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Hosiah · 07-15-2004, 10:16 PM

<Gilbert Gotfried> I HA-A-ATE using the command line! </Gilbert Gotfried>

So, in the example of building a WinMain function that needs to use user32.lib and you would have to put your whole project in the \Bin directory and open an MS-Dos prompt and ferret through the directories in Dos and type "Cl myprog.cpp user32.lib" and then vacuum the object files out of your bin directory...

Is there a less Amish way to do this? Like specifying a parameter from the Visual IDE? Or maybe I could create my own Dos batch file for this (if I can remember how batch files go)? Or maybe go back to HTML instead? All the documentation that I've found so far is completely mute on this point.

Somehow, using a Visual, Object-oriented language to create programs for a GUI by typing from the same Dos prompt we used in 1984 strikes me as being like buying a car and discovering it has the Flintstone start-it-by-running-your-feet feature.

thanks,
Hosiah

07-15-2004, 10:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hosiah Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Des Moines, Iowa Posts: 4	Visual C++ command-line work-around? <Gilbert Gotfried> I HA-A-ATE using the command line! </Gilbert Gotfried> So, in the example of building a WinMain function that needs to use user32.lib and you would have to put your whole project in the \Bin directory and open an MS-Dos prompt and ferret through the directories in Dos and type "Cl myprog.cpp user32.lib" and then vacuum the object files out of your bin directory... Is there a less Amish way to do this? Like specifying a parameter from the Visual IDE? Or maybe I could create my own Dos batch file for this (if I can remember how batch files go)? Or maybe go back to HTML instead? All the documentation that I've found so far is completely mute on this point. Somehow, using a Visual, Object-oriented language to create programs for a GUI by typing from the same Dos prompt we used in 1984 strikes me as being like buying a car and discovering it has the Flintstone start-it-by-running-your-feet feature. thanks, Hosiah