Problem w/ input/output from DOS box command line 2

[TimmerM]

Hello,
Does anyone know how to get Visual C++ 6.0 to compile, link, and run a straight C++ program that runs from the command line? When I try to run a simple C++ program using WinMain(), I can't get input from or output to a DOS box using cout, cin, printf and scanf. From what I've been able to gather, when linked with the QuickWin library these input/output functions are assigned to special windows because they are connected to the predefined files stdin, stdout and stderr.
However, when I try to comment out including 'windows.h' I get errors, whether I try to use WinMain() or main().
Help! I just want a simple C++ program that runs from a DOS box and does input and output from the DOS box!
Thanks,
Tim

 

[Cagliostro]

make a Win32 consolle application and use main. John Fill

ivfmd@mail.md

 

[Zyrenthian]

I assume you know this but I will post it just in case

your main should look like this

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
// argc will tell you the number of words on the
// command line seperated by spaces so the first
// word WILL be the name of the executable
// argv will range from 0 thru argc -1 where
// argv[0] = executable name
// argv[1] = 1st command line arg
// etc

return 0;
}

matt