Info on Visual Studio

Simple Steps to create a project in Visual Studio:

  1. The first time you start up, choose the Visual C++ environment.
    (Remember the folder where your projects are stored so you can find them.)
  2. Start a new project in .net from the "File" menu by choosing "New" ,
    then "Project" to get a choice of project types.
  3. Under "Visual C++" highlight "Win32" and under Templates, choose
    "Win32 Console Application" and below enter a "Name" . Click "OK"
  4. In the "Application Wizard" screen, in the left column, choose "Application Settings"
    ("Overview" may be highlighted) and check "Console application" and "Empty project" .
    Click "Finish"
Now under "Project" in menu, choose "Add New Item" or "Add Existing Item" for your code or data files and enter a file name. An alternative, perhaps easier way, is to right click "Source Files" or "Header Files" or "Resource Files" and use "Add" . Data files are resource files.

From the "Build" menu, compile and link your code using "Build ProjectName" .
Execute ( "Start Without Debugging" ) from the "Debug" menu.

If you need to use a datafile, find the folder with your project. Put the file in the folder within the project folder of the same name.

Later, when your programs are more complex, if something odd occurs, files can get corrupted (object code files, not source code files). Under the "Build" menu, "Clean ProjectName" is useful. It removes all files created by compiling and allows you to start over.