trouble getting started with Visual C++ Express 2010
As my title suggests I am having trouble getting started. I have installed it successfully and decided to proceed to writing the first program on it which was going to be Hello world.
The problem I am having is that I am unable to get to the application wizard. At the point it is supposed to take me to the application wizard it instead prompts me to either open or save a file called default.htm.
I am following steps from many online video tutorials all of which have the same steps and this happens in none of them. Yet I am following the same steps. The problem for me is coming at the point where I have entered a name for the program. The application wizard should come next.
Also, when I do open default.htm that is created, it looks just like the application wizard, but does nothing. I am getting extremely confused and just want to get started using this IDE and wondering if there is something you need to do the first time you use it maybe.
I am hoping this makes sense and someone out there can help me get started using Visual C++.
The problem I am having is that I am unable to get to the application wizard. At the point it is supposed to take me to the application wizard it instead prompts me to either open or save a file called default.htm.
I am following steps from many online video tutorials all of which have the same steps and this happens in none of them. Yet I am following the same steps. The problem for me is coming at the point where I have entered a name for the program. The application wizard should come next.
Also, when I do open default.htm that is created, it looks just like the application wizard, but does nothing. I am getting extremely confused and just want to get started using this IDE and wondering if there is something you need to do the first time you use it maybe.
I am hoping this makes sense and someone out there can help me get started using Visual C++.
File -> New Project -> Empty Project. Don't have access to VS10 right now, but it was kinda like that.
Other than that: Most video tutorials are bad, at least when it comes to programming. I personally haven't seen a good one yet. (I mean, of course statement two doesn't necessarily lead to statement one, so you might count this as a logical fallacy. Just regard it as my opinion).
PS: If following tutorials step by step doesn't work, just experiment a bit. You probably aren't going to break anything.
PPS: Make sure you actually have Visual C++ 2010 Express , not something like Visual Web Developer or Visual C#.
Other than that: Most video tutorials are bad, at least when it comes to programming. I personally haven't seen a good one yet. (I mean, of course statement two doesn't necessarily lead to statement one, so you might count this as a logical fallacy. Just regard it as my opinion).
PS: If following tutorials step by step doesn't work, just experiment a bit. You probably aren't going to break anything.
PPS: Make sure you actually have Visual C++ 2010 Express , not something like Visual Web Developer or Visual C#.
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Can you post a link to the video you're following? I'll run through the video and I'll tell you what I find. Honestly, that's never happened to me.
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@hanst99 Yes it is definitely Visual C++ Express 2010 :) I agree, playing about will not break anything. Through doing this I did File > New Project > Empty Project as you say but was unable to enter any code and then I found a way by adding a new item and selecting a .cpp file. (I am new to this, but I hope I have explained it well enough to be understood.)
It is strange that all the tutorials I have seen so far indicate that I should start a new program by:
File > New > Project > Win32 > Win32 Console Application
After selecting the location for the new file/program and the name for it and clicking OK I would expect to see the application wizard judging from the many tutorial videos I have seen as that is what happens on all of them. Also a text book I have bought also says that is how to start off (although this is a few years old and refers to the 2005 edition).
In addition to this, a video I accessed directly from Visual C++ Express 2010 has a rather lengthy tutorial video (which refers to 2008 edition). This also says to start a new project as a Win32 Console Application. The url for this particular tutorial is:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/bb964629.aspx
The problem I have occurs 12 mins 30 secs in to the video after clicking OK I don't get the application wizard but a default browser page which actually when opened looks just like the application wizard however it is just a default look of it and it doesn't actually do anything. I have saved screenshots to show my problem better, but I cannot see a way to add them just yet.
For now I will continue to write the programs using the method I have found (as I stated above), but I do hope to solve the mystery of why I am unable to do what all the tutorials say to do.
I also have found, while creating my first project that once the program had run it's course the cmd window closed down rather rapidly. I have seen another thread already here that may just have the answer to that issue and I will read through it when I get up in the morning.
I am hoping someone can shed some light on the original issue I have raised as it does seems rather odd not to be able to do as so many tutorials show I should be able to do.
It is strange that all the tutorials I have seen so far indicate that I should start a new program by:
File > New > Project > Win32 > Win32 Console Application
After selecting the location for the new file/program and the name for it and clicking OK I would expect to see the application wizard judging from the many tutorial videos I have seen as that is what happens on all of them. Also a text book I have bought also says that is how to start off (although this is a few years old and refers to the 2005 edition).
In addition to this, a video I accessed directly from Visual C++ Express 2010 has a rather lengthy tutorial video (which refers to 2008 edition). This also says to start a new project as a Win32 Console Application. The url for this particular tutorial is:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/bb964629.aspx
The problem I have occurs 12 mins 30 secs in to the video after clicking OK I don't get the application wizard but a default browser page which actually when opened looks just like the application wizard however it is just a default look of it and it doesn't actually do anything. I have saved screenshots to show my problem better, but I cannot see a way to add them just yet.
For now I will continue to write the programs using the method I have found (as I stated above), but I do hope to solve the mystery of why I am unable to do what all the tutorials say to do.
I also have found, while creating my first project that once the program had run it's course the cmd window closed down rather rapidly. I have seen another thread already here that may just have the answer to that issue and I will read through it when I get up in the morning.
I am hoping someone can shed some light on the original issue I have raised as it does seems rather odd not to be able to do as so many tutorials show I should be able to do.
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