Really REALLY newbie here...

Hello

U need to remove the statement "void main()" as jman_77 indicated, i m a little suspecious about this statement it has no meaning. So i'll say : "Just remove it from here", and wala! u got a compiling, executing, running program. and by the way u can use "getch()" function which will introduce a pause in ur program, but u need to include its header file "conio.h" and also u should "return" from ur "main", Like This:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include<conio.h>

using namespace std;

int main()

{
cout << "print this" << endl;
getch();//wait untill i press a key

return 0;//end main
}

Hope this helps
Aamir!

I put in aamirnadil's code and ran it (after selecting win32 console application to start).

I got an error message telling me that the exe file for this application (named what I named the project) was not found. It asked me to create it. I said yes. Then, it failed with the same failure as before. I tried again, thinking well now it's made. Same problem. I tried using the save command, saving as, and save all. Same problem. I then tried using the build drop down menu to tell it to build the exe file. Every single time it tries to do this, it always gives me the same error. The debug screen always says it had an error executing cl.exe.

Can someone please help me solve this? I do believe the problem may actually be with Visual C++ 6.0 itself now, or at least how I'm using it, as opposed to the code.

I'm afraid that didn't work... Anyway, can someone with experience on this kind of error help me?

You've got a couple of things going on, most of these have been pointed out, but let's just review:

1. syntax errors (calling main() from main())

2. the project appears to be set up for mfc, and wants stdafx.h included (the error you're getting, and the advice about precomplied errors.)

The first is easily fixed, you've proably already done so... the 2nd is possible but you need to ensure that all of the setting are right and the appropiate lib's are included, etc...

The best bet is to start a new project using the app wizard, (File/new), select the Project tab, click the create new work space radio, find & select the Win32 console application, give it a name and a directory. Press ok. You should be presented with options to create an empty, simple, hello world, or MFC enabled application. Choose "Hello World", press ok and generate the project. Now, you can copy your code into the .cpp file that the project contains (just copy and insert the includes, and replace the existing code in main with your code from main, and leave stdafx.h). You can also have two VS's running one with your old project and the new one and you can examine the differences...

i dont know what to tell you. if you chose win32 console as suggested it WILL work unless you've got something really messed up going on.

there shouldn't be an issue with MFC at all, the project wouldn't just add it. as someone else suggested please post the project zipped, otherwise it's impossible for us to locate your error.