Hi,
We are new to Visual Studio 2008, barely a month into a C++ course, and are currently working on a few personal projects.
We have successfully created a console application with Visual Studio but are not sure on how to get the program to run outside of Visual Studio. Looking through the provided textbook(s), we can not find a clear solution.
Is there any way to build the program, so that it is an .exe file that can be used independently?
Any advice would be much appreciated!
K & R
>Is there any way to build the program, so that it is an .exe file that can be used independently?
Yes, sure there is!
I assume you can run the program from within Visual Studio?
In that case you just browse to the folder where your project is saved in, there will be a folder called "Release" or something, and in that folder you'll probably find your executable file.
If your program is fully finished, I would also like to advise you to compile your code in "Release" mode, instead of the default "Debug" mode.
On MSDN you can also find a video to learn become familiar with the IDE, check it out here.
>Is there any way to build the program, so that it is an .exe file that can be used independently?
Yes, sure there is!I assume you can run the program from within Visual Studio?
In that case you just browse to the folder where your project is saved in, there will be a folder called "Release" or something, and in that folder you'll probably find your executable file.
If your program is fully finished, I would also like to advise you to compile your code in "Release" mode, instead of the default "Debug" mode.On MSDN you can also find a video to learn become familiar with the IDE, check it out here.
Thank you -- we found the file!
Just needs a few tweaks so we'll take your advice on the compiling method!
K & R
The only problem with Visual 2008's compiled files is that you cannot run it on other machines without the .NET framework. I recommend finding a way to get it to work without the .NET framework or get DevC++.
The only problem with Visual 2008's compiled files is that you cannot run it on other machines without the .NET framework. I recommend finding a way to get it to work without the .NET framework or get DevC++.
If I'm not wrong, you can also compile your source code as a native Windows application, which doesn't need .NET to run.
Though I'm not so sure about this.
Edit::
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/60k1461a.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express
I remember looking all over for something like that but i don't think it exists... Not to worry! All windows operating systems from VISTA and above have the .NET framework already installed on it... Of course XP and lower don't -.-
I also know of a way (only with MFC though) to link the libraries in a different way so that you can run it on different systems... static linking i think? But MFC is old and never used/updated anymore.
From Wikipedia:
Visual C++ Express
Visual C++ 2008 Express can build both native and managed applications.
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(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express)
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