Re: just starting

<sterling.mckay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Just started to teach myself C C++ programming... I have been very
interested with computers for a while now and have a nac or so I
thought for how they work ... hardware I am ok with ... I can
understand and tear it down and rebuild it ... chips boards I/O etc
etc ... programing is a different beast ...

So I am fooling around with C and compile a small .exe file with
Miracle C ... simple thing that said Hi my name is etc etc ... but I
noticed that it loads in a dos window ... Why doesn't it load in
a .txt file ? My main question is this ... after you run the test.exe
it flashes open the DOS window and closes quickly ... now this I
understand ... I do have my MCE and I am trained in Windows XP tech
support ... I know that a "close on exit" command is "checked" for the
application and I know to just open the default properties and de-
select the check box ...

My question is this ... is there a way in C or C++ to write this into
the test.exe I made that simply shows "my name is .... "

This is where I am a total newb and have no idea where to go ... I
don't see any reference to a switch or execute in any of the library
files ... the stdio.h or stdlib.h ... i don't see where i can say

the directory is C:\windir
the program is C:\windir\default
the program has a properties tab
the properties tab has Misc, etc etc ...
the misc tab has an option for "close on exit"
the "close on exit" should be false

I have no idea really ... i don't even know if it possible ... maybe
it's better to just reg hack it and save the batch file ...

Any ideas ? or I am way the hell off base ? :) !

Basically it sounds like you want to wait for a key to be pressed before the
DOS window closes. In C I would write:

while ( !kbhit() )

in C++ I would write:

std::cin.getch();
although the C++ method requires a carraige return.


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