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C++ help needed

by Kevin Birch
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Hi Guys

A while ago I had a little app created for me on rentacoder and by coder didn't give me instructions on how to compile it.

Is there anyone in here who could help me for a few beers?

Obviously I don't want to give everybody the zip file - maybe we can do this via email and bit by bit?

Kevin
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  • Profile picture of the author ripsnorta2
    Sure Kevin, I can help.

    First of all. What operating system is this written for, Windows, Mac OSX, Linux?

    If it's Windows and your coder used Visual Studio, and has provided all the necessary project files, it should be a snap for you to do this yourself.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kevin Birch
      Originally Posted by ripsnorta2 View Post

      Sure Kevin, I can help.

      First of all. What operating system is this written for, Windows, Mac OSX, Linux?

      If it's Windows and your coder used Visual Studio, and has provided all the necessary project files, it should be a snap for you to do this yourself.
      Hi

      Yep, the coder has provided everything - it is for windows, but I don't know how to compile it though
      nor do I know what software I need - I realise that I ned vis studio - and I grabbed ms vs 2008 express but ain't got a clue what to do :-(

      Can you help?

      Kevin
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      • Profile picture of the author ripsnorta2
        Visual Studio Express should be fine, unless your coder used an earlier version.

        The way to find out is simple. Copy the project files into a folder on your C drive.

        Locate the .sln file and double click on it. (Make sure VS is installed first of course )

        That should then start up Visual Studio and load the project. If the project is for an older version of VS it will tell you and prompt you to convert it. Thats' fine, just do it.

        Now all you have to do is build the project.

        You don't want to build a debug version, so go to the Build menu and select the Configuration Manager option. When that dialog opens, select the Active Solution Configuration list box and choose release.

        Close the dialog, open the Build menu again and choose Build Solution.

        That's all there is to it.

        You'll then find your exe file under the Release directory in the project directory tree.

        I think that's all there is involved. Let me know if you have any problems.
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        • Profile picture of the author Kevin Birch
          Thanks John

          I followed the instructions and i get this error:

          1>cl : Command line warning D9035 : option 'Wp64' has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release
          1>stdafx.cpp
          1>c:\ . . . .\stdafx.h(38) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'afxwin.h': No such file or directory
          1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Kevin\Desktop\...\Release\BuildLog.htm"
          1>... - 1 error(s), 1 warning(s)
          ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

          the ... replaces the directory and file as that would a big giveaway!

          Any ideas?

          Kevin
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          • Profile picture of the author ripsnorta2
            Okay....


            The first warning, D9035 is for a compiler option that detects 64 bit compatibility problems. It shouldn't be a problem until a later compiler removes that option.

            This is the help given for C1083 from the visual studio documentation

            To fix by checking the following possible causes
            1. File does not exist.
            2. File, subdirectory, or disk is read-only.
            3. No access permission for file or directory.
            4. Not enough file handles. Close some applications and recompile.
            5. The INCLUDE environment variable is set incorrectly.
            6. An #include directive uses double quotation marks around a path specification, which causes the standard directories to be skipped.
            7. You did not specify /clr and your program uses CLR constructs.
            8. You attempted to compile a single file in the project without first compiling stdafx.cpp. Before you can compile a single file in the project, you need to compile stdafx.cpp. In the case of the /analyze (Enterprise Code Analysis) compiler option, you will need to use the same /analyze setting for stdafx.cpp that you use for the .cpp file.
            Since the afxwin.h file is a part of the VS install, I doubt that it doesn't exist. The problem is more likely that some filepath or project variable isn't set properly (options 5 and 6). However, option 8 is also a possibility.

            Try right clicking on the stdafx.cpp file in the solution explorer (the tree list in the side panel on VS) and select the Compile option in the menu. If that builds okay, then try building again. Another thought is to select the Rebuild All option in the build menu.

            Without seeing the project, I'm not sure if I can offer any more help. It's getting late too and I'm getting fuzzy headed, so I'm about to head off. If you'd like me to take a look at it, PM me. No charge btw.
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