Question about Visual Studio 2008
Hello everyone.I've recently downloaded visual studio 2008 and i have a question.
My question is how can you compile your program.Until now i have been using the debuger and debuger doesn't .exe file.Anyone who knows?
My question is how can you compile your program.Until now i have been using the debuger and debuger doesn't .exe file.Anyone who knows?
It does - VS just creates a new folder after the build, under your main project folder, called "Debug". The .exe will be there. Similarly, if you build in "Release" mode, a "Release" folder is created for output files.
Wow, I'm sorry - I didn't look at this for 10 days, so I'm not sure you'll ever see it - having said that, you can build in two modes: Debug and Release. There is a drop-down box in the toolbar to select between them. The code generated for Debug executables is always larger and slower, because VS adds facilities for examining errors in your code. I believe it's the default mode in Visual Studio - at least, it is with mine. It allows you to set break points and run your code step-by-step while looking at values of your variables, so you can eliminate errors much more easily. But when you are ready to build your final, polished, and (hopefully) error-free application, you will want to build in Release Mode, which builds smaller and faster code for you.
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