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 Nov 17 2005, 9:47 am
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I'm in need of a good, C++ compiler with an actual GUI. I just don't like that command line programming. I've tried Dev-C++, but it never allows me to run a program. It simply compiles it, and that's about it.
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also search for compilers in the forum search - this topic has been discussed several times in the past here.
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If you have iostream in thar', just put a
int x = 0; cin >> x; at the end of your main() It will wait for input instead of closing the program after compilation. Very Quick and Dirty. ~Kujila | |
Unknown Person wrote:
Or just <code>cin.get();</code> but I doubt that's his problem. =P Yeah, I was always annoyed when that window would come up and close, and I had to throw that line in. It especially created a sort of a wall for me when I started, with my first program- HelloWorld.cpp! I never really use Dev-C++ much anymore, due to various reasons.... If his program's not running at all, then he's probably too used to DM's Compile-capabilities, or he hasn't fixed a problem in his code. Of course, if it's like what I went through with HelloWorld.cpp, he could just not know that it runs. Hiead | |
Theodis wrote:
Granted I used Visual Studio 2003 so I'm not exactly sure how the express version is limited though from my experiance Microsoft's development tools have been excellent. I haven't had the free time to work with it properly yet, but from what I've seen so far it's very good. Although I'm not a big fan of that 'every panel looks like a website' design most new Microsoft programs have. | |
Kujila wrote:
If you have iostream in thar', just put a Or if your on windows, you could use system("PAUSE");. Or open them from the command line, like they are ment to be. :P | |
Well, as I recall, Visual Studio will automatically pause at the end of a successful run so the command prompt box won't close at the program's end, whereas Dev-C++ doesn't. :)
~Kujila | |
Yar:
From Dev-cpp: <code>#include <cstdlib> #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { system("PAUSE"); return EXIT_SUCCESS; } </code> ~Kujila | |
Theodis wrote:
Granted I used Visual Studio 2003 so I'm not exactly sure how the express version is limited though from my experiance Microsoft's development tools have been excellent. VC++ version Comparisions. | |
I'll get on that a bit later.
As for the unawareness, you're right. I can't rell if it is opening and closing to fast for me to see, or Windows to display. | |
A newbie to C++ could learn the whole language with just the index in Visual C++ 2005 Express ....I mean, I just downloaded it, and clicked one thing in it, and got more than I recall on the single topic in the last C++ book I read.
Hiead | |
Well, now I know the Dev-C++ isn't even running the enviroment. I'll try the Visual Studios as soon as I get home. Maybe even Visual Basic if I'm in the mood for quick application creation.
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Well, now I know the Dev-C++ isn't even running the enviroment. I'll try the Visual Studios as soon as I get home. Maybe even Visual Basic if I'm in the mood for quick application creation. I suggest avoiding VB and just using C#. VB.NET is pretty much C# with a crappy syntax and despite being so similar it also runs much slower. Besides if you are familiar with DM the C# syntax should feel more natural anyway. | |
I haven't tried C# either... I've taken many VB.NET course though, so do you think I would be able to learn C# rather easily?
~Kujila | |
I haven't tried C# either... I've taken many VB.NET course though, so do you think I would be able to learn C# rather easily? VB.NET is pretty much the same as C# except with its crappy verbouse syntax. And if you've done developed in DM the syntax in C# shouldn't be all that difficult you just need to get used to using braces to define scope and semicolons to terminate statements. | |
Oh yeah! I'm in C# Express right now and it's great! I like C++'s syntax better, but I like the way I can develop programs easily and quickly with VB, and this is the best of both worlds!
Thanks for showing me this, it's cool. ~Kujila | |
Well then you are looking for an IDE(Integrated Development Environment) not a compiler(though you probably want one of those too). A compiler converts source code into object code then a linker converts object code into machine code.
Anyway Microsoft released the express versions of their IDEs for free which you can pick up at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/ .
Granted I used Visual Studio 2003 so I'm not exactly sure how the express version is limited though from my experiance Microsoft's development tools have been excellent.