Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 By Courtesy of Suma Rao Modifications by John G' McMahon Updated

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Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005By Courtesy
of Suma RaoModifications by John G. McMahon(
Updated 6/2/2008 )
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Topics

• Before Starting Visual Studio 2005 (VS2005)
• Starting Visual Studio 2005 (VS2005)
• Creating a VS2005 Project
• Creating a VS2005 File
• Saving a VS2005 File
• Adding a source File into an existing project
• From a Source File to an Executable File
• Closing a VS2005 Project/Solution
• Opening an existing VS2005 Project/Solution

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Visual Studio 2005
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Before Starting VS2005

• For a new project, use Windows Explorer or some
  other method to create a new folder on a hard
  drive where your entire project will be stored.
  Consider using a short descriptive name which
  will characterize the project. This path will be
  used in a later step.

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Starting VS2005

• Click the Start button from the Windows taskbar
  and select Programs ? Microsoft Visual Studio
  2005 (application) ? Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
  (Executable) 1
• A Choose Default Environment Settings window
  appears 2 (only first time after VS2005
  installation)
• Choose Visual C Development Settings 3 and
  click Start Visual Studio button (only first time
  after VS2005 installation)
• Visual Studio 2005 starts and a Start Page -
  Microsoft Visual Studio window appears 4
• SnapShots of Starting VS2005

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Creating a VS2005 Project

• From the Start Page - Microsoft Visual Studio
  window EITHER click on New Project button 1 OR
  from the File menu, Select New ? Project... 2
• A New Project dialog box appears 3
• From the Project Types section, select Visual
  C, then General 3
• From the Templates section, select Empty Project
  icon. 3 Then select the location for the
  project created before starting VS2005 by
  clicking the Browse button at the end of the
  Location text box 3, a Project Location dialog
  box appears 4

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Creating a VS2005 Project (Contd)

• Select the location for the project created
  before starting VS2005 and click Open in the
  Project Location dialog box 5. The path
  selected appears in the Location text box.
• Now enter a project name in the Name text box
  6 and location is in the Location text box
  (from the above step) 7 of New Project dialog
  box. Click the OK button
• A projectName - Microsoft Visual Studio window
  appears 8
• SnapShots of Creating a VS2005 Project

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Creating a VS2005 File

• From the File menu, select New, then File. 1 A
  New File dialog box appears 2
• From the Categories section, select Visual C
  and C file (.cpp) or Header file (.h) icon (as
  appropriate) from the Templates section of the
  New File dialog box and click Open button 2
• The file is created and a Sourcen.cpp tab is
  created in the projectName - Microsoft Visual
  Studio window to enter source code 3
• SnapShots of Creating a VS2005 File

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Saving a VS2005 File

• Enter the source code in the Sourcen.cpp tab 1
• From the File menu, click on the Save Sourcen.cpp
  As or Save Headern.h As option. 2
• Save File As dialog box appears. 3 Select
  appropriate project folder
• Give an appropriate file name, keeping the .cpp
  or .h in the File name text box, and click the
  Save button 4
• The file is saved and a projectName - Microsoft
  Visual Studio filename.cpp window appears 5
• SnapShots of Saving a VS2005 File

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Adding Source File into Existing Project

• In the Solution Explorer - projectName window,
  click on the Source Files or Header Files folder
  (as appropriate) 1
• From the Project menu, select Add Existing
  Item... 1
• The Add Existing Item ProjectName dialog box
  appears with the filename.cpp (or filename.h).
  Highlight the filename . Click the Add button
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• The filename.cpp (or filename.h) is added to the
  project and is visible under the Source Files (or
  Header Files) folder in the Solution Explorer
  projectName window 3
• SnapShots of adding source file into existing
  project

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From Source File to Executable File

• From the Debug menu, select Start Without
  Debugging option 1
• A dialog box related to building the project may
  appear. Click the Yes button 2
• The results of the project build appears in the
  output panel. 3 If the program has no errors
  the program will run and output is displayed in a
  DOS popup window 4
• Respond to message to close the DOS popup window.
• SnapShots Of Compiling in VS2005

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Closing VS 2005 Project/Solution

• From the File menu, select Close Solution 1
• Respond to any message that may appear about
  saving changes 2
• To create a new project repeat above steps
• SnapShots of Closing a Solution in VS2005

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Opening an existing VS2005 Project/Solution

• In VS2005, select Open ? Project/Solution from
  the File menu 1
• An Open Project dialog box appears. Go to
  appropriate location of the project and select
  the appropriate FileName.sln file to open the
  solution 2
• The ProjectName - Microsoft Visual 2005 window
  with FileName.cpp tab should appear 34
• SnapShots of opening an existing VS2005 solution