This is a windows/C problem

[UnderWing]

I'm more or less new to C. I have "Miracle C", and am running Windows XP. My problem is that hwenever I run my programs, the output appears in a DOS window, and once it's done running, it automatically closes. I have tried going to the properties for the command prompt, and made sure that the "exit after done" or whatever box is unchecked, yet still I have this problem. Does anyone have a solution, or a **free** compiler that they would recommend that does not output into a DOS window? Much appreciated.

[abc123]

heh...

it outputs to a window because thats what your program is sposed to do..


to make the window stay open do:

#include <cstdlib>

int main(){
 //...
//..

 system("pause"); // note this
 return 0;
}

fyi, a good c/c++ dev system on windows is "bloodshed" www.bloodshed.net if i remember correctly...

[doccm9]

Or you can just add the getch() command at the end, so that the window doesn't close until the program gets it's final input.

[alpha]

if you add getch(), you need to #include <conio.h>

but if you want to stay standard, use std::cin.get(); this is for c++ however. so getch() and system calls will be okay, i think. but for c, it'll be

#include <stdlib.h>

for c++, it'll be cstdlib, like abc123 posted.

it outputs in a MS-DOS window because it is a console application. graphics/windows apps are not standard c/c++. if you are new to c, you need to learn programming concepts first before thinking about win32api.

the DOS window is compiler independent, project dependent.

as for other compilers, I haven't used Miracle C, but it might be okay. I use mingw 3.2 mostly, which can be found at www.mingw.org , and sometimes Borland Bcc55, www.borland.com . These are two commonly used compilers, borland and gcc/g++.

As for Dev-c++, it uses the mingw compiler. It's a pretty good IDE, many people use it. I'm waiting for v5 to be final, though.

Best of luck! and enjoy programming.

Also, welcome to codenewbie!

[Valmont]

[Valmont]

I'd also like to second Alpha. Borland or gcc.

[doccm9]

Oops, my bad. I was half asleep when I posted my reply and left out some details.