Info on .net

Bill Iverson from BCC has nice .net intro documentation .

Simple Steps to create a project in .net:

  1. The first time you start up, choose the Visual C++ environment.
  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 "Add New Item" or "Add Existing Item" (under "Project" in menu or right click "Source Files" or "Header Files" or "Resource Files" in the upper right panel) for your code or data files and enter a file name.

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

Note (for later)
Visual Studio and .net by default don't allow dynamic casting. If you need dynamic casting (e.g., dynamic_cast(theAppleptr) ), you have to enable it in the run-time environment.

To do that, make sure you're looking at the file names, solution explorer view. Then right click on the workspace name (at the top) and choose properties. There's many environment variables. Poke around until you find it. Note all the other things you can change if you desire.

After reading this, "help" should help if you get stuck.