Programming with Visual Studio .NET

A short review of the process

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Windows Programming Environment - MS Dev Studio

Visual Studio .NET

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Windows ProgrammingStart New Project

• Microsoft Visual Studio .Net

• Start -- Programs -- MS Visual Studio -- MS Visual Studio

• To create a new project:– New Projects button -- Win32 Console Application– Identify storage location for new project– Provide Project name– OK

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Windows ProgrammingAdd / Create files

• Project – Add Existing Item – C++ File

• Locate desired files.

• Repeat for all needed files

• For new files:

• Project -- Add New Item – C++ File

• Select file.

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Windows ProgrammingAdd Libraries

• Project -- Properties

• linker tab -- category = Input -- add library names to “Additional Dependencies”

• for sockets, add “wsock32.lib”

To support Multi-threaded Programs:

• Select Project Program Properties

• Select C/C++ tab – Code Generation subtab

• Runtime Library item: – Default is “Single-threaded Debug (/MLd)”– Select “Multi-threaded Debug DLL (/MDd)”

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Windows ProgrammingSelect Active Configuration

• Two compile configurations available– Release– Debug

• Build – select “Configuration Manager”

• Select either Debug or Release– Note that debug versions create large

(megabyte) files.

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Windows ProgrammingBuild and Execute Project

• Build -- Build “project_name”

• Check message window for compile and link status.

• If no errors are indicated, execute program.

• Debug – “Start” or “Start Without Debugging”