problems...
Why wont you try posting your code...
cheers,
Paul June A. Domag
First of all, thanks for taking the time out to help a newb in the field.
It turned out the problem was - as I suspected - an error on my part. I would start an new empty project, because I would be suppling the .cpp for the solution. Once the new project was made, I would do a File -> New -> .cpp. I think that was the problem. I dun know if it was including that newly created file inside the project. I was tinkering around and I seen the little button "Add Item." Well, holy ***. Hehe. I erased all the old work and started anew; added a .cpp, and built and ran the build. Everything worked out great.
Thanks again, Boris and Paul.
