Using Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003

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Using Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003
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Topics

• Launching Visual Studio .Net 2003 (VS .Net)
• Creating VS .Net Project
• Creating VS .Net File
• Saving VS .Net File
• Adding source File into existing project
• From Source File to Executable File
• Closing VS .Net Project
• Editing VS .Net Project

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Launching VS .Net

• Click the Start button from the Windows taskbar
  and select Programs ? Microsoft Visual Studio
  .Net 2003 (application) ? Microsoft Visual Studio
  .Net 2003 (Executable)
• A Microsoft Visual Studio .Net professional
  window appears
• Visual Studio .Net gets launched and a Microsoft
  Development Environment design Start Page
  appears
• SnapShots1

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Creating VS .Net Project

• Click the Projects tab from the VS .Net Start
  Page
• Click on New Projects button OR Select New ?
  Projects from the File menu
• A New Project dialog box appears
• Select Visual C Projects from the Project
  Types list
• Scroll down the Templates icon section and
  select Empty Project (.Net) icon. Then select a
  location for the project by clicking the Browse
  button by the Location text box, a Project
  Location dialog box appears
• Select an appropriate location for the project
  and click Open
• Now enter a project name in the Name text box,
  and click OK button
• A projectName - Microsoft Visual C design
  Start Page window appears
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Creating VS .Net File

• Select New from the File menu, a New File dialog
  box appears
• Select Visual C from the Categories section
  and C file (.cpp) icon from the Templates
  section of the New File dialog box
• The file gets created and a projectName -
  Microsoft Visual C design Sourcen window
  appears
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Saving VS .Net File

• Enter the source code in the text editor panel
• Click on the Save Sourcen As option from the File
  menu
• Save File As dialog box appears, select
  appropriate project folder
• Give an appropriate file name in the File name
  text box, and click the save button
• The file gets saved and a projectName - Microsoft
  Visual C design filename.cpp window appears
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Adding Source File into Existing Project

• Next, click on the Source Files folder in the
  Solution Explorer projectName window on the right
  hand side
• Then, select Add Existing Item from the Project
  menu
• Add Existing Item ProjectName dialog box
  appears with the filename.cpp highlighted, just
  click Open
• The filename.cpp gets added to the project and is
  visible under the source files folder in the
  Solution Explorer projectName window on the right
  hand side
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From Source File to Executable File

• Select Start Without Debugging option from the
  Debug menu
• A Microsoft Development Environment dialog box
  appears If you would like to build the project,
  click Yes
• The result of the project build appears in the
  output panel. If the program has no errors then
  the output is displayed on a DOS window
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Closing VS .Net Project

• Select Close Solution from the File menu
• To create a new project repeat the steps 4-19
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Editing VS .Net Project

• Select Open ? Project from the File menu
• A Open Project dialog box appears. Go to
  appropriate location of the project and select
  Type Visual C Project icon and click Open
• The ProjectName - Microsoft Visual C design -
  FileName.cpp window should appear
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