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I have this nice little program called: BloodShed Dev-C++. It seems like a great tool. I can compile everything that is needed, but when ever i run the program, the window(which looks like a cmd prompt window) pops up and disappears in less then a second. I can even see what it says on the window. Any one know how i can fix this problem so i can continue to learn C++ on my home computer?
I am using a Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2, its also a Dell.... not sure if that matters..

I assume you're writing a console application. in that case, try adding the line

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system("pause");

at the end of your main() function

yes, the program just executes the code and then closes the window... you could also use cin or any other command to call input at the end of the program... but this is a little "unprofessional"..

djpac wrote:I have this nice little program called: BloodShed Dev-C++. It seems like a great tool. I can compile everything that is needed, but when ever i run the program, the window(which looks like a cmd prompt window) pops up and disappears in less then a second. I can even see what it says on the window. Any one know how i can fix this problem so i can continue to learn C++ on my home computer?
I am using a Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2, its also a Dell.... not sure if that matters..

adding system("pause") at the end can bite if you run the app outside development sometimes. If you open up cmd and then type the name of the compiled EXE file, it will show the output before dropping you back to the command prompt again.

-pcweirdo.

i was going to askt the same thing... thx

Either pause, or try getting a nice screenshot of what happend, by using the Print Scrn button. (That's what I do )

Why dont you simply use :

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getch();

at the end on the main() code

Since its a dos application its supposed to be ran in dos. So if you try to run it in dos you will see what has been printed. But if you doubleclick it, it just disappears.

Get familiar with getopt(3) and add a -d option to your program. From the IDE, run your program with the additional argument -d. Your program should call getchar(3) if -d has been specified. Anyway: getopt is a handy command line option parser, not only for debugging purposes. =)

Bloodshed is a good program yet I would be much better if you installed a serious compiler such as gcc

hellais wrote:Bloodshed is a good program yet I would be much better if you installed a serious compiler such as gcc :P

Dev-C++ actually does use gcc, but the MinGW-version. =)

bloodshed is only an IDE... it can use gcc, microsoft c++, borland c++ builder and djgpp as a compiler...

Yes, but it comes with gcc by default. And you'd never have any reason to change it. At least, if you want to program in real C++. =)

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