There is no specific problem. I just remember how VB6, the old school visual basic highlighted the syntaxis error and refered to it with a message box. VC++08 doesn't do that? I loved that option and Basic code is a lot more tolerant to typos.

I did what you have told me. Everything is solved but I am still not sure what line the syntaxis error is when debugger tells there is an error. Thank you.

Hello. I have two complications with Visual C++ express edition: Why wouldn't it tell me what line there is a syntaxis error in? Is there any way I can make system build the project every time I want to launch it automatically? Thank you.

PROBLEM SOLVED thank you everybody for your time I had to start EMPTY CONSOLE project and add my C++ code file to that. NO pricompiled headers. (I don't even know what they do)

------ Build started: Project: Lesson1_2, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Compiling... Lesson1_2.cpp Hello world.cpp c:\documents and settings\safeuser\my documents\visual studio 2008\projects\lesson1_2\lesson1_2\hello world.cpp(1) : fatal error C1010: unexpected end of file while looking for precompiled header. Did you forget to add '#include "stdafx.h"' to your source? Generating Code... Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\SafeUser\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Lesson1_2\Lesson1_2\Debug\BuildLog.htm" Lesson1_2 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

I did. I had to hit "build solution" before running it. However it doesn't want to compile the #include void main( void ) { printf("Hello World\n"); } The building information in "Output" tells me that there is one error the compiler had to skip somewhere.

not sure where i do that

Thank you. But when I try to run the empty project it tells me that it cannot find a file path to my project "lesson1\debug\lesson1.exe" (lesson1 is my first project name) this message pops out, nomatter where I create it, the desktop or the default vc++ folder in my documents.

I am not talking about microcontrollers right now. I will get to that. Here is the question. So I have Microsoft Visual C++ Express edition and I am struggling to create a C console application. I am not sure how I ADD a stdio.h header and a main source file to accept the C code. I am sure it is possible, it is just that al defaults in VC++ are for C++ and object-oriented programs I won't need for a while. I can create a class. I can create a header file. I can't create a plain code file. I don't know what to type into the header file. Thank you.

no maybe i should switch to a different compiler visual studio professional is very big too big for my computer

Just tells me that there are errors during compilation. and displyas a built-in hello world example result (when you choose that you want to build c++ console it already writes a c++ hello world program using iostream.h)

yes i did it doesn't add the header gives out an error message before i run my hello world program

I need to learn C because I am about to develop microcontroller projects that use C. I got books about C. I might need C++ in the future, but for totally different things. Is it possible to use stdio.h in MS Visual C++? How do I do so? How do I keep command prompt applications from closing the console after they are done playing? If i want to see my "hello world" or some variable number output. Is Keil uVision the only compiler to suit ARM microcontrollers? Maybe I need something like Borland compiler so I can write ARM code and PC code on the same compiler? Thank you.

Thank you for your advise but I am trying to solve a real problem with whatever technology available.

vb6 is user friendly no memory allocation, headers and all that bull$#!+, friendly syntax plus this is the only compiler that i have I cannot program VB.net, I am not a professional programmer to learn new languages every year. I am just asking if you remember how to solve this issue using the methods of VB6. Thanks.

i know how to use google, thanks i am using visual basic 6 so vb.net is no good for me they are different languages i found some code in c#, but even if i imply it into vb6, i will have to change it, so i don't think that it will work for me

I am using Visual Basic 6. I am trying to write a program that would gather statistics on the loudness of the input on the microphone for an expiriment. (I have a USB microphone.) WHAT command in Visual Basic would allow me to get a numeric value for the loudness of the sound coming from the microphone? I would like to see a text of the program that does that. Thanks.