Visual Studio For Mac Console Application C++

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In the previous lesson, Introduction to the C++ language, we talked about the language itself.In today's lesson, we're going to focus on the Visual Studio IDE. We'll show you how to use it and program a simple console application.

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You can compile and run a C program using Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Express editions. This procedure has been tested using Visual Studio Express for Desktop running on Windows 7. Windows 8 users may try this procedure provided you install Visual Studio Express for Desktop.
There are two methods to run and compile a C program. The first method is using command line and the second method is using Visual Studio IDE.

Compile C Program in Command Line using VS Express

1. Select Start >> All Programs >> Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 >> Visual Studio Tools >> Developer Command Prompt for VS2012. See below.

2. Launch the 'Developer Command Prompt for VS2012'.
3. Navigate to the location where you wrote the program.
4. Compile the program using the command
cl <program_name.c>
5. The obj file and exe file will be created using the same program name.
Example:
I've wrote this simple program using notepad and saved into my document folder under cprogram1.c

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Important: Please make sure that you save the file in program.c instead of program.c.txt. Notepad save everything in .txt extension by default. To avoid this problem, under the file explorer select Organize >> Folder and search option, select the view tab and clear the check on 'Hide extensions for known file types'.

I've launch the command prompt as follows
I run the program as follows

You cal also refer to this page from MSDN on compiling C program using command line.Tutorial

Compile C Program in VS Express 2012 IDE


Step 1.
Launch Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Express >> VS Express for Desktop.
Close the start page.
Step 2.
Select FILE >> New Project

You will see the dialog box as below
Select C++ and highlight the option Win32 Console Application. Change the name of the project if you prefer.

Click 'OK'.
Click '

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Next >'
Make sure that Console Application is selected. Clear all other options and checked 'Empty project'. As shown below:

Click 'Finish'
The project screen is shown below:
Step 3
On the right hand side, under 'Solution Explorer', right click 'Source Files'. Select Add >> New Item.

The dialog box is shown below
Change the file name from Source.cpp to any name with extension .c. In this example, I changed to Sample1Main.c


Step 4
Type your C program on the left pane.
Click 'Save'
Step 5.
To compile the program click

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BUILD >> Build Solution

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The output screen will show the following results
Please be reminded that the exe file is located under ProjectsprojectnameDebugprojectname.exe
Step 6.
To run the program you must open a command prompt and navigate to the file location since this is a console application.

Please note that besides the exe file, there is also a ilk file and pdb file.
Ilk file is Linker Input File, you can find explanation here.

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Pdb file is Program Database file, you can find explanation here.
Additional Note:

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The disadvantage of using the IDE is that many files are created unnecessary. However, the advantage is that you can use the IDE for auto-complete and error detection.

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Besides VS 2012 Express. You may try Eclipse or NetBeans since both IDE also support C program. Alternatively, you can download programmer's text editor such as Notepad++ for program editing and use the command line for compilation.