Problems with Dev C++

[acidrain]

For the course im doing, ive been given two different programs to work with. One being Delphi 8 ( which isnt a problem and pretty straight forward ) but the other one, dev c++, which came on a cd with my study material is causing me grief. Ive installed that along with mingw, as stated by them, but when it comes to compiling the code i get errors.... must be something in the settings where devcpp doesn't know where to find the compiler but ive tried everything as shown in the install tutorial but am still at a loss.

Can anyone point me in the right direction since im pretty much screwed if i cant get my codes to compile.

Thanks

Edit: Just to let you know... the programs ive installed are Dev-C++ IDE along with the MinGW Port v3.4.2

 

[Rainy]

Are u studing with Unisa.

 

[acidrain]

Yup

 

[acidrain]

Why do all my questions go unanswered Am i just that good that i manage to stump you okes everytime?

 

[TiredOfWaiting]

Why do all my questions go unanswered Am i just that good that i manage to stump you okes everytime?

Is there a reason why you're using a non-standard IDE that many people have never heard of before? Try Visual Studio Express or Eclipse (with the CDT plug-in) if you want a good IDE.

 

[acidrain]

Is there a reason why you're using a non-standard IDE that many people have never heard of before? Try Visual Studio Express or Eclipse (with the CDT plug-in) if you want a good IDE.

Its the IDE that has been given to me by UNISA ( the study guide along with examples are based on devcpp ). Now I've just started out so i won't know if different IDE's will be similar coding wise than devcpp.

For example this is the first program the book gives as an example:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ( )
{ cout << "Hello World"; return 0; }

If this would work with Visual Studio Express or Exclipse then given it a try won't be a problem but if some of the code/commands vary then unfortunately i can't use it as i am just starting out.

 

[TiredOfWaiting]

Its the IDE that has been given to me by UNISA ( the study guide along with examples are based on devcpp ). Now I've just started out so i won't know if different IDE's will be similar coding wise than devcpp.

For example this is the first program the book gives as an example:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ( )
{ cout << "Hello World"; return 0; }

If this would work with Visual Studio Express or Exclipse then given it a try won't be a problem but if some of the code/commands vary then unfortunately i can't use it as i am just starting out.

The "Hello World" program will definitely work in VSE and any other IDE. The only reason why some people use DevC++ is for the integrated wxWidgets support. Unless you're designing a GUI, any IDE will give you the exact same results.

I only used it for about a month back in 3rd year, so my recollection of its settings are very sketchy at best... sorry.