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go to <br />
File-&gt;New-&gt;Win32 Console App <br />
and then continue saying finish after giving filename.<br />
Press Alt+F7 select, &quot;no MFC Support&quot;<br />
Compile and Execute normally
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go to
File->New->Win32 Console App
and then continue saying finish after giving filename.
Press Alt+F7 select, "no MFC Support"
Compile and Execute normally

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Minimal steps:<br />
open the main file in studio, <br />
press f7 to build. yes, let it do workspace for you.<br />
done. you may want to tweak the options, they default to debug and stuff... (no mfc will also be a default, it detects this in the build and its off if no win stuff is found).<br />
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Minimal steps:
open the main file in studio,
press f7 to build. yes, let it do workspace for you.
done. you may want to tweak the options, they default to debug and stuff... (no mfc will also be a default, it detects this in the build and its off if no win stuff is found).




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HUH???<br />
<br />
You'd do that on the command line:<br />
<br />
cl.exe compress.c -I &quot;&lt;path to your .h-file&gt;&quot;
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HUH???

You'd do that on the command line:

cl.exe compress.c -I "<path to your .h-file>"

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OK I am asking this question because Im thick.<br />
<br />
I have a C source code (compress.c file) and a header (*.h) file. The compress.c file has a main() function so its not a Windows application. Its actually a compression algorithm source code. I will probably run it by going to the command line and typing<br />
<br />
compress pic.gif<br />
<br />
Or something similar. So how do I create the compress.exe using Visual C++? I assume I go to File-&gt;New-&gt;Project or something like that but I really dont know.<br />
<br />
Can someone familiar with the required steps help me out?
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OK I am asking this question because Im thick.

I have a C source code (compress.c file) and a header (*.h) file. The compress.c file has a main() function so its not a Windows application. Its actually a compression algorithm source code. I will probably run it by going to the command line and typing

compress pic.gif

Or something similar. So how do I create the compress.exe using Visual C++? I assume I go to File->New->Project or something like that but I really dont know.

Can someone familiar with the required steps help me out?

Compiling C source code that includes a main() function using Visual C++

C++ is an intermediate-level general-purpose programming language, not to be confused with C or C#. It was developed as a set of extensions to the C programming language to improve type-safety and add support for automatic resource management, object-orientation, generic programming, and exception handling, among other features.