Things Not to Do with Functions

	Chapter 1 - The Visual C++ Compiler, Version 6
	Visual C++ 6: The Complete Reference
	Chris H. Pappas and William H. Murray, III

Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies

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	A Typical Windows Installation

	The Microsoft Visual C++ compiler package installs almost automatically. However, there are some questions that you will need immediate answers for. In this section we’ll take a look at a typical installation for the 32-bit version of the compiler.

	1.		Run the SETUP.EXE program on your first Visual C++ diskette or CD-ROM, while operating under Windows 95/98 or Windows NT.

	2.		You will be given a choice of install options, such as: Typical, Custom, Minimum, or CD_ROM. The amount of hard disk space you must have depends upon the option you chose. We recommend a Typical installation. It is also possible to set which hard drive and/or subdirectory the installation will take place under.

	3.		You will be prompted for your Name, Organization and Product ID. Enter this information carefully.

	4.		At this point, files will be copied from your diskettes or CD-ROM to you hard disk. You can view the progress by watching the File Copy Process dialog box. This installation took over 20 minutes on a 200MHz Pentium machine using an 8x CD-ROM drive.

	5.		When all files have been installed, you will be prompted as to whether your configuration should be changed now or later. We recommend the first option—make changes now and backup current version.

	6.		You will receive a prompt to register environment variables. This is in the form of a checkbox, with the box already checked. At this time, accept the default: And Register the Environment Variables. By registering the environment variables, you will provide your compiler with important information about your system.

	7.		With the installation complete, reboot your entire system to allow all changes to go into effect.

	Directories

	Table 1-1 shows a typical subdirectory group for the Visual C++ compiler installation made in the MSVC subdirectory.

	Table 1-1: Important Visual C++ Subdirectories

	Location

Purpose

	BIN

Executable files and build tools needed to build 32-bit applications

	HELP

Help files

	INCLUDE

C++ runtime and header files

	LIB

C++ runtime and Win32 SDK libraries

	MFC

Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC)

	Library files

	OLE

Files for building OLE applications

	PROJECTS

The subdirectory used to organize your development projects

	TEMPLATES

Subdirectory used to organize object templates

	SAMPLES

Sample programs

	You will also find several README files located in the MSDEV subdirectory. These files are used to provide the latest release (and bug) information for the compiler.

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